Gaming & Sports
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The 30 Best-Selling Video Games of All-Time
Every year at the end of May or start of June, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known as E3, takes place in Los Angeles. It’s the biggest and most important gaming show on the planet, and even though I am definitely a casual video game enthusiast rather than a serious gamer, my ears always perk [...]
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Nike Ending Partnership With Livestrong
We all knew that Lance Armstrong did himself a great disservice by cheating to win, but now it seems evident that he was sticking it to cancer patients as well. At least, that’s one interpretation of Nike’s recent announcement that they will be dissolving their partnership with Lance’s charitable foundation, Livestrong. The decision is sure to [...]
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Grantland’s ‘Story Time With Jalen Rose’ Recounts When Rose Dunked On Jordan (Video)
Sports and entertainment website Grantland has an ongoing animated video series called, “Story Time with Jalen Rose.” The series gives former NBA player and current ESPN personality Jalen Rose a chance to sound off on events from his interesting life, in an animated format. The latest installment is all about the time Jalen Rose and his Indiana [...]
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‘Gran Turismo 6′ Gets Official Release Details And Trailer (Video)
Famed racing simulator franchise, Gran Turismo, is officially getting a 6th installment, according to a recent announcement from Sony. Gran Turismo 6 will take “the real driving simulator experience to a whole new level,” according to Sony. This means that the game will feature 1200 different cars, 33 different driving locations, and much more. More details for [...]
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Minnesota Vikings Unveil Plans For Almost $1 Billion Stadium (Photos)
The Minnesota Vikings are apparently following the old maxim that one should go big or go home in their plans for their new stadium. At a projected cost of $975 million, the Vikings’ new digs will sport, among other things, the largest transparent roof on the planet. Note that I didn’t use the word “glass” [...]
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Hipster ‘Mario’ Characters By Sam Milham (Photos)
Another artist has seen fit to pay tribute to Super Mario Bros, this time in the form of cartoons depicting characters from the game as hipsters. What is a hipster? No one seems to know for sure, but I guess it has to do with smoking a lot and being annoying. Anyway, the series [...]
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9 Awesome Homemade Arcade Cabinets And Tables
Every carpenter has grown to love the smell of sawdust, and the satisfaction that goes along with a hard day’s work. But relatively few of them over the course of carpentry’s history have had any idea how to do a barrel roll in Star Fox, or which fighters have the best defensive moves in Virtua [...]
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‘Grand Theft Auto V’ Cover Art Released
The highly anticipated next installment in the massively popular Grand Theft Auto video game series, Grand Theft Auto V, is dropping on September 17th for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 gaming consoles. That’s more than five months away, but in the meantime, you can check out the game’s cover art (pictured above), which was [...]
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Robinson Cano Signs With Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Sports Agency
Jay-Z‘s “full-service entertainment company,” called Roc Nation, recently launched a new athletic management wing to their brand. It goes by the name of “Roc Nation Sports,” and their first order of business was to sign Yankees‘ star Robinson Cano (in a partnership with the more established firm, Creative Artists Agency). It’s definitely a good move [...]
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New Gatorade Ad: “The Path Of The Lightning Bolt” (Video)
Gatorade has long been famous for their memorable ad campaigns. So a new Gatorade ad would be worth taking note of, even if it didn’t feature appearances from luminaries like Michael Jordan, Serena Williams and Peyton Manning. As you might have guessed, the new “The Path of the Lightning Bolt” TV spot features just those [...]
