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Ahoy! Avast ye Gamertell readers.

Today (September 19, 2008) be International Talk Like a Pirate Day and we’ve decided t’ help you get in t’ mood. Below be a few recent Gamertell stories about game pirates, games celebratin’ International Talk Like a Pirate Day or games centered around t’ pirate lifestyle. Don’t be a land lubber, smartly read on ‘n then find a way to celebrate t’ day! Then, perhaps ye can happen upon t’ official site for International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

• Flying Labs shows off Pirates of the Burning Sea at PAX 08 “Flying Labs, the developers of the MMO pirate game Pirates of the Burning Sea, had essentially the same demo of PotBS that they had at last year’s PAX (2007).  If you haven’t played this game yet, then you really should…”
• Pop by Pirates of the Burning Sea on Talk Like a Pirate Day “Ahoy, if you’re a gamer who’s always dreamed about bein’ a sea scalawag, then stop by Pirates of the Burning Sea, especially on September 19, 2008. Pirates o’ the Burnin’ Sea is the official Talk Like a Pirate Day pirate ‘ideo game (don’t e’en brin’ up Pirates of the Caribbean Online) and is goin’ t’ hold special e’ents on September 19 t’ pro’e it…”
• (fluff)Friends Facebook app hosts a Pirate Treasure Hunt “The popular Facebook application (fluff)Friends is now holding a Pirate Treasure Hunt to celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day (September 19, 2008). Initially, on September 5, 2008, all (fluff)Friends users were able to click a link and receive free pirate decorations - a Pirate Cove habitat, a pirate hat, an eyepatch and a wooden sword…”
• Playstation 3 transformed into laptop by Pirate “The modder, who’ goes by the completely unclever moniker Pirate, has appropriately given his video a soundtrack very reminiscent of Pirates of the Caribbean…”
• Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball wins at Austin Independent Games Festival Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball, Blazing Lizard’s forthcoming Xbox Live downloadable game, has been named one of the nine showcase winners at the 2008 Independent Games Festival (IGF)...
• Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball gets pirated (probably by Ninjas) In one of the funniest twists I’ve seen this year, Gamecock Media Group has announced that Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball will be delayed due to piracy. Apparently some villainous scoundrels have already started distributing copies of the upcoming Xbox 360 title…
• Swag of the Week: Pirates of the Caribbean Online model ship In a wooden box that measures approximately 19 x 19 in. (packed in an even larger cardboard box), the Walt Disney Internet Group sent a wooden ship replica. The ship was sent to promote Pirates of the Caribbean Online, as was clearly stamped on two sides of the wooden box/crate…
• Video-game pirate fined $25,000 In the old days a pirate was a seafaring thief who committed his crime at sea and at times on the shore, the first known acts of piracy took place in the 13th century B.C., but today modern day pirates sail the digital seas on the internet and siphoning the…
• Game pirates raided in Mexico The game pirates of Mexico (and we don’t mean Johnny Depp’s next flick) are going through especially turbulent times. After a rain on a dozen sellers, Mexican officials seized 15,000 counterfiet Nintendo products from a notorious contraband market in Guadalajara. Out of the counterfeits that the officials seized, approximately 4500…
• But I DO want to be a pirate Buena Vista Pictures wants to help bring out the inner pirate in you in all of its 3D glory. Called “Piratizing,” you upload your image and get back a 3D version of you as a pirate in your email. Sure, it’s a way to get on their mailing list and…

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Additional reporting by PJ Hruschak.