Family of woman who died during contest to win a Wii awarded $16 million
The Los Angeles Times reports that earlier this week (October 29, 2009) a Sacramento jury awarded $16 million to the family of Jennifer Strange, who died in a ill-fated 2007 radio contest that asked participants to “Hold Your Wee for a Wii.” The mother of three died from water intoxication… Continue Reading »
Sony Home Update: Criss Angel Mindfreak exclusives on Home
This week members of the Sony Home community are treated to exclusive clips from Criss Angel’s upcoming show and an exclusive limited time free item at the theater now through Aug. 12, 2009. The free item is a coffin-style sofa for their personal spaces, also, while watching the clip players… Continue Reading »
GameStop wants to set you up like a mob boss
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars has been given a good amount of praise since its release but its sales figures were not as high as we may have thought. Chinatown Wars only sold 89,000 copies in the United States during the first 18 days of release and Nintendo believes the… Continue Reading »
Codemasters offers prizes for people in the UK who named their kids Jason
I’ve seen some pretty crazy contests in my time, but never one so - permanent. See, Codemasters has this game called Rise of the Argonauts and it decided a contest would be a great way to promote the game in the UK. But, not just any contest. A contest that… Continue Reading »
Prepare for LocoRoco 2 with Don’t Worry, Get Loco!
LocoRoco 2 for the PSP should be in a store near you by now, since it came out on February 10, 2009. But maybe you didn’t have the funds or means to acquire a copy yet, even if you really, really wanted one. Sony wants to help, so it’s announced… Continue Reading »
Party like it’s 2029 with IGG’s upcoming MMO
IGG may only have a forum up for its upcoming MMO 2029 Online, but it’s still starting the PR blitz to hopefully lure potential players to the new free-to-play game. Of course, the initial information is so far providing only the base basics to individuals - like that 2029 Online… Continue Reading »
Square Enix launches Dragon Quest V monster-collecting sweepstakes
With the anticipation of the release of Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride for the Nintendo DS next month (February 17, 2009), what better way to excite the gaming masses than with an intriguing little sweepstakes? Eager beavers should hurry over to the official Dragon Quest V monsters… Continue Reading »
Contest: can you be Yahoo’s next CEO?
FROM GADGETELL - You think you have what it takes to run Yahoo!? Come on over to Gadgetell’s contest so we can help you take over the search engine giant! MORE »
Guitar Hero World Tou.. Ooh, fried chicken!
MMMM mmmm! Nothing says rock and roll down south like a bucket of fried chicken! Kentucky Fried Chicken y’all! KFC and Guitar Hero World Tour. I guess its a play on words - finger licking good chicken and fingers licking chords of the guitar. From now until November 24, 2008,… Continue Reading »
Xfire announces its 2008 Haunted Xfire Halloween Scavenger Hunt
Xfire and OCZ Technology are holding a scavenger hunt during its 2008 Haunted Xfire Halloween Scavenger Hunt event until October 31, 2008. According to the rules, Xfire users have to find the answers to 11 questions based on the clues scattered throughout the website. Clues can be found in press… Continue Reading »
Experience what it’s like to download at unlimited speeds from a massive collection of over 800 Terabytes of user uploads. You’ll max out your Internet connection downloading a file in… Continue Reading »
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