Friday, February 17, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Kid Ignores Call of Duty Troll, S.W.A.T is Called
Posted by reset on 7:36 AM
A teenage boy in Lewisville, Texas, was chatting away with his friends in the lobby of a Call of Duty: Black Ops game between a match. “Some dude just popped out of nowhere, and basically said he's going to hack me, he's going to get my information, call the swat team over to my front yard," the teenager, who’s parents have asked that his name not be used, told CBS.
The teenager, using common sense, ignored the threat and kept playing.
Roughly 20 minutes later, Lewisville received a call from an operator with the AT&T Instant Message Relay Service - a service designed to allow hearing impaired users to reach someone with a standard telephone. The operators had received a message that someone had been shot and someone inside the teen’s house still had a gun.
The police soon arrived at the Lewisville home and were a little confused when they saw no signs of a shooting. The boy’s parents soon noticed a S.W.A.T surrounding their home, while the teen’s name was called from a bullhorn.
"We were all scared, out of our minds," the teen said. "Didn't understand why they were here. We thought there was some stranger some dude running around our house, hiding behind the boat. We didn't know. We didn't expect nothing."
While the teen says he doesn’t know who pulled the prank, the police are currently investigating the matter.
more: http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/5063/article/kid-ignores-call-of-duty-troll-s-w-a-t-is-called/
BioWare Wins 5 of 4chan's Not Really a Good Thing
Posted by reset on 7:00 AM
The awards, hosted by dramatic reading star ‘Duke,’ celebrated the best of the industry and doused the worst in petrol before proceeding to burn them. No mercy was shown, with Star Wars: The Old Republic being compared to Titanic in not one, but two segments, and E3 being compared to swimming in a tank of human fecal matter.
Dragon Age 2 brought home the bacon, winning a total of 3 awards. In any other situation, this would be great news for fans of the game. The /V/GAs, however, are the rare occasion where winning more than one award is actually a bad thing. Every single award Dragon Age 2 won was negative in nature, including Most Hated Game of the Year.
In fact, the /V/GAs were anything but kind to BioWare, with the developer taking out two additional awards including the Reddit award for worst fanbase, beating the Sonic the Hedgehog fandom. Oh dear.
It wasn’t all bad news, however. Bastion was highly commended artistically, winning awards for best art, best music and also best new IP, while Valve was awarded 4 awards including best voice acting and best publisher.
The awards itself were actually highly entertaining albeit bizarre, and are still available to watch on the website. Be warned, of course, that it’s obviously NSFW in nature.
It doesn't get more honest than that, really.
more: http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/5065/article/bioware-wins-5-of-4chan-s-v-gas---not-really-a-good-thing/
