Kid vs. Mom. Kid: 0, Mom: 2

It seems that the continuing battle between parents and kids over game time is alive and well. For your consideration: a 13-year-old boy in Virginia decided that it was a good idea to break the family vacuum cleaner in order to get out of his chores around the house and play video games. Not so fast whippersnapper. It looks like your mo...

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What Type of GTA Player Are You?

When launch day hits, players won’t be sitting down for an hour-long slog through the “first level,” sharing slightly differing variations on scripted sequences. If in-game player pathways could be mapped onto a chart, it would look like the Big Bang, with branches blooming out in all directions as players express their personalities and fantasies.

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Saturn's Titan: A Mirror Image of Earth Before Life Evolved?

The Cassini spacecraft observations of Saturn's largest moon, the orange-colored Titan, have given scientists a glimpse of what Earth might have been like before life evolved. They now believe Titan possesses many parallels to Earth, including lakes, rivers, channels, dunes, rain, snow, clouds, mountains and possibly volcanoes.

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NASA Statement on Student Asteroid Calculations

WASHINGTON -- The Near-Earth Object Program Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has not changed its current estimates for the very low probability (1 in 45,000) of an Earth impact by the asteroid Apophis in 2036.

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Minnesota girl, 13, helps dozens dodge death in Congo crash

Thirteen-year-old April Mosier raced ahead of the flames swelling behind her on the Congolose airliner, a surging thong of human panic close behind. She spotted a crack on the right side of the fuselage, too small even for her to wriggle through with her 4-foot-9, 96-pound frame.

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Will Wii Fit Offend You?

So how many "I'm just 5 or 10 pounds over weight" people are in for the shock of their lives? Will you be one of them?

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Rumor: Wii 'Peekaboo Pole Dancing' pitched

Peekaboo Pole Dancing is currently seeking partners to license its "make me a private dancer" product for Wii, reports Tech Digest. The company famous for its "Peekaboo Pole Dancing Kit" and celebrity-endorsed "Electra Pole" has apparently reached out to the gaming industry at large through an email pitching its would-be game.

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PlayStation 3 Achievements – What should they be called?

Sony have again promised that the PlayStation 3 is getting it’s own version of the Xbox 360s Achievements soon. Originally billed as Trophies, the vice president of the PlayStation Network is now touting them as the hideous titled 'Accomplishments.' Vote on what you think they should be called? www.PlayThree.net

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Man Reprograms Bejewled to Propose to Girlfriend

A New Jersey financial software engineer's girlfriend had a nice surprise when she reached the next level of Bejeweled, her favorite game. Her boyfriend reprogrammed it to display a marriage proposal, and she said yes.

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Metal Gear Online - starting equipment, mancannon, free keys

Brandon Laurino of Konami Online dropped by the PlayStation Blogs to kick off the first of the Metal Gear Monday series of updates for Metal Gear Online. Laurino revealed some details on MGO Beta's stages, starting equipment, character creation, and the mancannon. He also talks about how people who didn't get the Metal Gear Saga Vol. 2 DVD ...

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