Jet forced to land after drunk passenger tried to open door

A plane full of British tourists including children had to make an unscheduled stop in Bermuda last night after a drunken passenger tried to open the door when the aircraft was 50,000ft over the Atlantic.

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Deadly new knife with exploding tip freezes victims' organs

Senior police officers have been warned to look out for a new knife which can inject a ball of compressed gas into its victim that instantly freezes internal organs.

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4 Repeat Offenders Disappoint at E3 (Except Spore): Hands-on

We finally got our hands on some of the most anticipated titles that have showed up from E3 to E3—Killzone 2, Spore, LittleBigPlanet and Too Human—to give them a hard look as they finally, probably make their way to stores.

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Want to laugh at Nintendo more? Nintendo wants you to buy!

Quote: "6:49 As for multiplayer, they hope you'll purchase more WiiMotionPlus units, but there are pass-the-remote games, like Bowling in Wii Sports, so multiple WiiMotionPlus accesories aren't always needed."

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Rendering a rock under various game engines

Nice perspective on the capabilities of various game engine.

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IGN: E3 2008: Miyamoto on Wii's Lacking Storage Space

Is there a solution coming?

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Fils-Aime: We Haven’t Ignored Core Gamers

Speaking to G4 following Nintendo’s E3 press conference on Tuesday, the president of the firm’s US arm rejected the notion that core gamers would not be satisfied with the company’s newly announced titles.

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Sony CEO blames piracy for low software sales

Jack Tretton spoke with us at a blogger's roundtable earlier today. When questioned about why software sales are so sluggish in comparison to the stellar hardware sales, Tretton noted that there were three big reasons: 1 - The multimedia features of the PSP may encourage users to play less games, watch more movies and listen to music. 2 - Gamers do

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Rock Band 2 Is Only as Great as Its Instruments

New RockBand 2 Instruments!

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E3 2008: GH: World Tour Compatible with Rock Band Instrument

In a perfect world, one set of ridiculously cumbersome plastic instruments would work with every music-rhythm game ever made. The insane amount of confusion last year over guitar compatibility in Rock Band and Guitar Hero III proved we're far from it, but at least we're getting closer.

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