Epic Games is synonymous with big, action-packed games that put gore and machismo before brains and plot. Everything about its latest game Bulletstorm (developed by the Epic-owned studio People Can Fly) made it obvious it would continue down the same path. The promotional videos were irreverent and profane. The screenshots were bloody. The protagonist called people “Dicktits.” In other words, Epic made it pretty clear that Bulletstorm would not be (more…)

Late last week, Microsoft put an end to its Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) program. The Office Notifier, the OGA ActiveX control for Internet Explorer, and the OGA plug-in for Firefox have also been retired. The change took place on December 16, was first confirmed in a KB article last updated on December 17, 2010, and found by ZDNet:

The Office Genuine Advantage (“OGA”) program has been retired. For more information about the benefits of genuine (more…)

In league game of soccer (football, for anyone that actually cares about the sport) in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a team of 11 was killed by lightning.

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Lonut Silviu Savin, a Romanian Counter-Strike gamer, was devastated when his mother attempted to stop his addiction to the game by simply not paying the internet bill. The adoptive mother paid alright; with her life.

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On the heels of the Apple TV 3.0 software update Thursday, Apple also updated iTunes to version 9.0.2, bringing compatibility with the updated set top box and again nixing sync capabilities with the Palm Pre.

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