Nintendo Tries Not to Panic, Reveals Damage Control Plans

Thursday, 2nd February 2012
Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming, Offbeat
Tags: 3ds, annual, bit, DLC, games, iwata, Mario, nintendo

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With their first annual report loss totaling in at nearly a f*cking BILLION dollars (the very first annual loss since they came into existence), Nintendo wouldn’t seem to be doing so well.

At a meeting yesterday at the company’s Corporate Management Policy Briefing, it was hard to tell who’s more panicked – President Satoru Iwata or the stockholders. Continue reading “Nintendo Tries Not to Panic, Reveals Damage Control Plans” »

‘In Real Life’ Documentary Details One Man’s Unstoppable Addiction to WoW

Tuesday, 31st January 2012
Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming, Online Video
Tags: anthony rosner, bit, depression, escape, girl, In Real Life, irl, norway, world of warcraft, wow

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“You do anything long enough to escape the habit of living until the the escape becomes the habit.”

With those somewhat timeless words by comic book artist David Ryan, film student Anthony Rosner plunges us into the game that stole 7 years of his life. Yes — turns out that despite having 9000 achievement points, 16 dragons, tons of kills and pets, ad nauseum, a life of World of Warcraft and little else ended up having a bit of a detrimental effect. Continue reading “‘In Real Life’ Documentary Details One Man’s Unstoppable Addiction to WoW” »