Citing increased real-life criminal activity originating in the online space, the Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communication has placed a number of tight restrictions on massively multiplayer titles. These include bans on any and all advertisements for online games, as well as regulations forcing ISPs to shut off service to gaming cafes and retailers after hours.
More drastic is the Ministry’s decision to stop allowing any additional online games to come into the nation until further legislation on the matter can be considered. Man, that’s harsh! Why can’t they follow China’s …

The recently released PS3 firmware 3.41 seemed to just be a minor update that added a new “You May Like” section to the PlayStation Store, but it looks like it’s been causing nothing but headaches for anyone trying to upgrade the hard drive in their console. As a 30-page strong thread on the official PlayStation forums reveals, folks upgrading their hard drive have been getting a “no applicable data” error after trying to install the update, which has left them with a non-working PS3 and, in some cases, a corrupted …

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Honestly, we don’t even know what to say about this one. When we don’t have many video games to talk about, we start making our own, like Dolphin Olympics 3 and Halo: The Creek, which is both about Dawson’s Creek and a social game, but also Halo.
The is the podcast where you either unsubscribe or emerge a changed man or woman. It’s hard to predict, frankly. A big danke schoen to Alan Black whose photoshop is a big hit with the sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, …

You’ve survived the homicidal waves of Madd Moxxi’s Underdome. You’ve obliterated the ghouls living on the Zombie Island of Dr. Ned. You’ve explored General Knoxx’s Secret Armory. So what’s next for Borderlands? More downloadable content, of course!
Previously mentioned by the game’s publisher, 2K Games, Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford has confirmed that the wait for the next add-on for its cooperative loot-a-thon is not in vain. It’s still coming.
“I get a lot of questions about more DLC for Borderlands. Yes, more is coming,” he wrote on his Twitter account before …

Like it or not, Sega has the license for the upcoming Thor movie. So you know what that means — Thor: The Video Game based on the movie based on the comic book.
Is it going to be any good? Sega’s history with another Marvel film property, Iron Man, doesn’t bode well for the mighty Thor. Sega had two chances with that one, creating two games, and missing the mark (mostly) with both. Sure, the sequel was an improvement, but that’s not saying much.
So why am I talking about Iron Man …

You can already manage your Comcast DVR from your iPhone, but soon you’ll be able to do the same with BlackBerry and Android as well. No date announced, but it’s coming. [Comcast] More »

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It’s hard out there for a prez, you know? Hardly anyone knows better than one Barack Obama, who sat down this morning on ABC’s The View in order to talk smack with a few ladies who undoubtedly helped put him in office. If you’ll recall, Obama fought hard early on for the privilege of maintaining his prized BlackBerry, and while he eventually won out, we learned today that a grand total of ten individuals are authorized to ping it. Yeah, ten. Needless to say, he described that depressing fact as …

“Well, you found me. Congratulations. Was it worth it? Because despite your violent behavior, the only thing you’ve managed to break so far … is my heart. Maybe you could settle for that and we’ll just call it a day? I guess we both know that isn’t going to happen.”
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Europe might be getting the shaft when it comes to their release of Dead Rising 2 not arriving until three months after we get it in the United States, but this might soften the blow a bit. Capcom is offering a very cool pre-order bonus for those who are being made to wait so long.
If you pre-order your copy of Dead Rising 2 from Play.com, you’ll receive a special code in your e-mail during the game’s release week. Enter the code in at MyDeadRising.com, upload a photo and you’ll receive a …