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• Teenager Struck By Lightning While Playing Mortal Kombat

  Published: July 28, 2007, 1:22 am

  Tags: Gamer Life, 18 Year Old, Apparently, Bedroom Wall, Controller, Gamer, Gamers, Gizmodo, Guess, Hospitalized, Internet Story, Ipods, Joystick, Lesson To Be Learned, Mortal Kombat, Mother Nature, Rundown, Sao Paulo, Storms, Struck By Lightning

  to rally together some anti-gamers and get the message out there that video games cause lightning. Maybe we could get JT on board for this one, but not really sure who we could sue. Anyway, the basic rundown is that an 18 year old gamer in Brazil was struck by lightning while he had one controller in his mouth and another in his hand playing

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• New Mercenaries 2: World in Flames Screens

  Published: July 27, 2007, 9:08 pm

  Tags: Sony, Electronic Arts, Gamer Life, Microsoft, Game Consoles, Games, Computer, Game Companies, Cooperative Multiplayer, Electronic Arts, Mercenaries 2 World In Flames, Mercenaries Playground Of Destruction, Pandemic Studios, World In Flames, Xbox 360

  style was a hit with gamers, the whole experience was screaming to run on next-generation game systems,” explains Pandemic CEO Andrew Goldman. “And while we’re building on the core mercenary experience we created for the original, we’ve taken full advantage of next-gen technology to offer a more richly detailed,

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• Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock - Four New Tracks Revealed

  Published: July 27, 2007, 8:47 pm

  Tags: Sony, Gamer Life, Nintendo, Microsoft, Games, Game Consoles, Game Companies, Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero Iii Legends Of Rock, Legends Of Rock, Neversoft, Scorehero

  ScoreHero, the Guitar Hero fan community wriggled some more Guitar Hero III tracks out of Neversoft - here they are: Dragonforce - Through the Fire and Flames (Master) Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast (Master) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss (Master) ZZ Top - La Grange This brings the total track count up to nineteen with

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• Currently in Development - The Godfather 2

  Published: July 27, 2007, 8:14 pm

  Tags: Gamer Life, Games Industry, Electronic Arts, Games, Ea Games, Electronic Arts, Gamasutra, Godfather 2, The Godfather, The Godfather 2

  Gamasutra confirmed yesterday that The Godfather 2 is currently being developed by Electronic Arts. Siting a conversation between a shareholder and EA Games head Frank Gibeau regarding how EA deals with titles that are more mature and gritty, Gibeau stated that: “The appeal of those types of games is growing as the demographics start to

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• Oblivion Receives Warm Welcome in Japan

  Published: July 27, 2007, 7:25 pm

  Tags: Bethesda, Gamer Life, Games Industry, Elder Scrolls, Microsoft, 35000 Oblivion Units Sold In Japan, Blue Dragon, Eternal Sonata, Japanese Consumer, Japanese Marketplace, Oblivion, Rpgs, Spike, Xbox 360

  County. According to 360 Gamer, this is great news for Spike (which owns the Japanese publishing rights to the Bethesda favorite)as there seems to be a growing RPG trendin the Japanese marketplace once more. With strong early sales of such titles as Blue Dragon (80,000) and Eternal Sonata (50,000), Microsoft is just hitting the tip of the

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• A Canadian Self-Made Videogame Maker

  Published: July 27, 2007, 6:32 pm

  Tags: Gamer Life, Canadian Game Maker, Independent Game Making, Wrestling Game

  I’ve always had a dream of making my own video game, what it would have and what you could do. But it looks like this high school graduate actually has made his ideal video game a reality. For Dave Wishnowski, a Canadian from Prince Albert, the journey to make his own video game stemmed from his dislike of video games. Or, specifically, at

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• Transformers Playstation Controller Coming Soon

  Published: July 27, 2007, 4:53 pm

  Tags: Gamer Life, Sony, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Comic Con 2007, Transformers Playstation Controller

  How cool is a transformer which you can also use to play games on your PlayStation? I could imagine myself, the eleven year-old Andrew, wanting to finish up Resident Evil and then change my controller into a robot to hide it from robbers. Can I have a side of awesome sauce with that? Part of Kotaku’s coverage of Comic Con 2007 included a

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• World Series of Video Games to be Broadcast on CBS

  Published: July 28, 2007, 2:04 pm

  Tags: Gamer Life, Games Industry, Games, Cbs Sports, Gaming Tournaments, Guitar Hero, Nytimes, Video Game Systems, Video Game Tournaments, World Series Of Video Games

  someone who is not a gamer and giving them the correct visual tools to understand what is going on. For the full scoop, check out the New York Times website. Also, check out your local CBS Affiliate for availability. ---Related Articles at Gaming Today:CBS Signs New TV Contract With WSVGWorld Series of Video Games Comes to Los

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• Rockstar Games to Develop PS3 Exclusive

  Published: July 28, 2007, 2:39 pm

  Tags: Games Industry, Rockstar, Gamer Life, Take Two, Sony, Games, Game Consoles, Game Companies, Blu Ray Disc, Gamehead, Geoff Keighley, Gta, La Noire, Ps3, Rockstar Games, Scea, Spike Tv, Take Two Interactive

  Over at PlayStation.blog, Michael Shorrock, the Director of 3rd Party Relations at SCEA announced that a new franchise from Rockstar Games would be a PS3 exclusive. Mr. Shorrock stated that: Everyone knows to have success in this business you need to look ahead, identifying the talent and titles that are going to give consumers new kinds of

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• Gaming Case Mods that Rock

  Published: July 28, 2007, 4:52 pm

  Tags: Gamer Life, Game Consoles, Case Mod, Case Mods, Gaming Case Mods, Psp, Techeblog

  your own is something that gamers and normies alike can and should appreciate. So, for those you think that these individuals have too much time on their hands, I say pish posh! If I was this creative, I would have my own gaming case mod - Resident Evil style. ---Related Articles at Gaming Today:New Rock Band ScreenshotsObsidian Developer

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• Blizzcon Schedule and Jay Mohr

  Published: July 28, 2007, 4:10 pm

  Tags: Gamer Life, Blizzard, Games Industry, Computer, Blizzcon 2007, Gameplay Footage, Incgamers, Jay Mohr, Starcraft 2, Starcraft Tournaments, Trading Card Game, Warcraft 3, World Of Warcraft, World Of Warcraft Art, Wow, Wow Classes

  Incgamers.com has posted the Blizzcon 2007 Schedule, and ticket holders are in for a treat. Some of the things you have to look forward to are: Live gameplay demos from WoW and Starcraft 2 World of Warcraft, Warcraft 3 and Starcraft Tournaments Open panels on WoW, Classes, Dungeons and Raids, PvP and more Starcraft 2 gameplay footage and

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• Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall MMORPG

  Published: July 28, 2007, 5:27 pm

  Tags: Gamer Life, Computer, Games, Game Platforms, Cartoon Network, Mmos, Nanos, Pc Game, Pvp, San Diego Comic Con

  Cartoon Network announced the creation of a brand new MMO PC game titled FusionFall at the San Diego Comic-Con. Many of the game’s elements will be familiar to those who play MMOs, such as clan and guild play. These groupings will be called clubs and the game is played in a large area aimed at a younger crowd. Large distances will not have

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• Theresa Duncan - Creator of Games for Girls - Commits Suicide

  Published: July 28, 2007, 5:13 pm

  Tags: Gamer Life, Rockstar, Games Industry, Computer, Chop Suey, Computer Games For Girls, Jeremy Blake, Rockstar Games, Smarty, Theresa Duncan, Zero Zero

  personal and professional life. A week later, on July 17th, her boyfriend Jeremy Blake, was seen walking naked into the ocean In New York, leaving behind his clothes and a note that mentioned the loss of Theresa as his motive for suicide. Jeremy had his artwork appear in numerous high end museums around the country and had recently signed on

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• Metroid Jello

  Published: July 29, 2007, 2:02 am

  Tags: Gamer Life, Jello, Kotaku, Metroid, Ofd, Tastes Good, Video Games

  I’ve seen some weird creations based on video games, but this “Metroid Jello” may be the strangest of all. It’s still definitely a cool find. The game cake masters over at Kotaku uncovered this interesting creation. The jello was created by Claire Barry ofd Kittybot. In addition to being really cool, it looks like it

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• Flash Game Of The Day: Red Ball

  Published: July 29, 2007, 7:49 pm

  Tags: Gamer Life, Flash Game, Games, Platforms, Red Ball, Wager

  Looks easy? It’s actually a very hard game. The object is to throw the red ball and hit the platforms in sequence. Sometimes the simplest games can be some of the hardest to do well in. This isn’t the greatest flash game ever, but certainly a good way to kill an hour on a Sunday evening. If you feel like you are up to the

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