Posted by Stephen Johnson - Friday, May 30, 2008 6:01 PM
Here's what went down today in the world of videogames, technology and popular culture.
- The closed beta test of Tom Clancy's Endwar will begin in June.
- The demo version of hack and slasher game Ninja Gaiden 2 is available right now... in Japan.
- Capcom producer Yoshinori Ono confirmed to Famitsu magazine that Street Fighter IV will have online multiplayer.
- The World of Warcraft Euro guild for SK Gaming has managed to drop Kil'jaede
- Tonight's episode of X-Play will feature the Premiere of the trailer for K2: The King, The Kong, and the Ugly.
- The Internets hate Metallica.
- Konami is supposedly asking reviewers to avoid spilling details about Metal Gear Solid 4 in their reviews.
- Beyond Good and Evil 2 may be easier than the first.
- Saved By the Bell and Showgirls star Elizabeth Berkley is the latest thespian to join the cast of the sequel to cult favorite Donnie Darko.
- A 13-year-old, male middle school student in Framingham, Massachusetts pulled a knife on his teacher in an attempt to steal money to score Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
- Lock up your grandmothers and fire up your PT Cruiser: Jimmy Buffet is heading to Rock Band.
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Tags: Daily Wrap-Up, Videos
Posted by Mike D'Alonzo - Friday, May 30, 2008 5:18 PM
This week, on Fresh Ink Online, Blair gets really big with it, as we get to find out what's up with King-Size Hulk, Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men, and All-Star Superman. She also gives us the skinny on Final Crisis and 1985. So, you can see how it's kind of a big deal. That's why you should watch it.
So watch it.
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Tags: Comics, Fresh Ink
Posted by Brian Leahy - Friday, May 30, 2008 5:06 PM
A new Open Source post from G4 President Neal Tiles is live... check it out here.
This month Neal talks about G4's World Broadcast Premiere of The King of Kong as well as the season premiere of Code Monkeys. He answered your questions about G4 Rewind, hosted by KnuxSonic, and more.
Be sure to catch The King of Kong on Sunday, June 1st at 5PM ET and Code Monkeys Season 2 at 7PM ET.
Submit your own questions to Neal Tiles and he could answer them in next month's post.
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Tags: G4
Posted by Stephen Johnson - Friday, May 30, 2008 3:03 PM
 That guy on the right is a Javan Rhino, one of the rarest animals on earth.
Apparently, the Rhino was a little miffed at his celebrity and the interest of conservationist and paparazzi and attacked the camera conservationists had set up.
There are only around 60 of these criminal vandal animals left on earth, which is 60 too many if you ask us. Just check out this evil, criminal in the video below.
"We believe this footage was well worth the risk to our equipment," said Adhi Rachmat Hariyadi, who leads WWF-Indonesia's project in Ujung Kulon National Park. “It’s very unusual to catch a glimpse of the Javan rhinos deep inside the rain forest. The motion triggered infrared video traps are a useful way to observe them and the ways they use their habitat in a more detailed way."
Nah, dude, that Rhino smashed your expensive camera; break out the hunting rifles!
Panda.org: World's rarest rhinos make first video trap appearance - then toss camera
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Posted by Stephen Johnson - Friday, May 30, 2008 2:52 PM
Conan is strong, by Crom! The famous barbarian's game, Age of Conan, has unseated Grand Theft Auto IV on the European sales chart. Conan is number one in Germany and Sweden, but only number four in Spain.
Do you think something similar is in the offing in North America, or our brothers over the sea just weird?
Click the cut for detailed European sales charts.
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Tags: PC Gaming, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Posted by Frank Meyer - Friday, May 30, 2008 2:44 PM
A report in the Stockton Record, a local rag of Stockton, California, says that residents have been severely, and negatively, effected by GTA 4.
Titled "Grand Theft Auto IV Criticized by Stocktonians," the story cites interviews with two people who say GTA has adversely affected their lives.
“My son Peter was never really aggressive,,” claims Greg Within, “but once he got into video games, GTA being one of them, he started to push, hit, talk back, and just become a different person."
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Tags: Grand Theft Auto IV, PlayStation 3, Videogames, Xbox 360
Posted by Stephen Johnson - Friday, May 30, 2008 2:28 PM
In what seems more like a horror film premise than real life, a Japanese man recently learned that a woman he had never met before was living in a closet in his house, eating his food and breathing his air for several months.
The 57-year-old unemployed man of Fukuoka in southern Japan noticed food was missing from his fridge, so he set up a camera and caught a woman skulking about his place. She had been living his closet, where she'd set up a mattress and wasn't even paying rent or helping with the housework! Police were called. Arrests were made.
"I didn't have anywhere to live," the woman told police.
Someone call R. Kelly to write a 437 part musical based on this.
Reuters: Japan man discovers woman living in his closet
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