Gay Couples Celebrate California Court Ruling

Meanwhile, opponents of same-sex marriage said they were submitting petitions to put the issue to a test before California voters in November.

Jenna Bush dishes on her upcoming wedding

The bride will wear embroidered organza by Oscar de la Renta. That was one of the nuggets of information about the upcoming May 10 wedding of First Daughter Jenna Bush that was revealed on Tuesday, thanks to an advance copy of Vogue magazine obtained by the Washington Post.

YOUTUBE surgery video investigated...

New music video Web site features major label artists

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A company backed by investors including Will Smith and major record labels has launched a new Web site offering 10,000 free, high-definition music videos....

The Popsicle Plane [Contest]

The Ace Combat 6 contest continues! Reader Jason sends along his entry. Here, look at it. He writes: Here's my plane! It's made out of popsicle sticks! I included a nickel for scale! Cuz it's tiny! Exclamation Point! !!! To bring everyone up to speed: Dress up as an airplane OR make a three dimensional ...

Aus/NZ GTAIV Cut Due To "Weapon Being Inserted Into A Private Area" [Rumor]

Rockstar Australia have, against the wishes of just about everyone who's got the game pre-ordered locally, refused to disclose just what it was that's been cut from the local version of Grand Theft Auto IV. No matter. Publishers Take-Two may have been a little more forthcoming, with a call to the company's ...

Metal Gear Online Is Ready For Download, Not Play [Konami]

Bring your superfluous IDs and passwords! The Metal Gear Online beta is up and ready for download. Here are some pics from reader PlayingKarrde. The beta doesn't kick off until the 21st, so even if you download MGO, the game won't connect to the server. You can look at these title screens. There's another ...

The Sims: 100 Million Served [The Sims]

Hey, you like [insert your favourite franchise here]? Well, [insert your favourite franchise here] don't mean shit. Not next to the might of The Sims. Anyone who doubted Maxis and EA for releasing a game which simulated the more mundane aspects of everyday life, threw in some fashion design and amateur ...

Shepard Fairey Civ Rev Poster Is Pretty Great [Civilization Revolution]

Definitely one of the classier attempts at game PR we've seen. 2K have commissioned Shepard Fairey to come up with a series of promo posters for the upcoming Civilization Revolution. There's "more to come", with the first featuring none other than the little Corsican himself, shaking his finger during ...

PS3 Siren Game Confirmed Early [Sony]

Yup, just like we and pretty much everyone else thought, that blood red countdown clock was counting down to a PS3 Siren game. The upcoming issue of Japanese game magazine Famitsu confirms it. Dubbed Siren New Translation, the PLAYSTATION 3 survival horror title is currently 90 percent done and apparently ...

Konami Cockblocking Metal Gear Online Beta [PS3]

For those who didn't pre-order Metal Gear Solid 4 and get their beta invites, there was a backdoor in. Those who found it, Konami has a message for ya: GTFO. The following email is being sent out to those who snuck into the beta. Or rather, tried. It is: From: コナミカスタマーサービス Date: ...

Pokemon Event Threatened, Event So Cancelled [Japan]

April Pokémon card game events in Tokyo, Nagoya and Fukuoka have been cancelled after a blackmail letter threatened to disrupt the Tokyo event. The blackmail letter only mentioned the April 12th and 13th Tokyo event, but the Pokémon Company decided to nix the April 20th Nagoya and April ...

Your Big Daddy Could Have Looked Like This [Bioshock]

To promote BioShock, 2K shipped the collector's edition with a Big Daddy figurine. Sounded great in theory, but in practice, the thing was too fragile, and looked like it had been painted by...well, somebody who had never played BioShock. And who loved the smell of industrial-strength spraypaint a little ...

7 Of 11 Pirates Of The Burning Sea Servers Shut Down [Pirates Of The Burning Sea]

What the fuck is going on here? You all say how sick you are of MMOs with elves and orcs, so Flying Lab go and make one with pirates, and nobody signs up? Urgh. Which means it's all your fault that seven of the game's eleven servers are closing down, in order to bring about a "higher density" of players. ...

Sonic Candy... Cigarettes? (Smoke If You Got 'Em!) [Oddities]

Cigarettes are bad. They cause cancer. Cancer kills you. But candy cigarettes? Harmless! They only inspire impressionable children to smoke. And who better to rope 'em in young than Sonic the Hedgehog? The "New Tasty 100 percent Stick Candy Cigarettes" were found in the Philippines. Surgeon General ...

Europe Wii Fit Box Dupes Dull Japanese Wii Fit Box [Nintendo]

So that American Wii Fit box art is a snazzy neon green and multicultural vibrant feel good. Different from the Japanese box art, which is Snoozesville, population sleepy people. What about Europe? Same as the Japanese box art. Hit the jump for a look at the other side of the box. It's quite boring. ...

Game Magazine Cover Was For Sale... Literally [Journalism]

Wow. Living in Japan, I didn't know that US game magazine covers actually were so blatantly for sale. But apparently they are! This month's Official Xbox Magazine features perforated Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas cover that reads "ADVERTISEMENT" on it. Once removed, the actual cover is revealed. (This ...

Let's Talk About Luke's Dinner [Night Note]

To: Fahey From: Bashcraft RE: Far Too Much Information Sorry about the opening the flood gates! Tonight since I ate stuff quickly made from other stuff, let's talk about what Luke had for dinner: Yorkshire puddings. Luke describes it as "like if a pancake was baked in an oven with gravy." And that ...

Amazing Core Gamer Stuff Pooh-Poohed By Focus Groups [The Sims]

The concept was simple: A virtual dollhouse. Will Wright was coming off of SimAnt, and he was looking to do more. Wright at his team at Maxis began working on what would become The Sims, a game that play-tested so poorly that there were doubts it would be released. The game was and of course went on ...

Prototype Gets Comic Treatment [Comics]

DC Comics and Sierra Entertainment are teaming up to bring yet another video game property to the small, papered, non-screen, as the two companies sign a deal to create a comic book series based on the upcoming open-world action game Prototype. Why Prototype? Says Hank Kanalz, VP & General Manager of ...