According to a recent article on Yahoo’s Game site, Sony is the cause of a technological equivalent to the diamond trade that has caused the slaughter and oppression of many in the African Congo region.

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So E3 came and went and like I expected there was little fanfare. Aside from Microsoft trying to muscle in on Nintendo’s casual market the only real surprise was the multi-platform release of FFXIII. So why did this years show continue E3’s downward spiral? For a show that is supposed to be the home of breaking news and market changing announcements there was very little shown that anyone reading their daily news blogs didn’t already know.

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And they just kept dropping, and dropping. So it looks like Microsoft is trying to continue their trade show dominance by once again blowing away the general press public with not only all the confirmations we were hoping for, but also a big Square-Enix jawdropper with FFXIII.

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Back from vacation, and just in time to begin regurgitating all the news that falls out of E3’s sloppy maw. I saw the biggest new release for our household 2 weeks ago, as the second heir to the Thunderpudd Kingdom was born. But between the requirements of my fatherly duties (and doodies) I will be doing my damnedest to stay on top of what is sure to be ho hum announcements and several number laden pissing matches between the big 3 hardware players.

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Perhaps my hunch about the McDees/Grimace crossover title was off by a smidge, although it was equally Hellish in nature. It appears that the big non-surprise was… Diablo 3!

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I just wanted to let everyone know that I have solved the Blizzard mystery image in only three moves. I can say with almost 33% assurance that this is obviously a new franchise being developed as a cross-over promotion with a major company

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So I caught wind of Blizzard’s homepage recently being updated with a new splash page via an article on Kotaku. Being as how I work for a web design company for my day job, i decided to do a little snooping at their source code (the referenced CSS file) to see what I could see.

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So word around the translated inter-webs shows that not only is humble Itagaki San hitting Tecmo where it hurts (wallets), but that basically all their employees have suddenly grown some stones and are filing a similar suit.

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It appears that some of us who hopped on (get it…) the Wii Fit craze are not giving 110% like we should. So no more Mr Nice Balance Board, and friendly generic trainer for us, now we have fitness guru Jillian Michaels to shame and inspire us to be more beautiful.

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