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In Other News – 25 June 2015

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Tamagotchi

I’ll never forget the first time I laid eyes on a Tamagotchi. Oddly enough, I even remember what year it was –1997. I was in grade 4 at the time, 7-8 years old, and all sorts of jealous when two people in my grade were the life of the class with their virtual pet on a keychain. Like any school craze though, it was only a matter of days before everybody else had one. After much pleading with my parents, I finally got my own. It was a little dinosaur version, and I loved it very much…

For a month or two at least anyway, before moving on to the next best thing. Was it YoYos? Marbles? I can’t remember. All I know is that being a kid was a much simpler time, where even a boring digital pet could keep me enthralled for hours on end.

In Other News: life is strange, Evolve releases some new DLC, an angry Korean beats up a Xbox 360, and four glorious hours of reactions to the Final Fantasy VII remake announcement.

Here’s all the news we didn’t post because we were too busy napping while everything fell apart.

News

Popular Steam Game Offers $100 To Anyone Who Finds An Exploit
Dragon Quest VI is available on mobile devices right now
Life is Strange’s second season would star a new cast (if it happened)
Evolve’s First ‘Hunting Season 2’ Character Arrives Today Alongside DLC Price Drops
Dying Light DLC takes a jab at Destiny’s Red Bull promotion
Mortal Kombat X: Predator skins, new secret Brutalities revealed

Stuff

Korean Gamer Destroys an Xbox 360, Alleges Microsoft Isn’t Trying
Get drunk, punch a table and throw cake everywhere
World’s biggest Minecraft pixel-art sets new record
Gunnar Goes Green With New Razer Partnership

Videos

Four Hours of Final Fantasy VII Remake Reactions

At least watch this part. I IMPLORE YOU!

Dota 2 Fails of the Week – Ep. 131

The Origin of Zelda’s Epona will RUIN your Childhood – Culture Shock

What’s on @ The Movies?

New ATTACK ON TITAN trailer finally shows the 3D maneuver gear in action!
Dwayne Johnson to star in 80’s video game adaptation RAMPAGE
Don’t move… The trailer for PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE GHOST DIMENSION is behind you!
Seth MacFarlane Talks TED 2
We review San Andreas: a movie with rock-sized faults

Model: Tamagotchi

Last Updated: June 25, 2015

45 Comments

  1. I found my Tamagotchi about 5 years ago and the damn thing still worked… so I gave it to my niece.

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    • Ottokie

      June 25, 2015 at 16:22

      Mine is safely tucked away in my gaming display case…dead of course (the virtual pet that is)

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  2. Lord Chaos

    June 25, 2015 at 16:09

    ARK offering $100 for people to help test early access?
    *Ponders tempting/tricking WB to do the same

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  3. Admiral Chief's Adventure

    June 25, 2015 at 16:11

    I never had one of those tamawhatwhats, too busy playing with my plastic army toys outside

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    • Lord Chaos

      June 25, 2015 at 16:12

      Weren’t you at least 15 in 1997?

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      • Trevor Matrix

        June 25, 2015 at 16:13

        And your point is?? Or where you one of those that smoked 30 a day and drank one bottle gin a day?

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        • Hammersteyn

          June 25, 2015 at 16:17

          I bet he still is.

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          • Trevor Matrix

            June 25, 2015 at 16:18

            LoL. It is called The Sims!

        • Lord Chaos

          June 25, 2015 at 16:17

          That a 15 year old should not be playing with a tamawhatsit.

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          • Lord Chaos

            June 25, 2015 at 16:19

            In ’97 I was 11

          • Trevor Matrix

            June 25, 2015 at 16:19

            Fuck boet. You should call me Oom Trevor then!

          • Lord Chaos

            June 25, 2015 at 16:20

            Net as jy met my tannie slaap. 😛

          • Trevor Matrix

            June 25, 2015 at 16:20

            Why? Is she available?

          • Lord Chaos

            June 25, 2015 at 16:23

            Would not know. Apparently I’m the black sheep.

          • Hammersteyn

            June 25, 2015 at 16:21

          • Lord Chaos

            June 25, 2015 at 16:25

            So you’re saying you think of me as the Ark of the Covenant?

          • Hammersteyn

            June 25, 2015 at 16:29

            I’m saying I’m as old as the Ark

          • Trevor Matrix

            June 25, 2015 at 16:19

            He did not! Failed Grade 1 reading I see…

          • Lord Chaos

            June 25, 2015 at 16:19

            The point being I’m proud he never did.

          • Trevor Matrix

            June 25, 2015 at 16:20

            Oh fuck me. I do apologize. Sincerely!

    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      June 25, 2015 at 16:13

      AW JIS! Those were the bestest. I even played outside, building army bases & stuff – then blowing everything up with firecrackers.

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      • Trevor Matrix

        June 25, 2015 at 16:13

        Best was if the the set came with one of those cannon thingys! Boom!

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      • Admiral Chief's Adventure

        June 25, 2015 at 16:14

        I used to place them across the garden, then punt them with rocks and mud to “kill” them

        And Lego, plenty plenty Lego

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        • HvR

          June 25, 2015 at 16:53

          Bought the Jurrasic World T-Rex set this past weekend……for my son.

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      • HvR

        June 25, 2015 at 16:52

        Guess that was before 1996 when firecracker burnt your finger a bit which was cured by a bit of licking and 30 seconds under the tap cured it. After 1996 red and green “tum-tuhms” started blowing limbs clean off and needed regulation and became illegal to use within city limits.

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    • Hammersteyn

      June 25, 2015 at 16:15

      And firecrackers

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  4. Trevor Matrix

    June 25, 2015 at 16:12

    And now I know why I got Mortal Kombat X… http://s1.dmcdn.net/JYGeF/1280×720-R5J.jpg

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    • Hammersteyn

      June 25, 2015 at 16:15

      For the DLC?

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      • Trevor Matrix

        June 25, 2015 at 16:17

        Yup. I know. Wait for the GOTY. Forgot about that when I ordered it today. Still, big enough Jason fan to pay to pit him against Scorpion and co.

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        • Hammersteyn

          June 25, 2015 at 16:17

          LOL I see now, after I refreshed.

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          • Trevor Matrix

            June 25, 2015 at 16:18

            And apparently the Predator is also incoming… So I kinda creamed my undies…

          • Lord Chaos

            June 25, 2015 at 16:29

            Glad I waited for the komplete of 9. Fun playing as Freddie.

  5. Hammersteyn

    June 25, 2015 at 16:17

    LOL that Final Fantasy VII Remake Reactions, thing is, most of those people that played it on PS1 are almost 20 years older now.

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  6. Jonah Cash

    June 25, 2015 at 16:18

    I had exactly that pink one!! A guy in Zimbabwe stole it while on a holiday there! What grown man steals a Tamagotchi???

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    • Hammersteyn

      June 25, 2015 at 16:20

      Terrorists?

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      • Trevor Matrix

        June 25, 2015 at 16:22

        They stole his “pink” Tamagotchi so he can keep his manliness and maybe have sex one day. They did him a favor.

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      • Jonah Cash

        June 25, 2015 at 16:56

        More likely a freakin land grab activist! He wanted to get a head start to trying to keep animals alive!!

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        • Hammersteyn

          June 25, 2015 at 17:19

          hahahaha

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  7. The Sten

    June 25, 2015 at 16:24

    37 days……..i kept it alive 37 days before that ungrateful bastard buggered off to space.

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  8. Jac7

    June 25, 2015 at 16:24

    I feel I cannot call myself a real gamer after seeing some of those (sobbing) reactions. *Sigh* Time to smash my Playstation.

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    • Hammersteyn

      June 25, 2015 at 16:28

      Well 20 years from now, when they remake it again you will know the feeling 😀

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      • Ottokie

        June 25, 2015 at 16:29

        O my glob! FF7 remake remake confirmed!!! 2035 is gonna be epic!

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        • Hammersteyn

          June 25, 2015 at 16:30

          You read it here first XD
          CONFIRMED

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      • Jac7

        June 25, 2015 at 16:33

        How they reacted during that announcement was pretty much how I reacted through the entire Jurassic World movie.

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