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Who's The Bigger Cheater: Jason Kidd Or Mike Tomlin?
Originally published in Bloomberg View...
Did Mark Cuban Out Del Harris As The Inventor Of The Spilled-Soda Move?
On Wednesday night, Jason Kidd bought himself an extra timeout against the Lakers when he told Tyshawn Taylor to bump into him, spilling his drink. The Nets were losing 96-94 at that point and had no timeouts. The clean-up, before Jodie Meeks's second foul shot, gave the Nets some extra time to dra...
"Name That Blue" Tests How Well You Know Your Sports Colors
Who's up for a rousing round of Name That Blue, the logo-color guessing game that only sounds dumb until you realize you've been playing it for 20 minutes?...
Killing Jennifer Lawrence: <em>The Hunger Games: Catching Fire</em>, Reviewed.
1. The first Hunger Games movie was entertaining enough, but still plodding, awkward, and weighed down with so much exposition that you found yourself wishing everyone would stop sketching out the rules of this universe and get down to mourning all the dead children falling from the skies. The movie...
In 1984 Epyx Sent A Commodore 64 Copy Of <em>Summer Games</em> To The Soviets, Who Couldn't Play It Because They Only Had Ataris
Thirty years ago, we didn’t have fancy PS4s to drool over. No, we had to type in things like “LOAD”*”,8,1 to play games, and those games were real. One of the best, of course, was Epyx’s Summer Games, which let you take part in such Olympic competitions as swimming, diving, sprinting, and gymnastic...
Every NHL Team As A <em>Mega Man</em> Sprite
Reddit user adam4283 has created 31 sprites (including the North Stars) from everybody's favorite 8-bit side-scrolling platform shooter. For just a few pixels, it's amazing how instantly recognizable most teams are. That's testament to Adam's work, as well as the clean and distinctive logos and colo...
Confessions Of A Masturbating Video Gamer
Up Up Down Down is an occasional column about video games. ...
We're So Sorry, London
Don't judge us by our expendable football teams....
NBA 2K14 Is So Realistic That It Features Failed High Fives
A Reddit user spotted this bit of inspired game action while playing NBA 2K14. Never has a video game felt more realistic....
Grand Theft Blotto: What <em>GTAV</em> Means To A Laid-Off Depressive Like Me
I am on a rampage. Having recently been laid off from my posh tech job, the one with the free sodas and Work From Home days, the one where the employees put the casual in business casual and there's non-stop tension between the Product and Design teams, the one where the staff, like its counterparts...
The 11 Best Things For Sale At Curt Schilling's Bankruptcy Auction
Curt Schilling is being sued by the state of Rhode Island as a result of that whole video game company going bankrupt and defaulting on $75 million in loans thing. In an attempt to satisfy his creditors, Schilling's putting the contents of his Medfield home up for estate auction, enabling you (or so...
<em>SNL's</em> Jay Pharoah Does A Tremendous Shannon Sharpe Impression
Jay Pharoah is SNL's master impressionist, and although his Barack Obama may be a bit uninspiring, his Shannon Sharpe leaves nothing to be desired. Our only complaint has to do with his tie knot. That sucker needs to be much, much bigger....
ESPN Cancels International X-Games; More Job Cuts Coming
ESPN is canceling the international edition of the X-Games, Reuters reports. ESPN announced the expansion in May 2012 but apparently hasn't found a way to make any money off the games this year. This also means more job cuts are coming to Bristol....
EA Sports Settles With Former Players For $40 Million. Next: The NCAA?
Yesterday it was announced that EA Sports is at least temporarily getting out of the college football video game business, after settling lawsuits brought by thousands of former players claiming their likenesses were used without compensation. It's chump change for the players, but one big fish stil...
NBA 2K14 Is More Of The Same
NBA 2K has long been the best basketball video game franchise on the market. This year's version is just as good as past installments, but as Kotaku's review points out, nothing much has been added. Maybe 2K is holding something back for next-gen consoles?...
Mispronunciation Costs <em>Wheel Of Fortune</em> Contestant Shot At $1 Million
Oh, this poor, poor, well-dressed man....
