TV Show turns a Korean Pop star into a pro gamer
Only in Korea!! As the youngest member of Korean boyband SS501, Hyungjun is no stranger to Starcraft. The MBCgame (Starcraft / eSports channel) PD’s decide to have a bit of fun and set him up training to become a progamer.
Now who the heck is SS501? Well that’s also what I …
Woman wants plastic surgery to look like Jessica Alba
A Chinese woman who identifies herself as Xiaoqing will undergo surgery to look like Jessica Alba. That’s not all of the craziness of this story. She wanted the surgery in the first place in order to win back her ex-boyfriend.
They had been dating for 1.5 years and from the get-go, …
7 February 2010
Interviews, Life, Science, Videos
Buy swine flu now!!
Swine flu is still infecting people around the world and people have readily embraced that this is a real threat. Over in America the giant pharmacy franchise (who also basically sells everything else under the sun) Walgreens has put up giant billboards selling H1N1. For those of you who might …
7 February 2010
Science
The Tester: A new gaming reality series
The geniuses at Sony have decided to turn an open job posting for a game tester into an action-packed reality show to be shown on the Playstation Network. They’ve followed in the footsteps of Sir Richard Branson (The Rebel Billionaire) and Donald Trump (The Apprentice) except this time the job …
3 February 2010
Gaming, Tournaments
Woman loses 50kg from Wii Fit
When Lara Roberts was weighing in at over 114kg she decided to do something about it. Emabrassed to work out in public by going to the gym or jogging, instead she bought Wii Fit and managed to lose a whopping 50kg!
“While on holiday in Lanzarote, the family went on a …
The lost djWHEAT feature
When most professional gamers think of Marcus “djWHEAT” Graham they will picture this vibrant, excited, talkative guy, commenting each match like it was the World Cup finals. Or they might think of the host yelling passionately about video games into a camera on the set of the show ‘Epileptic Gaming’. …
3 February 2010
Features, Gaming, Interviews
The best Back to the Future theme + SHOES?
Sometimes I think I love Back to the Future so much it’s unhealthy.
I recently discovered also that such a thing as the “Nike Hyperdunk 2015 Marty McFly edition” shoes existed. Although they haven’t developed power laces just yet, 2015 isn’t for another 5 years so its forgivable. I want a …
