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March 12, 2011
Hirai to favored be next CEO of Sony.
The man who basically made a internet meme of himself at E3 back in 2006(you don't remember? here's a hint: "Riiiiiiiiidge Raceeeeeeeeeeeer!"), Kaz Hiraiis likely to be the next in line for Sony CEO, replacing Ken Kutaragi. Seen here on this Joystiq article, it's being reported that a corporate realignment will have Mr. Hirai be named as an "executive deputy president". In addition to the realignment, he will be heading up Sony's consumer products
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March 04, 2011
Homage to the old school video game code on Netflix for PS3
So in my household, we're finally getting into the whole Netflix thing. My parents are kinda addicted to it, and I'm sorta getting into it via my entire weekend viewing marathon of House, 24, and Gilmore Girls. While we are getting into the barebones of it, someone with a lot of time on their hands and a Playstation 3 at their disposal has figured out a code for their Netflix. This code is for the purpose of helping those who wish to discontinue their Netflix services but don't want to fumble around with the application and fear they might sign up for more time with the service. And the best thing about the code? It's a homage
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March 01, 2011
Gamestop accused of taking personal information
As seen here about Gamestop, a California woman filed the suit on Wednesday of this past week, claiming that a Alameda County GameStop store recorded her personal information such as her name, her credit card information, and her PII (personal identification information) after purchasing items with her credit card. The woman, Melissa Arechiga, believes that GameStop uses the information like addresses and various other private pieces of information to benefit sales and future aspects of their store(s).
In the view of the legal system of California, these actions of
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February 26, 2011
How many lives do you really get when gaming?
Weve all heard the warnings that parents give us in regards to playing video games, obesity, laziness, a drop in grades, violent and aggressive behavior. But now thanks to a 30-year-old man in China there is now one more reason to add to their list, a cause of death.
The 30-year-old man collapsed and fell into a coma in an internet café just outside of Beijing. According to witnesses he had been gaming online nonstop for three days. During those three days the man consumed very little food or drink and was getting absolutely
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February 26, 2011
Social Network site used often to invade Privacy
Steps to becoming even more of an obnoxious post break up wreck!
And I thought the see friendship feature that lets you stalk every wall post, mutually attended event, photo and probably daydream between two people was creepy enough. Apparently not.
Because of sites like Breakupnotifier.com, you can now keep tabs on the girl who walks past you like you dont exists relationship status
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February 10, 2011
Customer Service @ Evil Controllers
While we definitely enjoy the holiday season over here at EC, this past holiday was a stressful time. We want to formally apologize to anyone that felt they did not receive stellar customer service in the months of December and January. The sales volume we were experiencing was enormous, and it became a little hard for us to keep up. We are definitely the hardest on ourselves, and it is time for us to recognize these growing pains.
As a result, we have hired several more employees so we can handle a larger number of customers. We strive to give the best service possible, and we hope that everyone has a positive experience with us!
Thank you to everyone for being patient with us,
Evil Controllers
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January 28, 2011
10,000,000,000 App Downloaded!
As of now, ten billion apps have now been downloaded from Apples App store. After an ongoing countdown approaching the momentous number, Gail Davis of Oprington, Kent, UK, acquired the ten billionth download on Saturday morning (January 22). As a reward for her purchase of Paper Glider that day, Gail was awarded $10,000 in iTunes credit. (Makes me wish Id gotten that billionth download!!)
During the countdown, Apple released posts of its top paid and free apps. The top games sold were, unsurprisingly, Angry Birds and Flight Control. Also unsurprisingly, Facebook dominated as top unpaid application.
The top free apps
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January 28, 2011
Industry/Political News - Politician to Make Games to have Cigarette Box-like warnings
Congressman Joe Baca (D-Califorinia) tried to introduced legislature in 2009 on display a label warning of links between violent video games and aggressive behavior. The proposal was denied. Read more about the 2009 legislature here.
Cut to 2011, where he has now proposed the exact same legislature with the exact same information, only the difference now is he's backed by Congressman Frank Wolf (R-Virginia). The Virginian Congressman adds that like smokers being warned about cigarettes via labels, we should warn parents and children about the growing scientific backed
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January 28, 2011
Industry's biggest to make bigger changes
What is going on in the lead industry workplaces? Is it just me, or have some major companies been making some major changes? Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google will be stepping down from his role on April 4th. But, he is not leaving the company. Schmidt tweeted,Day-to-day adult supervision no longer needed! Meanwhile down at the HP headquarters 4 directors, Joel Hyatt, John Joyce, Robert Ryan and Lucille Salhany will all be stepping down. According to CNN it is due to wake of intense criticism and several shareholder lawsuits over how HP dismissed former CEO Mark Hurd. And to top off the major changes in companies, the CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs is taking a medical leave. Jobs sent out a letter
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January 27, 2011
Evil Controllers is on Inc Magazine
Inc. Magazine's February issue hit news stands and Evil Controllers is featured inside! The article discusses some cool new video game devices to keep your gaming fresh. One of those 4 cool new devices? THE EVIL D-PAD! The article is available online and in print on page 48!
The article may not put the devices in a ranked numerical order, but we will happily take the number 2 spot after a little something called the Kinect. This article only reaffirms that Evil is the only place to go for customizable controller