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Kansas State School Board Bans Pokemon Due to Evolution Content
2007-04-03 16:16:22
The Kansas Board of Education approved a controversial measure yesterday that will ban all Pokemon video games, trading cards, and related merchandise because of the franchise’s blatant promotion of evolution. The vote, which passed by a narrow margin after weeks of debate amongst members of the board, is being hailed as a victory by conservatives and religious groups. Teachers will now be required to search their students at the beginning of the school day to make sure that they aren’t carrying any copies of the game. Any copies that are found will be immediately and permanently confiscated, and the student may be subject to punishments ranging from a temporary suspension to outright expulsion for repeat violators.
Read more: State , School , Evolution , Content

Hitting the Digg Front Page: Past and Present
2007-04-02 06:12:12
I've had the pleasure and privilege of hitting the Digg front page on three separate occasions in the history of my humble website. The first was Jack Thompson Claims "Starfighter" Video Game Led to Youth Saving Galaxy, the second was Hardcore Warcraft Fans Forced Into Reality For A Day, and the third was the recent hit Dude's Cyber Girlfriend Actually A Dude. Starfighter hit the front page roughly a year and a half ago, the Warcraft Outage was up there about a year ago, and then Dude’s Girlfriend hit it big a week ago. After Dude's Cyber Girlfriend hit the front page I quickly realized something, Digg has gotten really big since the last time my site was dugg. I’d seen other sites go down after being dugg, but concluded after my experience on the front page that they just didn’t have great hosting packages to begin with. That doesn’t seem to be the case anymore, however.
Read more: Hitting , Front , Present

Daily Gaming Podcast - Episode 1
2007-03-31 19:43:42
Hello everyone! Semi-exciting times here at DGN today. I've recorded a podcast giving a recap of the week's news stories as well as some of the behind the scenes info about the inspiration for the articles. This week's episode includes a recap of Dude's Cyber Girlfriend Actually A Dude and U.S. Scholarship Program Aims to Stem Brain Drain to Azeroth. I've also included some of the back story on the Cyber Girlfriend article, showing that it really wasn't that far from the truth. You can click here to listen to the podcast in another window. Or, if you want to save it to your computer then just right click the link and select "Save Target As" to save to your computer.
Read more: Daily , Gaming , Podcast , Episode

New U.S. Scholarship Programs Aim to Stop Brain Drain to Azeroth
2007-03-29 20:24:51
Washington D.C. - The U.S. government is worried, and they’ve decided to throw some money at the problem. The Department of Education issued a press release this afternoon indicating that they will be instituting several new scholarship programs aimed at stopping the massive brain drain from U.S. colleges to Azeroth that has been taking place since late 2004. The new scholarships will pay for tuition and housing for four years of undergrad work or up to three years in a graduate studies program. In exchange for the scholarship, students will be required to sign an agreement stating that they won’t play World of Warcraft while in enrolled in school, or for five years after graduating. The DoE was silent on how they planned to enforce the ban, but education experts expect that some sort of Warcraft-tracking spyware might be involved.
Read more: Scholarship , Programs , Brain

DGN Highlights
2007-03-27 22:35:24
I'd originally planned on writing new articles and relaunching the site by next week, but being slammed by Digg after updating Dude's Cyber Girlfriend Actually A Dude for the Warcraft generation, it's become apparent that I need some filler while my new partners in crime and I are working furiously on new content. So with that in mind, I'd like to present highlights from the past three years at Daily Gaming News for people who are new to the site. Some of these articles stretch back to ancient times when the site was still under the unfortunate moniker/domain suitmonster.com, and some of it has become dated due to the constantly changing nature of gamer culture, but each of these articles was a fan favorite at some point in the past. Just click on "Read More" for the full list.
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Back In Action
2007-03-26 19:04:27
Hello again to all the loyal readers who are still coming to the site a year after I stopped updating. Terribly sorry about the downtime, but college sometimes gets in the way of the Internet. It's been a hectic year, but a combination of free time and some friends who were bugging me about the site has convinced me to get back to the daily grind at Daily Gaming. There will be a few new staff members here at DGN helping me with updates, as well as an updated version of the site software that will hopefully be less vulnerable to spambots. Those have been a headache for far too long now. We'll start updating in the next week or so, after I finish some more cleanup here at the site. If you think you could write for DGN then register an account and leave a comment on this article and we'll get in touch. And thanks for sticking with the site all this time! The number of visits that we're still getting after a year of inactivity helped in the decision to bring the site back from
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Upgrade
2007-03-26 06:01:58
I'm upgrading the site in an attempt to get rid of the spambots constantly attacking. I hope to have everything back to normal by the end of the week for those who still visit from time to time.


New Latin Textbooks to Contain Mandatory Guild Naming Chapter
2006-04-06 06:17:32
Richard Lafleur, the current writer of the popular Wheelock’s Latin mentioned at a teaching conference last week that he was considering including a chapter in the next revision of his book that would focus solely on how to properly name a clan or guild in Warcraft or other popular online games. Several Latin teachers from the University of Cincinnati decided to give Warcraft a try after hearing all about it from the Computer Science department for half a year. They all rolled on a Roleplaying server and immediately noticed a problem.
Read more: Textbooks , Contain , Mandatory , Guild , Naming , Chapter

Weird Science Inspired Project Wipes Out Campus Network
2006-04-04 06:47:05
In retrospect, it probably wasn’t the greatest idea for a class project, but that didn’t stop Indiana University sophomores Gary Owens and Wyatt Randolph from trying to recreate the infamous computer science project featured in the 80's movie “Weird Science .” University officials are still trying to assess the extent of the damage to the campus computing facilities. At least one Computing Services official was willing to comment that hopes “weren’t very high” for the survival of most of the computers on the campus.
Read more: Inspired , Project , Campus

Finding Wing Commander
2006-03-31 09:01:27
I have a new comic for everyone's viewing pleasure. I usually have time to jot down a few sketches in between classes (or in class if it's a particularly boring lecture and there isn't at test coming up any time soon). I have several funny ideas scripted out, and if I can find the time to draw and scan everything I'll be making the comics a regular Friday feature from now on, or until I run out of funny ideas. As always, click "Read More" to see the comic.
Read more: Commander

Back in action
2006-03-30 19:31:17
Fans of the site might have noticed with the last two articles, but DGN is back. I'll be updating on Tuesdays and Thursdays for now, trying to strike a balance between coursework and the site.


The Great Warcraft Outage of ‘06: A Look Back
2006-03-30 07:26:46
“Where were you when the servers went down?” That’s become a common question amongst Warcraft players in the past few days as they recover from the aftershocks of the great Warcraft Outage of ‘06. Many gamers are able to recite exactly where they were and what they were doing when they realized that normal Tuesday maintenance would be extended indefinitely, potentially making gamers lose precious hours of inane grinding, crafting, and materials gathering.
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Hardcore Warcraft Fans Forced Into Real World for a Day
2006-03-29 07:00:41
Millions of Warcraft subscribers were unexpectedly forced to deal with the forces of reality today as a result of extended server downtime. As of press time there was no ETA for the servers coming back online. The servers were initially taken down to implement the new 1.10 patch. They were down for extended maintenance until around 8 PM EST. While the servers were up briefly at that point, the login servers buckled under the weight of millions of players desperately trying to get their EXP fix before their wives or parents kicked them off of the computer for the night.
Read more: World

The End For Now
2006-02-01 16:46:16
As my few dedicated fans who still return to the site after the long downtime might have noticed, I haven't been around much lately. To those of you who are still checking DGN I sincerely apologize. It all started at the end of last summer when I realized that I wasn't having fun in the English program at my school anymore, and that my chances of employment in my area with just an English degree were somewhere between zero and none. So I switched to pre-med on a whim and jumped into a bunch of science courses. I aced them, but it takes a lot of study time to get back into the swing of things in the sciences after you haven't taken a course in three years. The course load is even heavier this semester. It's all part of the joys of trying to squeeze what is normally a four year program into two years. The whole process would take even longer if the pre-med program wasn't such a skeletal degree program to begin with. I'm spending most of my time memorizing, reading, or prepa


Finals Week
2005-12-09 17:14:20
Ah the life of a pre-med. Finals are officially upon me, and that means all of my free time is going to be spent in a book for awhile. Updates here at DGN will be suspended next week. Look for new updates starting on Monday, the 19th of December.


Christian Groups Already Sucking the Fun Out of "Narnia"
2005-12-08 23:40:16
Christian groups around the nation are mobilizing both for and against the new Disney film The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and the news of the gathering storm that's about to descend upon our nation's multiplexes is already keeping most normal theater-goers away from the movies this weekend. Some groups already see the film as a new Passion of the Christ that will lead them to 1000 years of cinematic peace and prosperity, while other geekier parts of the population are hailing it as the second coming of The Lord of the Rings with seven juicy installments instead of just three.
Read more: Christian , Groups , Sucking , Narnia

French Doctors Claim Face Transplants Could Soon Help Warcraft Priest Victims
2005-12-06 19:13:11
“You totally melted that guys face!” has become a common rallying cry amongst Warcraft players who have seen a priest in action both in game and on message boards. The comment first started on some anonymous forum and gained popularity from there, as all Internet fads do, but this is one fad that ignores an entire section of the gaming population that is being victimized. No one stops to think what happens to players after they’ve gone against a priest and had their face melted. The lucky victims are merely killed by the Priest ’s minions, but they don’t always die.
Read more: French , Doctors , Victims

10 Warcraft Idiots Die in Tragic Roflcopter Crash
2005-11-30 23:16:58
All is not well in Darkshire today. Preliminary reports coming from, appropriately, the Darkshire cemetary indicate that at least 10 players from the Alliance guild Fratris Fatuus on the Argent Dawn roleplaying server were killed in a tragic Roflcopter crash. The Roflcopter apparently took off from Northsire Abbey in Elwynn forest at 2:00pm EST heading south towards Darkshire. Ten guild members, all at level one, crossed the river into Darkshire where the Roflcopter promptly crashed and burned in the middle of a pack of level 20 wolves.
Read more: Warcraft , Idiots

Inexperienced Queuers Perish in Xbox 360 Lines
2005-11-28 23:09:44
The post-carnage reports from the Xbox 360 launch are in, and already the figures are looking bleak. Experts were projecting at least twenty Xbox launch-related fatalities over the holiday weekend, but a cold front that rolled through the Midwest may blow those initial figures out of the water. Retailers are blaming the troubles on people who came to wait in line without the proper experience or equipment required for a long wait.
Read more: Lines

Monday, I promise.
2005-11-27 08:20:06
Okay so I lied. Hoping for some free time this week was probably a little too optimistic, especially with all the traveling and hustle and bustle of the holidays. I have stuff written for next week though. Check back Monday for yummy gaming satire leftovers.
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Testing, Testing...
2005-11-19 19:22:07
Regular visitors to Daily Gaming News might have noticed a lack of updating over the past week. Normally I try to tell you guys when things get busy, but things just got a little out of hand for me. Thanksgiving Break starts for my school next week, and all of the profs seem to think that they need to have a major test or project due the week before. I'll be back with regular updates by Wednesday of next week for sure. I'm shooting for Monday, but I'm also spending the entire weekend with my nose in the Chemistry and Biology books so that doesn't leave much time for writing. Thanks for sticking it out, and check back next week for a new dose of gaming satire.
Read more: Testing

Lucas Promises SWG Revamp Will Be "Just As Good As the New Trilogy"
2005-11-11 16:32:40
George Lucas , famed creator of American Graffiti, the original Star Wars trilogy, and The Ewok Adventure spoke out today in an attempt to put an end to some of the worries posed by Star Wars Galaxies players who are worried about the direction the game is taking. "Don't worry guys," he told the 250,000 masochists who still maintain their subscriptions. "The changes that we're making to the game will be just like my re-imagining of the original trilogy, or the pulse-pounding experience we delivered with the new trilogy."
Read more: Promises , Revamp , Trilogy

Blizzard Servers Buckle Under Load of Returning Blizzcon Attendees
2005-11-10 03:18:34
World of Warcraft servers have lost that pingin’ feelin’, and gameplay has slowed on many servers to the point that queues just to be able to log in are becoming a fond memory. The cause for this recent spate of trouble with the server load? The official line from Blizzard is that they were experiencing some bugs in code implemented during the new patch. What Blizzard isn’t mentioning is the correlation between the sudden server troubles and the influx of gamers returning from Blizzcon in Anaheim.
Read more: Buckle , Attendees

Gamers Decide Night Elf Costume Would Look Better Without the Cellulite
2005-11-07 07:47:54
World of Warcraft gamers around the world have unanimously decided that the Night Elf costumes featured on the Blizzcon photo page would have looked much better without any of the cellulite or fat rolls. Blizzcon was a unique event for gamers in that it was the first time a gaming company has held a convention dedicated solely to its own games. Convention goers were given the opportunity to pay hundreds of dollars to take a break from playing Blizzard games so that they could watch other people play Blizzard games instead.
Read more: Gamers , Cellulite

Bungie Announces Halo Beach Volleyball
2005-11-04 16:35:17
Bungie, makers of the incredibly popular Halo first person shooter that singlehandedly saved the Xbox from becoming the 3D0 of the 21st century, posted an announcement on their website today stating that they would be dropping all of their current projects to produce Halo Beach Volleyball . The new game will feature everyone’s favorite characters from the first two Halo games, but in a beach setting where they settle the score over the volleyball net instead of with frag grenades and dual wielding plasma rifles.


Dentist Dentist Revolution! Preview
2007-04-04 19:24:33
I'd like to take a moment to welcome Erron Kelly to the Daily Gaming News staff. He'll be doing his part to add to the madness here at DGN, especially focusing on Reviews and Preview s of all your favorite new games. Erron has kicked off his DGN career with a preview of a game that he got his hands on recently at the GDC. Dentist Dentist Revolution! for the Nintendo Wii promises to give players new challenges utilizing the Wiimote, and, according to Erron, is a lot of fun. Daily Gaming News Preview: Dentist Dentist Revolution! by Erron Kelly


The DGN Forum is Back
2007-04-04 06:10:55
Hello everyone. Evidently upgrading to the latest version of PostNuke had the unintended consequence of completely borking the existing forums on the site. If you're really interested in the details then you can read about it here. So without further ado, I would like to introduce you to the new DGN forums. Right now there's only a General Discussion forum. I'm open to adding whatever forums people want, all you have to do is register (go on and click, it's quick and easy!) and start posting.
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Sony and Vivid Ink Deal to Use Surplus UMDs for Porn Distribution
2007-04-05 15:55:48
Sony and Vivid Entertainment inked a deal earlier today that will allow Vivid to use surplus Universal Movie Discs for the Playstation Portable video game system to distribute their porn titles, a desperate move that Sony hopes will save their slowly failing PSP line by bringing it to the new and untapped market of desperate porn addicts. Daily Gaming was unable to learn specifics of the deal, although sources within both porn and video game industry indicate that a large sum of money changed hands. The deal is expected to bring much needed attention to the flagging Playstation Portable, or PSP. The system debuted to strong sales and was the must have item amongst gamers for the first few weeks after launch, but the lack of interesting games coupled with draconian firmware updates that punished the nascent homebrew scene quickly dried up the market. Real gamers in the portable market have long since moved on to the Nintendo DS, which focuses on pushing games rather than expe
Read more: Sony , Surplus

DGN Podcast - Episode 2
2007-04-06 21:06:57
Hello everyone! The second episode of the Daily Gaming News Podcast is now up and ready for you to download. You can download the podcast and access the RSS feed from this page. I've also created a page to archive all of the podcasts, which you can get to by clicking here or by clicking on the DGN Podcast link to the left.
Read more: Episode

Blizzard to Start Direct Gold and Item Sales in World of Warcraft
2007-04-10 16:39:36
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gaming_news/Blizzard _to_start_selling_gold_and_items_for_cash_in_Warcraft '; The streets of Azeroth are going to be paved with gold in time for the next patch. In an effort to combat the rising number of gold farmers plaguing their servers as well as suck every last penny from their loyal subscribers, Blizzard will soon be offering gold and high powered epic items for direct sale in game. Items purchased will then be billed directly to the player’s credit card on file. The first news of this was leaked in a blue posting on a topic that was quickly deleted, likely because of the sensitive nature of the information. Subsequent leaks from several Gms and other Blizzard employees have confirmed that the blue post was true, but that the poster wasn’t authorized to give out that information. Disciplinary action has reportedly taken place, upsetting several Blizzard employees who were then willing to come forward and discuss the new patch at length.
Read more: Start , Direct , Sales , World

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