Tuesday, May 6, 2014

QQ News: May 1st, 2014

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the weeks leading to May 1st, 2014.


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Headlines

  • 00:00 - Date and Introductions
  • 01:30 - E.T. Cartridges Found in New Mexico Landfill After 30 Years (Escapist)
  • 02:20 - Some People Think The Atari Landfill Dig Is Fake (Kotaku)
  • 02:45 - The Long Good Friday Actor Bob Hoskins Dies at 71 (IGN)
  • 03:35 - Mario Kart 8 Comes With One of Ten Free Wii U Games (Escapist)
  • 04:35 - Another month, another $2 million for Star Citizen (Joystiq)
  • 07:00 - Disney Infinity Marvel Superheroes Coming This Fall (Kotaku)
  • 07:35 - Yuji Horii confirms development of next Dragon Quest (Joystiq)
  • 09:15 - Marvel Dice Masters Sells Out Rapidly (Escapist)
  • 09:45 - ESA study: 59% of Americans play games, 68% on consoles (Joystiq)
  • 11:15 - Seth MacFarlane and Patrick Stewart Teaming for "Blunt Talk" (IGN)
  • 11:40 - GameStop to close 120 stores, increase focus on mobile (Joystiq)
  • 13:50 - Google to Replace Nexus Phones with Android Silver Brand (Escapist)
  • 14:50 - WSJ: The FCC's New Net Neutrality Rules Will OK Pay-to-Play (Gizmodo)
  • 15:25 - Anti-Net-Neutrality "Fast Lanes" Are Bullshit (Marco)
  • 17:55 - Final Hobbit Film Renamed The Battle of Five Armies (Escapist)
  • 19:30 - Microsoft reveals release date of the Xbox One in Japan (Kotaku)
  • 20:40 - Xbox One Launches in China, First Console in 13 Years (Escapist)
  • 21:15 - Life After GameSpy: Civ And Borderlands Go Steam (Rockpapershotgun)
  • 22:30 - Star Wars Expanded Universe Is Dead (Escapist)
  • 24:00 - Han Solo Has a 'Gigantic Role' in Star Wars: Episode VII (IGN)
  • 24:30 - Holy Crap, Looks Like Suikoden II Is Finally Coming To PSN (Kotaku)
  • 25:25 - David Spade Says Joe Dirt 2 May Happen on Crackle (IGN)
  • 26:00 - CNet: Nike Fires FuelBand Engineering Team; Set to Exit Wearable (Cnet)
  • 27:10 - Almost Human Cancelled by FOX (IGN)
  • 28:45 - Fox Will Reboot Flash Gordon (Escapist)
  • 28:40 - Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot on Steam (Kotaku)
  • 30:00 - Blizzard Wants You To Leave The House, Meet Other Humans (Kotaku)
  • 30:45 - Sony to sell all its Square Enix Shares (Joystiq)
  • 32:15 - Wrap up and rapid fire news reel!