The Daily Loper – April 17, 2009

Posted by Lopy in The Daily Loper on Apr 17, 2009

That’s My Scrotum?!? Edition

Today’s links of interest:

Videogame Sales Drop 17% in March
Cue Fail sounds from Pac-Man to Rock Band.
MPAA Caves to Bruno
Bruno escapes the dreaded (?) NC-17 rating. Why do we think the ratings board didn’t get all the jokes?
Time Inc. Warns Mine Subscribers ‘Computer Error’ May Have Screwed Up ‘Personalized’ Content – Dylan Stableford – Blogs emedia and Technology @ FolioMag.com
Right, because computers are the kind of beings that make decisions all by themselves. File this under glitch?

Speculation: Will Microsoft’s ZuneHD Include an eBook Reader?
And we thought we’d seen it all for the Zune file.
Spinal Tap and Its Influence
Newsweek lies lies lies: True story: when This Is Spinal Tap premiered in 1984, audiences thought it was a straightforward rock documentary about a real band. Bull-fucking-shit. We were part of those audiences, and we were looking forward to it because we knew EXACTLY what it was.

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