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HOKINAKA, JAPAN–Strange and disturbing stories out of Japan are nothing new. But when fans of the Spelunker video game start dying in bizarre ways, Nell Chase will be on the case faster than you can say “gastrointestinal endoscopy.” Read the full story>>

LONDON, U.K.–Emanuel Idlington of Camden Court Lane, London was shocked to discover an image of Jesus Christ cleverly concealed in a scene of the recently released war game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The alleged blasphemous image (as highlighted in the photo) appears as a wall stain in a Rio de Janeiro slum. During a fierce fire-fight while playing the game, Emanuel noticed the stain and was drawn to it. “Something about the stain just didn’t seem right,” related Emanuel (27), an unemployed promotions director, “so I paused the game and knelt in front of the telly to study what was there.” Read the full story>>

NETHERCOTT ISLAND, ME–Tatum Gnuth (18) grew up on a remote island off the rugged Maine coast,  thinking he was the center of the universe. He was an only child, schooled via radio and the Internet, and the mainland was little more than a shadow on the horizon. But it wasn’t the isolation that gave Tatum a skewed perspective of the world; according to psychologist Dr. Avery Attkin, it was the boy’s penchant for playing video games.

“He simply was not prepared to deal with the real world,” noted Attkin.

When Tatum left his home to attend the University of Maine, the culture shock was apparent to everyone. Read the full story>>

NEW YORK, NY–Super Model Jolene Fatalle (25) confirmed rumors that her famed sense of style and panache is borrowed almost entirely from playing online Bratz games. Read the full story>>

WORTHY, SUSSEX, UK–Alex VanImpish was at the peak of his game. With Rock Band mates Luke, Jennie Q. and Ibid, Alex reached the finals of the UK Rock Band championship held by Electronic Arts last month. The band, known as ColdPlastic, had grown a Facebook following of over a million fans in just three weeks, and lead guitarist Alex was the instant darling of the gamer scene, cementing his status as gaming’s heartthrob kid by appearing on Sky TV’s The Beatles Rock Band release day demopalooza.

“I thought it would last for “fooking” ever,” Alex told IGNN in an exclusive e-mail exchange. Read the full story>>

BERKELEY, CA–Evolutionary scientists working to understand the complex interactions between lifestyle and biological evolution have discovered a remarkable connection between evolutionary artifacts and environmental changes that suggest current trends in gaming will eventually lead to the loss of human thumbs. Writing in The Monthly Science Journal of Evolutionary Artifact Research, doctors Emily Slipsot and Jasmine LeFeaux of the University of California, Berkeley, site multi-generational studies using white mice trained to play maze games in which a critical element of the game is changed… Read the full story>>