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Aggravated Gamers Episode 59 - The one about the broken 360s is now up for download or stream. Check the bottom of this post for stream and download links. Enjoy.

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The next podcast will be up sometime tonight before midnight. We’re doing a late podcast tonight, see you guys when it’s done.

One person’s bad luck or proof of a serious problem? You be the judge.

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The person in that article is me ;).

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An E3 press conference is already scheduled at Sony Computer Entertainment America, but we have gotten wind of another conference on July 10th. This is a totally separate event to announce the release of the much vaunted “Killzone2”.

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More Quatermann gossip from Electronic Gaming Monthly. Getting to the point, there is good news for Square Enix fans – Parasite Eve 3 is not just a cell phone game, as a full fledged installment of the game is already being planned.

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In response to fans’ requests, the newest installment of the popular fighting game will feature online competition on both the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.

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The web team at Xbox has been busy working on a redesign for Xbox.com that is going to go live Tuesday. While there are no new features in this update (it’s just a visual redesign) there are a couple of things worth mentioning: A new look for all of the content pages, redesigned navigation, new search, etc.

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Now the only question is whether the game will be playable during the several hour event or if it will be more trailers.

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The ESRB has been found contacting a gaming site asking them to remove certain Dark Sector trailers months after they’ve already been released because of the “excessive or offensive content” found within. Are you starting to notice a pattern, too? Wanna fight back? Check the “Gamers For Gaming” link on the page.

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Following the ESRB’s call for Dark Sector’s trailers online to be removed on the grounds that they contain “excessive or offensive content”, Destructoid contacted them for more details. Here you can find an analysis of their response.

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New complaints claim out-of-country repair centres are now being used due to unprecedented demand

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One man’s thriving business selling mod chips and counterfeit games as well as modifying consoles has come to an end after a raid on his home turned up over a thousand pirated games.

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Early Monday morning during trading, Nintendo share prices rose just enough for the company’s overall market value to surpass that of Sony, making Nintendo one of Japan’s Top 10 companies in market share for the first time.

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It appears that the American Medical Association has rethought its proposal to classify videogame addiction as a disease along the same lines as alcoholism and drug addiction, and are no longer moving forward with the effort. They are now recommending to the American Psychiatric Association that more research be conducted regarding the matter.

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