Jesus lookalike kicked out of darts tournament for…looking like Jesus

Nathan jesus-lookalike-ejected-darts-top630Grindal just wanted to watch a game of darts.

But because of his flowing hair and full beard, the 33-year-old from the town of Abingdon became the focal point of the 4,500-person strong crowd at the Cash Converters Players Championships in Somerset, England, who collectively decided he looked like Jesus Christ. And (perhaps) fueled by the four-pint pitchers of beer they could buy at the event, they decided to let him know.

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America’s Radio News Network – Dec. 13, 2012

Every arnnThursday, I join Chris Salcedo and Rick Roberts on the mid-day edition of America’s Radio News Network to discuss trends and news in the technology and video game space. This week’s topics were holiday spending, Ultra high definition televisions and a few gift ideas for TV addicts.

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Assassin’s Creed III sales top 7 million

The assassins-creed-3-sales-top630shift to the American Revolution has been a good one for the Assassin’s Creed franchise.

The latest game in the series, which features a new setting and a new Native American protagonist, has sold more than 7 million copies in its first month on shelves, Ubisoft announced on Wednesday.

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Angry Birds movie landing in 2016

Been angry-birds-movie-top630sitting on the edge of your nest waiting for that big screen adaptation of Angry Birds? You might want to get comfortable.

The good news is that Rovio has finally announced when the feature film based on its flagship franchise will be released. The bad news? It’s not going to be ready until 2016.

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What to expect on tonight’s Spike VGAs

Spike’s spikevga_630annual video game awards sometimes take a beating from core gamers in forums and chatrooms, but that hasn’t stopped the event from evolving into one of the biggest gaming events of the year. And, for gamers, it often brings an early Christmas present.

Each year, the show offers major game announcements — as well as recognition of some of the year’s best games. This year’s broadcast is scheduled to air live Friday night at 9pm ET (and will be rebroadcast several times over the days to come). Here’s a look at what to expect.

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America’s Radio News Network – Dec. 6, 2012

Every arnnThursday, I join Chris Salcedo and Rick Roberts on the mid-day edition of America’s Radio News Network to discuss trends and news in the technology and video game space. This week’s topics were Apple CEO Tim Cook’s announcement that the company will begin manufacturing a computer in the United States next year and Blockbuster’s latest plan – selling cell phones in its brick and mortar stores.

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Majesco shares enter dangerous territory

Zumba zumbafitFitness publisher Majesco is in danger of having its stock delisted. Editor-at-large Chris Morris examines the 26-year-old company’s precarious place on the stock market.

For the second time this year, a video game publisher is in danger of having its stock delisted.

Following THQ’s rocky start to the year, Zumba Fitness publisher Majesco’s stock is entering the red zone. For the past 25 days, the company’s stock has traded below $1. And unless things change by Dec. 12, that’s going to trigger a response by Nasdaq.

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