Timothy 
Leary’s pop-culture status was pretty well cemented via his fervent arguments for the use of psychedelic drugs.
But it turns out the leading cheerleader of LSD had a side gig: Game developer.
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Watch the amazing lost ending to The Last of Us
The 
ending to Game of the Year contender The Last of Us is one of the most thought-provoking and controversial of the past several years. But it could have been different — a lot different.
Developer Naughty Dog has released motion-captured footage for an alternate ending to the game that, well, certainly would have surprised players.
Valve debuts Steam Controller, a gamepad with no thumbsticks
On 
Monday, video game powerhouse Valve Software introduced an operating system based on its Steam digital distribution service. Then on Wednesday, it announced hardware that would run that OS in the living room. So it wasn’t a big surprise when the company’s third mystery unveiling this week was a controller for that system.
Until we saw the thing.
Court bans teen from playing video games
A 
Wisconsin teen who failed to listen to his parents is probably wishing he had today after a judge banned him from playing video games.
17-year-old Jeffery A. Ehlers of Mount Pleasant got a bit too excited when he was playing a game on his PlayStation 3, allegedly using obscenities when he lost. His mom didn’t care for that much, and told him to stop or she would unplug his console.
Valve announces Steam Machine hardware, coming 2014
Two 
days after announcing a new operating system based on its Steam digital distribution service, Valve has announced the hardware that will run it.
Steam Machines — the official term for the long-rumored ‘SteamBox’ — will start hitting stores next year from multiple partners, Valve said Wednesday. It stopped short of naming the companies it’s working with on the hardware.
Grand Theft Auto V garage bug causing cars to vanish
Car 
theft is a serious problem in Los Santos, but it’s turning out to be an even bigger headache for Rockstar Games.
A bug in Grand Theft Auto V is causing cars and car upgrades to disappear when players park vehicles in the game’s various garages, which are supposed to be save points. As a result, Rockstar is warning fans not to use those garages until they can solve the problem.
Valve taking on your living room with SteamOS
Steam — 
Valve’s popular digital game distribution service — is outgrowing your home office.
The publisher announced plans Monday to launch a Linux-based standalone operating system called SteamOS. Due in 2014, the platform is designed to help further the service’s move into the living room.
Grand Theft Auto V makes $1 billion in three days, shatters sales record
Well, 
that didn’t take long.
Sales of Grand Theft Auto V have topped $1 billion a mere three days after the game was released, easily setting a new record for the entertainment industry.
Former Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi dies at 85
Hiroshi 
Yamauchi, who transformed Nintendo from a playing card company into a video game powerhouse, has died at the age of 85 from pneumonia.
Yamauchi not only transformed Nintendo, he transformed the entire games industry, rescuing it from the brink of obsolescence in the 1980s. He ran the company for 53 years, overseeing four generations of home consoles — the NES, SNES, N64 and Gamecube — before handing the reins to Satoru Iwata in 2002.
Blizzard shutting down Diablo III auction house
Blizzard 
is eliminating one of the biggest pain points of Diablo III.
The in-game auction house, where players use real money to buy high-level gear and in-game gold, is going away on March 18, 2014.
Chris Morris: Journalist 