Your honour, if it pleases the court I would like to give a brief summery of the facts.
 
In the instant case Mr. X (not his real name) is charged with the offence of ‘pulling a sickie’ to get out of work.
 
During the week of the 11th November 2009, Mr. X, a 48-year-old district judge [for an English County Court] skived his work in order to play the hit game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Judge X had queued outside his local HMV store at 11pm on the eve of …

Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, the time has once again come for the latest group of mental gamers to waste away at the hands of their 360.
 
 
As of Friday 27th November, a group of friends have been rocking out to Rock Band for 90 hours straight in order to enter the Guinness World Record (Gamer’s Edition) book for the longest relay Rock Band concert title. Later today marks the end of their efforts.
 
 
Kids, I believe we’re currently having ourselves an official ‘Rock-A-Thon’ (powered by Energizer)!
 
 
A group consisting of Freddie …

 
The UK government is planning the biggest shake up to internet law in history, threatening internet users with £50,000 fines and disconnection from the internet if they are suspected of piracy. If these proposals got through, Internet service providers will have to monitor everything you do on the internet with a threat of massive fines if they don’t.
 
 
These proposals have a hint of big brother as everything you do on the internet will be scrutinized from the site you are visiting, every email you send to anything you download. The …

Following a recent Twitter publicity promotion, Microsoft have now declared a free Xbox LIVE Avatar item for Final Fantasy XIII has been unlocked!
 
‘Final Fantasy fans banded together via Twitter, sending thousands of messages. Your Tweets, heard loud and clear, have revealed the exclusive Xbox LIVE Chocobo avatar award.’
 
Anyway in order to receive the code to unlock a Chocobo one must register here: http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/splash/f/finalfantasyXIII/
 
Codes will be sent out in December. Good times.

Shorter episode than normal this week. We have our friend from EA back on the show. We talk Ghostbusters, Saw, Dragon Age Origins, Modern Warfare 2, Dashboard update, Lots of news and much more.
 
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The British government has brought down its long-awaited Digital Economy Bill, and it’s perfectly useless and terrible. It consists almost entirely of penalties for people who do things that upset the entertainment industry (including the “three-strikes” rule that allows your entire family to be cut off from the net if anyone who lives in your house is accused of copyright infringement, without proof or evidence or trial), as well as a plan to beat the hell out of the video-game industry with a new, even dumber rating system (why is …

Escapist Games Limited today announced that Platypus, their “definitive version of the much-loved PC game” has just been launched on the Xbox 360 Indie games platform.
 
Originally developed by New-Zealander Anthony Flack, Platypus combines an addictive side-scrolling shoot-em-up, with a unique and colorful art style in which everything in the game has been constructed out of clay. Yes, this is the gaming equivalent of Wallace and Gromit, and just like the plasticine duo, this squishy creation oozes similar amounts of fun and charm.
 
“It’s a game you can just pick up and …

 
Play Modern Warfare 2 On The Weekend Of The 5/6 December And Do Your Bit For The Charity War Child.
 
Based on the number of unique UK located players who play MW2 on Xbox Live Between 00:00:01 Saturday 5th and 23:59:59 on Sunday 6th December, Activision UK will be making a life changing donation to the War Child Charity. The higher the number of unique gamers playing MW2 on Xbox Live this weekend, the more money ‘we’ donate to charity – simple. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2′s multilayer experience is …

 
Introduction
 
‘Last Spring, Xbox LIVE introduced the word to a whole new form of live entertainment. It’s an Interactive game show. It’s a live gaming experience. It’s 1 vs 100 on Xbox Live.
 
Thousands were tested from the crowd, thousands more competed as the mob – started as the one, and took home real prizes. Now the phenomenon continues.
 
Win more prizes, earn Xbox Live achievements and unlock new avatar dances. Play Season 2 live and join for extended play. With hundreds of new episodes, thousands of fresh questions, and more chances to …

 
Modern Warfare 2 Special Podcast for your listening pleasure. We talk about everything from Sinle player, Specs Ops and online.
 
 
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