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    http://kotaku.com/5267882/bee-swarm-traps-gamestoppers-inside-nyc-store

    Employees of a GameStop in Union Square were trapped inside their store by thousands of bees outside, super pissed-off that the hive's code for the early Fight Night demo wasn't working.

    The store was shut down for about 2 hours while someone figured out what to do about the swarm, which was also hoppin' mad that the store never gave them their goddamn free second drum pedal for Guitar Hero: Metallica, because they "ran out" or something.

    The hive was located in a building between 4th Ave and Irving Place; something stirred them up yesterday afternoon. WABC-TV tried making some phone calls to help the GameStop and got the runaround. The cops said go to the fire department, who said call 911, who said call 311, who said call Mayor Bloomberg. For real.

    Finally, they got a bee specialist from the NYPD - had no idea they had one on staff - to get rid of the swarm. He used a queen bee's scent to lure the bees away, but not before they were upsold to a pre-order of Prototype.

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    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090522/ap_on_fe_st/as_odd_new_zealand_big_toy

    WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A New Zealand mom made some online bids on toys before napping. Then her 3-year-old daughter took over and bought a bigger plaything than expected — a huge earth-moving digger for a cool $12,300.

    Pipi Quinlan made the winning 20,000 New Zealand dollar ($12,300) bid on the Kobelco digger with a few mouse clicks at the auction site TradeMe while her parents slept, the Rodney Times newspaper reported in northern New Zealand.

    "The first I knew about it was when I came down and opened up the computer," said Pipi's mother, Sarah Quinlan.

    "I saw an e-mail from TradeMe saying I had won an auction and another e-mail from the seller saying something like `I think you'll love this digger,'" she was quoted as saying in the paper.

    Quinlan said she had made auction bids on several toy sets and assumed she had bought a toy digger.

    "It wasn't until I went back and reread the e-mails that I saw $20,000 — and got the shock of my life."

    She immediately called the auction site and the seller to explain what happened.

    TradeMe reimbursed the seller's costs for the auction and the digger was relisted.

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    that game was awesome! *cries for not having a next-gen system yet* ;_;

    btw, when i first read the name of the topic on the front page, i thought this was about a remake movie for the 3rd tmnt movie. Rotflmao. That movie was pure shit. I was going to throw oranges at you for making the topic with a clapping smilie, until i read it and realized it was about the sweet ass snes game. X'd

    LMAO X'D I always forget about that 3rd movie.

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    http://kotaku.com/5236081/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-turtles-in-time-3d-remake-comes-out-of-its-shell

    A PICTURE IN THE LINK!!!!

    Xbox Live Arcade may be getting another serving of heroes on the half-shell, as a 3D remake of arcade fighter Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time was shown to hardcore TMNT fans this week.

    The original Konami-developed arcade game is already available on XBLA, but the update to the second appears to be a total revamp, and is currently playable wherever the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 25th anniversary bus tour is traveling, according to hands-on details from Ninja Pizza.

    We've not yet seen an official announcement of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time remake, which we'd assume comes from new license holder Ubisoft, but we've put in word with the appropriate parties to find out what's what.

    The on-screen inputs and Xbox 360 controller pictured—directly to the right of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tattoo collage on the Casey Jones cosplayer/superfan, if you missed it—would obviously indicate an Xbox 360 release. Whether the TMNT publisher has designs on a PlayStation Network and WiiWare release remains to be seen, but we'll sit tight for further details.

    Thanks to Wes and The S: Corporate Ninja of The Department of Pastry Security for the tip!

    :goodjob: excellent. One of the greatest games of the SNES era, and the best TMNT game of all time.

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    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090502/ap_on_he_me/us_med_diet_pill_recall

    WASHINGTON – Government health officials warned dieters and body builders Friday to immediately stop using Hydroxycut, a widely sold supplement linked to cases of serious liver damage and at least one death.

    The Food and Drug Administration said the company that makes the dietary supplement has agreed to recall 14 Hydroxycut products. Available in grocery stores and pharmacies, Hydroxycut is advertised as made from natural ingredients. At least 9 million packages were sold last year, the FDA said.

    Dr. Linda Katz of the FDA's food and nutrition division said the agency has received 23 reports of liver problems, including the death of a 19-year-old boy living in the Southwest. The teenager died in 2007, and the death was reported to the FDA this March.

    Other patients experienced symptoms ranging from jaundice, or yellowing of the skin, to liver failure. One received a transplant and another was placed on a list to await a new liver. The patients were otherwise healthy and their symptoms began after they started using Hydroxycut.

    Iovate Health Sciences, which makes the diet pills, said it agreed to the recall out of "an abundance of caution." The company is based in Canada and its U.S. distributor is headquartered near Buffalo, N.Y.

    "While this is a small number of reports relative to the many millions of people who have used Hydroxycut products over the years, out of an abundance of caution and because consumer safety is our top priority, we are voluntarily recalling these Hydroxycut-branded products," the company said in a statement on its Web site. Consumers can get a refund by returning the pills to the store they purchased them from, the company said.

    Dietary supplements aren't as tightly regulated by the government as medications. Manufacturers don't need to prove to the FDA that their products are safe and effective before they can sell them to consumers.

    But regulators monitor aftermarket reports for signs of trouble, and in recent years companies have been put under stricter requirements to alert the FDA when they learn of problems. In 2004, the government banned ephedra, an ingredient in many supplements, linked to heart attacks and strokes.

    Katz said it has taken so long to get a handle on the Hydroxycut problem because the cases of liver damage were rare and the FDA has no authority to review supplements before they're marketed. "Part of the problem is that the FDA looks at dietary supplements from a post-market perspective, and an isolated incident is often difficult to follow," she said.

    The FDA relies on voluntary reports to detect such problems, and many cases are never reported, officials acknowledge.

    Health officials said they have been unable to determine which Hydroxycut ingredients are potentially toxic, partially because the formulation has changed several times.

    Public health researcher Ano Lobb, who has studied Hydroxycut and other dietary supplements for Consumer Reports, said the problem may be an ingredient called hydroxycitric acid. Derived from a tropical fruit, it's been linked to liver problems in at least one medical journal study. Lobb said it's likely that other supplements containing the same ingredient remain on the market.

    "You really have to be careful about dietary supplements, especially weight-loss pills," said Lobb. "People believe that the FDA has verified that these products are at least safe and effective, and that's really not the case. When you see fantastic claims — that's generally what they are."

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    http://kotaku.com/5235803/batman-arkham-asylum-officially-delayed

    The rumors from earlier today unfortunately prove to be true, as Eidos announces that Batman: Arkham Asylum will miss its original June release date.

    The rumors surfaced earlier today, with Game Informer magazine citing "sources close to the game" who had indicated that Batman: Arkham Asylum would be pushed back from the original June date in favor of one later on in the year. Now Warner Bros. and Eidos have confirmed the disappointing news.

    Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment can today confirm that Batman: Arkham Asylum will be released at the end of summer 2009. This additional time will allow us to ensure Batman: Arkham Asylum is of the highest quality for gamers.

    Our own sources have continually indicated doubt that the game would make the release date, explaining that the game simply wasn't done yet. We sincerely hope the development team at Rocksteady will have a very productive summer. Otherwise we might be getting another one of these notices in a few months.

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    what makes you think unicron will be in a film, he is kinda overkill is he not being a moon sized transformer

    Because Michael Bay pretty much indicated that he could be in the final film after the first one hit the theaters. I don't think he would have used The Fallen if Unicron wasn't going to be in the final film. Especially since it looks like he is loosely basing this story off an incomplete comic.

    Its just my speculation.

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