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Animal Crossing 3DS arrives in Japan this fall

Mike Schramm — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:12:00 EST

Nintendo has announced in its Nintendo Direct presentation this evening that Animal Crossing 3DS will arrive in Japan later on this Fall. So the wait's not long at all until you get to take over the animal town as mayor yourself, and proclaim your dominance over the various creatures of the town.

Unfortunately, we're all slaves to both capitalism and fate: A short trailer for the game showed the player shopping for extra items, customizing the inside of a house with things like a TV and furniture, and even visiting a crazy cat fortune teller for an out-of-this-world psychic reading. Just goes to show you: There's always someone higher up the totem pole.

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Former Baltimore mayor's telltale Xbox 360 now on eBay

Griffin McElroy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:00:00 EST

Here's a bit of backstory for those of you who don't follow the hot Baltimore news scoops: Sheila Dixon, once mayor of Baltimore, became the former mayor Baltimore after being indicted for embezzlement earlier this year. One of the main pieces of evidence in her trial was an Xbox 360 prosecutors claimed she purchased with gift cards given to her by local developers, which were supposed to be given to various charities.

The telltale 360 recently appeared in an eBay listing, attracting a number of prospective buyers hoping to get their hands on the game console/slice of Baltimore history. If you're interested in owning a device which is capable of single-handedly ending someone's mayoral career, the auction is still running. Its price is significantly higher than a standard console, but you've got to pay a premium for all that history.

[Via Baltimore Sun]

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Boston mayor forms game development expansion committee

Griffin McElroy — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:30:00 EST

Thomas Menino, who has served as mayor of Boston for nearly 16 years, is one of the most intriguing political figures in the gaming realm. He first antagonized the gaming industry in 2007 by endorsing a Jack Thompson-authored bill that would treat the retail practices of mature games (as deemed by the state) like the retail practices of pornography. It failed miserably, and we doubt any of the many Boston-based game studios sent him any fruit baskets to console him.

In the midst of this political blunder, Mayor Menino announced he was interested bringing more game developers to work in the city. We thought it was solely a political soundbite -- but the city recently formed an advisory "Steering Committee," composed of local industry figures, to inform the mayor on how to bring further game development to Boston. In addition, the city launched PoweringUpBoston.com, which provides info and resources to Boston's game studios and potential new developers. Wicked Ahhhsome!

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London Mayor groups video games with illegal activities

Alexander Sliwinski — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:00:00 EST

Filed under: Culture

London Mayor Boris Johnson mixed a bunch of elements into one great stew of silly for thelondonpaper. MCV reports the eccentric mayor, writing about the "London knife crisis," states he wants to show young people that "knives are not cool." He wants to do that by counteracting the damaging influences of drug-addicted celebrities, "violent video games" and the lure of gang life. Did he just lump violent video games in with narcotics and organized crime?

Last year Johnson wrote in a piece that "computer games rot the brain" and that readers should "garrotte the Game Boy and paralyse the PlayStation." Meanwhile, the British games industry reports a shortage of young skilled labor.

London Mayor groups video games with illegal activities originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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19-year-old mayor of Oklahoma town is a gaming enthusiast

Griffin McElroy — Sat, 17 May 2008 15:15:00 EST

Filed under: Culture, Politics

University of Oklahoma freshman John Tyler Hammons harbors the stereotypical interests of a 19-year-old college student -- an Associated Press report, apparently written by a 1950's schoolteacher, credits Hammons as enjoying "fast cars and rock n' roll". Anachronistic lingo aside, the teenager also apparently spends his time beating the pants off of seventy-year-old incumbents in local mayoral races, and according to the same AP story, could probably beat the rest of Muskogee's local leaders in a round of Call of Duty 4.

Yes, the "baby-faced" gaming enthusiast will be sworn in next week as the mayor of Muskogee -- an Oklahoma city of about 38,000. Though his achievement completely overshadows our teenage feat of becoming the youngest Taco Bell assistant manager in the tri-county area, we can't wait to see how a fellow gamer (one who is many years the minor of most of Joystiq's staff) decides to run a town -- almost as much as we can't wait to hear the mayoral pick-up lines he busts out at the next Sooner soiree.

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