Face Facts Archive

  • Free coffee at Barnes and Noble

    Free coffee at Barnes and Noble

    Let's face facts: today's all about the iPhone. (Yes, we're already there, waiting in line.) Non-iPhone stories will be few and far between. Even the following story has an iPhone connection—it's madness! Right then. Barnes and Noble has a begun a clever little promotion to get you into their stores (and hopefully buying their books): free coffee. Who doesn't like coffee, and free coffee at that?

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  • David Hayter, the voice of Solid Snake, explains why the Metal Gear movie died

    David Hayter, the voice of Solid Snake, explains why the Metal Gear movie died

    The Metal Gear movie is not going to happen. We've known this since January, but now some of the folks that were to have been involved are speaking out. Chief among the speaker-outers is David Hayter, the English voice actor of Solid Snake (and a successful Hollywood writer in his own right, having written (or co-written) such films as the first X-Men movie and The Watchmen ). Hayter says what we've all "known" for a while, that Sony Pictures and Konami simply couldn't agree on a number of things, including money. Hard to make a movie without money.

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  • Outrage? Modern Warfare 2 leaked footage shows terrorist attack at airport (and you can hurt the civilians)

    Outrage? Modern Warfare 2 leaked footage shows terrorist attack at airport (and you can hurt the civilians)

    Look at the AP, trying to stir up controversy where none exists. I'm sure by now you've seen the leaked Modern Warfare 2 footage (the video is down right now) that shows a terrorist situation inside an airport. The AP (and HuffPo) is making a big deal out of the fact that you can shoot civilians inside the airport. And? Are they trying to go with that weak argument, “Oh, violent video games make people violent”? How can people still believe that?

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  • There’s a SteelSeries keyboard for Aion, you know

    There’s a SteelSeries keyboard for Aion, you know

    The big Korean MMO, Aion, is due for release here in North America on September 22. It's true. What else is true is that SteelSeires has a fancy, new keyboard lined up for the game's release. Behold!

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