Recompense Archive

  • Law firm asks, ‘Were you banned from Xbox Live? We want to help.’

    Law firm asks, ‘Were you banned from Xbox Live? We want to help.’

    It's safe to say that we hear at CrunchGear think you should be able to do whatever you want with hardware that you buy. Let's take console modding. You wanna flash the drive on your 360 for whatever reason? Fine, go ahead. But don't think that you can log onto Xbox Live with said modded console, and play your misbegotten wares (or is that warez?), on Microsoft's network. It's against the TOS, it makes a mockery of the entertainment medium that you purport to support, and, well, is unfair to the other players.

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  • ‘Hold you wee for a Wii’ family gets $16.5 million recompense

    ‘Hold you wee for a Wii’ family gets $16.5 million recompense

    'Twas more than two years ago when some dopey radio show in California held a “hold your wee for a Wii” contest. Not the kind of publicity Nintendo wanted, no. A woman died, you'll recall. Well, now a California jury has awarded $16.5 million to the woman's family. That's it, don't click Read More because there's nothing else. And there's no pic because, come on, not necessary.

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