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Closed beta testing for Zynga Bingo begins
If you love games of chance and stamping cards but hate being around the elderly, know that Zynga is working on a solution for your extremely specific and worryingly ageist dilema. Zynga Bingo has begun beta testing and will be made available to the general public "very soon," according to Shacknews.The app will join Zynga Poker as part of the Zynga Casino suite and will allow players to score on up to six cards, as well as fill in spots on friends' cards. There will also be power-ups of some kind, which is where we expect to find Zynga's trademark monetization, although that's purely speculation on our part. We also expect Zynga Bingo to post "BINGO!" on your friends' walls every time you win, but we desperately hope we're wrong about that.
Nintendo press conference wrapup: You, we and Wii U
Many predictions were issued concerning the moniker of Nintendo's new home console -- we were personally pulling for Project Cafe, indicating the device would possess cappuccino capabilities -- but none managed to nail down the system's real name: The Wii U. Unfortunately not many other details were announced, as evidenced by our Bingo card above. Check out all the stories that came from the conference below, and sound off in the comments!
Sony press conference wrapup: PS Vita rears its touchscreened head
So close, and yet -- no! Just close. Very close to achieving a rare E3 prediction Bingo, as seen in the marked-out card above. There was certainly no shortage of news between the pricing and naming of the PS Vita and a metric ton of Uncharted demos -- but man, if we'd gotten a new PS3 bundle, we would have been made in the shade. Check out the full wrapup after the jump!
Microsoft press conference wrapup: So much Kinect, with a splash of Halo 4
If only our Microsoft press conference Bingo card could have been written this morning! The games list leaked earlier this morning was right on the money, revealing all of the presentation's potentially huge surprises. Halo 4 Kinect Sports Season Two Dance Central 2 Kinect Fun Labs Kinect Disneyland Adventures Forza Motorsports 4 coming out October 11 Minecraft coming to Xbox 360 Fable: The Journey Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary UFC Fights Ryse Xbox Live to add streaming television New Kinect-based dashboard Ghost Recon, EA Sports titles and Mass Effect 3 getting Kinect support Thoughts about the first of the Big Three's press conferences? Sound off in the comments!
E3 2011 Prediction Bingo: Nintendo
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E3 2011 Prediction Bingo: Sony
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E3 2011 Prediction Bingo: Microsoft
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Engadget Podcast Bingo gets an app; nobody's feelings get hurt because we're all made out of rubber
Oh, sure, funny-ha-ha. There's an Engadget Podcast Bingo app available now, which lets you play a relevant game of bingo on your iPhone while you listen to Engadget, Engadget Mobile, or Engadget HD podcasts stored on your phone, or stream one live from your computer. It's full of funny jokes. But you know what the thing is about humor? Every humor thing has an element of truth in it. That's what makes it funny! But that's also what makes it hurt people's feelings. Sure, you might tap "Nilay Gets Fired" on your phone while chuckling quietly to yourself, but how do you think it makes Nilay feel? Or when someone accuses Chris of being "Paid by Apple," all Chris can think of is his poor upbringing where he didn't even have shoes to wear, and how he wishes someone would pay him for his mobile expertise. Or how when someone in chat says to somebody "can you be quiet for another 4 minutes" just because they want to fill in another bingo square. How do you think that makes that somebody, you know, theoretically, feel? How much psychic pain are you willing to cause? Go ahead, download the app, we don't mind. We're just robots, anyway.
E3 2010 Sony Bingo results
Sooooo close -- so very close to winning the Sony E3 Bingo card! If it hadn't been for cross-game chat being not quite announced (so, still unconfirmed), we'd have won at least one Bingo this E3. Check out the final Sony results after the break.
E3 2010 Nintendo Bingo results
We didn't even come close to winning the Nintendo E3 Bingo card this year. Let's discuss our feelings about this over Wii Speak. Check out the final Nintendo results after the break.
E3 2010 Microsoft Bingo results
We thought that by opening up our annual massively multiplayer E3 Bingo game beyond the press conference that we could all finally finagle a win ... it was not to be with Microsoft. Check out the final Microsoft results after the break.
E3 2010 Prediction Bingo: Nintendo
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E3 2010 Prediction Bingo: Sony
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E3 2010 Prediction Bingo: Microsoft
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Dungeon Finder bingo
Tinwhisker sent us this link to a set of entertaining PUG bingo cards on the official forums, made by Cruce of Scarlet Crusade. While I'm not sure I would actually have gotten bingo on any single run, some of the squares have certainly happened in many of my runs: A pure DPS class doing triple digit DPS (especially Death Knights; sorry to all the good DKs out there). RankWatch. Almost every run. Three or more members are "the Patient." I guess it's nice to show that they have some PuG experience, but that just makes egregious failures that much more disappointing. Someone starts on a mob the tank hasn't even hit yet. More often than not. Melee DPS attacking from the front. It's really not that hard, folks. One thing I'd add to the list is people protesting that they don't take the game that seriously when you give them advice, like that they might want to put up diseases before using other strikes on their DK. You don't have to break out the spreadsheets, but there's a certain minimum effort to not be letting everyone else in your group down. What do you guys think of this bingo set? Going to print out a few sheets to keep you entertained during those long, cold dungeon runs? Are there any squares you'd add?
The best of WoW.com: August 25 - September 1, 2009
We're still reeling from everything we saw at BlizzCon a few weeks ago over at WoW.com, from all the news we heard about the next expansion, Cataclysm, to everything else about Icecrown and the anniversary celebration in the upcoming patch 3.2.2. There's a ton of big news lately over on the site, but here's our most popular posts for you to browse through. Don't forget to hit the costume galleries -- we've got tons more pictures like the gem above. News Patch 3.2.2 Onyxia achievementsAchievements from the second go-round of the big bad dragon fight for the game's 5th anniversary. BlizzCon 2009: First impressions of Cataclysm racesOur staff breaks down their first impressions of the new races announced in the next expansion. BlizzCon 2009: The Guild's Michele Boyd and Jeff Lewis hands-on with the WorgenTwo stars of The Guild webseries take on the playable Worgen demo available at BlizzCon. BlizzCon 2009: The Cataclysm trailerThis is where it all began -- the expansion trailer revealed at BlizzCon's opening ceremony. Battle.net conversion to become mandatory soonWith the onset of the new Battle.net, everyone's going to have to move over eventually. Features BlizzCon 2009 Insider Trader: Cataclysmic professionsThis big feature (here's part two and part three) takes a look at what's new with professions in Cataclysm. BlizzCon 2009: Bingo failOur bingo card for BlizzCon fails again. We need to stop making these so hard. BlizzCon 2009: Costumes, part twoHere's a roundup of all the costumes we saw on the show floor. What does Blizzard have planned for an ingame launch event?We know there's going to be a launch event for the new expansion, but what will it look like? Guildwatch: "ur name is remembered"Here's our weekly look at guild drama, downed, and recruiting news from around the realms.
BlizzCon 2009: Bingo fail
So close... and yet so far. As you can see, our BlizzCon bingo didn't quite win this year -- even if you count Chris Metzen's regular glasses as non-sunglasses, and even if you just plain assume that the "coffee" in Ghostcrawler's cup on Saturday morning was actually gin (I saw him drinking whiskey, but not gin, unfortunately -- not sure why I didn't just buy the guy a drink), our BlizzCon card didn't score again ths year. There was no actor announced for the WoW movie (though if Tricia Helfer does get a part, we might call that one even), Diablo III trilogy plans weren't announced, and we didn't hear anything at all about another iPhone app or the new MMO. Sad trumpet indeed.But there's always next year. Thanks for playing. If you did actually get a bingo this year, let us know exactly how (I don't remember any devs ever saying "soon, TM," but I was away from the panels a lot this year). Maybe next year we won't make the bingo card quite so heroic, but then again, who doesn't love a good challenge? We won't nerf something we're just doing for fun.%Gallery-5359%
So close, but Sony press conference Bingo was still fail
The Sony press conference had a lot in it, but did it have enough for us to get a Bingo...Nooooooo! We all lost, again, for a third time! It's all so sad. Well, next year we're doing just "news" Bingo and leaving out the press conference part. Thanks for playing, everyone! Check out the final Sony results after the break.
Nintendo press conference Bingo ends in epic failure
The Nintendo press conference had a little bit of excitement this year with the announcement of a more mature Metroid title, but let's find out how we all did with our Bingo card...Blargh! We all lost, again! Actually, this time around we lost big. Check out the final results after the break.
Microsoft press conference Bingo ends in failure
The Microsoft press conference is finito and now it's time to see how everyone did with our MMO Bingo card...Oh no! We all lost! If only GTA IV's Gay Tony DLC hadn't been announced last week and Microsoft decided to reveal more Xbox 360 bundles. Best of luck to everyone tomorrow with the Sony and Nintendo Bingo cards. Check out the final results after the break.
