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Student recieves Paris Hilton's recycled number, along with a lot of late night calls
Getting calls at 3AM almost every night thanks to bad luck and a recycled number may be most people's idea of hell, but when the inherited number is Paris Hilton's there's a certain element of hilarity added to the mix-up. Due to standard 6 month cellphone number recycling, college student Shira Barlow started receiving calls meant for the former jailbird: primarily from callers that are clueless to being dumped by the socialite, along with the usual rabble of adoring fans and bitter haters. The reason anyone knows about this is because the LA Times happened to call the number, getting through to Shira who explained the story of how she got Paris' number. Poor Paris, she seems to have nothing but trouble with phones.
Student receives Paris Hilton's recycled number, along with a lot of late night calls
Getting calls at 3AM almost every night thanks to bad luck and a recycled number may be most people's idea of hell, but when the inherited number is Paris Hilton's there's a certain element of hilarity added to the mix-up. Due to standard 6 month cellphone number recycling, college student Shira Barlow started receiving calls meant for the former jailbird: primarily from callers that are clueless to being dumped by the socialite, along with the usual rabble of adoring fans and bitter haters. The reason anyone knows about this is because the LA Times happened to call the number, getting through to Shira who explained the story of how she got Paris' number. Poor Paris, she seems to have nothing but trouble with phones.
AP ignores Paris, who should we ignore?
Yesterday the Associated Press, the wire service depended upon by almost every news organization on the planet, admitted to experimenting with a weeklong blackout on the "celebutant" Paris Hilton. GameSetWatch took note of this and discussed how former head of the Electronic Software Association, Doug Lowenstein, condemned the gaming press for granting legitimacy to Jack Thompson by writing about him and thus feeding the beast. In essence, saying the gaming press should have put a blackout on Thompson ages ago.The thing is that if the gaming press ignores Jack Thompson, he doesn't just go away. By reporting on Thompson and his antics, which get ever more desperate over time, we chronicle the man. When mainstream media organizations Google search Thompson, they find the gaming press' work. It gives them a better understanding of Thompson and his work. So, other than Thompson, is there anyone or anything the gaming press should take a cue from the AP and ignore within the industry?
Lindsay Lohan's Blackberry gets Parised
Ring any bells? It seems everyone's favorite Herbie Fully Loaded actress has gone and gotten her Blackberry compromised this week, which was then used to send her pals "disgusting and very mean messages." Lohan's spokesperson assures us that the messages weren't sent by Lindsay herself (whew), so if you've gotten a text from her recently telling you to buzz off, rest assured, she still loves ya. Furthermore, she's suggesting that the culprit might be one Paris Hilton, herself a victim of trendy device theft not long ago -- we think the lesson to be learned here is that mobile devices with full keypads are best kept out of celebs' hands.[Thanks, Jimmie Geddes]
Paris Hilton's iced Sidekick 3
The Paris Hilton post quota here on Engadget Mobile is severely lacking compared to the exhaustive coverage on the main Engadget site. But it doesn't look like she's going to let us down, once again showing up at the T-Mobile the Sidekick 3 launch party. Of course, she wouldn't be seen rockin' any old run-of-the-mill Sidekick 3; she got hers pimped out courtesy of Crystal Icing, who are happy to same for your Sidekick -- or anything else for that matter. Just don't be surprised if it costs ya more than the device itself, and attracts attention of both the positive and negative varieties.
"I Hate You, E3," declares Escapist writer
Okay, so maybe not hate completely.The eye-catching title of an essay from the latest installment of The Escapist puts the emphasis on the negative aspect of the love-hate relationship many industry vets have with E3, but there's surprisingly a lot of love for the trade show here, even if you don't subscribe to the hardened "I hate E3 because I love it" theory of convention devotion.While the Joystiq staff hasn't been to quite as many E3s as the founder of the International Game Journalists Association (IGJA), we can certainly empathize with the world-weariness that might accumulate after years of weeklong death- press-marches and working in overcrowded, sensory-overloaded spaces. We just hope our love of the game(s) will stay with us as it has for Mr. Thomas, whether we're watching from home or working the show floor in person in post-apocalyptic L.A. The parties will be sure to be awesome.See also: Joystiq at E3 2006 mega-site The Escapist's big E3 issue this week, with references within to Joystiq's Paris Hilton story and some E3 party pics orig. from Joystiq The Game of Journalism -- the IGJA's official web site
Paris Hilton set to star in mobile video game
Surely one of the most visible personalities on big and small screens worldwide already, Paris Hilton is now set to invade your cellphone with a new game she is developing with being developed by Gameloft. While it's unknown whether Ms. Hilton will actually be writing the code or simply lending her name to the project, what is clear is that the title will be targeted towards the "tween/teen" audience, and is slated to launch this summer. Also unknown is the exact plot of the game, but we have a strong suspicion that it will involve taking pictures of yourself with your cameraphone and then trying to protect the sensitive data at all costs.[Via MocoNews]
