New Barbie Game Is The Stuff Of Nightmares
This is gameplay footage of Barbie's Dreamhouse Party, recorded by Rock, Paper, Shotgun. It terrified me. I showed it to my three year-old daughter. She stared blankly at it for a minute before softly walking away.
BioWare: Putting Same-Sex Romance Into The Old Republic 'Will Take A Lot More Work Than We Realized'
In September, 2011, the folks behind online role-playing game Star Wars: The Old Republic promised to add same-sex romance after the game had launched.
Beth Ditto Designs Again; Faith Hill Wants A Clothing Line
- Beth Ditto is designing another Evans collection. Last time the singer held fast to the 80s, with sometimes mixed results, but the range that will hit stores in September counts everything from Victoriana to "Noughties body-con" as an influence. [Telegraph]
Real Cat Burglar Snatches Toys • Principal Blames South Park For Anti-Semitic Remarks
• An English cat named Frankie has been accused of stealing 35 soft toys from neighboring houses over the past year. • Vets in Boston have performed an unusual surgery in which they reattached a 4-year-old cat's face following a brutal accident involving a car's fan belt. • A new US law states that freight ships must
British Lad Mags: Root Of All Ills Or Symptom Of The Bigger, Sexist Picture?
Michael Grove, the shadow education secretary and a prominent Conservative in England,
gave a speech today at a meeting organized by the think tank IPPR condemning lad mags (like , , and ) for promoting "instant-hit hedonism" and presenting women as "permanently, lasciviously, uncomplicatedly available." The result,…


