OJ Simpson going to jail

OJ SIMPSON looks likely to die in jail after being convicted of armed robbery and kidnapping—13 years to the day after his sensational acquittal for murder.

The swaggering former American football star puffed out his cheeks and breathed heavily as the all-white jury returned its verdict of guilty on all charges.

Simpson, 61, kidnapped two sports memorabilia dealers and robbed them at gunpoint in a room at the Palace Station hotel and casino in Las Vegas last September.

Seconds after his fate was sealed, an automatic timer cut the lights, plunging the courtroom into momentary darkness.

Millions watched the drama unfold live on TV.

Security guards handcuffed the sport star-turned-actor’s hands behind his back and led him to the cells. He will be sentenced on December 5.

In 1995 Simpson was cleared of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman. The verdict by a predominantly black Los Angeles jury in what was dubbed the “trial of the century” shocked the world.

The Las Vegas trial heard how Simpson and his gang went to the hotel to retrieve items he lost while hiding them from of Mr Goldman’s family, who won a £19 million civil wrongful death judgment against him in civil courts. Four of the gang did deals to testify for the prosecution.

His lawyer, Yale Galanter said Simpson would appeal. “The verdict was not a shock,” he said. “There was a lot of baggage.”

Salma Hayek gay?

EAMONN HOLMES made a fool of himself interviewing Hollywood beauty Salma Hayek — by asking if she is a LESBIAN.

The presenter made the gaffe yesterday on ITV’s This Morning.

Flirting Eamonn told the curvy mum-of-one: “Hayek doesn’t sound very Mexican.”

But when the striking 42-year-old told him that is because she is half-Lebanese, he spluttered: “You’re a lesbian?!”

When he realised his blunder, sheepish Eamonn, 48, asked her to forgive him and admitted he had thought she had said she was “half lesbian”.

Half lesbian?

Hurley Flashes Underwear At Charity Event

British model/actress Elizabeth Hurley was left embarrassed at a New York charity event on Thursday - when she accidentally flashed her underwear at the audience.

Hurley, 43, was on hosting duties at Bloomingdale's department store when she launched the Bloomingdale's Goes Pink bash to kick off Breast Cancer Awareness month.

But the star was left visibly flushed by her fashion mishap after a burst of static electricity between the carpet and her pink satin dress caused the garment to fly up - and reveal her flesh coloured undergarments.

The Bedazzled star tried to laugh off the incident and smoothed down her skirt before continuing with her hosting commitments.

The Conduit for Wii already has motion plus support and Wii Speak

MTV reports that the promising upcoming game for the Wii called The Conduit already has Wii MotionPlus support as well as Wii Speak support. High Voltage COO Eric Nofsinger noted that "We’re hooking it [MotionPlus] up. We want to support it. Probably for this version of the game there’s not going to be a whole ton of really extensive use of the Wii MotionPlus."

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High Voltage Software has received heaps of attention for “The Conduit,” a hardcore-focused shooter designed from the ground up for Wii.

The studio is intent on making full use of the Wii’s capabilities, High Voltage COO Eric Nofsinger told me at Nintendo’s fall summit in San Francisco yesterday.

“The Conduit” will support both the Wii MotionPlus accessory — they just received development kits — and the “Animal Crossing”-linked WiiSpeak.

“We’re hooking it [MotionPlus] up,” said Nofsinger. “We want to support it. Probably for this version of the game there’s not going to be a whole ton of really extensive use of the Wii MotionPlus. For the sequel to the game, we definitely do want to incorporate more melee and things like that. We want to support it.”

WipEout team working hard to resolve freezing issue (The sooner the better!)

Sony have said that that they have been following the reports by some members of the community regarding problems with WipEout HD freezing. "We'd like to reassure you all that the WipEout team is working hard to resolve this issue as quickly as possible." said a Sony rep. Sony did not confirm what the issue is, but it is believed to be cause by having 50 + people on your friends list.

Hopefully this will get sorted quickly because I am sick of not being able to play this game online!

Lego Batman is the biggest Lego game so far

According to VG Charts, Lego Batman has sold half a million copies in just one week to beat out Lego Indiana Jones and the Lego Star Wars games in terms of first week sales!

Can't wait for this to come out in the uk I LOVE the lego games.

Iwata explains Wii's storage solution

Exactly what Nintendo's Satoru Iwata said at the recent Nintendo press conference regarding the Wii storage solution has been translated and transcribed. Among other details, he noted that there will need to be significant changes to the Wii system and the method of new storage will kick in from Spring 2009.

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"We will make it so that, when there is not enough room on the Wii's internal memory, you will be able to purchase and download Virtual Console and WiiWare software directly from the Shopping Channel to an SD memory card. We will also make it so that you will need to go through just one process in order to transfer Virtual Console or WiiWare software stored on an SD card to the Wii console and then be able to play it. We would like to deal with this issue utilizing two methods. Since the updates to realize these new structures will require significant revisions to the Wii system, and these changes need to be made by taking care of a variety of different angles, this method will become effective beginning next spring. For some of you, this may be considered late. But please know that we really appreciate your cooperation and understanding. We are working hard so we can begin the service as soon as possible."

Eidos confirms Deus Ex 3 is an RPG

The community manager at Eidos has indeed confirmed that Deus Ex 3 is an RPG. Essentially it is a hybrid action / RPG game just like the first one. Moreover he added that it is a game with a very detailed plot and takes a consequence driven multi-path, multi-solution approach in a non linear sequence.

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Deus Ex 3 is indeed an RPG. It's a hybrid action/RPG just like the first game. There is a skill system where you upgrade your character (Adam) based off experience points you earn and you can do the same thing with weapons. It's a game with a very detailed plot with numerous characters you interact with. The gameplay takes the form of a consequence-driven multi-path, multi-solution approach in a non-linear space.

For stealth, that is another major pillar of gameplay and we do have it. The difference is that it's now cover-based rather than "shadow/light-based" as in the past games.

Hopefully that makes Andy and the rest of you a litte less sad!

Rumor: Resident Evil 5 demo due early 2009

Games TM reports that we can expect a demo of Resident Evil 5 to hit early next year. They say the details are 'sketchy' but perhaps we will know more from the Tokyo Games Show.

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According to GAMES TM, we can expect a demo of the hotly anticipated game early next year.

The details are 'sketchy' it says, but with Resident Evil 5 taking a big chunk of the Tokyo Games Show, it could be true.