Gamestop Employee Fired For Planking In Store

Planking is all the rage now, especially here in thePhilippines. It's never been something that I've been fond of or wanted to immitate but many people and immitation is a great form of flattery. However, aside from looking stupid, it could also get a person fired as a 4-year store supervisor at Gamestop has just proven.

Because he was planking while in a supervisory position, combined with the Twitter posts, his termination is considered gross negligence. Mazzocchi was a Senior Game Advisor, and had been working at Gamestop since 2007.

At first this may seem like an overreaction, Gamestop is considering not only their own reputation but the safety of its employees in this matter. Mazzocchi was putting himself in potential danger both on company property and while on the clock. By posting the images to Twitter, he essential nailed his own coffin. Gamestop is notorious for monitoring its employees actions on the web, and this is not the first time a company has used evidence from social networking sites like Twitter as grounds for termination.

Source [Geeklogie]

Looks like the Boy Wonder will be making an appearance in Arkham City after all

A new playable character in the upcoming game sequel Batman: Arkham City has been revealed. It's none other than the Dark Knight's faithful sidekick, the boy wonder, Robin.  

Which Robin you say? You'll know soon after the jump.

Tim Drake as Robin in Arkham City (click for High-Res)

If you pre-order the game at BestBuy in the US, you'll get two Challenge Maps that will let you play as Robin.

Like Batman and Catwoman, Robin will have his own unique moves and gadgets. He will be able to use all Challenge Maps, as well as the two additional challenge maps that are included with the pre-order bonus pack: Black Mask Hideout and Freight Train Escape. There's still no confirmation if Robin will take part in the game's story mode and we will update you on that if there's any news.

BestBuy listing reads:

While supplies last, pre-order the game for an exclusive downloadable Robin character. Robin is a fully playable character in the new and improved challenge mode in Batman: Arkham City. The Tim Drake Robin pack is available exclusively to fans who pre-order the game from Best Buy on Xbox 360, PC and PS3. Robin comes complete with his own unique gadgets and special moves, and will be playable in all challenge maps in the game, as well as two additional challenge maps that are included with the pack: Black Mask Hideout and Freight Train Escape. The pack will also contain a bonus Red Robin character skin

It has also been revealed that Tim Drake Robin pre-order bonus pack is also available in Europe and elsewhere, though it is still to be announced by the retailers.

"Joker's Carnival Challenge Map" pre-order bonus from Gamestop

So far there are already two retailers that announced their pre-order exclusives. Bestbuy have the Tim Drake Robin bonus pack mentioned above, while Gamestop offers the "Joker Carnival Challenge Map" combo pack. Other major retailers like Amazon.com and Wal-Mart still have no related pre-order incentives at this time.

Batman: Arkham City is due for release worldwide on October 21 for the PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. TBA 2012 for the Nintendo Wii U version.

Nintendo will no longer produce DS Lites

An internal GameStop memo is purporting that the DS Lite is no longer in production and will no longer be available when current stocks run out. Stores have also been instructed to remove any promotional materials for the product. Sad news if your looking for a region free Nintendo handheld.

Never fear for the DSi and DSi XL are still around and are obviously better than the DS Lite. As for the region free DS gaming, the 3DS's backwards compatibility can cover that.

Source: 4playerpodcast