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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Shel Dorf, the founder of Comic-Con International in San Diego, one of the biggest comic book conventions in the world, has died at age 76, a spokesman said on Wednesday.

Dorf died Tuesday at a San Diego hospital, where he spent much of this year being treated for diabetes.

The first convention in 1970 was attended by only about 300 people, but this year Comic-Con International attracted more than 125,000 for what has become a gathering of comic lovers, movies and TV fans, and pop culture followers worldwide.

A fan of comic strips, Dorf for a time worked in comics and he was friends with many comic artists, including Jack Kirby. He created the comic convention with the help of friends, said David Glanzer, a spokesman for the convention.

"Shel had notable foresight in not only believing these people needed some public acknowledgment, but that this truly was an American art form t

For every gamer out there that loves hardcore console games but wishes that there were more MMO-type games for consoles, here is a list of MMOs that fit that profile and should be on game consoles.

When Console Games And MMOs Join Hand-In-hand

There are always a lot of MMOs out there for gamers to play, whether they are casual or hardcore. Some of those games, though, seem like they may have been designed for a broader audience…perhaps, a console audience? Well, this is a list of MMO games that should be on game consoles but aren’t. And just so you all know, All Points Bulletin by Realtime Worlds is not on this list because it’s already planned for release on the PS3 and Xbox 360 after the team sorts out the PC version and fix post-release bugs. So, with that out of the way, let’s get to the Top 5 MMOs that should be on game consoles starting from least-likely to most-likely.

No. 5: GunZ: The Duel

Also known as GunZ: International to the non-Korean community, GunZ: The Duel is a Korean-based third-person shooter by Maiet Entertainment. The game allows play

See the video on Vimeo! (or below the cut) Almost 20,000 people have already seen the video. That’s cool. Btw, this is the version that is supposed to eventually make it’s way to schools, children’s hospitals and theme parks.

Wrestling manager Captain Lou, Cyndi Lauper's fake dad, and Mario in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, Lou Albano passed away today at the age of 76. 

Wrestling fans know him as the WWE Hall of Famer who managed more than 50 wrestlers in his day, with more than two dozen championships won by athletes taken under his wing. 80's music fans might remember him from his appearances in many Cyndi Lauper music videos, including "Girls Just Want To Have Fun", "She Bop", "Time After Time" and "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough." As gamers, we of course remember him as the best live-action Mario of all time. That's not saying much when your chief competition is Bob Hoskins, but at least he was Italian. The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! might have only run a grand total of 52 episodes, but that was more than enough to cement Captain Lou's place in gaming history.

Mr. Albano suffered from a heart attack in 2005 and has been in failing health ever since. He was at home with his family under hospice care when he passed away. Via Breaking News: WWE Hall Of Famer Passes Away [Kotaku]

This quote pretty much sums up the entire game. The Capital Wasteland has turned into a post apocalyptic war zone. Super mutants are everywhere, the water is poisoned, people are mutated etc. This all happened because of war. Even after people have seen the outcomes of war and what it can do, they’re still fighting, they are still at war with each other. You try to help, you try to fix the Wasteland but it’s no use. Like the quote says, the struggle for humanity is a war without end. We will always be struggling for humanity. It’s a war. And war…..war never changes.

2. "The Cake Is A Lie" – Portal

The Cake Is A Lie essentially comes down to the fact that the thing motivating you throughout the entire game was nothing more than a fictitious motivator. Throughout the game you were promised cake when you completed the game. Glados, the voice guiding you through the game was always telling you about cake that you would have. Although, in the end of the game it is discovered that there was no cake. You were misled.

While the topic of same-sex marriage seems like it has no place or purpose within the confines of a kid-friendly MMORPG, the world of MMO gaming was changed when it was publicly announced that Dream of Mirror Online would include same-sex marriage options for players. Other MMOs offer similar features but without the actual wedding process.

Cinemablend.com had an interview with the Project Manager for Tales of Pirates, Neil Chan and mentioned this gay marriage subject months ago, the answer was no and a debate started. According to their upcoming interview they had with the manager, it was revealed that some measure of progress is being made and that the topic is still being debated.

Here are some quotes:

Here at TOP we don’t discourage discussion of the subject, in fact since the story broke we’ve been actively encouraging our players to share their feelings and opinions about it. Since we put out the call for our players to weigh in and help us decide, the debate has been split almost 50/50, and the debate is just heating up

How do you guys look at same-sex marriage in game? Could it gain any chances to be as normal as it is in real life? Read

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Fairytale Fights may be the first game that not only features the innocent murder of children, but also an achievement to reward it. After speaking with Playlogic last week, it sounds like the achievement's on the chopping block waiting for the axe to fall, but the children and the you killing them parts, those will definitely be served in the final dish...

Playlogic producer Poria Torkan told UGO that the company does have some concerns about the achievement. The game is scheduled to release on PS3 and Xbox 360. We wonder if Sony and MS will have concerns about licensing it with the dead kids achievement.

Oh, Killing kids for some rewards, what an impressive idea...I wonder if the guy who designs this video game with this dumb gameplay has a kid himself or not. And I'm also curious, anyway, what will be the next on the murdering list in our gaming. Pregnant women?

Discuss.

To rescue the upcoming Starcraft2's off-line lan play, a petition was up online and has got a lot of players to sign, hopelessly Blizzard still said no. How about now? The petition has already hit more than 100,000, Will it really mean something to greedy Blizzard? I doubt that.

Over 100,000 people have now signed a petition to get Blizzard to include LAN support in StarCraft II. The company confirmed in June that offline network play wouldn’t make the sequel’s final cut.

StarCraft II was recently pushed back into 2010. quotes from VG247

Since the company decided to put no lan-play in SC2, it has made clear that they know there would be complaint. Well that was definitely a big risk, I shall be glad if it turns to a epic fail.