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missb_82 A day of playing games on Nintendo’s new snazzy console today, all in a day’s work :) love it! #WiiULondon
(Nicky Blunt, Bell Pottinger) Tuesday, June 12th
AndrewTrendell Just seen a real life news report on ‘Habbo rape’. Good to see Chris Morris working for Channel 4 again.
(Andrew Trendell, journalist) Tuesday, June 12th
jonsnowC4 Habbo themselves seem to be trying to work on the ‘moderation’ element which seems to have been at fault.
(Jon Snow, Channel 4 News) Wednesday, June 13th
MarkRein RT @BenjaminCousins Wasn’t E3 sexist and violent this year because all that is left of the traditional industry is games for young men? <- No (Mark Rein, Epic Games) Wednesday, June 13th
laurahmv Being shown #Wonderbook for PlayStation 3 – Book of Spellslooks brilliant. Pottermore fans are going to be very impressed (Laura Yates, HMV) Thursday, June 14th
TheScottWood Just seen David Yarnton strutt his stuff to the shoop shoop song. He can really move. (Scott Wood, Activision) Thursday, June 14th
cymrogav Not that bothered about the Tomb Raiderrape thing. I did way worse things to her with the nude-patch for Tomb Raider 2on PC. (Gavin Murphy, Future Games) Thursday, June 14th
ViralNinja I’d like to dedicate my inclusion in the @MCVonline top tweets to the guy from <removed> who was <removed> in <removed>’s booth at E3.
(Richie Churchill, 2K Games) Friday, June 15th
squidmania RT @ViralNinja I’d like to dedicate my inclusion [...] to the guy from [Microsoft] who was [fisting a pig] in [Konami’s] booth at E3.
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