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The game took off with a bang when, during the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con, people found "Jokerized" $1 bills that led them to whysoserious.com, a page advertising jobs for Joker henchmen. Those eager to be repeatedly punched by costumed vigilantes and/or murdered by their own boss were instructed to be at a certain spot near the convention center at 10:00 a.m. the next day. Upon going there at the allotted time, players discovered a phone number ... written in the sky. "Don't call that, dude -- it's probably Goatse." Calling the number prompted a recording of a whimpering man being forced to read instructions for what came next: a scavenger hunt. Via Batman.wikibruce.com But wait, why would the mob want to kill the Joker? One scavenger hunt told players to go out and take pictures of themselves dressed as the Joker while standing near a famous world monument, or to send the ones they already had, if they were lunatics. See what would happen if our lives were 24-hour games.

PC and Console Game News, Videos, Reviews Urgent Evoke - A crash course in changing the world. The top 10 music games of all time "Guitar Hero" is a $2 billion franchise that's sold over 25 million units worldwide. The music memory game "Simon" launched in 1978 with its classic four colored buttonsPaRappa brought the "rhythm game" category home to North American shores"Dance Dance Revolution" pioneered active gaming over a decade before motion controls Editor's note: Scott Steinberg is the head of technology and video game consulting firm TechSavvy Global, as well as the founder of GameExec magazine and Game Industry TV. This story was adapted from his new e-book, "Music Games Rock: Rhythm Gaming's Greatest Hits of All Time." (CNN) -- By the late 2000s, music-themed games had become gaming's fastest-growing genre. Then came the crash. But rewind the evolutionary eight-track, and you can see that music and video games aren't just intrinsically linked since the beginning. So, no, the party's not over. Here's my list of the top 10 digital music games of all time: 1978: "Simon" 1997: "PaRappa the Rapper" 2007: "Rock Band"

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