The Scammer Lair

"The Guy Game is essentially an instant party disguised as a video game," said Jeff Spangenberg, CEO of TOPHEAVY Studios. "We're confident that it is a cool and absolutely unique experience because it was created by guys, for guys -- complete with stylized game play, user-defined parameters, sizzling uncensored video footage that you actually interact with, and tons of hot topless coeds." The Guy Game banned, goes straight to video Following sales ban, hormone-heavy game ditches interactivity and skips to uncensored titillating DVD. It didn't take long for one of the females in the game to come forward and sue the Bermuda shorts off of Top Heavy, Microsoft, and Sony, for using her visage (and more) without consent. Or legal consent, rather. The student was, in fact, 17 years old at the time, making her a minor and legally incapable of giving consent on such a matter. Topless teen sues over 'The Guy Game' Judge temporarily stops sales of racy low-b...

  COVER STORY The rocky story of Retro Studios before Metroid Prime It was a long road getting to one of Nintendo’s most-loved games By  Blake Hester     May 29, 2018, 12:00pm EDT SHARE It’s 2000. A shiny new Ferrari pulls into the parking lot of Retro Studios’ enormous Austin, Texas headquarters. Founder Jeff Spangenberg steps out of the car. It’s the first time he’s been to the studio in months. He’s there to lay off people. A lot of people. He’s there to lay off half of the company’s employees. It’s not the only time this will happen. Retro, today, is known as the studio behind of one of the greatest games of all time,  Metroid Prime,  its two sequels and a pair of Donkey Kong Country games. The team is a part of the Nintendo family, beloved by fans who grew up with its games. But through a lot of its early years Retro was a studio on the brink of collapse, constantly churning but with no results. It was saved by Nintendo’s decision to trust it with one ...