ComputerandVideoGames.com Wrote:A report on the 20 top-selling videogame franchises of all time has pinned Nintendo's Mario at the number one spot, with a total of 193 million sales worldwide.

Published by The Independent, London, the report has put Pokémon in second place with 155 million sales during its lifetime, Final Fantasy following with 68 million. Popular series like The Sims and Grand Theft Auto also appear in the top 10, the former with 54 million sales worldwide and the latter 50 million.

The full top 20 list, with sales figures, is as follows:

1) Mario, 193 million
2) Pokémon, 155 million
3) Final Fantasy, 68 million
4) Madden NFL, 56 million
5) The Sims, 54 million
6) Grand Theft Auto, 50 million
7) Donkey Kong, 48 million
8) The Legend of Zelda, 47 million
9) Sonic the Hedgehog, 44 million
10) Gran Turismo, 44 million
11) Lineage, 43 million
12) Dragon Quest, 41 million
13) Crash Bandicoot, 34 million
14) Resident Evil, 31 million
15) James Bond, 30 million
16) Tomb Raider, 30 million
17) Mega Man, 26 million
18) Command & Conquer, 25 million
19) Street Fighter, 25 million
20) Mortal Kombat, 20 million

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methinks paypals playing up D:
I bought something from ebay a little while ago, on the 4th i believe, and payed for it straight away, a few days later i decided to check up, to make sure the payment has cleared and my figure is on its way, it said the payment was still pending so i checked on my paypal account. seems the money was taken from me, but won't be reaching the seller until the 15th. luckily the seller doesnt mind and will send the model when he gets the money, but its killed my confidence to buy anything else through ebay incase it happens again with a seller that'll not wait. i dont think i can stop the payments after all, as its already taken the money from me.

anyone else had any problems with paypal?

So... Yeah, I almost... Burned down my flat. My flat in a block of other flats. This microwave, it went crazy!

Smoke came pouring out, I got to the machine before it aspl0ded. Everything's fine, but it does stink of smoke... Badly. So much smoke came pouring out a security guard smelled it from blocks away.

I almost killed my roomies with thick smoke O_O I'm not feeling too good right now, lol.

Anyways, you guys might catch me around a bit more frequently now that's out the way. I had to fill out an incident report etc. as well. One of my room mates thought it was hillarious. I bet he wouldn't have if he had died <_<;

Well i spent the day visiting my girlfriend down in london and gawd trains mess with my head. The first trip was ok i guess, took 4 hours since one of the trains broke down so we had to wait a hours to get on. Anyway i made it to London and spent time with her la la la blah blah blah time to go home.

So i head back to the train station and get on the train, another 4 hours because were going the long way around.

Anyway i think somethings messed my head up a little since i can barely remeber the day @.@. It feels like everything was just a dream and ive woken up at about 11pm just feeling dizzy.

Ive talked to her since getting back and ive deffinatly been down there since she has the pictures we took but god my head feels messed up. But it feels horrible planning a day out with somone you love for weeks and then not remebering anything about it after x.x

Im hoping ill feel better and remeber it all once i get some sleep but atm all i have is a sore head and a foggy memory T.T

Anywoo just felt like ranting. kkthx bai

Fellow Xbox 360 players.

Today was a dark day in history.

For my copy of PSU broke.

A tiny hair fissure, across the center of the Disc. That spreads about a centimetre into the data section.

So you wont see me until tuesday.

=[

Aparently some kid died on holiday recently after plugging in his gameboy charger on holiday on thailand. As usual our friendly media press had this to say on the subject:

Revo-Europe.com Wrote:Nintendo of Europe have responded to the recent news that a boy was killed whilst charging his Game Boy.

Videogames are the spawn of Satan. Well, they're not, but there's a lot of people in this world who truely believe that, and would like you to believe it, too.

News has reached us that a boy, Connor O'Keefe, was killed last Saturday whilst on holiday in Thailand, allegedly after unplugging his Game Boy charger from the socket. Headlines have been printed in numerous reliable tabloids, including The Sun and The Mirror, such as "Killed by Game Boy".

Local police have said the victim was still wet from just having gotten out of the hotel pool. Sensationalism at its best? A really tragic accident? Or, are Nintendo really to blame?

Nintendo have commented on the situation, and have offered its sincere condolences to the family of Connor O'Keefe. Details of the accident are currently unclear so we are unable to make any further comment at this stage."

More as it breaks.

Revo-Europe.com Wrote:The outspoken Tory MP has claimed it is time to "garotte the Game Boy and paralyse the PlayStation"

Outspoken Tory MP Boris Johnson has sensationally slammed videogames, and blamed them for the reason why children are reading less and less in today's society.

According to Johnson, 89 per cent of UK homes with children also contain a videogames console. He also claimed that the number of computer games per household were high in Britain, and more so than in any other EU country.

Writing in the telegraph, Johnson claimed: "Millions of seven to 15 year olds are hooked, especially boys, and it is time someone had the guts to stand up, cross the room and just say no to Nintendo.

Johnson has also blamed videogames for the reason why an influx of students are applying for University without the correct, or adequate writing skills. "I refuse to believe that these hypnotic little machines are innocent ... These possessions are not so much an index of wealth as a cause of ignorance and underachievement and, yes, poverty," he continued.

"The nippers are bleeping and zapping in speechless rapture, their passive faces washed in explosions and gore. They sit for so long that their souls seem to have been sucked down the cathode ray tube.

"They become like blinking lizards, motionless, absorbed, only the twitching of their hands showing they are still conscious. These machines teach them nothing. They stimulate no ratiocination, discovery or feat of memory."

Only Boris would be capable of such a tirade!

i want a sonic knuckles (psobb)

Who hated Eragon? Man, as a fan of the book, I was just frusterated! My sister and I watched it, and she and I were wierded out with one thing. Durza the shade's apperance changed two times?! First he had minimal scars and then right before the fight, he has milions of them!:S

ok on the last mission on the satillite how do i get to it i have just spoken to the president about they HIVE and listend to all his talk and i don't know where to go please someone help me :S :S