THQ announced on Thursday the upcoming release of South Park: The Game for the second half of 2012 for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC platforms. To avoid a repeat of the franchise’s first attempt at creating a game format for South Park, this game is developed by Obsidian Entertainment, the outfit responsible for Neverwinter Nights and will be a role playing game. If you have ever wanted to be part of the South Park experience, your chance is coming.
Want to land a job with a UK intelligence agency? All you have to do is crack this code and you are all set.
“The target audience for this particular campaign is one that may not typically be attracted to traditional advertising methods and may be unaware that GCHQ is recruiting for these kinds of roles,” the spokesman said. “Their skills may be ideally suited to our work and yet they may not understand how they could apply them to a working environment, particularly one where they have the opportunity to contribute so much.”
It started June 25, 2008: “Testing, testing. Is this thing on?” My first tweet. I began by trying to make a few friends laugh. I had no idea how quickly tweeting would consume me. Before long I was posting 20 to 30 times a day, seven days a week. Some of my posts were funny, some sad, some vaguely existential — “Living happily ever after is killing me” — some flirty, some filthy. I posted daily for three years with only one exception — the day my father-in-law died. Eventually, I attracted about 25,000 followers. Not bad for a noncelebrity.
And what are these researchers in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, Boston, New York, North Carolina, Beijing, Poland and the Netherlands finding? That exposure to air pollution, particularly to vehicle exhaust, can be linked to brain damage, anxiety, depression, attention problems and autism, and also possibly heighten the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and speed the effects of Parkinson’s disease.
According to Bing searches, 2011 was the year of musical superstars, continued celebrity fascination, concern for human tragedy and new royalty. From rising stars and weddings to intense trials and natural disasters, Bing has captured history through the searches that mark the year’s most important people, places and moments in time.
Based on the aggregation of billions of search queries conducted on Bing this year, here are the much-anticipated top 10 lists for the most searched people, news stories, sports stars, musicians, celebrity events, consumer electronics and TV shows.
1 Justin Bieber Kim Kardashian
2 Kim Kardashian Sandra Bullock
3 Jennifer Aniston Lady Gaga
4 Lindsay Lohan Tiger Woods
5 Jennifer Lopez Barack Obama
6 Britney Spears Justin Bieber
7 Katy Perry Kate Gosselin
8 Megan Fox Jesse James
9 Lady Gaga Jennifer Aniston
10 Miley Cyrus Michael Jackson
Other Top Search Results
Top News Stories• Casey Anthony trial
• Osama Bin Laden death
• Hurricane Irene
• Japan earthquake and tsunami
• Amy Winehouse death
• Joplin Tornado
• Michael Jackson–Conrad Murray trial
• 9/11 10th anniversary
• Republican primaries–Herman Cain, Rick Perry
• Haiti anniversary
Top Sports Stars• Maria Sharapova
• Tiger Woods
• Serena Williams
• Brett Favre
• Caroline Wozniacki
• Kobe Bryant
• LeBron James
• Lamar Odom
• Hope Solo
• Carmelo Anthony
Top Musicians• Justin Bieber
• Katy Perry
• Jennifer Lopez
• Britney Spears
• Lady Gaga
• Selena Gomez
• Nicki Minaj
• Rihanna
• Beyonce
• Taylor Swift
Top Celebrity Events• Royal wedding
• Final “Harry Potter”
• Kim Kardashian wedding
• Beyonce baby bump
• Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson dating
• Demi Moore–Ashton Kutcher scandal
• Kate Hudson baby bump
• Lady Gaga coming out in the egg
• Lindsay Lohan arrested
• Russell Armstrong suicide
Top Consumer Electronics• Xbox and Kinect
• Kindle
• PlayStation
• iPhone 5
• iPad
• Wii
• iPad 2
• Nook
• Windows Phone 7
• Macbook Pro
Top TV Shows• “American Idol”
• “Dancing With the Stars”
• “Glee”
• “Jersey Shore”
• “Family Guy”
• “Chelsea Lately”
• “The Young and the Restless”
• “True Blood”
• “Audrina”
• “Big Brother”
