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MERRY XMAS! Don’t worry – you read that right. Disney put on a marvellous show last week at its ‘Christmas in July‘ event in London. MCV got a sneek peek at games such as Toy Story Mania and A Christmas Carol... But the Xmas trees and festive paraphernalia did leave us a little disconcerted....
[INSERT YOUR OWN JOKE ABOUT BALLS AND STUMPS HERE] It’s not all cracking down on piracy and earnest conversations with Cabinet Ministers over at ELSPA Towers, you know. The body’s director general Mike Rawlinson and chairman Andy Payne enjoyed a bit of virtual cricket with legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne, all in the name of Codemasters’ Ashes ‘09. Kudos to the pair – but shame on the organisation’s top secret pun division, which sent us an email entitled ‘ELSPA-B-W’. Ouch! (Okay, we admit, we were a little impressed).
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