Wow, you really can find the craziest things when surfing the Web but the fact that they actually conducted a study into whether there was a connection between bestiality and penile cancer in first case should be equally bothersome.

Yet this is exactly what a urologist in Brazil did recently when Stenio de Cassio Zequi of San Paulo took a look at 492 men from rural Brazil, ranging in age of 18 to 80. Of those 492 men it turns out that 118 had been diagnosed with penile cancer.

Now this is where the wackiness starts as of the 188 men with penile cancer 45% confessed to have had sexual relations with animals compared with 32 percent of the healthy males. Of those that admitted to getting all cozy with animals 59 percent had been doing it with animals for one to five years and 21 percent for more than five years.

As for the lucky animals – well they ranged from horses to pigs and from cows to chickens. Yes. Chickens.

Apparently penile cancer, while rare in the United States accounts for up to 10 percent of male cancers in Africa, Asia, and South America. It is suggested that animal secretions may be toxic to humans and that as a result of scratches and cuts becoming infected there could be some currently unrecognized microorganism responsible for causing these cases of penile cancer.

Excuse me while I now go and be sick.

via MedicalXpress

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Nothing… just hanging out on top of the bus shelter with my wheelchair… how about you?

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Apparently stores have already pre-sold huge numbers, making it likely we’ll see more of the Duke in the future – though who’d want to bet when?

While I can’t say I’m desperate to try this, I know plenty who are eagerly awaiting that June 14th launch date. Below there’s a quote from 2K’s Christoph Hartmann, going a bit over-the-top with the ‘precipice of history’ talk. Then, for lulz, I’ve added a shot of how the game looked back at the start of development in the late-nineties:

“Duke Nukem Forever is the game that was once thought to be unshippable, and yet here we are, on the precipice of history. Today marks an amazing day in the annals of gaming lore, the day where the legend of Duke Nukem Forever is finally complete and it takes that final step towards becoming a reality.”

LOL

[Via press release]

It’s actually happened: Duke Nukem Forever goes gold is a post from: The Inquisitr

According to this listing on Germany’s game classification board the U!S!K! (it’s actually the ‘USK’, I just like shouting that alone at my desk in a German accent), Microsoft is preparing a probably-for-Kinect game based on hit TV show Hole In The Wall. Maybe it’s, er, one of the ‘hardcore’ Kinect titles Microsoft has been bragging about in recent days.

If you’ve somehow missed it, the show itself involves a number of bespandexed proles attempting to fit their podgy bodies through a strategically shaped hole in a wall that is moving slowly towards them. It’s a sort of human Tetris, and about as dignified as that sounds.

There’s no further information on the title right now, and we don’t know for sure this is even a Kinect game except COME ON this is plainly a Kinect game. And why not? I can see how this might be good fun at a party after a refreshing drink or ten. Spandex optional.

See also: Someone made a damn boat accessory for your Xbox

[Via GameSetWatch]

Microsoft planning ‘Hole In The Wall’ Kinect game is a post from: The Inquisitr

Reportedly tastes like blood and semen.

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Who would order this Lady Gaga cake? is a post from: The Inquisitr

I don’t know how much money developer Zynga has made from FarmVille, but it must be a crapload because it’s somehow encouraged Lady Gaga to sign up to a Gaga/FarmVille crossover thing called GagaVille. *checks date* Nope, still not April 1st.

Apparently, this tie-in will see a Gaga-themed farm become available within FarmVille. This will introduce crystals, unicorns, and sheep on motorbikes to the Facebook game. GagaVille launches on May 17th, and users get early access to tracks and can purchase $25 Zynga Game Cards that include a free download of the album and exclusive bonus tracks.

There’ll also be Gaga-inspired items in other Zynga titles such as CityVille, FrontierVille, Mafia Wars, Zynga Poker, Café World, Treasure Isle, YoVille, PetVille, and Vampire Wars.

“I want to celebrate and share ‘Born This Way’ with my little monsters in a special way that’s never been done before,” explained Lady “I’m an artist, not a celebrity” Gaga. “Zynga has created a magical place in FarmVille where my fans can come play, and be the first to listen to the album.”

So there you go. Here’s that sheep I mentioned earlier.

[Via Venturebeat]

This is happening: GagaVille is Lady Gaga + FarmVille is a post from: The Inquisitr

“Bowling in your living room will never be the same.”

That’s a PRETTY BOLD CLAIM you’re making there, CTA Digital. But hell, your previous record of producing essential peripherals has me convinced. I’ll take four.

See also: [VIDEO] Wii gets inflatable racing kart: Play Mario Kart in style, mild discomfort

[Via YouTube (yeah, I'm a CTA subscriber WHAT)]

[VIDEO] PlayStation 3 gets its own … bowling ball is a post from: The Inquisitr

Here’s an early contender for the 2011 edition of the Someone Made A Damn Boat Accessory For Your Xbox Award for Pointlessness. ‘Tetris Link’ is Tetris, but as a board game. wut?

Designed by a UK company specializing in board games, the idea of Tetris Link is to score points by linking three or more tetrads together to score points, while opponents players try to stop that happening. So, um, it’s Connect 3, basically. Great.

[Pocket-lint, via technabob]

Tetris getting released as a board game, for some reason is a post from: The Inquisitr

OK, so the notice above shows that the employee was terminated, but seriously, who would do those things if they hadn’t intended to lose their job in the first place.

(via NextRound)

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The Central Intelligence Agency is not surprisingly keeping an eye on Wikileaks, creating a “Wikileaks Task Force.” (Known within the agency simply as “WTF.”)

The WTF’s job is to comb through the hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks and assess how the now-publicly available information could cause larger problems. Among US government agencies, the CIA was relatively unscathed by Cablegate, and very little information even namechecking the notoriously tight-lipped CIA was present in the cables. (One notable CIA-related cable was a request for UN diplomats to gather intel.)

Interestingly, it seems from the Washington Post‘s piece that a reticence to commit sensitive information to digital media may have saved the CIA’s ass when it comes to Wikileaks. Per the article, the agency reviewed moving data to shareable digital formats, but opted against such measures due to inherent security risks:

As recently as two years ago, the agency rejected a request to make more of its intelligence reports available on the SIPRNET, the classified network used by the Pentagon to pass information around the world.

“We simply said we weren’t going to do it,” another former CIA official said. “The consensus was there were simply too many people potentially who had access.”

In light of the Wikileaks drama, a former high-ranking CIA official speaking on the condition of anonymity said of the decision:

“It’s just a huge vulnerability… Nobody could carry out enough paper to do what WikiLeaks has done.”

CIA launches WTF- ‘Wikileaks Task Force’ is a post from: The Inquisitr

This is a thing that is happening.

FarmVille for Dummies just became available for preorder at Amazon, ahead of its release on February 15th, 2011. The perfect … Valentine’s gift? For $13.14, the book promises to “get novices acquainted with FarmVille rules and regulations, while more savvy players can sharpen their skills and find out how to stay up to date on the latest FarmVille features.”

It feels like it should be a parody, but it isn’t. Faintly terrifying.

See also: FarmVille gets its first branded produce

[Mashable, via TheDailyWh.at]

Humankind fail: FarmVille for Dummies is a post from: The Inquisitr

At $40, this plastic housing for your Move controller is almost as costly as another Move controller. While this is obviously redundant crap like 99% of controller shells, I do love how its GRAY MILITARY SERIOUSNESS is completely undermined by the Move’s bulbous light-up ball sticking out of the muzzle like a comedy nose.

The Sharp Shooter also features an adjustable shoulder stock, supposedly realistic pump action, a digital trigger, and a firing mode selector, whatever the hell that last one means. I guess Sony are hoping to tempt a few Killzone 3 fans to cough up when the game releases in February 2011 with Move compatibility.

Me? I’ll be sticking to the new jungle green DualShock 3, which is also due to launch alongside Killzone 3:

See also: I seeeeee you: New sniper rifle released for Wii

[Via press release]

Sony unveils official PlayStation Move machine gun is a post from: The Inquisitr

Alternately, exacting revenge for all the minor falsehoods he told little you.

[reddit]

Teaching your parents how to use Facebook… is a post from: The Inquisitr

Since 2009, Iran has seen an ongoing internal ideological struggle between the government and the Green Movement, a wave of opposition to the Iranian regime.

So how can the Greens tip the scales in their favor and bring about revolution in their country? According to author Salman Rushdie, the key lies in … Nintendo and Big Macs. OKAY THEN.

Speaking to Big Think, the Booker Prize-winning writer insisted, “I often think that the best way to liberate Iran is just to drop Nintendo consoles from the air. And Big Macs.” Bear with him here, though:

“If you look at the opponents of the Iranian regime, the green movement in Iran – that clearly represents a young, liberal, modernising spirit that exists in that country. And in every Muslim country you will see that. You will see particularly young people. They don’t want to live according to the rules that the old gray-beard mullahs set for them, so I think if we want to look at the Muslim world you have to look at it in those ways. You have to look at it as a world in conflict. And what we need to do is to support, I think, that modernising positive way of being a Muslim, which involves living in the world as it is. Support that and encourage that, and be extremely critical as we should be, of that other tyrannical, despotic, medievalist Islam, which unfortunately is in power in a lot of places.”

Yep. Not … quite … sure where Nintendo comes in there, but the idea of firing SNES carts and Power Gloves across the Iranian border is sweet.

[Big Think, via Eurogamer]

Salman Rushdie: Nintendo and Big Macs can liberate Iran is a post from: The Inquisitr

We’ve seen some interesting advice over the years about how to prevent sexual assault. I’m not sure we’ve seen the ability to throw up on demand on any previous list.

Throwing Up On Demand Helps Prevent Sexual Assault is a post from: The Inquisitr

The charge: With the influx of new players over the last few years, more and more videogames have been watered down until all challenge is removed, lest newcomers are scared away from their shiny new hobby.

The evidence for the prosecution:

The verdict: Gah.

[YouTube, via Digg]

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Can a spa cause you to give birth from your mouth? Probably not, but anything is possible in Japan.

This Is How They Sell Spas In Japan is a post from: The Inquisitr

You find the strangest things on YouTube, and there’s one guy who suffers Tourettes who does nothing more than sing karaoke. Here’s his effort at singing Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up.

Tourettes Karaoke: Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up is a post from: The Inquisitr

That’s it. Gaming accessories have finally gone beyond parody. I don’t want to suggest Atomic Accessories are plumbing new depths here, but I have a feeling the ‘Game Boat’ could be the most awful/hilarious/awful/hilarious again gaming accessory yet.

Still, ideal for that one minigame in Kinect Adventures. And for, er, being a boat:

“Game Boat is de facto the first accessory for the peripheral which doesn’t need any. The first product in the Play On™ line-up brings the entertainment of Kinect Adventures™ game out of the tv set, directly in your living room! Game it Real™! With this real-size replica of Kinect Adventures™’s awesome dinghy. Ideal to comfortably play in 2 gamers simultaneously, still without being clumsy in the living room. Easily inflated in a few minutes through the practical pump (included). Game Boat™ can also be used in the watyr [sic], at the sea or at the pool, by children and adults.”

Masterful. Utterly masterful.

[Atomic Accessories, via Joystiq]

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