Games Sales Suffer Through Miserable April, Zuckerberg's Potty Mouth

• Nintendo recently suffered through its worst profit period in six years, but the downward trend definitely wasn't isolated to the industry leader. Video game profits, as a whole, dipped significantly last month, as the NPD Group revealed that April demonstrated the worst monthly sales decline since July of 2009. [From: CNET]
• Certain Facebook members have recently grown disillusioned with the site, particularly because of privacy concerns and new ad policies. Now, a new revelation may just be the final catalyst people need to shut down the old account. Unearthed IM messages, purportedly from Zuckerberg's Ivy League days, reveal that the Facebook founder believed that the people who trusted him with their personal information were just a bunch of "Dumb #%@!$." If true, that guy may just be the smarmiest &%!@ on the Web. [From: Business Insider]
• Despite possessing no tangible or intrinsic value, virtual goods continue to attract steady business from gamers and social networking shoppers. (Shoot, even the most sarcastic and dismissive blowhards have been suckered into buying ridiculous shwag like new costumes.) Following the lead of other notable celebs, Snoop Dogg will soon be shilling his own line of cyber-wares through the PlaySpan marketplace, including dance moves, turntables, clothing and accessories. [From: Tech Crunch]
• Ride enthusiasts, theme park lovers and 'Star Wars' fans once considered Disney's Star Tours to be the pinnacle of motion simulator rides. The 20-year-old tech is only becoming more antiquated, though, so Disney World and Disneyland plan to upgrade the 'Tours' theaters with new themes, and -- unsurprisingly -- 3-D imagery. Disney's Hollywood Studios will host a final 'Tours' extravaganza, with various nerdly events, on August 14th. [From: Gadling]
• A Foxconn employee killed himself last summer, reportedly because of his involvement in a missing iPhone scandal. The Chinese tech company has also apparently seen a rash of suicide attempts over the past three months, including at least one that resulted in death. According to various reports, the company plans to combat this tragic phenomenon with an exorcist monk -- in hopes of bringing "peace to employees." [From: Engadget]
• Google's Chrome OS has enjoyed a rapid rise up the market share rankings, and the service will soon become the default browser for various Acer products. The company is expected to reveal its Chrome-loaded laptops as soon as next month, perhaps at the June Computrex event in Taiwan. [From: Wired]

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