Metal Slug 3, one of the crown jewels in SNK Playmore's retro video game catalog, remains an exciting, well-crafted experience more than a decade after its original Neo Geo release. Charming graphics ...

In 2010 at a friend’s party, strapping 19-year-old rugby player Sam Ballard swallowed a garden slug as a dare. A group of young friends were sitting around at a table drinking red wine when a slug was ...

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A man in Sydney Australia who contracted a rare parasite known as rat lungworm from eating a slug has died. Sam Ballard consumed the garden creature in a dare in 2010, Australia’s News.com.au reports.

I've played Metal Slug 3 many, many times. First in the arcade, then on my Xbox, next on my Wii, and most recently on Xbox Live Arcade. You'd think by now I'd be sick of SNK Playmore's side-scrolling ...