As gaming giant IGN switches directions and consolidates properties, layoffs have hit the gaming industry in the wrong places: blogging. Two of the gaming network’s biggest properties, GameSpy and 1UP, and entertainment upstart Ugo.com, are being shut down. This news comes after the big sale earlier this month when IGN became part of the Ziff Davis, Inc. when the network was purchased by J2 Global. At the time, it seemed like a doubling of their properties to add them to PCMag, Geek.com, and Toolbox.com, but now only IGN.com remains. According to Casey Lynch at IGN: I also believe that just like…

We’ve all seen the casino movies where the cheaters come up these elaborate plans to rob the casinos of millions of dollars. Not to mention they always use the coolest gadgets to do so. Well, for those of you that thought that was only something that happened in the movies, you’re wrong. Casino cheaters have been around for quite a while, and they are still cheating their way to thousands, if not millions of dollars today. However, it’s a lot harder to get away with cheating now-a-days. Casinos are stepping their game up when it comes to their cheater-catching gadgets. In fact, on average, there are…