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			<title><![CDATA[First Wii Commercials Directed by Academy Award Winner]]></title>
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      A source tells me that Stephen Gaghan, the man who directed Traffic and Academy Award winning Syriana, directed the new Wii ads. A well-informed poster on the Wii MySpace says that she's seen some of the ads, which she calls amazing.				<a href="http://kotaku.com/214125/first-wii-commercials-directed-by-academy-award-winner" title="Click here to read more about First Wii Commercials Directed by Academy Award Winner">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 Nov 2006 12:35:49 EST]]></pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Crecente]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lawyers Attack Game Site For Academy Awards Comparison (It Didn't Make)]]></title>
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      The Academy Awards. Hollywood's opportunity to bask in itself and spend loads of money on limos, parties and wooing Academy members to vote for "important" motion pictures. Last week, Gamasutra ran an article, which compared a planned Japanese game award show to the Oscars. The Academy's sue-happy lawyers jumped down Gamasutra's throat:				<a href="http://kotaku.com/196936/lawyers-attack-game-site-for-academy-awards-comparison-it-didnt-make" title="Click here to read more about Lawyers Attack Game Site For Academy Awards Comparison (It Didn't Make)">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 28 Aug 2006 03:22:24 EDT]]></pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Ashcraft]]></dc:creator>
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				Passionate Sims fans took to the net Sunday night, creating digi knock-offs of some of the hot fashions from the Academy Awards Red Carpet. By Monday morning some of the Red Carpet clothes were the top downloads on the Sims 2 community site.				<a href="http://kotaku.com/158700/sims-red-carpet" title="Click here to read more about Sims Red Carpet">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 Mar 2006 08:00:34 EST]]></pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Crecente]]></dc:creator>
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