Google's Early April Fools' Joke: Hiring 'Pokémon Masters'
It's March 31st, and already the April Fools' pranks are flooding in. One of the first? Google is hiring Pokémon masters.
The logo on the Xbox One Employee Edition is infinitely more desirable …
The Xbox One Employee Edition features an illustration of the logo being built. Google did something similar with the CR-48 Chrome OS laptop:
Google's New Phone Could Change The Way We Play Games
Hey, it's Johnny Lee! You might remember Johnny from his pioneering motion work with the Wii Remote, which got him hired by Microsoft to help build Kinect. Well, Johnny's now with Google, and his new project is even cooler.
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WTF Searches: the things people Google are sometimes amazing—here are six autocompleted searches with accompanying illustrations that show just how bizarre Googling can be sometimes. For example: "Americans think Obama is a cactus."
What Gaming Could Look Like On Google Glass
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Google Glass isn't just for hands-free computing and getting dirty looks from folks who think you're filming them. Google thinks it's a good gaming platform as well, and its engineers have built five simple games, hoping others will start thinking in that direction, too.
The World's Largest LEGO Set? Google Maps.
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Go to the Build with Chrome Project with your Chrome browser. Pick a plot of land on Google Maps. Craft your finest LEGO creation. Share it with the world. This is a beautiful, dangerous thing.
Google Sure Asks Great Video Game Questions
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Google can be a treasure trove of information, both intentional and accidental. But nothing is weirder and more revealing about the world than the crowd-sourced questions that Google autocompletes in your search bar.
The Perfect Place for a Horror Game? Pennsylvania, Says Google
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We live on the internet nowadays. And there's some thinking that suggests you can get a peek into the psyche of large groups of people by parsing what people search Google for. A new map based on this idea shows that a lot of people want to know why Philadelphia is so haunted. Sounds like the next super-scary video…
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Fire Glass: take a look at how one firefighter is using Google Glass to help him kick ass and be a hero. It's amazing.
Google Has Turned My Street Into A Bad 90s PC Game
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I was messing around with Google Earth last night on my phone, seeing how well it can now render 3D spaces. As you can see above, it can do New York City pretty damn well. If it weren't for the icons, in fact, you could probably confuse that shot for a low-res photo. It didn't do such a good job on my street, in…
If Google Was A Guy He'd Probably Be Really Annoyed
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College Humor wonders, "What if Google was a guy?" And by that, it means, an actual person who took your queries, rooted through a filing cabinet, and handed you what you were looking for.
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YouTuber Blasts Machinima As The ContentID Controversy Grinds On…
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The controversy facing YouTube and video game channels now sees this broadside, by Clash (180,000 subscribers) against his network, Machinima.
YouTube's Copyright Crackdown: Everything You Need To Know
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We're in the second week of a YouTube copyright enforcement crackdown whose most visible effects have been on the video gaming community. Each day turns up a new example of a video getting thrown in YouTube jail on a ridiculous technicality. The situation seems to defy common sense, but we'll try to explain it in…
Google's Top Ten Video Game Searches Of 2013 Are... Interesting
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Quick, what do you think were the biggest games on Google this year? Grand Theft Auto? Call of Duty? League of Legends?
Google Buys Company Famous For Scary Military Robots
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From privacy concerns to monopolies, some people have been growing increasingly concerned over some of Google's business practices for years now. Wonder what those types think now the search giant owns a company that makes military robots.
Game Critic Says YouTube Copyright Policy Threatens His Livelihood…
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Three of "Angry Joe" Vargas' 10 most-viewed videos on YouTube, and dozens of others, have been flagged by YouTube's controversial "content ID" system, meaning the independent games critic and personality can't earn any advertising money from them. Last night, Angry Joe responded, very much in character.
YouTube Copyright Chaos Continues. Game Publishers To The Rescue?
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Many gamers who upload footage of video games to YouTube are still getting troubling "content ID" matches that threaten to upend YouTube's gaming content as we know it. But on day three of this controversy, some game publishers appear to be taking steps to help these gamers out.
YouTube Channels Crippled By Copyright Claims
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Numerous video game-related YouTube personalities have spent the last day digging through piles of copyright claims suddenly filling their inboxes, claims that they say are messing with their ability to produce and profit from videos they post online.
A Game You'd Go To The Ends of the Earth To Play
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On December 4, when you were doing whatever you were doing, a gamer who goes by the name of Artio was apparently chartering a plane to fly her to a remote town in Alaska. Why? So she could make a particularly powerful move in the video game Ingress.