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EA Sports’ ‘Persistent’ Player Profile Would Mean No More Starting from Scratch Each Year
Each year the new title comes out, sports gamers must re-enter their preferences, their profiles, must re-create themselves in singleplayer careers, must restart dynasties and franchises and online franchises. Remarks by EA Sports’ president hint that their titles may soon put all of that under a persistent experience, imported from a previous version into new…
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The World Bank Proposes Fair Trade Gold Farming
An analysis by a World Bank initiative recommends that gold farming – you read that right – is a substantial growth opportunity for developing nations’ economies, and that NGOs – bureaucrat speak for do-gooder agencies – begin connecting the rural poor in these nations to gold farming enterprises under a fair-trade modeling. That shit-you-not-proposition is…
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A Visit from Photo-Flo
I like the fact this incredibly painful nutshot occurs in what appears to be a hotel suite. That’s where nonsense of this sort should ideally take place. Reminds me of a day long ago – well before digital photography – when half of the school paper checked into the Marriott Marquis of Atlanta for a…
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UncategorizedGet Tired with UFC Personal Trainer
UFC Personal Trainer, the MMA-branded exergame coming soon for Kinect from THQ, dares to ask the question of what is a more ridiculous workout activity: Deadlifting a dumptruck tire in real-life, or in the comfort of your living room? Coming in June, UFC Personal Trainer joins EA Sports Active NFL Training Camp as sports-branded products…
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“Sam B” Performs Before Quite a Dead Crowd
Another set of screenshots dumped today tell the tale of Sam B, a “one-hit wonder rap star of fading fame,” booked for the ill-fated resort of Dead Island the weekend the apocalypse went down. Decked out in pirate garb, Sam B will be the game’s Tank class, according to an accompanying release from developer Deep…
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UncategorizedGame Wall: The Game on a Wall
Here is a video game projected on the side of a building, which sounds like a familiar idea, but Game Wall, by the Swiss film group &Söehne, incorporates the features of the wall into the game itself. The ship in Game Wall must navigate the wall as a maze, using the brick as traversable space…
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Sorry, You’re Grounded
Shutdown Eve | With a budget deal unlikely, the U.S. federal government appears headed for a shutdown, meaning widespread closures of government agencies and suspensions of service. That includes the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, a favorite tourist stop in Washington for more than four decades. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Four New Fighters Enter…
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UncategorizedWatch the Dragon Pop Out of Someone’s Chest With This 3DS Augmented Reality T-Shirt
So, we’ve seen the 3DS’s augmented reality games played on an iPhone, on an Android phone and on a white board. We’ve seen giant cards spawn giant Miis and Marios. Now, thanks to this t-shirt, you may see the AR dragon pop out of someone’s chest. Level Up Studios has printed up this AR Card…
By Owen Good
