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Achievement Hunter Reaches Her Ultimate Goal
Last year, we profiled Kristen, the stay-at-home mom whose 165,000 Gamerscore made her the No. 5 female worldwide. She set 200,000 as a retirement mark. Monday, she reached it. Does she still plan to put the controller down? “I do but I don’t want to,” Kristen told me yesterday. “I’ve been gaming for so long,…
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UncategorizedOwen’s Dangerous Hunt
A couple weeks ago, the Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 11 trailer pulled into Eugene, Ore., winding up a 56-day nationwide tour. After showing me the game, the crew took me into the country to shoot some antique firearms. As in muzzle-loaders. This video has some jocular NSFW language and lots of bang-bang, so headphones are best…
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Indie Sports Game Updates With Motion Capture
College Lacrosse, which released last year on Xbox Live’s Indie Games channel, returns this year with a new version and a slew of upgrades – including motion capture animations and an augmented control set. It will cost $5. Crosse Studios, which earlier this year developed what’s thought to be the only fully licensed indie sports…
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Sonic Colors Gets A Chilly Reception In New York City
Sega celebrates the impending release of Sonic Colors in New York City tomorrow evening with an ice skating party in Bryant Park. Need a reason to care? How about free hedgehog hats? The first 300 guests to arrive at the Sonic Colors launch party at the at Citi Pond at Bryant Park in New York…
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Marvel Vs. Capcom Vs. Atlanta
The Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 models were in fine form last week during Capcom’s Fight Club in Atlanta, Georgia, which I missed due to being deathly ill. See more of what I didn’t see at Capcom Unity Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
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UncategorizedHolographic Technology Is the Next 3D
Who needs flat 3D when you can have 360 degree holograms? Researchers at the University of Arizona have created a method to produce holographic images that refresh every two seconds, and say that 30 frames per second is within reach. Holograms have captured the imagination of scientists and science fiction writers for years, The video…
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Lovely Blanka, Meter Maid
You really don’t want to let the meter expire in a town where they employ World Warriors as meter maids. The constant fighting has to come to an end sometime, and then what will Street Fighter’s World Warriors do? Dorkly’s idea is solid enough, though most municipalities would rather lose a buck or two in…
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UncategorizedLittleBigPlanet 2’s Creatinator Spews Everything
The Creatinator is a magical hat in LittleBigPlanet 2 that fires sharks, missiles, cupcake icing, cows, and just about anything else your twisted imagination can come up with. The Creatinator is one of the new tools Media Molecule introduces in LittleBigPlanet 2 to give level designers easier ways to be creative. This unassuming looking mining…
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Marky Mark And Microsoft Bring Kinect To All The Good Boys & Girls Clubs
Actor Mark Wahlberg teams up with Microsoft today to help deliver a funky bunch of Xbox 360 and Kinect gaming hardware to thousands of Boys & girls Clubs across the nation. The Boys & Girls Clubs of America have been helping underprivileged children become productive, caring, and responsible adults for more than 100 years. Today…
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Now Movies Are Advertising In FarmVille
Tomorrow all 17 million plus players of Zynga’s Facebook game FarmVille will be getting a new neighbor: The villainous star of DreamWorks Animation’s Megamind, opening in theaters this Friday. DreamWorks Animation and Zynga team up for the first-ever feature film integration in the ridiculously popular Facebook game FarmVille. The self-described “incredibly handsome master of all…
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UncategorizedHulk Hogan Plays Def Jam Rapstar, Flashes His Junk
Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan, daughter Brooke, and Jimmy Hart are having a wonderful time paying tribute to The Notorious B.I.G in Def Jam Rapstar, until the Hulkster decides the cameraman wants to see his penis. Thank goodness for censor bars. Not even during the height of Hulkamania was flashing Hulk Hogan’s privates a winning marketing…
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