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The Cooperstown Model Comes To Video Games
Whether you think it should be in Tokyo, Silicon Valley or elsewhere, the International Video Game Hall of Fame inducts its inaugural class this weekend in Ottumwa, Iowa. Today, the mayor went on NPR to justify why it belongs there. Mayor Dale Uehling appeared on this afternoon’s All Things Considered and invoked Cooperstown, home of…
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Gaming Surpasses Email In Time Spent Online
Gaming accounts for 10 percent of time spent online in the United States – overtaking email – according to research by Nielsen, which doesn’t sound like a lot but it is the second-leading reason, and one that’s growing. Social networking is first, accounting for 22 percent of online time, surging above the 15.8 percent share…
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Get Your PC Love-Meter Rating In Kotaku Talk Radio
Crecente and Totilo discussed the robust year PC gaming is having so far in 2010, and also what they love and hate about a gaming platform with plenty of polarizing topics. Kotaku Talk Radio, available for download now! Hosts: Stephen Totilo and Brian Crecente Ranter: Owen Good Listen to the podcast here. [Chat About It]…
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UncategorizedYou Don’t Need Shoulderpads To Play Madden, But It Helps
Madden NFL 11’s remade cooperative online play this year, but rather than bog down in a technical discussion, let’s see what happens when Ray Lewis and Mario Williams show up to pit two rival Texas high schools against each other. Online Team Play now supports up to three players per side, and gives them control…
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UncategorizedCould DJ Hero 2 Multiplayer Actually Be Entertaining?
Multiplayer in the original DJ Hero was a plain vanilla affair that stripped some of the coolest elements from the single-player game for simplicity’s sake. DJ Hero 2 throws simplicity out the window. Forget adding a singer. That’s certainly novel, and the opportunity to mix up the music they are singing to screw them up…
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Need A Reason To Stay Inside? Beaches Make You Sick
Science justifies the reclusive nature of hardcore gamers during these hot summer months, as a new study finds that people actively participating in beach-based activities are more likely to develop gastrointestinal problems, fever, and skin illness. Who’s for beach volleyball? Score one for sitting inside an air-conditioned room for three months of every year, only…
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UncategorizedHow To Play Street Fighter Online, Or The Ballad Of The Bitch-Ass Ho
Successfully competing in online Street Fighter tournaments takes nerves of steel, lightning-quick reflexes, and the ability to spew a constant stream of profanity for over two minutes. Warning: This clip features some very strong language. If ever a video clip needed to be set to music, this is it. Appearing on YouTube under the title…
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A Modern Warfare 2 Single-Player Demo Appears
In case you’ve been trying to decide whether or not to buy Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for the past nine months, Activision has released a single-player demo on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live to help you decide. Generally I associate post-release game demos to be signs that a publisher is afraid an…
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