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Line Up Your World Cup Shot, but First, Compose Yourself
With four matches coming down to penalty kicks in the knockout stage of the 2006 World Cup – including the Final – you’d better brush up your shootout skills, especially as the feature gets fine-tuned in 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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Dr. Ed Roberts, ‘Father of the PC’, Dies at 68
In 1975, Popular Electronics featured on its January cover a computer kit built for home enthusiasts, touted to cost at least $1,000 less than anything else. It was the Altair 8800. Its creator, Dr. Ed Roberts, died Thursday. Roberts’ creation is widely credited with kicking off the microcomputing boom of the latter quarter of the…
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Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening Micro-Review: Almost Going Number Two
The marauding Blight has scattered, but a new, more sinister evil rises in its wake, and once again the Grey Wardens rise to face a deadly foe in the Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening expansion pack. Forget your humble or not-so-humble origin. Whether pauper or prince, imported character or newly generated for the expansion, this…
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Confirmed: The Best Final Fantasy Is Coming To The PlayStation Network
After a couple of weeks’ worth of teasing, Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada confirmed during a brief Twitter video that the best Final Fantasy game ever created will soon be released on the PlayStation Network. Just in case any of you forgot which Final Fantasy was the best, it was of course, Final Fantasy IX…
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Time Readers: Penny Arcade Creators More Influential Than Obama, But Not Lady Gaga
In the race to determine Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World, readers rank Penny Arcade’s Gabe and Tycho just above President Barack Obama, but they’ve got a ways to go before catching up to Lady Gaga. Every year, Time polls its readers on the artists, leaders, and innovators they believe are the…
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Split/Second Tears The Hell Out Of Downtown
Can you imagine how much creating a television show set that looked like this would cost if Split/Second was a real reality television show? More than I have in my pocket right now, I’d daresay. And that’s being conservative. Say what you will about Disney’s Split/Second – it does one of the core things I…
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PAX East Is Over, Time To Register For PAX West 2010
It seems like only five days ago that the inaugural PAX East came to a close, and now pre-registration for PAX…West? Just PAX? What the hell do we call it now? Anyway, you can buy tickets now. It looks like the official PAX website is referring to the Seattle branch of Penny Arcade’s annual convention…
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Free Realms Reaches 10 Million Users, Gives Out Free Cash
Free Realms continues to be an unrelenting engine of family-friendly fun and frivolity, reaching the 10 million player mark just short of its first birthday, with Sony Online Entertainment doubling Station Cash purchases this weekend in celebration. We’ve established by now that people love mini-games and free things, and that’s pretty much the formula to…
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