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Trademark Troll Is At It Again [Update]
“Edge of Twilight” was announced more than two years ago. Just last month, Tim Langdell, notorious for claiming all uses of the word “edge,”in video games, filed a trademark application for exactly that name. In case you missed our discussion of Langdell’s history on May 30, he’s a onetime developer whose studio, Edge Games, was…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
MLB Sim Picks Tuesday’s All-Star Winner
If you trust that MLB 09 The Show is the most realistic baseball simulation out there, feel free to bet on the National League in the All-Star Game. Unless you’re a future hall-of-famer, of course. Despite not taking a game off the American League since 1996, the Senior Circuit is expected to win 5-2, according…
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Weekend Coupons: Value Adder
Hunting up weekend coupons is sometimes like looking for a snake. You don’t know that you’ve really got one until you wade into the tall grass and step on it. Let’s take a gander at some of this weekend’s deals: Hardware • Granted, this is a highly specific need, but the Cordless Mediaboard for PS3…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Study Examines Boom Blox for Benefits to Elderly Cognition
The National Science Foundation has given two universities a million dollars to study whether video games can improve thinking skills in the elderly. They’re using Boom Blox in the research. The grant to the universities – N.C. State and Georgia Tech – is part of the federal stimulus package and will span four years of…
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360, PS3 Stand Better Chance of Seeing Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Sequel
You’re more likely to see Xbox Live and PSN get a sequel of Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All Stars than a port of the original, says a Capcom producer. That’s because “the game is optimized for the Wii system, especially the graphics features,” Capcom’s Ryota Niitsuma told VideoGamer.com. “So if we were to port it…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Kotaku Originals: Comment is Free, but Stars are Earned
Not to brag, but the biggest change in your life this week had to be the new commenting structure, amirite? Starred or not, editing capabilities means no more humiliating typos or icky oops-was-that-my-out-loud-voice moments. After bestowing such begged-for powers, and others not even demanded, we did our damndest to serve up some stories worthy of…
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Fighting Fantasy DS Preview: Choose Your Own Adventure Makes A Comeback
Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain was a 1982 choose-your-own-adventure book written by now-game developers Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. Now it’s a 2009 DS action role-playing game. Choose-your-own-adventure books were popular in the 1980s. Nowadays, I can only find them at garage sales with a lot of the stat pages missing. I didn’t…
By AJ Glasser - Reviews
Kodu Game Lab Micro-Review: Baby’s First Game Development Kit
Who says you have to go to college for an expensive game developer’s education? Microsoft Research’s Kodu puts the power of a dev kit right in your hand for a mere $5. Kodu Game Lab isn’t a video game, per se, but a lot of the pre-packaged worlds that come with the Game Lab certainly…
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