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360 Wireless Mic Stands Alone This Fall
Microsoft is taking the wireless microphone from their Lips and sending it packing, making its increased game support even more appealing by releasing it on its own this fall. With support recently introduced for both Guitar Hero: Metallica and Rock Band 2, the wireless microphone double-packed with copies of Microsoft’s karaoke game Lips are rather…
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Rare Shopping For Project Natal Designers With Twitter
Rare dropped us a line to let us know that they were now active on Twitter, posting haiku movie reviews, new game teases, and fishing for game designers who might be interested in Project Natal. It isn’t exactly rare for a game developer to show up on Twitter these days, so why is Rare so…
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Sgt. Johnson Reports For Halo 3: ODST Pre-Order Bonus Duty
Who would you rather have at your side against in a Master Chief-less battle against increasingly difficult waves of enemies than Sergeant Major Avery J. Johnson? Yes, grizzled UNSC hero Sgt. Johnson may not have fared so well in Halo 3, but Halo 3: ODST takes place before the final installment of the trilogy, meaning…
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Xbox Live’s Return Brings Xbox Live Issues
Xbox Live has just successfully completed an entire day of downtime. Unfortunately, the current uptime isn’t quite as successful, with missing games, failing downloads, and unredeemable code issues abounding. Microsoft flipped Xbox Live’s on switch late last night, and while the snazzy new look of the Xbox.com website distracted many of us for a spell,…
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Watch The Play Machinima Law Conference
Almost two months ago, I attended a Machinima Law conference at Stanford University as part of an extra credit assignment. Today, you can watch what I saw for free. Stanford’s video game research project, How They Got Game, is hosting a series of videos from the conference. They’re kind of small, so you’ll have to…
By AJ Glasser