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Porn Empire Can’t Penetrate the PS3
Back in September, porn behemoth Vivid Entertainment approached Sony about streaming its porn all over the PS3 (snicker). Vivid’s boss says that thrust (haha) is over, and they’re now fantasizing about Microsoft. Speaking to CVG, Steve Hirsch, Vivid’s founder, said conversations with Sony “didn’t lead anywhere.” However, “If we could get further than we did…
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UFC Undisputed Hits a Sophomore Slump?
The breakout hit of 2009, both in sales and acclaim, UFC Undisputed 2010 followed up with plenty of strong reviews but nowhere near the cash register performance of its predecessor, according to an analyst. Gamasutra notes that Lazard Capital Markets says UFC Undisputed 2010 is “tracking below our expectations at retail,” and mentioned that Amazon…
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To Do In Atlanta: Pokémon Southeast Regional Championship
Tomorrow the Gwinnett Center in Atlanta will be transformed into a battleground, as the southeast regional Pokémon video game championship pits Pokémon against Pokémon, brother against brother. It’ll be like the Civil War, only cuter, and without the city burning down. Why attend the southeast regional Pokémon championship? Why, to be the very best, of…
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Call Of Duty Undead Return In World At War: Zombies II
Imperial zombies return in Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies II for the iPhone, recreating its console cousins’ Shi No Numa (Zombie Swamp) map, with new characters, traps, the Wunderwaffe DG-2, and Hellhounds adding to the portable carnage. Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies II is an iPhone version of World at War’s…
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VI Fit Is Wii Sports For The Blind
Wii Sports can be a big factor in getting sedentary children moving, but what about blind children? A video game research project at the University of Nevada, Reno, is creating Wii Sports-based PC games that don’t require eyesight to play. The two games in the VI Fit line play much like their Wii Sports counterparts.…
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Bring On The Monkey Mind-Powered Robots
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have trained monkeys to manipulate robotic appendages using the power of their minds, once again proving one solid scientific fact: monkeys kick ass. Just look at that monkey in the picture there. Is that not the coolest monkey ever? He’s manipulating a robotic arm with seven-degrees-of-freedom through two motor…
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Cole Sports A Sharp New Look In inFamous 2
Coming as a surprise to no one, Game Informer’s July issue confirms the sequel to Sucker Punch’s PlayStation 3 superhero hit inFamous, with a cover showing off a new look for series protagonist Cole MacGrath. inFamous 2 is no real surprise. Soy registered Infamous2TheGame.com back in April, and voice actors were talking about auditioning for…
By Mike Fahey