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31 Dec 2010 16:40

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Tech: Nintendo: Young children shouldn’t play our new 3D console

  • six you must be this old to not have your vision screwed up by the 3DS (though you can turn the 3D off)
  • 30 you should take breaks after playing for this many minutes, even if you’re not under six source
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07 Aug 2010 14:53

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Politics: Dear AlterNet: Good job uncovering that Digg conspiracy

  • Digg’s prone to this kinda thingLook, there’s a reason why Digg is last year’s social media model. This, honestly, is why. It’s too easy to influence the results via collusion. And while AlterNet obviously leans left, the level of research into the story definitely leaves no doubt of a massive right-wing conspiracy to influence what gets on the front page of Digg. As they point out, this is actually a scandal, whereas the Journolist thing had the hype of a scandal but wasn’t anywhere near this bad.
  • The influence game Look, we have no real interest in Digg. We think human aggregation is more interesting than thumbs. But we have to say – in the game of influence, there’s a big difference between having an opinion and forcing an agenda. The journalists on Journolist? Their big crime was having an opinion. The guys at DiggPatriot? They forced an agenda and acted like they did nothing wrong. Which one is worse? It seems obvious now, doesn’t it? source
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25 Jul 2010 11:19

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Tech: FYI: We hate this guy and everything he represents

Why? Because he’s Mark Pincus, the CEO of Zynga, and he wants to turn his Farmville-spouting company into the Google of games. Really. source
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21 Dec 2009 22:38

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Tech: “Duke Nukem Forever” got caught in a technology loop

  • I was hoping for George to come in and say, ‘OK, that was great, we got what we wanted, let’s get this done now!’ But he never did.
  • A former 3D Realms employee • Regarding the fate of “Duke Nukem Forever,” a video game that became such a massive joke among gamers that it’s unlikely that it’ll see the light of day in any way, shape or form. Why’s that? Blame George Broussard, who spent most of his adult life trying to catch up to the latest and greatest instead of getting the game released. And thanks to the success of “Duke Nukem 3D,” he had plenty of cash to dilly-daddle around for 12 years, annoying employees whose careers – and pay – hung in the balance of an unreleased game. (To say nothing of the many fans of the classic tawdry gaming icon.) The lesson to take from this? Sometimes, an artist just has to let go and stop worrying whether everyone’s using the Quake II or the Unreal engine. source
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10 Dec 2009 21:21

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Tech: Gamers apparently don’t mind sticking with the same old crap

  • 7.6% dip in all video games except for Farmville source
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28 Nov 2009 08:25

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Tech: “Call of Duty” series a $3 billion cash cow for Activision

  • 55
    million     copies of the six games in the series have sold since the series launched in 2003
  • $550 million amount of money the latest, “Modern Warfare 2,” made in its first five days source
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09 Nov 2009 22:36

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Tech: John Carmack: Working with Apple either “Commander Keen” or “Doom”

  • At the highest level of Apple, in their heart of hearts, they’re not proud of the iPhone being a game machine, they wish it was something else.”
  • id Software co-founder John Carmack • Describing the relationship he’s had with Apple over the years. Carmack in general says it’s been a roller coaster, filled with ups and downs – a situation that hasn’t improved, even with Carmack’s former collaborator, Graeme Devine, working at Apple’s iPhone gaming division. Carmack thinks it’s because Apple genuinely doesn’t like gaming. Too bad. So sad. • source
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04 Oct 2009 20:41

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Culture, Tech: Tony Hawk’s new ride is pretty darn awesome, apparently

  • $1.6 billion the amount of money Tony Hawk video games have made in the last decade source
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15 Sep 2009 10:33

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Tech: The Zune HD is out today, brahs. We hear that’s the hip new thing

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  • And Apple fans the world over ignored it. In Microsoft’s defense, though, the previous versions of the Zune weren’t all that hot. With the third iteration, they’re much closer to getting it right. And now it offers a bunch of games (or so we hear). Zune tattoo guy, get in line to buy it!source
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30 May 2009 14:45

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Tech: Geeks just wet themselves over Sony’s new PSP Go console leak

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  • Somehow, a gaming site got a hold of a video of the launch of Sony’s successor to its popular-but-no-Nintendo-DS gaming console, the PSP. And there’s a lot of cool features in the PSP Go, like 16gb Flash capacity. We’re excited for you guys.source
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