Saturday, January 3, 2009

In Real Life

A Field Guide To Second Life Animal Hybrids

3:30PM January 3, 2009 | Mike Fahey

As some of you were confused about the difference between what Second Life denizens call furries and what they call nekos, or hybrids, I thought I would take a moment to clear things up.


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Lord Of The Rings: Conquest: PC System Requirements

2:30PM January 3, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Pandemic have released the PC system requirements for upcoming Middle Earth kill-em-all LotR: Conquest. Going by the install size and specs, looks like a straight console port. Which is OK. Means it’ll run!

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Some People Use The PS3 For Web Browsing, Less People Use The Wii

1:30PM January 3, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Business Research firm Market Share have released statistics outlining global internet browser share. Internet Explorer and Firefox are obviously the two largest, but what about the PlayStation consoles and Wii?

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People Magazine Plugs Atari, Snubs Nintendo in “Celebrate the ’80s!”

11:40AM January 3, 2009 | AJ Glasser

The latest special issue of People celebrates the Atari 2600 as the console that “ruled the interactive gaming world” in the 1980s – no mention of the original Nintendo, Sega Master System or even Coleco Vision.

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Science Doing Some Science On Wii Fit

11:20AM January 3, 2009 | Michael McWhertor

Does Wii Fit work? It’s hard for me to tell, personally, as my Little Debbie Zebra Cake intake ratio is tied proportionally to my progress in the non-game. See, I’m not a scientist.

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Metal Gear Solid 4 Cast Does… Group Therapy Improv?

11:00AM January 3, 2009 | Michael McWhertor

In quite possibly the most bizarre clip of 2009, the cast from Metal Gear Solid 4 improvises a scene in which they’re “suffering from delusions of being the characters they portray in the game.”

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Next LEGO Game Is…LEGO Rock Band?

10:40AM January 3, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

A “source” has told VG247 that Traveller’s Tales’ next LEGO game won’t be Star Wars. Won’t be Indiana Jones, either. Won’t be Robocop, won’t be Predator, won’t be Halo. It’ll be LEGO Rock Band.


What’s Microsoft Announcing At Its CES Keynote?

10:20AM January 3, 2009 | Michael McWhertor

Next Wednesday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will kick off the Consumer Electronics Show with a keynote that will likely involve chairs being thrown and perspiration-soaked Brooks Brothers shirts. But what about product announcements? Um…

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Problems With Puzzle Quest iPhone

10:00AM January 3, 2009 | AJ Glasser

Puzzle Quest is no stranger to gameplay bugs in any of its myriad releases, but the iPhone version deleting characters takes the cake for the “kick in the shins” category.

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EA, Take-Two Deal Makes Media Deals Worst Of List

9:40AM January 3, 2009 | Michael McWhertor

Congratulations, Take-Two. You win second place on the list of 10 worst media deals of 2008. Spurning Electronic Arts’ offer to buy you got the attention of some list-making investors, who hailed your decision.

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