Posts by Stuart Houghton
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Metro Social Discomfort Simulator

In the annals of largely pointless Flash games with something to say about the hidden rules that govern social interaction… well those annals pretty much start and end with Metro Rules Of Conduct.


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Does Gaming Make You More Productive?

PC World Business Centre has an interesting article up about gaming in the workplace that looks at the way some companies are using games as team building tools, rewards and incentives.


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Prince Of Persia PC To Be DRM-Free

Not content with making Prince of Persia too easy for players, Ubisoft have decided to make it too easy for pirates as well!


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Tic Tac Toe In LBP


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Could The Recession Hit Casual Gaming The Hardest?

Sooner or later someone is going to have to give us a definitive answer in the “will gaming survive the recession” debate. This week, ‘analysts’ reckon that the answer for casual gaming is ‘maybe not’.


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Treasure Troves – Augmented Reality DS WiFi Game

Gamasutra had a pleasant chat with Aspyr Software’s Justin Leingang in which the publisher/developer revealed some details about their new game Treasure Troves, which uses local wifi signals to generate in-game objects.


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You Want Shardtooth Meat With That? WoW: The Restaurant

A World Of Warcraft themed restaurant has just opened its gaping maw in central Beijing, serving WoW inspired food under Azeroth-themed murals.


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Connie Talbot Goes Over The Rainbow On The Wii

Currently sitting atop the Billboard singles charts like a tiny six year old queen, Britains Got Talent nearly-winner and angel-voiced British Invasion ’08 munchkin Connie Talbot is to get her very own Wii game.


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Barack Obama – The Game

As President Bush runs down the clock, the world is waiting to see how Barack Obama will handle the second-toughest job in the world. (the first being whoever has to playtest the Imagine Games)


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WoW Is Major Cause Of College Dropouts – FCC

People drop out of college for all kinds of reasons – relationships, drugs, joining a band, deciding to follow The Dead around in a camper van.. the list is long and varied.