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All Out War (Games)

2:00AM Brian Crecente | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 isn’t just the biggest video game launch in history, it’s the biggest launch across all forms of entertainment, beating out the likes of Harry Potter books, The Dark Knight and band ‘N Sync. More »
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Modern Warfare 2 Navigates A Sea Of Second-Guessers

10:00AM Brian Crecente | Incensed politicians, angry fans, boycotting retailers: What might be the biggest video game launch in history has more than its share of controversy. More »
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Can Video Games Be Our Friends?

5:40AM Tim Rogers | This morning a videogame literally forced me to say “I love you”, enunciating every syllable perfectly, clearly enough for a computer program to register, before it would allow me to progress. More »
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Can Bigger Screens Save A Shrinking Market?

9:00AM Brian Crecente | News of a new, extra-large, extra-priced portable from Nintendo was met more with confusion than enthusiasm when it was unveiled this week. More »
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Video Game Speakeasy Slips Into Soho For A Night Of Raucous Fun

6:00AM Brian Crecente | Nights in New York City’s upscale Soho neighbourhood always offers something at which to Gawk. More »
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Windows 7: What Happened To Gaming?

2:47AM Brian Crecente | In 2006, then Microsoft Vice President Peter Moore apologised for what he called a dereliction of duty to the company’s number one gaming platform: The PC. More »
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When The Going Gets Tough…Let The Game Play Itself

9:00AM Brian Crecente | Like many younger brothers I had a contentious relationship with my older brother. We butted heads, fought, lied, accused each other of unimaginable atrocities and genuinely despised one another — while secretly caring deeply what the other thought. More »
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I’ve Been Shot!

7:00AM Tim Rogers | My drummer has this story he tells sometimes, about this one time when he was drumming in some other band, and some dude who came backstage, having witnessed the entirety of the band’s performance, asked him, personally, off-handed: More »
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Stop Telling Me What To Do!

3:00AM Tim Rogers | Bob Dylan once told a journalist that the first time he heard a recording of Elvis Presley singing “That’s All Right”, he realised that no one would ever again be able to tell him what to do. More »
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Sony Prepares An Army Of Playstation Evangelists

8:00AM Brian Crecente | Earlier this year Sony began quietly readying an army of evangelists to take to the front lines of the escalating console wars. More »