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Hungary Prevails In Dragon Age 24-Hour Contest
4:00AM Owen Good | Hungary made goulash out of a 10-team field in BioWare’s 24-hour competition called Dragon Age: Origins Wardens’ Quest, netting each team member a cool $US12,500. More »
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Virtual Golfer Looks Back On—And Ahead To—His Tournament Career
3:00AM Owen Good | You could say Steven Sobe knows when to go out on top. When you’ve made your living playing video games on a tournament circuit, it’s certainly a sense that will serve you well. More »
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Video Games In The Olympics? Athletes Answer Hypothetically
12:00PM Owen Good | Wired asked four Olympic athletes, doing a photoshoot for Sega’s upcoming 2010 winter games title, if video games had a legitimate place in Olympic competition. At least they were polite in their replies. More »
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Evo 09 Finals Are Today; See Them Here
2:00AM Owen Good | Evolution Championship Series 2009, the World Series of fighting games, concludes today with the championship finals in eight games. Follow the action on this streaming broadcast. The schedule is on the jump. More »
Culture
Would You Quit School To Game Full Time?
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | School or Counter-Strike? Pick! Quick! Seventeen-year-old Swede Sophie “inzane” Regnér has. More »
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500 Pounds Of Quarters
3:00AM Brian Crecente | Steve Wiebe, famed King of Kong underdog, just got 500 more pounds of incentive. More »
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Daigo Wins World SFIV Title
3:00AM Owen Good | Daigo, as Ryu, bested Justin Wong, as Rufus, in last night’s Street Fighter IV Tournament finals, held in San Francisco. Wong isn’t empty handed, however; he won the U.S. title. More »
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U.S. Universities Join the Star League
2:00AM Owen Good | No, not the Rylan Star League. Princeton and 25 other colleges have teams in the “Collegiate Star League.” Friday, the Tigers took on Tsinghua U. of Beijing, and The New York Times covered the action. More »
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Pro Gamers Are Out Of A Job Too
10:00AM Michael McWhertor | The business of being really, really good at playing video games is hurting. Professional gaming leagues are shutting down left and right, meaning that many people who participate in those leagues are out now jobless. More »
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