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| THE CURIOUS INDEX, 7/24/07 |
| Published: July 24, 2007, 10:51 am |
| Tags: Bloviating, Video Game Stabbin, College Football, Atlantic Coast Conference, Pacific 10 Conference |
| 1. We’ve been looking through the ACC this past week, mostly prodded by SMQ’s relentless dissection of the conference. As bad as they were in aggregate last year–or should we say, as mediocre as they were–the logical cyclical optimists thinking would be to say that they’ll necessarily better this year. |
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| Things You Can Do At A Game Other Than Watch It: Restless And Bored In Seattle, But Well Fed |
| Published: July 25, 2007, 3:30 pm |
| Tags: Baseball, Seattle Mariners, Things You Can Do At A Game Other Than Watch It |
| Mariners, U-Dub and Seahawks games; apparently, the Safeco Field stands are going the way of the house call. For five bucks, Mariners fans can download software that will allow them to order food from their seats. That's not all, either; you can also play networked games -- it's through Nintendo -- if you, per chance, don't want to watch the |
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| It's In The Game: Ikea Loveseats Are Bulky And Difficult To Move |
| Published: July 25, 2007, 12:35 pm |
| Tags: Ea Sports, It S In The Game, Madden Nfl 08 |
| "I get to test video games all day? Cool!" Anyway, welcome to Redwood City, Peter Moore. I have stolen your garden gnomes, and am outside of your office window right now, performing a little play with them. EA Confirms Moore's New Job [Kotaku] |
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| Game Over, Man Dept.: WTF NASA |
| Published: July 26, 2007, 5:29 pm |
| Tags: Alcohol, Astronauts, Drunks, Game Over Man Dept, Nasa, Sabotage, Space |
| Is NASA trying to cause as many terrible space disasters as they can? First, we learned NASA is letting all the astronauts drunk-drive whenever they feel like it. An independent panel found at least... |
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| The Simpsons Game' Release Dates |
| Published: July 26, 2007, 12:00 pm |
| Tags: Video Games, News, Simpsons Mobile Game, The Simpsons, The Simpsons Game |
| Release dates announced and vidoe clips of the upcoming video game, based on the animated Simpsons Movie. |
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| Hot Fuzz' Sandford Stand-Off Game |
| Published: July 25, 2007, 8:05 pm |
| Tags: Dvds, Web Games, Movies, Hot Fuzz, Sandford Shoot Out Game, Simon Pegg |
| Shoot your way through the town of Sandford in this fun online game that puts you in the shoes of Hott Fuzz's Sergeant Angel. |
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| Tilt Scream Pong makes you look insane |
| Published: July 25, 2007, 4:30 pm |
| Tags: Freewar, Game, Ibook, Macbook, Opensource, Powerbook, Suddenmotionsensor, Tiltscreampong, Video |
| MacBookWant to install a game that makes you look as crazy as the poor woman in the video above? Look no further than Tilt Scream Pong, a game that utilizes both the Sudden Motion Sensor and the built in microphone in your Powerbook, iBook, MacBook or MacBook Pro. The basic game is really a solitaire pong game (like Breakout without the |
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| Video Game Deal Of The Week: Enchanted Arms (New) $19.99 |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 11:57 pm |
| Tags: Sony, Enchanted Arms, Enjoyable, Gamestop, Game Prices, Ps3, Xbox 360 |
| PS3, at least some of the game prices are starting to come down. I have not actually tested Enchanted Arms on the PS3, but have it on the Xbox 360, so I assume there’s not a huge difference. For those of you not familiar with Enchanted Arms, it’s got plenty of length to it and would be real enjoyable at 20 dollars. Head over to |
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| New Mercenaries 2: World in Flames Screens |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 9:08 pm |
| Tags: Sony, Electronic Arts, Gamer Life, Microsoft, Game Consoles, Games, Computer, Game Companies, Cooperative Multiplayer, Electronic Arts, Mercenaries 2 World In Flames, Mercenaries Playground Of Destruction, Pandemic Studios, World In Flames, Xbox 360 |
| style was a hit with gamers, the whole experience was screaming to run on next-generation game systems,” explains Pandemic CEO Andrew Goldman. “And while we’re building on the core mercenary experience we created for the original, we’ve taken full advantage of next-gen technology to offer a more richly detailed, |
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| Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock - Four New Tracks Revealed |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 8:47 pm |
| Tags: Sony, Gamer Life, Nintendo, Microsoft, Games, Game Consoles, Game Companies, Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero Iii Legends Of Rock, Legends Of Rock, Neversoft, Scorehero |
| ScoreHero, the Guitar Hero fan community wriggled some more Guitar Hero III tracks out of Neversoft - here they are: Dragonforce - Through the Fire and Flames (Master) Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast (Master) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss (Master) ZZ Top - La Grange This brings the total track count up to nineteen with |
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| Lost Game a Losing Proposition? |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 8:41 pm |
| Tags: Sony, Videos, Microsoft, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Computer, Game Companies, Comic Con, Lost |
| first look at the LOST video game. Problem is that the footage , while somewhat impressive doesn’t bode well for a game based on some very recognizable actors. We get snippets of obscure footage featuring Jack running through the forest, Locke sitting in the hatch, and an almost unrecognizable Sawyer, who on first blush one of our writers |
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| Big Monsters in the Spotlight at Lord of the Rings Online |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 8:28 pm |
| Tags: Lord Of The Rings, Midway, Computer, Game Platforms, Game Companies, Giants, Lotro, The Lord Of The Rings Online |
| Some monsters deserve big attention. This week the creature spotlight at The Lord of the Rings Online site falls upon a large target as the site takes an in-depth look at the Giants of Middle-earth. While the giant is a common creature in classical fantasy there is little to no mention of them in The Lord of the Rings books so Turbine has taken |
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| Age of Conan Friday Update |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 8:15 pm |
| Tags: Eidos, Computer, Game Platforms, Game Companies, Age Of Conan, Eidos, Vanir |
| The folks at the official Age of Conan website have their weekly Friday update up and this week we’re treated to information on the deadly Tarantula as well as a spotlight on a colorful character named Kern Wolfeye. Here are two quick excerpts from the pieces: Tarantulas are very large, hairy spiders that prefer to seek out and kill their |
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| EA announces new Marvel Super Hero Fighter, Crowds Sigh |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 7:21 pm |
| Tags: Electronic Arts, Sony, Microsoft, Game Consoles, Game Companies, Marvel Comics |
| natural fit in the fighting game genre, so we're excited to have Kudo and his team of fighting game experts put these characters toe-to-toe against each other on next generation consoles, said Justin Lambros, Vice President of Interactive, Marvel Entertainment. This is a game that will deliver to both comic book fans and to fighting game |
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| A Canadian Self-Made Videogame Maker |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 6:32 pm |
| Tags: Gamer Life, Canadian Game Maker, Independent Game Making, Wrestling Game |
| to make his own video game stemmed from his dislike of video games. Or, specifically, at the time he disliked wrestling video games. So he invested nearly three years into learning how to make a video game, and finally was able to spend the next two years completing a playable version of the game he wanted after a loan from Telefilm |
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