Your virtual band made real with Rock Band T-shirts, figures (1)
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Your virtual band in Rock Band 2 no longer needs to sell virtual merch. You can now make shirts, buttons, and even action figures of your virtual self. Read More...
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JDevL said:
The developer side of me thinks this is just amazing integration of a game to the web. The gamer side of me thinks this is so cool that I can get a figurine of the character I created. The realistic side of me thinks this is all ridiculous.
Cliff Bleszinski calls Call of Duty-like development cycles 'soulless' (1)
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Cliff Bleszinski has no intention of farming out Gears of War. In an interview with Develop magazine at a recent press event, the designer spoke against the multi-developer approach to producing a series of games. "...sometimes I feel a franchise loses something when it’s shifted off to another shop. You get the primary studio that really understands about the franchise, and sometimes the other studio that takes it over can do well, but there’s something ...
Punch-Out!! Wii Screenshots and Trailer (1)
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Trailing last night's announcement of Punch-Out!! Wii, Nintendo has released the first official screenshots and trailer from the series revival, due at some point next year. [video]13016[/video]
Motley Crue's 'Dr. Feelgood' Album Coming as Rock Band DLC on October 14 (2)
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The entirety of Motley Crue's album "Dr. Feelgood" is coming to Harmonix's multi-instrument music seres Rock Band on October 14, according to the band's blog. "All you fans of Rock Band will want to check back on October 14th to download the entire Dr. Feelgood album through your console's online marketplace," the entry reads. Based on past Rock Band DLC releases, Xbox 360 owners will receive the content on Tuesday, October 1...
Here's All That New Nintendo Business (2)
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DSi. Buy it! Are you ready for a new DS? How about one that has a camera and can download games?If you answered "Yes!" then boy is it your lucky day! Look over there to your right.That just-wrapped-up Nintendo press conference in Japan did in fact reveal the new Nintendo DSi. Say it again, for effect: DEE-ESS-EYE. Kotaku seems as good a place as any for the exhaustive rundown on the event, but here's the ...
jParralax - View Images from a Different Angle (1)
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Parallax is a really cool, powerful use of javascript from Stephen Band. Think of looking through a camera and having layers of objects at various distances moving around. Parallax achieves that effect using a combination static images, one for each layer. "Parallax [is a jQuery library that] turns a selected element into a 'window', or viewport, and all its children into absolutely positioned layers that can be seen through the viewport. These layers move in ...
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Rock Band 2 reg for 20 free tracks live, possible confirmation of Wii DLC (1)
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Harmonix and MTV Games have set live the registration page for the 20 post-release downloadable tracks that come free with your purchase of Rock Band 2. You simply have to enter the code found on the back of your game's instruction manual and you'll be all set to go. Unfortunately, the code you must redeem to get the 20 free tracks isn't being sent out just yet; we're still in the dark as to what ...
EA Hid Identities of Retired Players in Madden, Lawsuit Document Says (1)
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Although Electronic Arts isn't a defendant in Parrish, Adderley et al vs NFL Players, Inc., the megabucks generated by its Madden NFL series are at the center of the legal dispute.The case, which will go to trial next month in San Francisco, alleges that the National Football League Players Association and its marketing wing, Players, Inc., prevented retired players from earning their fair share of licensing revenue. Money generated by EA's enormously popular Madden NFL ...
First Rock Band Spin-off Revealed: AC/DC Live Coming As $30 Wal-Mart Exclusive (1)
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MTV will later today announce AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack, the first spin-off title for Harmonix's Rock Band platform, according to The New York Times. The track pack is set for release in November as a promotion of AC/DC's upcoming album "Black Ice." The game will contain all of the tracks from the album "AC/DC Live at Donnington" and cost just under $30, according to the official website. The Times further reports that Wal-Mart ...
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JDevL said:
ugh, only at wal-mart?
Adobe, Amazon Point Fingers Over Video Ripping Exploit (14)
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A recently discovered flaw in Amazon's Video on Demand service allows users to rip Flash streams, but it's not clear that Adobe deserves all the blame on this one. Amazon may have made mistakes of its own, in the name of improving user convenience, and the company's online content distribution system could be headed for a revamp. Read More...
Why Android Will Soon Kick Ass [Android] (64)
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When the T-Mobile G1 was shown off in NYC last week, it didn't have the gusto of a Stevenote. There was no "boom!"—no "one more thing!" And as a result, many (including us) felt a bit underwhelmed, and were quick to interpret the device's inconsistent GUI as an indicator that the lack of attention to detail would doom it. But allow me to remind all of those getting their naysay on this early in the ...
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davemac said:
This is hopefully true. By taking an open source path, the opposite to Apple, Google are hopefully able to get massive developer adoption for Android.
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Tom said:
Android. Android. Android. It won't work for the same reason that the sony ipod clones didn't work. They just don't get it.
How to Know if You Should Fire Your Social Media Consultant (41)
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Disclosure: I’ve been a tech guy for much longer than I’ve been involved in marketing. I’ve been building things, and acting as a consumer far longer than I’ve been the person connecting those two groups. That’s turned into an advantage as I begin to help with more PR campaigns. I’ve been able to sniff out the trouble before it happens, avoiding the need to do damage control later. If your company, no matter how big ...
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zemote said:
Seriosly, if you need a social media consultant, GIVE UP!!!
Rock Band 2 Wii Supports DLC, Online Play (1)
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Unlike the original Wii release of Rock Band, Rock Band 2 Wii will let users buy and download new songs as well as play online, USA Today reports. The functionality had been heavily suggested in the past, though this marks the first explicit confirmation. Series developer Harmonix previously cited the Wii's lack of substantial internal storage had excluded the functionality from the first Wii release, which arrived in June. Vicarious Visions' impending Wii release of ...
How to Know if You Should Fire Your Social Media Consultant (13)
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Disclosure: I’ve been a tech guy for much longer than I’ve been involved in marketing. I’ve been building things, and acting as a consumer far longer than I’ve been the person connecting those two groups. That’s turned into an advantage as I begin to help with more PR campaigns. I’ve been able to sniff out the trouble before it happens, avoiding the need to do damage control later. If your company, no matter how big ...
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JDevL said:
I'm pretty sure I've met these consultants
New Guitar Hero:World Tour Mini-game: "Copyright Whac-A-Mole" (1)
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If you've been listening to the Co-Opticast, you know that we are big Rock Band fans, and I personally am having serious fun (is that possible?) playing Rock Band 2. However, we're equal oppurtunity rockers, and look forward to the upcoming release of Guitar Hero: World Tour as well. However, it seems the most highly anticipated feature of GH:WT, sharing user created content, is going to be effectively neutered. Check out this quote from 1UP's ...
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JDevL said:
This would be exactly why Harmonix didn't want to rush out this feature. It's okay I'm sure Neversoft knows what they are doing, making 17983543 skateboarding games is exactly like dealing with copyrights and the music industry.
Videogame Move Fails to Bring Victory to NASCAR Driver (1)
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Sometimes, it seems, even professional athletes forget that the videogame versions of sports aren't quite the real thing. In the closing lap of the Camping World RV 400 on Sunday, NASCAR driver Carl Edwards got tired of chasing leader Jimmie Johnson around the oval, so he took a risky, game-inspired gamble that didn't quite pay off. With five laps to go in the race, Edwards became enamored with the 'high line,' the region of the ...
The class of 2012 is super wired (19)
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Out of 438 incoming freshman students at Amherst College, 432 of them are on Facebook and only 5 have landlines. 6. Number of students in the class of 2012 who brought desktop computers to campus: 14.7. Number that brought iPhones/iTouches: 93.8. Likelihood that a student with an iPhone/iTouch is in the class of 2012: approximately 1 in 2. Another interesting stat: 94% of all incoming email is spam. (via cd) (link)
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dare said:
Ua!
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Cartwright Reed said:
landlines and desktops are dead. And 50% of the students of iPhones or Touches. Courtesy Kottke.
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Yan said:
The future has arrived
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