Download Eight Hours of Arcade Cacophony [Nostalgia] (3)
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The classic sound of a room full of arcade games all going at once started to vanish before the coin-op arcade started its slide to extinction. Game audio and speech got more sophisticated and music evolved into soundtracks, creating a blend different from the early to middle 1980s. But the Arcade Ambience Project has created more than eight hours of mp3s, sorted by year that depict arcades at their height, buzzing, chirping and whirring like ...
Lyotard, Political Writings (via, m-25) (1)
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Creating an Elitist Gaming Review Culture [Review Culture] (1)
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Talk of how we review games has been swirling about for quite some time now. Many people have commented on the lack of audience/reviewer gap, as we see in book, food, and movie reviews — but have also commented that the gap is becoming more obvious as casual players start making up a larger part of the gaming audience as a whole. Kieron Gillen has a great piece up on why we need an 'elitist' ...
Writer who photographed HP Lovecraft's headstone ordered to delete her photo, heaped with abuse (26)
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Matt sez, "One of my favorite writers, Caitlin R. Kiernan, was the subject of verbal abuse, profanity and homophobic remarks from some sort of security guard when she and her companion went to visit H.P. Lovecraft's grave. The guard attempted to make them delete all of the photographs they had taken, despite the absence of any policy forbidding it. Are cameras like catnip for abusive, power-mad rent-a-cops now?" Basic story: Caitlin and her friend have ...
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CKL said:
WTF.
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Earl E Morningwood said:
I never knew HP Lovecraft real names.
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brokekid said:
Great line - "Just another skirmish in the war against photography, as the brave security guards of the world prevent the theft of photons from our poor, helpless inanimate objects."
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Lee said:
I want vice cops to stop harassing the working girls for a day and go take pictures of public places. When security guards assault them by taking their cameras jailirity will ensue. I can wish, can't I?
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Gary said:
do we have to carry a taser to take photos and not be harassed?
Wireless power (3)
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Rumored iTunes subscription would be a bargain (23)
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According to a tip received by MacDailyNews, Apple's considering an iTunes all-you-can-eat subscription for $129.99 a year--that's cheaper than all other subscription services, and would cement iTunes' absolute dominance. Read this blog post by Matt Rosoff on Digital Noise: Music and Tech.
Pwn the Vote: Register to Vote on Your Xbox 360 [Rock The Vote] (11)
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Wow, this is some pretty amazing news! Microsoft is teaming up with Rock the Vote to allow gamers to register to vote on Xbox Live. The Pwn the Vote initiative (OK, i just made that up, they're calling it Rock the Vote still) will allow Xbox Live members of all races, creeds and payment tiers to register to vote, discuss politics in an special forum and participate in political polls. Live members will also be ...
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Ashok said:
WOAH! I hope people actually register to vote and then vote.I wonder if eventually we won't even have to leave our houses to vote.
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Chad said:
Holy crap awesome.
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INCyr said:
If you're not registered to vote, and have an XBox, you no longer have an excuse.
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Chad said:
I weep at the thought of what these "special forums" will end up filled with.
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Brandon Bloom said:
This is awesome. I was about to go figure out how to register to vote in WA, but why bother when voter registration will come to me in my living room? Consider my vote Pwn'd.
Used Game Buyback Up on Economic Downturn (1)
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As the U.S. economy continues to struggle, GameStop has been able to build up its used game inventory. People are taking advantage of cash-for-games and trade-in programs at GameStop locations, according to COO Dan DeMatteo. "Because of the economic condition, we did not have to be as promotional on the buy side of games, because it just seems like we were naturally getting consumers trading [games in]," he said Thursday. "That's why our margins are ...
Atari: The Golden Years -- A History, 1978-1981 (15)
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This four-year period -- from 1977 to 1981 -- contains some of the most exciting developments the company ever saw in its history: the rise of the 2600, the development of some of the company's most enduringly popular games (Centipede, Asteroids) and the development and release of its first home computing platforms.
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Tommaso said:
Bel viaggio nella storia di Atari
Weight Watchers is an RPG (25)
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Clive Thompson looks at the latest iteration of the Weight Watchers online tool and concludes that the program has turned into an RPG: Think about it. As with an RPG, you roll a virtual character, manage your inventory and resources, and try to achieve a goal. Weight Watchers' points function precisely like hit points; each bite of food does damage until you've used up your daily amount, so you sleep and start all over again. ...
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aElian said:
everything can be turned into a game. in marketing, almost all my initiatives have a subtle or explicit gaming component. i'm reminded of the mary poppins song "just a spoonful of sugar." "...and snap, the job's a game!..." gawd, i loved that movie.
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yooper1019 said:
Makes me want to do Weight Watchers just for the gaming aspect!
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Sam said:
This is awesome. It makes so much sense to make weight loss a game, it's just funny to see it presented as such.
Artist Explains WTC Space Invaders Exhibit at Games Convention [World Trade Center Invaders!] (1)
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The Invaders! art exhibition that shows twin waves of Space Invaders taking down the Twin Towers was created by French-American artist Douglas Edric Stanely for the 30 year celebration of Space Invaders, the artist says on his site. Stanely says that the exhibit is an update of one he created in September 2001. This time the exhibit is much larger, includes multiplayer support, improved tracking, high and low scores leader boards and a "stronger tie-in ...
