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Game-Movie News: Clock Tower’s Posters, Gore’s Second Life Affair & 26 More

Friday, December 19, 2008

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Game-Movie News: Clock Tower’s Posters, Gore’s Second Life Affair & 26 More

Who doesn't love game movies? From the Hollywood masterpieces of Tomb Raider's caliber, to more independent efforts like Uwe Boll's Blood Rayne, such projects are always able to entertain, for one reason or another. I'm kidding of course, the only entertainment value in the former are Jolie's smooth, firm costumes (what did you think?), while [...]

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Gore Verbinski to Direct Film Based on Second Life Love Affair

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

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Gore Verbinski to Direct Film Based on Second Life Love Affair

Hollywood’s run out of awesome foreign films to destroy (for now), so what’s next? Games, of course! Gore Verbinski should be a familiar name to most gamers; he directed the Pirates trilogy and is producing the upcoming Bioshock film. If Bioshock weren't enough for you, now Variety is reporting that he purchased the rights to [...]

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Reuters Closes Second Life Reporting Branch

Sunday, November 30, 2008

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Reuters Closes Second Life Reporting Branch

Remember a couple of years ago when it seemed like every company started opening up a virtual presence in Second Life in order to “get with the times”? And remember how every magazine and newspaper had a big feature about how Second Life would forever change the way the Internet and world works? Well, things [...]

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Straight From the Horse’s Mouth: More Insight From the Corporate Sphere

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

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Straight From the Horse’s Mouth: More Insight From the Corporate Sphere

It is said that you should never look a gift horse in the mouth -- but if you choose to get your news from the same equine orifice, you might want to check the animal's pedigree. That's what GameSetWatch did in November 2006, when it noticed that PlayStation-friendly blog ThreeSpeech was a "semi-official" media outlet, and [...]

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Just the Links, Ma’am: 6.20.08

Friday, June 20, 2008

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Just the Links, Ma’am: 6.20.08

Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer. Enthusiast: Guitar Hero: World Tour details revealed at (IGN) LittleBigPlanet will have some semblance of story, feature user-policing for adult content (PS3 Fanboy) "On September 2nd, shovel talks. You dig. Monsters die," and Atlus sets you to work building dungeons in Master of the Monster Lair for Nintendo [...]

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Looking for a Summer Job? Sell Fake Goods in a Fake World

Monday, May 19, 2008

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Looking for a Summer Job? Sell Fake Goods in a Fake World

Remember about six or seven months ago when the popular media suddenly got its knickers in a twist over Second Life? There were articles talking about people making money inside the game, and there was even a storyline in CSI: New York that focused on a criminal who operated inside Second Life. That doesn't even [...]

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Gaming as a Social Aid

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

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Gaming as a Social Aid

As much bad press as video games get, they could be a powerful tool for children afflicted with autism.

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