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‘Super Meat Boy’ Review – It Builds Character
It takes a special kind of person to like a game like “Super Meat Boy,” the upcoming 2D platformer from indie developer Team Meat. The kind of person who, despite having years of honed video game reflexes, also has a tremendous amount of patience and precision. Being able to no-scope someone in “Halo Reach” is [...]
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California Takes Aim Power-Hungry TVs: What’s Next?
The state has issued new energy efficiency regulations for TVs, but they aren’t the only gadgets slurping up power.
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Zynga’s Shopping Spree Continues, Buys Video Game Developer Bonfire Studios
Social gaming giant Zynga’s acquisition strategy seems pretty clear at this point: buy a studio for game development and engineering talent and then make that studio the centralized office for whichever country or city the startup is based in. This has been the model thus far for Zynga’s acquisitions of XPD in Beijing, Unoh Games in Tokyo, Conduit Labs in Boston, Dextrose AG in Frankfurt …
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Windows Phone 7 devices ready for Oct. 11 close-up
First announced way back in February, Windows Phone 7 represents Microsoft’s all-in bet to get back into the smartphone game, and it looks like we’ll be getting hands-on with the first finished devices for AT&T and T-Mobile early next week.
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Netflix iPhone App Updated, Now Streams to TV
The Netflix iPhone application has just been updated to a new version which now supports “video out” on the iPhone 4 and the 4th generation iPod Touch devices. That means that Netflix subscribers can now use the app to stream the on-demand programming from their mobile handheld to their TV set using a connector cable like this one available for sale in the Apple store . Who needs an Apple TV now …
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Call of Duty Black Ops Finally 3D on Console – News
(5 Oct 2010) Active Shutter 3D Technology apparently
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NBA Jam has arrived
NBA Jam is now available for the Wii in stores worldwide. The title offers two game modes: Classic Campaign and Remix Tour. In Classic Campaign, players can take a trip down memory lane, individually or cooperatively with a friend, as they play through all the teams in the NBA in a worst to first ladder [...]
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Community Sports Calendar – Oct. 6
To send your sports news to the Observer, e-mail observersports@hcnonline.com.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops Update – 3D Support and New Level Details [PC]
Like any good CIA operative, we don a pair of 3D glasses before witnessing the disposal of threats to national security.
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Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops will Feature 3D as an Option
For development studio Treyarch, the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops is a lot of things. First and foremost, though, it’s the Call of Duty after Modern Warfare 2 , so they know they have a lot of work ahead of them. But Activision obviously has faith in the development house, as they’ve released popular titles in the past, like World at War . And now it looks like everyone agrees that 3D will …
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