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Introducing the USB Whack It: the Whack-a-Mole of the 21st century
Welcome your most beloved (or hated) arcade game to the future! This usb-powered Whack It cabinet runs on a timer while the “moles” light up. And it’s inexpensive, portable, and there’s no hammer required. No online, however. Sorry, champ. -Lana Polansky
Cheat Sheet 6/17: Sony held back, Former Deus Ex writer goes indie, Retro games get revamped
Here’s your daily run-through of mainstream videogame news, on easy mode! -Former Deus Ex writer Sheldon Pacotti’s upcoming game gets microscopic. -John Dillinger’s descendants fought EA over the use of their name, and EA won. -Sony wasn’t exactly forthright at the beginning of the PSN fiasco. –F
Watch Robin Williams, his beard, and daughter Zelda in this ad for Ocarina of Time 3D
Is it weird that this makes us cry a little? -Lana Polansky
Cheat Sheet 6/16: Angry Birds will find you, LulzSec strikes again, DNF PR agency gets booted
Get ready for another mainstream videogame news speedrun! –Angry Birds upcoming features to make use of creepy smartphone location-based info. -Hacker group LulzSec attacks Minecraft, EVE Online and The Escapist (and they aren’t done). -Zynga goes green, opens its European HQ in Dublin, Ireland.
Here’s something to smile about: KaBOOM! builds its 2000th playground today
Imagine Southeast Public Charter School in Congress Heights, one of the poorest areas in Washington, welcomed over 500 volunteers today (including Michelle Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan) to mobilize for a great cause: building a playground for local kids. KaBOOM!, the non-profit organ
Watson wins "Person of the Year" at the Webbys
Sounds like it was a laugh a minute at the Webbys this year: “Person of the year, ironic,” a computerised voice speaking for the machine said while receiving a Webby from show host actress Lisa Kudrow, who suggested the machine jazz up its image by dating an iPad. “That was clever,” Kudrow retorted.
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