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PAUSE: Nimrod Or’s Cement Toy Trucks
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June 2, 2011, 10:00 am
Soccer star Maradona sues Chinese company that allegedly wronged him. Argentinian soccer star Diego Maradona (who knows a thing or two about foul play) is unhappy with a Chinese company that he says stole his likeness. From China Daily: The9 Limited, an online game operator and developer in China, l
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Cheat Sheet 6/2: X-Men on iOS, MW3 multiplayer details, a Portal 2 robot walks
We know mainstream videogame news can be a slog. Here’s some help. -The PlayStation Store returns. -Classic arcade X-Men surprises the App Store. –Minecraft doc makers want your story. –Dirt 3 charity DLC represents. -Another Portal 2 robot lives. -Two decades-old Madden lawsuit wrinkles EA. –Modern
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PAUSE: Angry Birds meet the claw game
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PAUSE: Olly Moss’ "Paper Cuts" are a new take on classic shadow silhouettes
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June 1, 2011, 10:00 am
tinycartridge: Playing games in the car while nature waits outside, shot by Lori Paulson (click for a larger image). This was shot during a road trip from Seattle to Redding, California. Four friends decided to take a 1,200-mile drive and back to In-N-Out Burger, and this double exposure image captu
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Cheat Sheet 6/1: Carmageddon returns, COD sub plans roil, Roku loves games
–Carmageddon returns. -Zynga presents Empires & Allies. –Here’s ten minutes of Deus Ex: Human Revolution. –Games headed to your Roku Box. –Split/Second developers regroup. -Some (obv) disgruntled about Call of Duty subscription plans. -DS Lite receives a price cut. See that wasn’t so bad. Image via.
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TODAY ON KS: We review L.A. Noire, a game that isn’t what it seems.
What’s with Cole Phelps’s rotten attitude? Maybe it has something to do with living in an inescapable city full of people who are seemingly obsessed with him. Maybe those people represent something he doesn’t want anyone to know. Kirk Hamilton runs through the claustrophobic yet curiously empty L.A.
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Cheat Sheet 5/31: Emulators banned on Android, GameStop honors old Duke Nukem pre-orders
We make getting mainstream videogame news easy for you. Here we go: -Dust off your old receipt because GameStop will honor old Duke Nukem pre-orders. -World rally champion Colin McRae’s name was dropped from Dirt 3. –Gears of War 3 to feature Black Sabbath’s War Pigs. -What is Fusion and why is M
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PAUSE: Infographic brings order to the chaos of videogame movies.
This infographic should handily quash any remaining enthusiasm over videogame movies. Assuming there is any. See the rest of it here. –Lana Polansky
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New algorithm automatically updates your childhood.
Dani Lischinski of Hebrew University and Johannes Kopf of Microsoft have developed an algorithm which automatically re-renders 8- and 16-bit console games with HD graphics. Now, don’t get mad: this could actually make it really easy to enjoy old games while they look good on your new T.V.: While th
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NASA to bring Asteroids to life in 2014…Sort of.
As part of the Obama initiatives to extend space exploration into deep space, NASA will be sending an unmanned spacecraft to an asteroid near Earth, finally bringing Asteroids into the real world. But this mission will be more about research and less about blasting space rocks: Actually, the OSIRIS