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Games Ban Might Encourage Somali Teens to Shoot Real Guns
Somalia has a ton of problems, but at least it does have cybercafes where kids can enjoy playing games. But a fun-killing Islamist group has ordered them shut down in a ban on games in territories under its control. Hezb al-Islam ordered the cafes closed and declared that “laying video games will be prohibited. Video…
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Will We Ever See Games In The Winter Games?
This happens every two years. Someone looks for an Olympics story, someone thinks up a video game angle, and presto, reconstituted discussion of video games as an Olympic event. This year’s participant: Macleans, the Canadian news magazine. Macleans quotes Ted Owen, who’s certainly beat this drum before. He’s the boss of the Global Gaming League,…
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EA Sports Says No 3D Games In the Works
EA Sports boss Peter Moore says he’s keeping a close eye on 3D gaming, but while it’s a new priority for Sony it’s not yet one for his division. “Sony has made it a strategic imperative for the company. And when Sony does something of that nature then we as a company need to sit…
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Sonic Ditches Mario For iPhone Olympics
Sonic gives Mario the slip and sets out on his own (with a few friends) in Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Sonic’s solo winter Olympics outing is now available for purchase, with $4.99 scoring you 10 different characters playing 4 different events. Team up with Sonic,…
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Star Trek Online Boldly Goes Live
Star Trek Online is now online, with early start players flooding the game in order to get a leg up on the Starfleet captains waiting until launch day. Ensign Qbert Qix of the U.S.S. Kotaku, reporting for duty. Don’t worry, the name will change as I play, I was just at a loss for what…
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Global Agenda Is Go
Hi-Rez Studios has launched the head-start program for its massively multiplayer online shooter, Global Agenda, and so far nothing has exploded! Granted it’s only been online for about an hour, but things are moving smoothly for the dozens of soldiers, handful of scouts, couple of robotics, and one medic that are playing currently. I may…
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It’s A Dante’s Inferno Combat Montage
If you want to get a good idea of how Dante handles the minions of hell in EA’s Dante’s Inferno, you’ll need a montage – a Dante combat montage. Behold Dante’s lightning-fast moves, looking much better in this video than they did in the demo I played on the Xbox 360. As I was watching…
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