Battle of the (Plastic Toy) Bands
Make your dude. I was not the world's biggest fan of Guitar Hero III. It played like a high-res retread of the last two games. It was too damn hard. It also felt like The Year Guitar Hero Went Corporate, rife with product placement as it was. (Remember the Axe guitar [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 18:00:00
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Chicago Wants Two NFL Teams
Whenever the Super Bowl comes around we think of the NFL's past and the great history that surrounds this game we love ... forced to share Soldier Field, would there be enough support from the corporate community to sell [more...]
Date: 2009-01-25 13:18:00
Illinois governor arrested for trying to sell Obama's Senate seat
» read full story More News From GadgetsHappy Birthday Mr. Computer Mouse! ... Launches Gmail Tasks More News From Video GamesAdults Play Video Games Too! Video Games, Also Popular ... conversations, he sought a cabinet post, an ambassadorship or a seat on a corporate board for his wife [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 17:44:32
Analyst: THQ has 50% chance of bankruptcy
THQ is barely hanging on, according to Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey, who sees the company's chances of going bankrupt at 50/50 ... has mediocre product and is losing cash like it's battling Midway for an award in corporate ... , have always formed a powerhouse , but those titles don't provide the margins of original games [more...]
Date: 2009-03-02 18:20:00
Vision of the Future Mostly Unchanged: You Get What You Pay for
IO9 asks can futurism escape the 1990s. People should consider diverting $100-150 per year in science fiction movies, DVD, books, toys and games towards actual scientific attempts at life extension and molecular nanotechnology ... or as a proportion of corporate research that money does not translate into progress on life extension [more...]
Date: 2008-11-06 22:05:36
Sohu.com Inc (NASDAQ:SOHU) - Near term growth prospects muted, while long term fundamentals remain healthy.
Economic slowdown has severe implications for the overall advertising market with cuts and delays in apportioning advertising budgets ... as its cost-effective nature helps shift corporate budgets from offline to online advertising platforms ... ) spend continues to be healthy. Within its Online games business, Sohu expects to launch an expansion [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 16:16:04
V-Learning Technology to Be Featured in Public TV Serie
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., March 9, 2009 — One of the few bright spots in the U.S ... corporate training, graduate and undergraduate courses, and classes for middle and high school ... used in video games and sophisticated flight and medical simulations. VLC combines the skills [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 11:00:59
Biohacker Meredith L. Patterson: DIY DNA
p2pnet news view | Cool:- “Why is there toilet paper sitting on your lab table?” That’s one of the questions on Meredith L ... as contributing to the Steve Jackson Games game GURPS Villains,” says the Wikipedia. So maybe it’s not too ... dominated by Ph.D.s toiling in university and corporate laboratories,” says the Associated Press, going [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 15:50:46
modernism + contemporary
The usual story of Modernist art: that it was smashed by Fascism and totalitarianism in prewar Europe, ... culture’, the corporate merging, culture marketing and the franchising (the Star Wars industry ... now appears almost everywhere: in computer games and TV adverts, on building façades. This form is taking [more...]
Date: 2009-03-08 02:27:20
Olympic Hero Michael Phelps Photographed Smoking Pot
A picture of the greatest Olympic athlete of all time smoking pot made the media rounds over the weekend, outraging fogies and squares the world over ... to his overall 14 gold medal tally at the 2012 games in London could already be over.Phelps earned ... of bullets you had Tostinos pizza rolls. Good on corporate giants for maintaining such a strict [more...]
Date: 2009-02-02 14:09:01
Pop forum: Meet today's featured reader
Today's reader might make you crave some biscuits and gravy ... or a Three's Company rerun, at the very least ... console with games. it was working as recently as six years ago. Favorite movie: Smokey and the Bandit ... Barrel Corporate office, I set up at toy shows and sell diecast cars. At one of the shows I attended [more...]
Date: 2009-02-27 13:41:00
Proxifierv2.8.rar
Proxifierv2.8.rar is a program that allows network applications that do not support working through proxy servers to operate through an HTTPS or ... (s). These can compromise corporate privacy and lead you to many other restrictions. Proxifier solves ... , FTP, IRC, BitTorrent, messengers, telnet, SSH, video/audio, games...) through a network [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 08:46:45
Wall Street on Welfare
The Tax Payers Pick Up the Trillion Dollar Tab for River Boat Gamblers on the Dole By Mark Karlin BuzzFlash Ronald Reagan's evocation of the ... : they doubled down again and again with the games of chance produced by deregulation such as derivatives ... (followed by more) -- wasn't covered by the mainstream corporate press, because they are part [more...]
Date: 2009-03-07 13:21:27
A Photoshop—and Economic—Disaster
This post originally appeared on Overthinking It , the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [ ... this as a huge steaming pile of generic-corporate-mumbojumbo-vaporware-smokeandmirrors bullshit. A dark ... Posts I can haz Andrew Lloyd Webber? Non! Nein!: Five Board Games That Would Make Better [more...]
Date: 2009-03-06 13:56:53
Shop-n-Spree - PC Game
aile şirketinizi yönetin! Zamanı iyi yönetmeniz gereken bu oyunun başından kalkamayacaksınız. Save the ailing family store from mega-corporate shopping competition in this frenetic Time ... take their business elsewhere. Endless aisles of supermarket mayhem and mini-games await you! Grab [more...]
Date: 2009-03-08 14:19:09
PSN ToS updated, you now belong to Sony
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3Well, not you so much as anything at all you say or create ... corporate tushie covering, but Sony has also given itself the rights to use anything you create in games [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 19:45:00
CREDIT CRUNCH NEWS - Wallingford municipal meetings for the week - Meriden Record-Journal
Wallingford municipal meetings for the week Meriden Record-Journal, CT The Charter Revision Commission will Monday, 7:00 pm, Room 315, ... ; Verizon's Commitment to Corporate Responsibility Recognized by CRO ... CNNMoney.com ... diagnosed with in 1987. The Wolfpack (13-17) lost all six games in January before regrouping to win [more...]
Date: 2009-03-06 20:16:00
RUMOUR: New Wii by 2011?
RUMOUR: New Wii by 2011? A parents videogames website called What They Play is claiming to have heard from multiple sources that Nintendo is showing a new Wii off in corporate presentations. It's going to apparently be "Next ... about digitally distributed content, as well as backwards-compatible games. Nintendo say: [more...]
Date: 2008-10-01 17:32:36
Big Ben Is a Big Bitch
Big Ben Is a Big Bitch By Chris Mottram | October 30, ... , you know, once you subtract the corporate seats and such. But no, Big Ben is really concerned about half ... Rule.” “The couple of preseason games I’ve played down there, we’ve seen it,” Roethlisberger said [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 20:48:11
War Plan Pacific Developer To Chat Up His Hit Wargame
Three Moves Ahead, the amazing new podcast created by strategy blogging giant Troy S ... hungry for an intelligent discussion on their favorite games in podcast format. For anyone ... to a computer and a mike can do it; no heavy-handed corporate sponsorship needed! Three Moves Ahead [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 08:13:00
Bring On The Movie Download Sites
by Clara Combes Until recently, if you wanted to watch a movie, a trip to a video store like blockbuster was your only option ... they might be in for more than they bargained for. Patriot Games: Retired CIA analyst Jack Ryan ... Angeles high rise, and are holding everyone hostage. There is $460 million in the corporate safe [more...]
Date: 2009-03-06 01:02:20
The Partners– Update
The Partners have updated their site and the result is much more playful and friendly. There are games and hidden trickery plus all the cleverness you’d expect from the work itself. Nice to see a more ‘corporate’ company taking risks. Spread the love! [more...]
Date: 2008-09-29 17:57:43
Windows XP Unattended Edition
Included Software: Firefox 3 utorrent 1.8.1 PeerGuardian 2 WinRAR Corporate Edition Photoshop CS3 Windows Media Player 11 mIRC 6 ... pointless programs and such were removed to increase performance. Internet games were also removed. I have left the normal games and accessories in for your enjoyment! Rebranding Boot Screen: Install [more...]
Date: 2009-03-05 12:06:09
The Full Motty: musings from behind the MOTD microphone
It isn’t everyday you have the opportunity to interview a national institution ... It has become more commercial, more corporate and more money orientated. The standard of fitness ... players. They should be prioritising their skills in small-sided games, rather than being forced [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 17:14:16
Bring On The Movie Download Sites
by Clara Combes Until recently, if you wanted to watch a movie, a trip to a video store like blockbuster was your only option ... be in for more than they bargained for. Patriot Games: Retired CIA analyst Jack Ryan is vacationing ... high rise, and are holding everyone hostage. There is $460 million in the corporate safe [more...]
Date: 2009-03-08 18:22:29
Bullying tactics of corporate hierarchies breed insanity
Dandelion Salad Sent to me by Jason Miller from Thomas Paine’s Corner. Thanks, Jason ... mind games. And that if we were to work very hard in order to make the work place a peaceful [more...]
Date: 2008-08-31 23:50:37
Portable Initex Software Proxifier v2.8
Portable Initex Software Proxifier v2.8 Proxifier is a program that allows network applications that do not support working through proxy ... a LAN or firewall(s). These can compromise corporate privacy and lead you to many other ... with any Internet client (browsers, FTP, IRC, BitTorrent, messengers, telnet, SSH, video/audio, games [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 20:02:35
Platinum Games launches community site
Billed as a "grand experiment," Japanese developer Platinum Games just opened an English-language website for gamers outside of the land that birthed Chocobos. Rather than creating a corporate site de rigeur, Platinum's taking ... interaction (Hideki Kamiya just ate a sandwich!) and even a video podcast. "It is part corporate homepage [more...]
Date: 2009-01-30 19:56:00
Fight For Your Money: How to Stop Getting Ripped Off and Save a Fortune
A war for your money is raging and it is time to fight back! ... corporate machines.” In these times when every dollar counts, big businesses are using dishonest tricks ... the credit card companies at the games they play that cost you thousands annually in interest [more...]
Date: 2009-03-07 05:03:37
Cowboys’ New Stadium May Not Be Recession-Friendly
From the WSJ : No team has hitched its star more closely to the corporate market than the Cowboys. The $1 ... as football teams. The Cowboys have to sell 100,000 tickets to eight games (ten if you include the preseason), but the Yankees will be trying to sell 52,000 to eighty-one games. But Jeff Wilpon makes one big [more...]
Date: 2009-03-06 21:38:47
Key to the successful operation of any basketball betting related venture are core values and ethics
More research into ethics in the basketball betting work place will be continued into next year ... betting employees avoids mind games and gets rid of the office kiss-ups. Shining the boss’s apple may ... dramatically, after implementing a solid corporate [more...]
Date: 2009-03-08 05:09:02
Virtual Job Previews
If you think it’s hard to convey to candidates how they might feel after a stressful day as a nurse, law enforcement officer, ... in more depth in the March Journal of Corporate Recruiting Leadership)uses a blend of artificial ... Army careers and combat training. But the Army also gives candidates access to free war games [more...]
Date: 2009-01-24 22:52:10
Flash of Genius
Flash of Genius movies reviews Greg Kinnear fights back against corporate fat cats... Read more... Click on the slide! ... more... Click on the slide! How To Beat Madden: Go Mutant League games [more...]
Date: 2008-09-23 21:54:26
Microsoft investigating retail options, hires former Walmart exec
Filed under: Retail Microsoft is giving retail stores another try , even after closing its only store at the Metreon in 2001 ... Animation, managing worldwide product distribution for their games and movies. The stores apparently ... . Microsoft has a 20,000 square-foot "Retail Experience Center" in Redmond, on the company's corporate campus [more...]
Date: 2009-02-13 18:00:00
What I Learned From 2008 - Arun Rajagopal
[Note from the Proprietor: In case you're wondering what it's all about, well, we're smack in the middle of BLOGAPALOOZA! ... achieves a rare distinction. Winning a gold medal at the Olympic Games. September - A Day at Bar Camp ... Event, Dubai My first ever keynote at The New Media Event, Dubai. I spoke on corporate blogging [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 03:00:44
Winemaker Extraordinaire
March 10th, 2009 Posted in GamesWinemaker ExtraordinaireWhen Maria Bellaventura finds out that she has inherited an Italian winery, she must leave her stress-filled life as a corporate lawyer to take over the family business.That’ ... to show her the ropes, and it turns out that winemaking is all fun and games (three mini-games [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 12:02:29
Changing the Game: An Interview on Games and Business with David Edery and Ethan Mollick (Part Two)
The use of Second Life as a platform for consumer advertising and corporate promotion has generated a great deal of buzz in recent years. Now that the dust has started to settle, what do you see as the strengths and limitations of virtual worlds as a platform for brand messages? The answer depends on the virtual world [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 14:06:35
E-Commerce Sales Growth Slows For 5th Straight Month
E-commerce sales growth slowed in September to 5%, the fifth consecutive month in which the growth rate has moderated ... (SCOR). The data excludes, auctions, autos and large corporate purchases: April: +15% May +12% June ... category is slowing, of course; here a look at some fast growing Q3 categories: Video games [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 16:57:42
Citi: How The Mighty Have Fallen
From the highest of heights to the shallowest of depths. That’s been the journey for Citigroup (C) ... game lead with 12 games left in the season to miss the playoffs - in terms of tragic tumbles. Citi ... banks owning other financial institutions - the largest merger in corporate history at the time [more...]
Date: 2009-03-05 17:39:55
Rick Clancy Of Sony Says Blu-ray Will “Co-Exist” and “Evolve” With Networked Era
Rick Clancy, Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications at Sony, ... years to come — perhaps a decade — as developers realize the true power of PS3 in the new games [more...]
Date: 2008-09-24 20:32:15
Obama: The Candidate For All Platforms
Whew! I am still trying to collect my thoughts after the Obama victory last week, ... , grassroots and corporate media working hand in hand to shape his public image and the campaign messages ... be careful of these zero-sum games where the new media drives [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 14:03:44
No Doubt’s New Sales Strategy: Buy One Concert Ticket, Get Our … - Fast Company
No Doubt’s New Sales Strategy: Buy One Concert Ticket, ... downloadable games, ringtones, wallpapers, video, mobile TV, text alerts and mobile web browsing — to grow 18 percent to $67 billion this year. … PDAC Underscores Corporate Survival Strategies [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 03:09:19
UPDATED: Silverlight 2.0 Released, Deep Zoom Composer Updated
Scott Guthrie, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s Developer Division, has announced the final release of Silverlight 2.0 ... Network to broadcast 20,000 hours of live games, AOL with their new AOL Mail, and Blockbuster [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 04:57:00
拯救索尼：游戏开始
Face value Game on 游戏开始了 Mar 5th 2009 From The Economist print edition Sir Howard Stringer believes he is finally in a position to fix Sony 霍华德.斯金格相信他最终处于拯救索尼的高度之上 WHEN Akio Morita, Sony’s co-founder, gave the firm its name in the 1950s, he was afraid it could be mispronounced in Japanese as “son-en”, which means “to lose yen” [more...]
Date: 2009-03-11 07:05:34
Road Trip
“We will not apologize for our way of life….” This unfortunate phrase from President Obama’s otherwise sturdy inaugural address, echoed through my mind last week as I cruised the suburban outlands of Montgomery, Alabama. All the usual commercial furnishings of consumerist America hugged the flattish ochre and dusty-green landscape of played-out [more...]
Date: 2009-02-03 20:47:34
The Krony Awards: An Auditory Audessey
This weeks Krony goes to something I’ve mentioned before. When I last brought it before you, it was an infant, still in its beta swaddling clothes ... as of writing) online games that provide an extraordinary aesthetic experience while still being pick ... magnets to control colored energy flow but felt like your needs were being ignored by corporate [more...]
Date: 2009-03-05 06:49:45
Virtual world promotes sustainable living
The fact that Green Irene, Green Grannies and Green Groove have all graced our pages in just a few short weeks recently is a fair indication of ... world that combines guidance, community and games to help consumers reduce their energy consumption ... contests. In addition, a variety of multiuser games can be used to earn points as well: each time a user [more...]
Date: 2009-02-20 08:10:36
Today's news release from Patrick J. Fitzgerald:
Text version: ILLINOIS GOV. ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH AND HIS CHIEF OF STAFF JOHN HARRIS ARRESTED ON FEDERAL CORRUPTION CHARGES Blagojevich and aide allegedly conspired to sell U.S. Senate appointment, engaged in “pay-to-play” schemes and threatened to withhold state assistance to Tribune Company for Wrigley Field to induce purge of newspaper [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 16:56:46
The Vagaries of Xmas Hampers
Sending Hampers is a elegant and a nice manner to say just about anything and as well there are many organizations worldwide which offer a plenty ... , but you will also discover Hampers for corporate occasions birthdays and weddings. Hampers ... your own Hampers, then it can be even more creative. You may have a kid who loves video games or books [more...]
Date: 2009-03-06 15:12:31
Gazprom "Capitolism"
In today's Wall Street Journal, Kyle Wingfield compares Gazprom to Airbus - pointing out that what could be an eminently great company is ruined by ... Airbus's corporate parent, European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co., also poured billions ... downstream from Ukraine. In Vladimir Putin's Russia, most situations are viewed as zero-sum games [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 15:21:13
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