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07.31.08

Screenshots For New Wii SimCity Released Games | (0)
Kotaku has a host of screenshot images from the new upcoming Wii sim, SimCity Creator. Looks like the new SimCity allows you to not only build and manage a city, but utilize a whole new range of disaster tools as well. Can't wait to introduce my citizens to the new hand of God.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
07.31.08

Rocks at their Best! Professional Rock Balancing Photos Culture | (0)
This is a great collection of photos of rock balancing and stacking. It is an impressive tribute to balancing seemingly impossible items.
07.31.08

Scrabulous Returns To Facebook, As Wordscraper Games | (0)
porcupine8 writes "Good news for those that have had a hole in their heart (and Facebook profile) since Hasbro forced Facebook to remove Scrabulous over copyright and trademark issues. The creators of Scrabulous have wasted no time in tweaking the game and have launched a new tile-based game called Wordscraper. In addition to changing the name, they have changed the board look so as not to directly copy the colors, etc of a Scrabble board, and have even made provisions for players to create their own board layout! Interested Scrabulous fans can add the application now. Only time will tell ...
07.31.08

ESA Releases Annual Report For Public Consumption Games | (0)
For the first time ever, the ESA has released their annual report for public consumption. Highlighting the details of how the massive amounts of publisher money was spent, the report covers: "federal work, a state-by-state breakdown and goes into other initiatives, like anti-piracy and general research endeavors. There are no answers to why organizations like Activizzard and LucasArts left, but it does give a fairly comprehensive understanding of what the lobby group does to protect its clients."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
07.31.08

Spore Almost Ready for Production, Complete With “Sporn” Games | (0)
It seems that there has been some backlash over questionable creature creation with the Spore creation tool. Some of this content has been cleverly and obviously nicknamed 'Sporn'. For better or worse, Spore's Producer Thomas Vu is saying the long-awaited game should be ready for production in about a week, keeping it on track for the announced September 7th release.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
07.31.08

Yahtzee Deconstructs the E3 Trailer Park Games | (0)
With all the E3 wrap-up and deconstruction flying around Yahtzee has once again done a stellar job of summarizing and unmasking the standard bullshit in his own Zero Punctuation-style review of the E3 "trailer park". Labeling this year as "sequel boulevard" and questioning the lack of any meaningful amount of gameplay footage, this year was almost a universal disappointment. There are rumblings of some improvements next year, perhaps returning things to some small measure of their previous glory, but only time will tell.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
07.31.08

THE WORLD’S BIGGEST JIGSAW Culture | (0)
Man completes world's biggest piece jigsaw which took six months and has 24,000 pieces.
07.31.08

Top 10 World of Warcraft Gold Tips And Strategies Games | (0)
by Jim Wapp Here's a compilations of World of Warcraft gold tips and strategies that I believe every WoW player should know. I have gathered them from my personal experience and they have served me very well in the past. 1. Each profession in World of Warcraft is unique and gold can be made through every one of them. However, if you want a CONSTANT flow of gold coming in, 'gathering' professions are always better 'crafting' professions. 2. When leveling or grinding for gold, you should vendor all the 'grey' items (lol, duh!). You should post ALL the other items onto the Auction ...

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07.31.08

INTERNET PHENOMENON, any body can make it if this kid can. Culture | (0)
With a 100 dollar camera, this kid was able to get more views then Milly Cyrus and The Jonas Brothers and a big sponsorship. the Internet VS old media.
07.31.08

Portrait of Woman Revealed Beneath Van Gogh Painting Culture | (0)
A previously unknown portrait of a woman by Vincent van Gogh has been revealed in a high-tech look beneath another of his paintings, it was announced today.

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