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Arg Is An Alternative Way To Play With Real-world Problems
it's the near future and the planet is in crisis. unheeded warnings of an impending oil shortage have become reality. this was the premise of world without oil, an alternate reality game (arg), which asked players to react to a plausible vision of the future and find ways in which to solve it. the aim, says the game's california-based creator ken eklund, was to help people get ready, "if ...
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Microsoft Sees Play As A Profit Center
the software giant is expected to spotlight the xbox and online entertainment as a growth driver. . -- when microsoft corp. makes its annual presentation to investors and analysts here today, executives will be preaching the value of patience to stockholders who are nervous about the world's largest software company's online prospects.
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Video Game Reviews
(ds, $20, rated e) — a cross between "mad libs" and "pictionary," "lol" is less a game than a venue for friends to make fun of one another.
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Game Washed Out
wednesday's game postponed: the mudcats' game against the huntsville stars on wednesday at five county stadium was postponed by rain. the teams will play a doubleheader beginning at 6 p.m. today.
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Online Gaming Market Tightens
game companies looking to launch massively multiplayer online role playing games (mmorpgs) should give up hope of charging subscription fees, according to researchers.
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Online Gaming Market Tightens
shaun nichols in san francisco, vnunet.com , thursday 24 july 2008 at 00:27:00 subscription services no longer feasible, say analysts game companies looking to launch massively multiplayer online role playing games (mmorpgs) should give up hope of charging subscription fees, according to researchers....
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Microsoft To Sell Home-brewed Xbox Games, Share Revenue
microsoft announces its going to let home-brew gamemakers sell their games to other xbox 360 owners online, and take a share of the revenue.
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National Geographic Channel Launches Robust Online Game Site - Featuring Debut Of Exclusive New Game In Partnership ...
welcome to the jungle with just a click of the mouse! national geographic channel and digital entertainment services company realnetworks®, inc. today announced the launch of the real-time simulation game -- "habitat rescue!
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13:35 (bst), 23/07/2008 Dream Of Mirror Online Press Release Provided By Games Press Gametribe.com, The Premier ...
gametribe.com, the premier destination for free-to-play games today announced the details for its latest content update for dream of mirror online (domo).
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Play Ball!
it was 50 years ago this summer when a bunch of farm boys from down around holmes, n.d., got together and made themselves a softball diamond. they would work all day and then get together in the evenings and play ball. advertisement: first class mortgage $500 off closing costs! $500 off closing costs when you apply online for a loan amount of at least $75,000. mention the 'deal of ...
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Beijing Sets Zones For Public Protest During Olympics - Boston Globe
beijing - beijing will permit public protests inside three designated city parks during next month's olympic games, but demonstrators must first obtain permits from local police and also abide by chinese laws that usually make it nearly impossible to ...
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Area Trio Set To Play In East-west All-star Games - Lafayette Journal And Courier
central catholic's jade anthrop and clinton central's sam jordan will compete for the 1a/2a west team in saturday's east/west all-star baseball game at blackford high school in hartford city. anthrop, a second baseman, and jordan, a pitcher/catcher ...
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Facebook To Help Some Programmers, Punish Others - Miami Herald
san francisco facebook inc. is introducing more tools to help the software applications fueling the online hangout's popularity and is promising to intensify its efforts to weed out programs that violate its rules for protecting users' privacy. mark ...
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Carlos Tevez Says United Should Let Cristiano Ronaldo Go To Real ... - Times Online
carlos tévez risked incurring the wrath of sir alex ferguson yesterday when he broke rank by claiming that manchester united should grant cristiano ronaldo his wish and let him join real madrid. rio ferdinand has led the chorus of pleas from united ...
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Bill Conlin: Explosion Of Maple Bats Bad For Baseball - Philadelphia Daily News
try this the next time you're going to fly. show up at airport security holding a maple baseball bat that has been shattered just above the handle, leaving a 30-inch cross between a war club and a javelin. in other words, a deadly weapon . . . the ...
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Golf: Area's Best To Play State Amateur - Public Opinion
of the 129 players who will be teeing it up at the 2008 pennsylvania amateur, there's likely to be 129 who believe they can win. waynesboro's chad bricker is one of a select group who thinks he can do it ... again. bricker, the 2006 state amateur ...
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Talking Into The Sunset - Washington Post
it's the season for peace talks in the middle east, as the region watches the clock and waits for the departure of the bush administration. some of what's going on is real and some of it is illusion, but to a student of diplomatic intrigue all of it ...
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Microsoft's Online Woes Hint At Larger Vulnerability - Computerworld Australia
read up on the latest ideas and technologies from companies that sell hardware, software and services. microsoft has built its massive software business by watching other companies take the lead in emerging technology markets and then following fast ...
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Dan Rodricks - Baltimore Sun
alittle more attention must be paid: keith harrison, the sun's police officer of the year for excellence in community service, has been deeply engaged in the effort to get drug dealers and drug addicts out of that miserable game. we kind of missed ...
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Cowboys Set To Play Panthers Without Barber - Serioussports Newsnetwork
charlotte, nc — the dallas cowboys are playing a crucial road game this weekend, but will be doing so without marion barber iii, who missed the team plane and will not be playing in the game. according to reports from dallas, barber was supposed to ...
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