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  • Gaijin Games to show its first self-published and non Bit.Trip game at PAX Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:22AMGaijin Games has revealed its next WiiWare game, and -- surprise -- it's not a Bit.Trip game. The company's first game outside of the franchise -- and the first to be self-published instead of put out by Nintendo -- will be a port of the indie-developed iPhone darling lilt line.
  • Teen center plan abandoned Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:35AMWESTERLY - A plan for a teen center in Granite Center has been scratched, according to Zoning Board of Review Chairman Robert Ritacco.
  • 'Tron: Legacy' ramps up to light speed for December release Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:24AMJay West is a devoted fan and student of the 1982 film "Tron," and he has written a series of guest columns on the viral marketing for the film's sequel, "Tron: Legacy," due in December. Following up on the film's...
  • Top iPhone games of the week revel in gaming history Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:02AMAs the cliche goes, you can't know where you're going until you know where you've been. And that's probably as true in iPhone gaming as it is in anything else.
  • Super Meat Boy 'Main Course' For New Game Feast Fall XBLA Promo Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 9:45AMMicrosoft has seen success in the past with its Summer of Arcade promotions for its downloadable Xbox Live Arcade service on the Xbox 360, when a selection of titles receive high promotion as part of a timed lineup. Now it's again expanding the initiative, creating a separate promotion for the Fall season called "Game Feast." Microsoft Game Studios chose four titles to publish for fall's Game ...
  • Analysis: From Donkey Kong To Super Mario Bros - The Inexorable Rise Of Miyamoto Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 8:15AM[Following his looks at Pong, Breakout, Space Invaders, and Pac-Man, writer and theorist Eric-Jon Rossel-Tairne now examines the inexorable rise of Shigeru Miyamoto, from Donkey Kong through Mario Bros to Super Mario Bros.] It is 1981. Somewhere between testing and mass release, interest in Nintendo's Space Invaders clone Radar Scope had cooled. It's not that the game was poor. It's just that ...
  • Bucksport Bowling Center Closes after 25 Years Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 7:36AMORLAND — There was a time when customers had to wait in line to bowl a few strings at the Bucksport Bowling Center.
  • Shooting, sex in ‘American’ Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 6:52AMGeorge Clooney brings subtle intensity to the strong-and-silent type he plays in this thriller. The story (based on Martin Booth’s novel “A Very Private Gentleman”) is actually a cliche—a hardened assassin decides he wants out and tries to complete his last “job” without becoming a target himself.
  • News// BioShock Infinite Gameplay Footage goes to PAX Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 6:20AM(2 Sep 2010) Gets first public unveiling at upcoming Penny Arcade Expo
  • 'Going the Distance' is a failed romance Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 8:38PMDrew Barrymore's latest romantic comedy exhibits a realism that is often lacking in the genre, but despite a funny cast, the couple is insufferable and the script feels desperate for laughs.
  • State of Play: Download and Conquer Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 8:25PMArcade games are finally back on the A-list.
  • Review: Drew Barrymore's 'Going the Distance' Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 8:17PMIn "Going the Distance," Drew Barrymore plays a quick-to-laugh, ambitious young hipster who loves cool indie bands, "Shawshank Redemption" and playing the old arcade games in bars.
  • Review: Drew Barrymore's 'Going the Distance' Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:35PMIn "Going the Distance," Drew Barrymore plays a quick-to-laugh, ambitious young hipster who loves cool indie bands, "Shawshank Redemption" and playing the old arcade games in bars. Jason Long, on the other hand, plays a quick-to-laugh, ambitious young hipster who loves cool indie bands, "Shawshank Redemption" and playing old arcade games in bars.
  • BlitzTech Engine, Middleware Adds Kinect & Move Support Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:30PMBlitz Game Studios has announced that its BlitzTech game development tools will now feature full motion control functionality for use with the Xbox 360 Kinect and PlayStation's Move. BlitzTech,which is used internally by the UK firm and also licensed to third parties, is a comprehensive solution, including a game engine and in-built asset management that supports remote working and in-built ...
  • Review: Drew Barrymore's 'Going the Distance' Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:20PMBy JAKE COYLE AP Entertainment Writer In "Going the Distance," Drew Barrymore plays a quick-to-laugh, ambitious young hipster who loves cool indie bands, "Shawshank Redemption" and playing the old arcade...
  • Mirror's Edge and Puzzle Agent slide and sneak onto iPhone tonight Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 5:15PMAccording to a report from Touch Arcade , the previously iPad-only Mirror's Edge will become available for purchase this evening on iPhone and iPod Touch, alongside Telltale's first "pilot program" release, Puzzle Agent . Given Faith's reduction in size from iPad to iPhone, the price for Mirror's Edge will be dropping accordingly from $9.99 to $4.99. Puzzle Agent will also carry a $4.99 price ...
  • Sonic Adventure, the only good 3D Sonic game, hits XBLA on September 15 Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:57PMDo you smell that? Ah, yes, it's the unmistakable aroma of a failed console desperately trying to be loved again on a successful console. The first downloadable Dreamcast game will be making its way to the Xbox 360 in just a couple weeks.
  • Free DLC and title update for Monday Night Combat Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:36PMFans of Monday Night Combat, a class-based third-person shooter for Xbox Live Arcade, will score the first batch of DLC for free. The first of three planned downloadable content packs will include “new content, gameplay adjustments, and more bug fixes.” Uber Entertainment promises to release more details as the DLC's release date nears.
  • Castle Crashers on PSN: Any Minute Now Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:04PMHappy release day everyone. Today we can finally say that Castle Crashers for the PlayStation Network is here! Well technically it comes out in the next hour or so, but that’s good enough. Today you have the opportunity to join a community of over 1.8 million strong. Even more importantly you are the first to [...]
  • Web 3.0 is just around the corner Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:35PMOMG, Web 2.0 sucks big time! Google, Node.js Knockout, Electric Lazer Commanders, and Seattle.js are rocking my world and pointing the way to Web 3.0! read more
  • Microsoft announces Game Feast on XBLA this fall Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:27PMThis year’s Summer of Arcade on XBLA was a good one, I especially enjoyed Monday Night Combat, but that collection of games was missing several announced and undated XBLA games that I am dying to finally play.
  • Bangai-O exploding onto XBLA Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:09PMD3Publisher confirms Treasure-developed Bangai-O HD: Missile Fury for fall launch with more than 100 stages, editor to make and share levels with friends.
  • Arcade Fire HTML5 video is awesome — but no Flash killer Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 3:44PMHTML5 - Games - Coin-Op - Google - Arcade Games
  • Palm Releases WebOS 2 Details Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 2:56PMPalm posted details about the next version of WebOS, and is now inviting developers to sign up for early access to its new developer tools. Palm OS - Handhelds - WebOS - Shareware - Video Games
  • Treasure or trash? Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 10:38PMFamily spends $24,000 in arcades for soft toy craze.
  • Dodonpachi Resurrection Review Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 8:58PMDoDonPachi Resurrection (iPhone) Can the bullet hell shooter survive without the joystick?
  • Remains of the Day: Your Childhood Street in a Music Video [For What It's Worth] Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:07PM# forwhatitsworth YouTube's got its eyes on pay-per-view movie rentals, Android Market DRM gets cracked, 50 years of NASA photographs make their way onto Flickr, and a darned nifty HTML5-powered music video inserts the street you grew up on into an Arcade Fire video. More »
  • Game music of the day: Double Dragon Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:42PMIn the mid 80s, there was no beat 'em up more popular than Double Dragon. It was a no frills, walk right and punch everyone in the face affair that somehow captivated millions of gamers, both in the arcade and in the eventual NES and Sega Genesis ports.
  • Ubisoft Teases New Downloadable Game Outland Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:19PMUbisoft has revealed their schedule for PAX, which includes a "sneak peek" at a new downloadable game. Titled Outland, Ubisoft's new game is currently under-development for PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade. No word on what the game will entail, but it may be related to the upcoming remake of the 1981 science fiction film. Other games that will appear at the show include Child of Eden and ...
  • Morris Township, NJ, family meets Pres. Obama and First Lady on Martha's Vineyard vacation Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:57PMMORRIS TWP. — When Brianna and Justin Barrett return to school and are asked to write about their summer vacation, they'll certainly have an interesting story to tell.
  • New Telltale Games trailer hints at Sam & Max, Strong Bad, Penny Arcade and Team Fortress mash-up Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:42PMLeave it to the point-and-click wunderkinds at Telltale Games to throw an all-star party like this.
  • Disney Announces Tron: Evolution Collector's Edition with Iconic Light Cycle Collectible Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:33PMTron Evolution (PS3) Tron videogame portfolio release date set for December 7, 2010 in North America.
  • Penny Arcade, Sam & Max, Team Fortress and Strong Bad mashed together in new Telltale project Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:21PMWhat does Penny Arcade, Sam & Max, Team Fortress and Strong Bad have in common? Nothing.
  • Disney Announces Tron: Evolution Collector's Edition with Iconic Light Cycle Collectible Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 2:55PMTron Evolution: Battle Grids (Wii) Tron videogame portfolio release date set for December 7, 2010 in North America.
  • Team Fortress 2-Penny Arcade-Sam and Max-Strong Bad crossover teased Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 7:11AMFiled under: Downloads , Adventure , Video , Team Fortress 2 We've seen some minor game crossovers in the past but apparently something is coming from Telltale Games that, well, could be (and we emphasize COULD) one of the biggest game crossover events ever. GameTrailers has posted up a teaser trailer that, as you can see from the screenshot, seems to show the silhouettes of Tycho from Penny ...
  • The Insider: Entertainment Center Planned For Winter Haven Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 11:37PMIndigo's Entertainment Center is planned for Winter Haven in part of the area that used to be Scotty's at 1105 Third St. S.W. Jeff Holden owns the business that, if everything goes according to plan, should include bowling lanes, billiard tables, arcade games and food to suit adults and children, says spokesman Bill Cundiff. It's so early in the planning stage that they don't have a date for ...
  • Split/Second PC review Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 5:25PMPublisher: Disney Interactive Studios Developer: Black Rock Studio System requirements: 3.0 Ghz Pentium Processor; 2.5 GB RAM; 6.5 GB hard drive space; nVidia GeForce 7600 or ATI Radeon X1600; Windows 7/Vista SP2/XP SP3 Genre: Arcade racer ESRB rating: Everyone 10+ Release date: Available now In recent years, across genres, realistic simulation has been the rage [...]
  • Kochville Township Kokomo's to open 7-acre corn maze Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 4:00PMVisitors to Kokomo's Family Fun Center in Kochville Township are about to get lost.
  • Magic ride ends for Mira Costa Senior All-Star team Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 4:00PMLike many boys turning 16 years old, Turner Conrad spent part of his birthday standing in line. But it wasn’t at the DMV earning a right of passage with his first driver’s license. That could wait.
  • Shank (Xbox Live Arcade) Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 3:03PMHighly Recommended Last seen on the Xbox Live Arcade in 2007 with the release of Eets: Chowdown, developer Klei Entertainment has been hard at work on Shank for the Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation Network this week and the PC later in the year. Shank pays homage to all the beat em up brawlers and side-scrolling fighters of the past, wrapped in a beautiful design. The player is thrust into the ...
  • DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue Hands-On [Xbox 360] Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:46PMThe follow-up to Ron Gilbert's DeathSpank has everything, from pirates and robots, to aliens and ninjas.
  • Zoe Mode's XBLA Hit Chime Heading to Steam with Exclusive Portal Edition Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:27PMChime (PC) Developer's altruism brings music puzzler to Windows PC and continues to support non-profit publisher with exclusive version available via Steam.
  • The art of grabbing air Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:14PMYUCCA VALLEY — It’s 9:30 in the morning on a Friday, long before most skateboarders inhabit the Yucca Valley skate park, but already there are boards and bikes on the ground, with a film crew nearby. Robert Coffie has picked the rural desert area as the location for “On the Edge,” his documentary about BMX and skateboarding.
  • Ironman Stewart retires, sells all: Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 11:16AMThe off-road racing accomplishments of Ivan "Ironman" Stewart might never be matched: 82 major wins in desert racing, 17 of them in the crash-and-bang Mickey Thompson stadium series, three Baja 1000s and others too numerous to squeeze in here over a...
  • Great Deal: Ripley’s Haunted House, Tomb Rider 3D, Guinness World Records Museum Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 10:26AMSan Antonio’s newest attractions are all in one location directly across from the Alamo. You get 4 tickets to any ONE attractions. More than a $75 actual value for just...
  • I don't know what they told you, but this is called Hip-Hop Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 9:14AM“This is HIP-HOP. I don’t know what they told you, but this is called HIP-HOP!” DJ Artistic has me in a gentle headlock as he shouts this into my ear.
  • Video-game Reviews | Sequel's action impressive in update for Wii Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 5:41AMThe run-and-gun shooter Sin & Punishment reached the United States a few years ago on the virtual console.
  • Superstars V8 Racing steers towards PSN release in America Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 5:37AMSuperstars V8 Racing joins a slowly growing line-up of full games that are skipping retail releases in favor of PlayStation Network. Although released as a retail game in Europe, Superstars V8 Racing will be available exclusively through the PlayStation Store when it's brought to America this October, carrying a download-friendly price of $19.99 Greg Lanz, general manager of O-Games, Inc ...
  • Giants jump on Reds early, win 11-2 Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 12:58AMTired of losing series after series against playoff contenders, the Giants tried something new and exciting Monday night: They scored some runs. They had dropped two of three to the Padres. Two of three to the Phillies. And two of three to the Cardinals. They... Pat Burrell - Matt Cain - Aubrey Huff - Andrés Torres - Cincinnati Reds
  • Xbox ends Summer of Arcade with two hot titles Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 11:14PMXbox's latest Summer of Arcade promotion finishes as strongly as it began. "Monday Night Combat"...