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  • First Apple Computer Owner Stands To Make Big Money From Auction

    First Apple Computer Owner Stands To Make Big Money From Auction

    Gadget geeks and computer nerds will get a kick out of this one. The first very Apple computer, the Apple-1, is going to Christie’s London auction house in November. Back in 1976, there were more homes without computers than there were with, so getting people...

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  • EA Buys Developer of Angry Birds

    EA Buys Developer of Angry Birds

    The recent announcement Electronic Arts released regarding the fact that they acquired Chillingo, a popular mobile game creator known best for its popular game on Apple’s mobile devices, Angry Birds, was met with much fanfare. The action of acquiring Chillingo opens doors for Electronic Arts...

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  • Video Games Playing Role in Criminal Justice

    Video Games Playing Role in Criminal Justice

    Recent times have shown that games where players are investigating and solving crimes, such as the CSI series based on the popular hit TV show, have grown in the number of players they attract. What few may realize is that games are now being used...

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  • Xbox 360 Outselling Other Consoles Heavily

    Xbox 360 Outselling Other Consoles Heavily

    Xbox 360 has been dominating the video game console sales for the past four months, surpassing both the Wii and PS3 systems, and moving up 37 percent in sales since last September. According to research firm NPD and Microsoft, the Xbox 360 sold 484,000 units...

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  • Disney Looking to Buy Playdom

    Disney Looking to Buy Playdom

    The Walt Disney Co has been noted by industry experts for its aggressive approach to building its entertainment empire and lately, this has come to include video games of various sorts. One of the more recent changes has been Disney delving deeply into the tween...

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  • War of Angels Heading to Beta Testing

    A new free to play MMORPG game from a company called gamigo will be heading to a round of closed beta testing. The title is called War of Angels and will be a free to play game that will try to pull players in with...

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  • Video Games Can Be Art Says Film Critic Ebert

    Video Games Can Be Art Says Film Critic Ebert

    Film critic and cinema expert Roger Ebert, known for his long running career not only in the Chicago Sun, but also on TV with his former partner Gene Siskel, has said a bit to the press recently about how he views video games. Ebert is...

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  • Virtual Farm Games Harvest Huge Cash for Makers

    Virtual Farm Games Harvest Huge Cash for Makers

    Farm games have become hugely popular on social networking sites such as Facebook, with Zynga’s Farm Ville leading the way in terms of the number of players it boasts. By leveraging the simplicity of past centuries when cash crops ranging from sugar cane to corn to cotton were...

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  • Nationwide Wii Tournament to Attract Many

    Nationwide Wii Tournament to Attract Many

    The Nintendo Wii has been a huge hit with fans since it first made the scene a few years back and it has proved to be something of an ambassador for the video game industry due to the fact that it has brought in a very large...

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  • Guillermo del Toro Seeks to Strike Video Game Deal

    Guillermo del Toro Seeks to Strike Video Game Deal

    As one of the most popular film makers in all of Hollywood, it is big news to hear that Guillermo del Toro is looking to have a game made that will showcase his creative vision to the world. Currently, del Toro is in talks with...

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