Facebook shuts down Scrabulous
NY Times: Facebook Shuts Down Scrabulous.
Hard to understand why Hasbro didn't come to an agreement to take advantage of Scrabulous's immense populatiry.
July 29, 2008 at 07:17 AM in Games | Permalink
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Bad news for Facebook's Scrabulous
Associated Press: Bad News For Facebook's Scrabulous.
July 25, 2008 at 11:05 PM in Digital rights & copyright, Games | Permalink
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Second Life's CTO resigns
Associated Press: Second Life's CTO resigns.
Virtual world Second Life's chief technology officer -- a colorful Navy veteran who delights in mocking creationism -- has resigned.
Cory Ondrejka, employee No. 4 at San Francisco-based Linden Lab, which owns Second Life, quit Tuesday and will depart at the end of the year.
Sorry to hear that. I interviewed Cory for a chapter in Darknet on Second Life and found him smart, talented and colorful.
December 12, 2007 at 10:53 PM in Games | Permalink
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Microsoft democratizes the Xbox
San Jose Mercury News: Microsoft hopes to recruit future video game developers by making it possible for just about anybody, working from their home PC, to create games for the Xbox 360 video game console.
August 14, 2006 at 08:37 PM in Games | Permalink
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Avatars among us
Wired News: Avatars Among Us. In which Douglas Engelbart, Larry Lessig and Cory Doctorow (avatar above) make appearances in the virtual world Second Life.
January 25, 2006 at 11:31 PM in Games | Permalink
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Lessig enters a virtual world
Prof. Lawrence Lessig is coming to Linden Labs' Second Life virtual community for an appearance -- complete with avatar -- this Wednesday from 5:30 to 7:30 PT. He'll be interviewed by Philip Linden (the alter ego of Linden Labs CEO Philip Rosedale), reports Hamlet. If you're not a member of the Second Life community, you can sign up on the waiting list to enter the event.
January 16, 2006 at 02:09 PM in Games | Permalink
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Australian court: Gamers can mod their Playstations
Down Under news ... Consumer Reporter: Australia's High Court chips away at Sony's stranglehold. Computer games enthusiasts are free to modify their Playstations to run cheap games bought overseas or online.
Thanks to Ken Doran for the pointer.
October 9, 2005 at 12:39 PM in Games | Permalink
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Hitting LA for 'Attack of the Show'
G4, the game network (and descendant of TechTV), just invited me to appear on Attack of the Show, a daily live dose of pop culture, technology and gaming that airs out of Los Angeles. I'll be flying down to talk about "Darknet" and Ourmedia.org on Friday, Aug. 26, at 4 pm PT. It airs on Channel 354 on satellite's DirecTV. More later.
August 9, 2005 at 02:17 PM in Darknet the book, Games | Permalink
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All about game modding
Lots about game modding in the news lately, thanks to last week's release of the "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'' video game, rebranded with an Adults Only rating.
Dean Takahashi in the San Jose Merc: Pressure on game publishers intensifies.
The Merc's readers also weigh in.
Meantime, an anti-game crusader is pressuring Electronic Arts to take action against those who modify another game, ``The Sims 2."
Hey video game industry, welcome to the culture wars, where freedom to mod offends the moral puritans and control freaks throughout the land.
July 29, 2005 at 11:59 PM in Games | Permalink
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Video gaming goes Hollywood
If you missed this the other day, NPR's Day to Day had a report by Xeni Jardin and Wil Wheaton on the E3 video game convention.
May 25, 2005 at 09:41 PM in Games | Permalink
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