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Oh wait. Zach Braff wants me to vote. Let me rescue my mail-in ballot from the recycle bin then. Sigh. The one good thing about this election almost being over is that I won’t have to sit through any more insufferable celeb-studded videos reminding me of […] Read more »

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Here are some questions you should NOT ask yourself while watching this 30-second spot for Guitar Hero 4 (AKA “The Guitar Hero That Gives Up And Just Appropriates The Whole Rock Band Concept Full Throttle”): Why is Kobe Bryant on vocals? (He has long fingers that […] Read more »

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A few weeks after it announced a $18.9 billion merger with gaming company Activision, French conglomerate Vivendi has decided to go shopping again. It is buying 28.64 percent stake in broadband and telephone company neuf Cegetel for $6.4 billion. Vivendi’s mobile division, SFR, owns 40.5 percent […] Read more »

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Mike Hirshland, general partner at Polaris Ventures, predicts that social gaming will become a standard feature of console games and MMOs. Moreover, he believes that the $18 billion combination of Vivendi/Blizzard and Activision might result in games “that are both MMOs and console titles. Nobody has […] Read more »

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