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- Game designers try to help save the world
- Game designers try to help save the worldReality disconnectSilly utopian thinking without a clue as to how the real world works.For example, the mideast sim is actually very simple.Israel: Your job is to keep our country from being annihilated in the face of a people who hate you more than...
- Tags: Games, game, Game Designer, Deus Ex
- Discussion threads 2006-06-28
- Game designers aim for Nobel Peace Prize
- Game designers aim for Nobel Peace PrizeGames and peace and lifeYes! '"Not so much design innovation," he said, "but social innovation—how to reach people" with game designs that are outside the usual commercial fare.' Exactly.All these smart, creative designers can actually accomplish CHANGE.Peace = $$$n/tPeace Nobel Prize to IdSoftware.......
- Tags: Games, game, Zimmerman, Game Designer, Nobel Peace Prize, Quake
- Discussion threads 2006-03-24
- What do women game designers want?
- What do women game designers want?Re: What do women game designers want?Scatter-cushions, a bigger and wider choice of scatter cushions in games ducks.Literary allusion?[quote]There are the constant sports metaphors she has heard used in the course of developing and shipping products, for instance. "Does everything need to be expressed in...
- Tags: Gender and diversity, Games, women game designer, game, women, game designer
- Discussion threads 2004-10-14
- Game lets players stump for Bush, Kerry
- Game lets players stump for Bush, KerryGee....... Appologist anyone?Quote: "A player who's not a political junkie quickly learns why real-world candidates seemingly flip-flop on the issues"And just what candidate has been shown to repeatedly flip-flop?Quote: "We wanted to do this before the 2000 election, but our models said Al Gore...
- Tags: Games, game, Bush Admin, Game Designer
- Discussion threads 2004-06-03
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- Sony AW series: The best laptop display?
- With expansive 16:9 displays and Blu-ray drives, the new crop of desktop replacements with 18.4-inch displays are geared toward mobile entertainment. Though its design is nothing special, the Sony VAIO AW series stands out from this group, according to reviews at PCMag.com and LaptopMag.com, thanks to its high-quality, LED-backlit 1,920-by-1,080...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Vaio, Desktop Replacement, Laptop Computer, Entertainment, Display, Desktops, Advertising & Promotion, Hardware, Marketing, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- A Consumer Electronics Carol
- I recently received a promotional email from a large Internet-based retailer that shall for the moment remain nameless (cough! Amaz-ahem!)Â As I was considered to be a high-volume "Prime" customer, this online retailer wanted to offer me a 30-day trial of their their premier store-branded consumer...
- Tags: Retail Company, Retail, Consumer Electronics, E-books, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Microsoft bad cop is up against the wall
- Last time they played this game they were pushing OOXML as an ISO standard. Before that they were promising to bury open source in patent suits. Now they're trying to sneak semi-proprietary code on their own site. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Cop, Wall, Lex Luthor, Godzilla, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-10-05
- Hands-on review of the Logitech Squeezebox Boom
- After seeing my mildly skeptical post about the release of its Squeezebox Boom Internet radio device, Logitech offered to send me a sample unit to review, promising me I'd be pleasantly surprised with the audio output from the compact unit. I've been testing it out over the last few weeks,...
- Tags: Station, Radio, Logitech, Boom, Music Services, Advertising & Promotion, Engineering, Wireless, Marketing, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-10-04
- Panasonic Viera TH-58PZ800U
- The big-screen HDTV arena is still owned by rear-projection models, but with every passing year flat-panel versions, especially plasmas, fall in price and become attractive targets for folks seeking massive home theater pictures. But prices haven't fallen far enough yet for most people, so for the foreseeable future big-screen plasmas...
- Tags: Quality, TV & Home Theater, TVs, plasma, Panasonic, Panasonic TH-58PZ800U, THX Display Certification
- Product reviews 2008-10-03
- Hitwise: Microsoft's cash for search program working (sort of)
- Hitwise: Microsoft's cash for search program working sort ofHitwise: Microsoft's cash for search program working sort ofI see it as a promotional move to get people to try Microsoft Live Search. Once they do and see that the results are relevant to their search terms and not just a...
- Tags: Team management, Hitwise, Microsoft Live Search, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- President Obama will take away kids cold medicine
- President Obama will take away kids cold medicineWhy regulate something that is only a problem due to irresponsible parentsALL over-the-counter OTC medications have information about who can use it and how much medicine it should get. Every bottle of OTC medication has very visible warning and most specify that...
- Tags: blog author, gov, cold medicine, Obama, prescription, medication
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- HP to jump into smartphones. Why?
- Hewlett Packard is jumping deeper into the crowded smartphone market, announcing plans for an iPaq smartphone that will be marketed toward consumers to be released first in Europe before the end of the year and later worldwide, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. In...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Smart Phone, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- Weekend Gadget Guidance: Find speed traps online
- User-generated Google maps of police speed traps are easy to find with Trapster, a site that offers just that: a way to alert other drivers of speed traps in your area. The concept is simple: download the Trapster app for your mobile phone, and use it to...
- Tags: Phone, Speed Trap, 3G, Smart Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- Slimming down the bloated iTunes 8 installer
- Slimming down the bloated iTunes 8 installerPerformance?Let alone the installer size, does anyone else out there have kind of mediocre performance with iTunes in Windows Vista? I've had a number of times where it just seems to come up black, or respond slowly, or syncing just slows my PC to...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iTunes, installer
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Android has power of a clean sheet
- Android has power of a clean sheetMaybe Android is a big deal?When I first started seeing stories about Android, I figured it was an iPhone wannabe. But, more and more it sounds like my kind of device (os?).This could be the killer app (os?) for phones/PDAs/mp3 players/image viewers.Wow.The key...
- Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Programming languages, Nokia Corp., open source
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Tales Runner (PC)
- Tales Runner PCTales Runner is a unique and magnificent new MMO Racing Game!Welcome Runners===============================================================Gameplay:===============================================================Tales Runner is not an MMORPG. It is an MMO Racing game. There aren’t a lot of quality games in this genre and I feel that Tales Runner will do extremely well because of its unique gameplay...
- Tags: Games, PC, Tales Runner
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Skype says Tom violated agreement for Chinese service
- Skype says Tom violated agreement for Chinese serviceSo when do we clean up our own act?First we need to clean up our own operation, put a little sunshine into the dark corners of the domestic-"intelligence" "community", enact and enforce strong privacy legislation (at least on par with what's in effect...
- Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Skype Says, agreement
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Scrapbook Paige (exe)
- Scrapbook Paige is an addictive hidden object game with great environments to explore. After searching the many themed areas of the shop, players are given the chance to try out their scrapbooking skills. Creativity is key to earning extra cash when designing scrapbook pages for shop customers. Speed Rounds offer...
- Tags: Player, SpinTop Games, Scrapbook Paige, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-10-03
- Multiwinia Surivival of the Flattest demo (exe)
- Welcome to Multiwinia: Survival of the Flattest the ultimate retro-arcade multiplayer experience! Choose from a selection of six hilariously fun, action-packed game modes, set in one of the most beautiful game environs you will ever set eyes on.Challenge your opponent to a game of stick-man slaughter, and watch digital-war unfold,...
- Tags: Introversion Software, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-10-03
- HxD Hex Editor (zip)
- HxD Hex Editor provides tools to inspect and edit files, main memory, disks/disk images and their structure, using a simple and modern interface. You can employ it to analyze big log files, patch ROM files for emulators, repair disk structures, validate data or search for game cheats. Features of HxD...
- Tags: Disk, Mael Horz, HxD Hex Editor
- Software downloads 2008-10-03
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