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Niko Voice Only Earns $157,880

May 21st, 2008 · No Comments

I find it hard to believe that the main character’s voice in Grand Theft Auto IV Niko Bellic that of voice actor Michael Hollick only netted £100,000 or the equivalent of just over $150,000.  For a game that grosses as much money as Grand Theft Auto IV the voice actor only gets this much money… [...]

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Tags: Business · Entertainment · Gaming

Guitar Hero Machine Style

May 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Texas A&M University undergraduate students know how to master Guitar Hero.

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Tags: Entertainment · Gaming · Hardware · Miscellaneous · Tech Blogroll

Unreal Tournament Super Mario Style

April 26th, 2008 · No Comments


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Celebrity D&D: Bush Vs. Jobs

April 5th, 2008 · No Comments


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Tags: Entertainment · Gaming · Humorous · Miscellaneous

The Filemakers Behind Second Skin

April 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

The film Second Skin has intrigued me ever since I learned about it a couple months ago. BoingBoing TV got a chance to talk to the guys behind the movie. It’s always interesting to get a behind the scenes look a project such as this.

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Tags: Art · Entertainment · Gaming · Tech Blogroll

Quake Live

February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

In an announcement from the Game Developers Conference this week, id Software says they will team up with IGA Worldwide (an in-game advertising network) to bring Quake, free of charge to your web browser. The game will be called “Quake Live”.
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Award Winner Results From GDC ‘08

February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

2007 Best Game Design
Portal (Valve)
Kim Swift, Realm Lovejoy, Paul Graham
2007 Best Visual Art
BioShock (2K Boston/2K Australia / 2K Games)
Scott Sinclair, Shawn Robertson, Andrew James
2007 Best Technology
Crysis (Crytek/Electronic Arts)
Cevat Yerli, Douglas Binks, Timur Davidenko, Martin Mittring
2007 Best Writing
BioShock (2K Boston/2K Australia / 2K Games)
Ken Levine, Emily Ridgway, Joe McDonagh, Susan O’Connor
2007 Best Audio
BioShock (2K Boston/2K [...]

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Tags: Entertainment · Gaming · OpenSource

Make Cubes Disappear With Your Mind

February 21st, 2008 · No Comments

CNET News has an article about a new form of interface control. A company based in San Francisco named Emotiv has a product called the “Emotiv Headset” which is supposed to allow users to control objects on screen by using their mind. According to the article the headset has been in development for [...]

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Super Cool And Difficult 8-Bit Mashup

February 21st, 2008 · No Comments

If your a fan of 8-bit console classics than you’ll like this mashup called “I Wanna Be The Guy” which contains elements from a lot of your favorite games.

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Will Wright Talks Toys, But Specifically Spore

February 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Will Wright the designer of “Spore” which is set to be released in September of this year by Maxis talks about the eagerly anticipated game he has been working on. The video starts off with Will talking about toys and what inspires him, but if you want to jump to the segment where Will [...]

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