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Archive for February 2007

February 21st, 2007

Wii 2007 Line-Up Revealed

Nintendo of Japan has released the line-up of upcoming titles for the Wii. Of course, who knows when they’ll make their way out of Japan. But here’s some titles to look forward to (eventually):

Fire Emblem: Goddess of Dawn (February 22)
Eyeshield 21 (March 8)
Super Paper Mario (April 19)
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (2007)
Super Mario Galaxy […]

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February 20th, 2007

Nintendo Wii Console Skins

Want to spiffy up your Nintendo Wii? DecalGirl has unveiled a series of colorful new skins that will be sure to brighten up your console.

 
You can check them all out here. Skins go for about $14.99.
I’ve never been into the whole buying-of-skins-for-consoles thing, but I can see the appeal. Some of those skins make me […]

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February 20th, 2007

MMORPG Fury Coming 2007

After two years of development, the long-anticipated Australian MMORPG, Fury, finally has a tentative release date in North America. Auran Games recently signed the publishing rights to Gamecock Media Group, and announced a release date of Q4 2007.
Here’s a nice little promo for Fury.

The graphics look pretty wicked, and its focus on PvP makes it […]

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February 20th, 2007

Surgeons Who Play Video Games Are More Skilled

According to a study published in this month’s issue of Archives of Surgery, gamer surgeons were found to have superior capabilities when performing laparoscopic surgery.

Out of 33 surgeons from Beth Israel Medical Center in New York that participated in the study, the nine doctors who had at some point played video games at least three […]

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February 19th, 2007

Live Action Re-Enactments Of Gaming Glory

Monday mornings could always use a bit of frivolous fun, so settle in with your coffee, chew on the end of a pencil to make it look like you’re slaving away, and watch the thinking blog’s Top 10 Real-Life Games.
The title is a bit of a misnomer, in that it’s not ‘real life games’ per […]

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February 17th, 2007

Help Frag Heart Disease and Stroke

Allow me to interrupt your usual Play-Girlz stream of video gaming information to let you in on something equally worthwhile. Valentine’s Day meant a lot of red hearts. Foil hearts, plastic hearts, paper hearts…but what about the most important heart of all? Yours.
I don’t mean your emotional heart, the one you […]

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February 17th, 2007

Channel Surfing: February 17th, 2007

Cue the psychadelic flashback cut, we’re about to look at what was going on elsewhere in b5media’s Video Games Channel this past week.
Matt of FPSRantings voices scepticism about shooters on Nintendo’s Wii by discussing control issues through the focussing lens of Far Cry Vengeance and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (p)reviews. Get his opinion […]

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February 17th, 2007

Free PR & Marketing Tips For Industry Pros

If you’re working in the videogame industry, either as part of an enormous, soul-sucking conglomerate, or a development studio in your grandmother’s basement, there’s a free book that you aught to check out. Freelance gaming journalist and consultant Scott Steinberg is about to release a book that could boost your knowledge of the gaming […]

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February 17th, 2007

Eidos: Peuvent-Ils Subjuguer Quebec?

The piracy concerns don’t seem to be stopping major development studios from setting up shop in the Great White North mind you. Eidos Interactive, creators of Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, and Hitman, have made the leap over the Atlantic from their UK headquarters in order to open up a development facility in Montreal, PQ.
Great […]

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February 17th, 2007

Blame Canada! For Piracy Problems

Everyone knows we’re secretly up here, huddled in our igloos, plotting to take over the world with sled dogs, maple syrup, and the most irascible of all our rodents…the beaver.
Apparently an alliance of American intellectual property defenders (including gaming’s very own ESA), wants Canada blacklisted for a seemingly apathetic stance on piracy. The International […]

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