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FarmVille vs. Real Farms [INFOGRAPHIC]

FarmVille vs. Real Farms [INFOGRAPHIC]

With all those millions of Facebook and iPhone users tending to virtual crops and sharing them with friends, have you ever wondered how their toils stack up against actual real-life farmers? How does our output of digital…
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Popular “Angry Birds” iPhone Game Debuts on Android

Popular “Angry Birds” iPhone Game Debuts on Android

Angry Birds is the epitome of an Apple App Store success story and it has been the #1 paid iPhone game for ages. Now it’s also available on most Android smartphones.The version currently available…
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Apple’s Xbox Live-like Game Center to Launch Next Week

Apple’s Xbox Live-like Game Center to Launch Next Week

Next week, Apple will launch Game Center for the iPhone and the iPod touch. The app and platform will allow video game players to track one another’s achievements, create multiplayer matches and discover new games.The features…
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College Curriculum Requires Undergrads to Play Video Game “Portal”

College Curriculum Requires Undergrads to Play Video Game “Portal”

At Indiana’s all-boys Wabash College, the critically acclaimed video game Portal will appear alongside The Epic of Gilgamesh, Hamlet, and Aristotle as required material for undergraduate students seeking any degree.The game will be part of a mandatory Freshman…. [...]
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Snoop Dogg Promotes “Mafia Wars” by Blowing Up a Truck [VIDEO]

Snoop Dogg Promotes “Mafia Wars” by Blowing Up a Truck [VIDEO]

Last week, rapper Snoop Dogg promoted the social online game Mafia Wars by blowing up an armored truck in the middle of the Nevada desert. Video of the event garnered 2 million live views on Ustream.Las Vegas…
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Sony PlayStation Move Bundle Arrives in September

Sony PlayStation Move Bundle Arrives in September

Sony’s PlayStation 3 game console is getting a Wii-like motion controller called PlayStation Move next month, and the company just announced a PS3 bundle that includes both an updated version of the console and the equipment you…
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Why the Social Gaming Biz is Just Heating Up

Why the Social Gaming Biz is Just Heating Up

Jeremy Liew invests primarily in the Internet and mobile sectors, with a particular interest in social media, commerce, gaming, financial and methods for increasing monetization. He joined Lightspeed in early 2006.These are interesting times in the social…. [...]
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Xbox Live Comes to Windows Phone 7: Here’s the Games Lineup

Xbox Live Comes to Windows Phone 7: Here’s the Games Lineup

An email from Microsoft tonight tells us that Windows Phone 7 will be launching with a whole roster of Xbox Live games to push the envelope of mobile gaming.A grand total of 63 games from have been announced today,…
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“Madden NFL 11″ Launches on Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, iPhone and iPad

“Madden NFL 11″ Launches on Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, iPhone and iPad

Madden NFL 11, the newest edition in the prestigious and chart-topping series of football video games, just launched today for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PlayStation 2, PSP, iPhone and iPad. As with the…
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“FrontierVille” Adds a Full-On Double Rainbow, All the Way

“FrontierVille” Adds a Full-On Double Rainbow, All the Way

FrontierVille, the new game from the makers of FarmVille, now has a “Double Rainbow” decoration that you can purchase using in-game currency. The item is based on the viral video hit of the same name, which became…
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