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Google’s Pac-Man Sucked 4.8 Million Hours of Productivity Last Friday

News / July 15, 2016

Last Friday Google added a mini-version of the classic Pac-Man game on its home page in honor of its 30th anniversary. A productivity firm calculated that time spent playing Pac-Man on Friday cost firms 4.8 million hours of productivity. According to Kotaku “RescueTime, makers of productivity tracking and optimization software, looked at the average time […]

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Microsoft’s Natal Requires 13 Feet of Space

News / July 15, 2016

Microsoft’s Project Natal will supposedly require 13 feet of space between Natal and yourself in order to be recognized by the sensors. This may put a damper on Xbox 360 owners who inhabit tiny spaces. The comments regarding this “13 feet rule” were made by Microsoft Xbox division’s Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie.

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Red Dead Redemption Outlaws to the End DLC Out June 22

News / July 15, 2016

Surprise hit Red Dead Redemption isn’t leaving players on the old dustry trail with original game content. Rockstar Games announced the free co-op DLC will available for Xbox 360 and PS3 on June 22nd, spurring players to get together and complete 6 new cooperative missions. The new missions can host up to four players, and

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Nintendo Confirms New 3DS with 3D Gaming

News / July 15, 2016

Nintendo has officially announced the next model in their lineup of portable gaming systems: the Nintendo 3DS. The 3DS will allow players to play games in 3D without the use of glasses and will be backwards compatible with DS and DSi games. Rumor has it that it might feature an analog stick, and a screen

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Project Natal Officially KINECT, Updated Xbox 360

News / July 15, 2016

Microsoft has announced that Project Natal will officially be named Kinect. This motion control system will be launching sometime this Fall for the Xbox 360, and will likely come with a price tag in the $100 range. It will be available on November 4 for $149. Microsoft also showed off their newly-redesigned Xbox 360 with

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CS Wall Hack Nearly Costs Chinese Gamer His Life

News / July 15, 2016

A fight at a Chinese internet cafe over a suspected wall hack nearly cost one teenage Counter-Strike player his life. An argument erupted between two players when one accused a 17 year old of using a wall hack, which allows the player to see through the walls on a Counter-Strike map. The fight ended when

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Kidnapped Girl Mission Announced For Upcoming Red Dead Redemption DLC

News / July 15, 2016

Rockstar announced a fourth out of the six new missions for upcoming free DLC “Outlaws to the End”. The mission Kidnapped Girl joins three other previously announced missions Walton’s Gold, The River, and Ammunition for the co-op DLC coming later this month. According to Rockstar “Another gang has taken over Fort Mercer, and they’re holding

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Google Becomes Topeka on April 1st

News / July 15, 2016

Google is up to its normal April Fool’s Day hijinks, first of all renaming the website in honor of Google, Kansas, aka Topeka. Early last month Topeka, Kansas announced they would be changing the town’s name to Google as part of the competition to become one of the choosen cities for Google’s 1Gbit Fibre Broadband.

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Battle.net Launches Dating Service

News / July 15, 2016

To start off the month of April, Battle.net announced the launch of its first ever dating service called Matchmaking. It’s shown with the tagline “Find someone to pwn noobs with” and caters to Warcraft, Diablo, and Starcraft Players. The front page of the site features testimonials from users (who must have had access to

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Borderlands for PC Half Off on Steam

News / July 15, 2016

Borderlands is 50% off for Steam’s weekend deal! That brings it down to $24.99 from $49.99. If you need somebody to play with you can also buy the discounted fourpack for $74.98 (was $149.97). The deal goes from today until 10 a.m. PDT on Monday. Borderlands was released October 2009 and received an 82/100 MetaCritic

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