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Sega officially announces deal with Platinum Games
via Sega Nerds by Graham on May 15, 2008
While many publications (including Sega Nerds) were happy enough to adhere to the strict embargo during Sega’s press event earlier this week, it seems others couldn’t hold themselves - all eyes turn to EuroGamer. The gaming news site apparently published a live feed from the event, even as it was announced that cameras were prohibited, and with Sega reps walking around asking people to kindly...
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Intro Screens + More
via MOTHER 3 Fan Translation by JeffMan on May 15, 2008
After all of the hard work we’ve been doing, and with the impending doom of the main dialogue bug, I decided to tackle and take down one of the miscellaneous items on the to-do list:Insert some sort of intro screen/disclaimer screen thing.In addition to inserting an intro screen of our own, we also changed the health warning screen into English. This was a pretty straight-forward hack, and...
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Sega to release a trio of “Platinum Games” in 2009
via Siliconera by Spencer on May 15, 2008
Let’s end the speculation. Sega is working with Platinum Games. In 2009 they will release three titles developed by the studio, a fourth one in the pipeline. It looks like the ultraviolent, black and white Wii game Madworld will be first to come out. Sega plans to release Madworld in Q1 2009. Here’s a look at the three games with descriptions from Sega’s PR department. MADWORLD, the first...
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You Can Hack An OS But You Can't Hack People - part 7: Left Standing at the Altar
via Penguin Pete's Blog by Penguin Pete on May 15, 2008
Who's left standing at the altar? Windows users, that's who.Windows has now become the only proprietary operating system without a free-software or open-source equivalent. Apple has Darwin. Solaris has Open Solaris. Unix has Linux and BSD. Even the extinct systems whose surviving fan base can count themselves in the triple-digits have a free alternative that they're working on. BeOS...
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Universal Music: when we get hit with copyright damages, that's "unconstitutionally excessive"
via RB | Upcoming by (author unknown) on May 15, 2008
... Die incorporated an unlicensed sample of "Singing in the Morning" from the Ohio Players after a Hendrix sample was denied clearance. The sample made its way onto the final album and even onto reissued albums. Bridgeport Music and Westbound Records, which control the rights to the song, sued. A district court ruled in their favor; Bridgeport took the $150,000 maximum in statutory damages, while ...
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Censorship in China targeted by RSF's new ad campaign
via Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin on May 15, 2008
A creative new advertising campaign from journalist advocacy organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF), aimed at various regimes hostile to press freedom, including China. Click for larger size to see the detail that makes this such a compelling design. (thanks, Oxblood!)
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A Arte de Zoar os Amigos
via A Revista Papo de Homem - Lyfestyle Magazine by Theo on November 25, 2007
Ahh, zoar os amigos. Não há nada melhor. Hm, pensando bem, há sim. GORDINHAS!Mas agora vamos… zoar.AvisoBom, antes de mais nada, começo esses debates, discussões, artigos, que seja, textos sobre “A Arte de Zoar os Amigos” dizendo que eu não sou nenhum estudioso em zoação, muito menos um comediante com carteira assinada, e que isto não é um “manual”. Cada um aqui é, ou devia...
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Leaked Platinum Games videos confirm Sega collaboration
via Siliconera by Spencer on May 14, 2008
The rumor about Sega and Platinum Games linking up seems more and more true. Leaked shaky-cam videos for Bayonetta and Mad World have been removed “due to a copyright claim by Sega of America.” Since Sega pulled the videos they’re pretty much confirming their involvement with Platinum Games. Here’s the trailer for Mad World, a grusome looking Nintendo Wii game. It’s being hosted on...
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Steambot Chronicles bumps on Japan’s PSP release schedule this July
via Siliconera by Spencer on May 14, 2008
About one year ago Irem announced Bumpy Trot: Vehicle Battle Tournament as a PSP game. While the title is set in the Steambot Chronicles universe it is quite different than the PlayStation 2 predecessor. Bumpy Trot: Vehicle Battle Tournament is a fighting game where players use trotmobiles to execute combos and 360 degree spinning burst attacks. Win matches and you earn money to customize seven...
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Wait Until She Tells Them About Buridan's Talking Ass!
via No More Hornets by The Exterminator on May 14, 2008
Today, I want to talk about words and their meanings.A fourth-grade teacher is reading the story of “Sleeping Beauty” to her class. She comes to the section in which the villainess decides to poison a spindle with a sleeping potion.The teacher reads:“Ha. Ha,” said the evil witch. “The princess will fall into a deep sleep with just the tiniest prick.”The class, naturally, erupts in...
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