Games blur news and entertainment
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Some game makers are trying to get players to expand their horizons by reflecting on news events in games
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Also: Windows worm travels with Tetris [News.com Extra]
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Google leads the charge of indexing information outside the web as it turns to TV. Also: Video-game maker Take Two buys a chunk of Sega & hellip;.  Google hiring practices raise eyebrows and speculations on future projects & hellip;. and more.
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Putting gamers in the role of Lee Harvey Oswald has put the game&#39;s makers in the hot seat. The game&#39;s developer is calling it a &quot;docu-game,&quot; but most of the press surrounding the release of the $9.95 downloadable
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The video game industry has become a force to be reckoned with in the entertainment business. Now it wants a share of the advertising pie.
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Also: Distortion-free lens tech puts things in a negative light. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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Sleek new specs take playing games or watching movies the a whole new (possibly sickening) level. In Game|Life.
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Tycho:  Positive Sony news here, at Penny Arcade?  I know, right?  We shall redouble our efforts.  The story all this was based on has been changed to say that none of it is true, or that very little of it is true (depending on who you ask), but if you're asking me I think the original story hit pretty close to the mark.  The alternative - which is to say, that xFire technology would be used for a single game and no others - suggests that their service will be another briar patch of vendor "interpretations" of an online community, which can't possibly be true.  I refuse to believe that, in this generation, they would leave something like this to chance.
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Modern marvels like game consoles and T-shirts that make air guitarists' phantom riffs audible further blur the line between the real and virtual worlds. Commentary by Momus.
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A new video-game publisher wants to put creative power back in the hands of the little guy. Plus: Halo 3 button lets you mute whiney players. In Game|Life.
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Take a peek at a weird passel of new adventure games for Wii, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360 and PSP.
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Also: Hollywood hints at digital film system. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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Tycho:  Kotaku carried a story yesterday that is (basically) the Nintendo DS version of that Playstation Pornable scare from six months ago.  You can see it here, and you should, because it's awesome.  It depicts a scenario so imaginative that it juts into the realm of speculative fiction:
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Video gamers, finally  emerging from the pixilated haze brought on by last year's  bumper crop of best-selling titles, are now turning their  attention to upcoming releases.
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The aftermath of an upcoming World of Warcraft patch could get messy. Plus: NBC
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Because of the absolute glut of media outlets now in existence, especially in the realm of sports, there is a tendency to get carried away (to put it mildly) by what is happening in the here-and-now.
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Is it time to turn down the volume on TV news? A handful of developments this fall suggest a brewing backlash against opinionated news, most personified by those cable segments that set people up to argue political points, or outshout each other.