Kinect Star Wars has been one of my most anticipated titles ever since it was announced. I remember playing the arcade version of Star Wars Trilogy wielding a light saber and slashing Boba Fett across the chest and dooming him to a painful end. Well, so this is what I this we are all expecting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_yY7cDKhOU
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…well there’s still a day to see what else comes up on the interweb but right now Google Maps is #WINNING! I could swear they did this mode sometime in the past, but I can’t remember. What is definitely new is the addition of the 8-bit characters and the awesome YouTube Video! So go to
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Today Rovio came to town and are promoting Angry Birds Space with new merchandise including a National Geographic Book launching at #1 on Amazon National Geographic Angry Birds Space: A Furious Flight Into the Final Frontier Here are some shots from this morning’s event. The initial setup and folks waiting in line for merch. Amy E. Briggs, Senior
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So typically the first half of GDC is less attended than the second half. This should be wall-to-wall people starting Wednesday, but I had friends to see and meetings to make, so I came early. Moscone North is already setup for GDC… … and already setup for Apple’s announcement today. So like SXSW, the
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The ridiculously huge international mobile hit Angry Birds has made it to Facebook. Peter Vesterbacka, CMO of Rovio, had stated at Casual Connect that there was real excitement when they hit the first 100 million installs, with less excitement at 200 million and then less at 300 million and so on. I’m guessing however that
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“My female friend just described Starcraft 2 to her girlfriend like Farmville, but with attack function.” -nihilion_Zero on reddit I laughed pretty hard at that quote about Starcraft, but this is also a good description of Zynga’s Empires & Allies. They’ve taken Farmville mechanics and added in some basic attack options. The game is a
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