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• WMS’ Player Driven Innovation™ Focus is Changing the Game™ at 2009 Global Gaming Expo

  
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  WAUKEGAN, Ill. & LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Extending its position as a thought leader in developing gaming products that create dynamic entertainment experiences for slot player
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• GameLogic Announces Groundbreaking Facebook Integration

  
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  WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- GameLogic, Inc., a provider of interactive marketing services for the U.S. regulated gaming industry, today announced integration with popular soc
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• Game Boy Makes Toy Hall Of Fame

  
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  Let’s start out introducing the Game Boy, for those of you that have been living under a rock… The Game Boy is a hand-held video game device that was developed by Nintendo, whose other systems include the Wii, Nintendo 64 and many more. It was released in 1989/1990 and was quite the success. Worldwide, the Game ...
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• National Gaming Day at Your Library

  
  Purple Pawn — Authority: 144
  National Gaming Day at your library (also here ) is a project spearheaded by the American Library Association . Gaming here refers to both video and board gaming (the latter organized by Scott Nicholson ). It is scheduled for Saturday, November 14. Hasbro donated  more than 16,700 games in support of their brand ...
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• Amazon’s 2009 Holiday Game Recommendations

  
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  Amazon’s game recommendations for this holiday season: Mindflex : Mattel’s mind-controlled air-pressure activity toy. ( info ) Connect 4 x 4 : Two tracks, four disk colors, for up to four players. Mickey’s Mouse-ke-TAG : A themed version of Hyper Dash, below. Bop It : A flexible gizmo that you have to ...
  6 days ago

• Thumb Warriors

  
  Purple Pawn — Authority: 144
  Thumb Warriors is like next-gen Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots : portable, electronic, and updated to today’s style. Each player wears one on his wrist and hand, and the players then thumb-wrestle. The object is to knock off three parts of your opponent’s warrior’s armor and then strike its exposed sensor. I ...
  6 days ago

• Game Industry Roundup

  
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  There’s a brouhaha going on between Jakks Pacific, the WWE, and THQ regarding WWE-branded games. THQ intends to renew their licensing agreement with WWE, but it’s not clear if Jakks will do so, or if THQ wants to do so jointly with Jakks. ( source , source ) This can’t be good news for Jakks. Mattel is now ...
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• Second Look-Hive on the iPhone

  
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  Shorty after writing about Hive on the iPhone I was lucky enough to receive a free copy from Lotusland Studios. At first boot I was a little put off by the 3d layout of the playspace and tiles, but after a little time with the game I came to enjoy it. The interface and controls seem well thought out, and the camera ...
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• Abu Hail Shopping Centre – Dubai

  
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  This shopping centre is near to the Ramada Inn on Dubai -Sharjah Road. Its locale makes it convenient for business or leisure travelers. See original here: Abu Hail Shopping Centre – Dubai
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• Educational Technology and Games

  
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  The study of Educational Technology is the study of how to integrate “things’ into the classroom, whether computers and blogs, videos, props, or games. One place you can concentrate in Educational Technology is EdTec at San Diego State University. And one interesting course at EdTec is EdTech 670: ...
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• Augmented Reality ARGs in Gateshead, Sunderland, and Middlesbrough

  
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  Great Street Games is running augmented reality ARG street games in three UK locations, starting today. Players in one area act as a team against the players in the other areas, through the magic of heat sensing, light projection, and networking. The project is by KMA . What the heck are you waiting for? ( source )
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• Bananagrams for the iPhone

  
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  First I talked about iPhone Hive , then iPhone Settlers of Catan , and I figured why not talk about Bananagrams ? “The Award Winning Anagram game that will drive you Bananas!” is available from the iTunes app store for $4.99. The interface looks pretty slick, and supports  good amount of multi-touch ...
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• Zynga’s Farmville Has 65 Million Facebook Players

  
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  Back in March, I didn’t count Farmville as one of the top 25 board and card games on Facebook . Maybe that was an oversight. Is Farmville a board game? Farmville is the number one game (period) on Facebook, with over 65 million players: 30 million regularly play every month, 11 million play every day. Farmville ...
  2 weeks ago

• Catan: The First Island for the iPhone

  
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  We’ve previously mentioned this before, along with another game, Hive for the iPhone. Now another note of news about iPhone games comes in. Catan: The First Island is now available for the iPhone from iTunes! The game plays just like the original Settlers of Catan , has multiplayer support, and can be played ...
  2 weeks ago

• Trivial Pursuit Online Challenge

  
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  Hasbro ramps up the online promotions with the Trivial Pursuit Experiment . The site asks “Who’s smarter the who?”, with the intention of each player registering as guy or girl, and then answering questions to add to your sex’s score. I think the answer to the question is obvious: it should read “Who’s ...
  2 weeks ago

• Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising – The Official Strategy Guide (Paperback) newly tagged “video games”

  
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  Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising – The Official Strategy Guide ( Paperback ) By Future Press Buy new : $13.59 9 used and new from $12.50 Customer Rating: First tagged “video games” by CAMASAR “Temojin” Customer tags: video games (2), electronic games , ...
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• Hive on the iPhone

  
  Purple Pawn — Authority: 144
  Fans of Hive have reason to rejoice today (if they have an iPhone, that is.) Lotusland Studios has released Hive for the iPhone at $4.99, and it is available from the iTunes App Store right now. From what I’ve seen, the interface looks pretty slick.  Granted there are a bunch of places you can play Hive ...
  2 weeks ago

• Khet Wins Infringement Lawsuit Against MGA’s Laser Battle

  
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  Khet Laser Battle Innovention Toys , publishers of the strategy game Khet with reflecting lasers, has won a patent infringement lawsuit against MGA Entertainment and their Laser Battle game. Khet, from 2005, is based on a video game from 1987. MGA published Laser Battle, a nearly identical game, a year ...
  2 weeks ago

• Heads-Up Challenge, Electronic Poker Barroom Game

  
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  Heads-Up Challenge from Poker Kiosks is a barroom game of head-to-head Texas Hold’em. I’m pretty sure that Poker Kiosks is a subsidiary of Poker Tek . You can’t win any real money playing it, just bragging rights. I don’t know how many hands, or how much time, you get for your dollar. And you can buy a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Surface Computing D&D Demo

  
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  We’ve been following the potential of surface computing for augmenting face-to-face games. The latest demonstration of this is a project out of the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University—a proof-of-concept for an interactive Dungeons & Dragons battle map. Surfacescapes Demo ...
  3 weeks ago

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