Google may have lost to Apple in its bid to acquire Lala, a music service that grabs users’ digital music collections and hosts them in the cloud, allowing them to add to those collections for a mere 10 cents per Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for Åžubat, 2010
Google Will Ask Buzz’s Early Adopters to Confirm Privacy Choices
On Åžubat - 23 - 2010
Google will soon ask early Buzz users to re-confirm their decisions to auto-follow people in their contact list and whether they want to publish those lists to the world. It’s a further step in its quest quiet the privacy storm that erupted when Google decided to turn Gmail into a social networking application two weeks ago. Read the rest of this entry »
I Want It Now! The Fierce Urgency of Videogaming’s Future
On Åžubat - 23 - 2010
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LAS VEGAS — Videogame execs say impatient gamers increasingly act like Veruca Salt from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory — they want their games now, Daddy, and if you don’t give them what they want, they’ll find somebody who will. Read the rest of this entry »
Assassin’s Creed III Clues on the DICE Red Carpet
On Åžubat - 23 - 2010
LAS VEGAS — On the red carpet prior to the 13th annual Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences awards show, I located the members of the Assassin’s Creed team who’d come to Vegas in the hopes of taking home an award or two. Read the rest of this entry »
Director Mike Newell Sucks at Prince of Persia
On Åžubat - 23 - 2010
Mike Newell, the man behind the camera for the forthcoming Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time movie, isn’t terribly good at playing the videogame he was hired to adapt for the big screen. Read the rest of this entry »
The Tester, Episode 1: Squashing Bugs, Killing Jokes
On Åžubat - 23 - 2010
The battle has begun. 11 contestants have entered the ultimate game of Russian roulette. 10 of them will win. One of them will lose, and have to spend a year bug-testing PlayStation games. Read the rest of this entry »
Uncharted 2 Scribe Wins Writers Guild Award
On Åžubat - 23 - 2010
Amy Hennig, writer and director of Sony’s Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, won the Writers Guild of America award for best videogame writing on Saturday.
This year’s WGA Awards, presented during simultaneous ceremonies held in New York and Los Angeles, honored not only screenwriting and videogames, but also radio, news and promotional writing. Read the rest of this entry »
