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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 31, 2007 11:57 AM
We promise you that Alt-Ctrl, our occasional series that examines alternative input devices for games, is not in any way beholden to Electronic Arts, or the Wii, for that matter. It's just that EA has been very cooperative thus far with our requests for...
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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 30, 2007 05:08 PM
At Newsweek HQ, most of our colleagues are either boomers in name or boomers in spirit, which means there haven't been many serious gamers among our ranks. But from the increasing number of game-related conversations we've had with our office mates, it's...
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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 30, 2007 02:30 PM
NOA...Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime seeks assistant COP...London police officers caught playing PSP POP... Wired writer plays Final Fantasy, finally WGA...Gears of War writer Susan O'Connor speaks RND... Why Verizon passed on the iPhone...
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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 25, 2007 12:00 AM
In Part I of our interview with the hardest working man in videogame journalism, Geoff Keighley , he revealed the inner workings of his new online show " Bonus Round ." In Part II, he talked about his rise from writing previews at the age of 13 to respected...
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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 24, 2007 11:30 PM
PAL... PS3 set to hit Europe on March 23rd GOW...Epic's Gears of War on Japanese Top Ten chart UFO...Preview of Midway's Area 51 sequel DEV... Tuning game difficulty through statistics ERR...Game|Life corrects others' Cellius misinformation 007... Seven...
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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 23, 2007 10:41 PM
In Part I of our three-part interview with the prolific videogame journalist Geoff Keighley , he revealed the genesis of his recently launched online roundtable show, "Bonus Round," and provided some insights into how he chooses his guests. Here in Part...
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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 23, 2007 09:28 PM
Game industry executives often say things that come back to haunt them. Playstation studio chief Phil Harrison once stated that dual SKUs are a bad idea. " I think it just confuses the audience," he said at Game Developers Conference Europe 2005 . "They...
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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 23, 2007 06:55 PM
ATV... MotorStorm for PS3 online , previewed OST...A chat with the composer for Lost Planet SUE...An update on the Wii contest gone wrong NAW...Ubisoft delays Ghost Recon for PS3 RND...Will you win your Oscar pool ?...
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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 23, 2007 01:30 AM
Edward R. Murrow . Mike Wallace . Kurt Loder . Geoff Keighley ? It may sound farfetched, but when it comes to videogames, the 28-year-old Keighley is the most respected journalist on television, bar none. That's because he's one of the only media figures...
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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 22, 2007 10:19 PM
NOM...The AIAS announces its nominees TUF... Stronger Wiimote straps now shipping, says blog GAd...Google looking at in-game advertising ? BOO... Nintendo withholding Wii API , EA tells MTV News WOW...is very different from what Blizzard plans next HOT......
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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 22, 2007 09:25 AM
In this week's issue of Newsweek, we wrote a short piece titled " Wii Plays Hard To Get " examining why Nintendo's newest console is in such short supply. As any journalist can tell you, there's often a good deal of interesting reporting that gets cut...
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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 21, 2007 11:40 PM
At Newsweek HQ, most of our colleagues are either boomers in name or boomers in spirit, which means there haven't been many serious gamers among our ranks. But from the increasing number of game-related conversations we've had with our office mates, it's...
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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 21, 2007 11:24 PM
FAM... GameSetWatch breaks down Japanese mag Famitsu RIP...Red Octane says relationship with Harmonix dead RLY... Sony PR , David Jaffe say Warhawk not dead GRO...Xbox Live Arcade file sizes upped to 250 MB HMM... Japanese and Western game designs , contrasted...
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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 19, 2007 12:47 PM
Renegade gamemaker Danny Ledonne has had a wild ride since authoring the now-infamous Super Columbine Massacre RPG! in April 2005. But despite being accused of everything from desecrating the memory of the victims to inspiring a school shooting in Montreal,...
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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 18, 2007 11:51 AM
At Newsweek HQ, most of our colleagues are either boomers in name or boomers in spirit, which means there haven't been many serious gamers among our ranks. But from the increasing number of game-related conversations we've had with our office mates, it's...
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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 17, 2007 10:34 AM
As the staff here at Level Up originally conceived this blog, our mandate for was to cover videogames, technology and pop culture. The plan was to establish our credibility by launching with just videogames, then slowly add content in the other two categories....
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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 16, 2007 03:14 AM
OZ!...Alleged kidnapper and victim's shared Gamertag: DevilDevlin AXE... Rock stars <3 music games; PS3 owners <3 Nyko MTL... Guitar Hero: '80s Edition , in the works for PS2? RED...Sources say Xbox 360 to hit China soon TRS...Play Britney's Baby...
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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 11, 2007 05:18 AM
For the second in our occasional series about alternate input devices for videogames, we present you with an exclusive look at the control schemes for SSX Blur, the latest entry in Electronic Arts' acclaimed snowboarding franchise. "SSX is a lighthearted,...
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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 11, 2007 04:34 AM
GIB...Gears of War: new content ; still Xbox 360 exclusive SIT...A look at the gaming chairs on display at CES PSB... Future Sony Blu-Ray discs to include portable video files OMG...See the new Ghost Recon in action TRL...MTV looking to buy 1UP.com from...
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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 9, 2007 02:39 PM
After the news broke that the Slamdance film festival had pulled finalist Danny Ledonne's Super Columbine Massacre RPG! from competition, Level Up posted a strongly worded opinion piece objecting to the organizers' actions. We'll have more to say about...
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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 9, 2007 05:11 AM
ONE...more thing: Nintendo DS hacked to mimic iPod O BO...Ziff-Davis Game Group-- cop it while it's hot CES... amBX scores Supreme Commander support PSP-Eight-gigabyte Memory Stick Duo out soon BUX-Who really benefits from gift cards? RND-Dont' cry for...
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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 8, 2007 06:20 AM
How is Baghdad like Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas ? Why do most Iraqis play as the U.S.-led Coalition forces in Desert Combat , the acclaimed mod of Electronic Arts' first-person shooter Battlefield 1942? (Let's just say it's not because they like Americans.)...
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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 8, 2007 04:56 AM
With the demise of the May Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has become increasingly important to developers and publishers seeking to show off their wares. We caught up some folks from Crytek and...
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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 8, 2007 04:21 AM
NWB... Bill Gates' gaming habits : Halo, no; Bridge, yes. HUH...Second Life user claims screenshots violate her copyright YAY...Xbox Live Arcade hit Geometry Wars coming to PC CHF...What would Halo DS have been like? CRY... No force feedback for Gran...
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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 5, 2007 09:30 AM
" The Last Temptation of Christ ." " Do the Right Thing ." " Kids ." " Irreversible ." These are some of the most controversial and polarizing films of the last two decades. And all of them played at prestigious film festivals like Cannes, Venice or Sundance...
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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 5, 2007 04:32 AM
GT!... Motor Trend Power List #29: Kazunori Yamauchi XNA...Microsoft hobbyist tools power upcoming game SIN... 1UP talks to cult Japanese developer Treasure TV?...GameTap exec on benefits of episodic games RND...AP's "bogus" Iraqi source actually exist...
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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 4, 2007 05:45 AM
YTB...Can Kongregate become the YouTube of Flash games? CNC...Gamespot editor-in-chief leaves to join developer $UE...In-Fusio files suit against Microsoft over Halo mobile ERR...News sites jump the gun on December game sales RND...Check out the poster...
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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 3, 2007 06:51 AM
FOX...Sean Hannity, Wii Lover AD$... IGA Worldwide exec on in-game marketing BOO...Why the disrespect for James Brown ? JIN... How to download Tekken 5 PS3 from outside of Asia RND...Allen Iverson: Is the glass half-empty or half-full ?...
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N'Gai Croal
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Jan 3, 2007 05:22 AM
For seasoned industry observers, the only surprise about yesterday's news that Rare founders Chris and Tim Stamper had left the company was that it had taken this long. Yes, Microsoft's 2002 purchase of the company surely represents one of the company's...
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