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New MacArthur Fellow Maneesh Agrawala messin with game controllers

The Bay's own Maneesh Agrawala got nabbed a $500,000 MacArthur Genius Fellowship last night. Of course, prolific science dude messed with game...
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Cobain blasphemy 'GH5' trounces 'The Beatles: Rock Band' in UK [Burn!]

Happy Monday, kids. Hope you had a fun, wet weekend. We know we did. Today in the news: the Guitar Hero 5...
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Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl issue statement on Nirvana, Guitar Hero and Likeness of Kurt Cobain

Previously, Courtney Love mad about Guitar Hero 5. Now this from Nirvana. Hit it, kids: This is a statement...
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The PS3 'Slim' will make slaves of us all [Sony]

As we recline in our board shorts on the patio under a vacation-sized sun, scanning all the PS3 Slim news, we regret just how slavish a consumer...
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Is hatred for Rock Band: The Beatles linked to primal, mammalian fear? [Rock Drag]

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The New York Times Magazine published Sunday a massive, mainstream piece on video games, chronicling the making of Rock Band: The Beatles and prodding...
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The Top 10 Boss Fights of Gaming [Gamasutra]

Our favorite game developers web site Gamasutra highlights cool developer blogs this week. Among the best of the best: The Top 10 Boss Fights!...
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Guitar Hero haters Jimmy Page, Jack White have it wrong

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Some guitarist named Jimmy Page and some emo kid named Jack White have been talking mess about music rhythm video games. They're calling the rise of...
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GameFly, NetFlix to survive siege of downloadable games

Much like a two-state solution in the promised land - physical copies of video games and downloadable versions are predicted to live side by side in...
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PS3 to get 'Katamari Forever' this Fall with new levels

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Puzzle action 'clumping' game Katamari Damacy was an awesome treat on PS2, and it was a real downer when the sequal Beautiful Katamari only came out...
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Gamer Intell: The Top 10 Game Info Sites on the Net

Popular, online video game rental concern GameFly recently announced spinoff property GameAnswers.com. The new site aims to crack the Top 10 or 20...
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