Maybe Videogames Aren't So Recession-proof After All

While still a vital industry, mounting layoffs show the impact of tough economic times.

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Video distribution service coming to Wii

A video distribution service is coming to Nintendo Wii, according to Nikkei business daily.

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Study: Female MMO Gamers 5 Times More Likely to be Bisexual

According to no less than 2,400 completed web-based surveys, females account for 40 percent of the Everquest II gaming community. The surveys also found that female EQ II players display "an unusually high level of bisexuality," more than five times that of the "general population."

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Sony's PlayStation Home Hacked

Sony's PS3 virtual world, Home, has already been hacked, with developers having discovered ways to exploit vulnerabilities within the software's code. According to reports in the Telegraph this week, the hack allowed the developers "to customise their PlayStation Home experience beyond the options provided by Sony."

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Discovered: Earliest Evidence Cave-dwelling Human Ancestors

Stone tools found at the bottom level of the cave — believed to be 2 million years old — show that human ancestors were in the cave earlier than ever thought before. Geological evidence indicates that these tools were left in the cave and not washed into the site from the outside world.

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Top 10 downloaded PSN games of 2008

PlayStation.com's Pulse program has revealed* PSN's "overall" most downloaded games of 2008.

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The 10 Types of Gamers - Which Are You?

Those of us in the gaming universe are a proud lot. We have rules, traditions, and a set of standards by which most of us abide. Similarly, we fall into certain groups (or tribes, or guilds, depending on your MMORPG of choice). Whether you joined on purpose or not, you are one of the following 10 types of gamers.

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Snackbot! A Social, Snack-Fetching Robot Emerges from CMU

Back in May 2008 it was announced that CMU professors Sara Kiesler and Jodi Forlizzi (from the HCI Institute) and Paul Rybski (from the Robotics Institute) were awarded $500k in Microsoft's Human-Robot Interaction funding to develop a social, snack-selling robot. The wait is over - photos of the new CMU snackbot and designs are here!

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If Marijuana was legal

Perfect ad placement

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Crying Sorority Girl

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Holy Fucking Shit I Was Just In A Plane Crash!

A Continental airlines 737 slid off the runway in Denver last night. The engine on the right side was shorn off and the plane burst into flames. Passengers escaped out the left side on slides. 38 people were hurt. Fortunately no one was killed.

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Voice-Activated Remote Control [PIC]

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