Archive for October 26, 2007

CoD4 single-player only 4-6 hours

CoD4 is nearly upon us and reviews of the game are slowly beginning to appear with some interesting revelations pertaining to the singleplayer portion.OXM UK reviewed the game in their December issue, and cited a short single-player campaign as one of the main downfalls of the title, going on to say that the game takes “…5 to 6 hours on Normal.”

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OiNK Down, Norwegian BitTorrent Trackers Next

With the BitTorrent world spinning on its heels after the shock takedown of the huge OiNK tracker, there are now indications that the shutdowns may continue. According to the lawyer who lost against ‘DVD Jon’, next stop is Norway and raids are imminent.

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Feel the Bullets While Playing Shooter Games

TN Games, makers of “physical experience hardware,” will release a PC vest accessory on Nov. 21 that mimics the feeling of being hit by real bullets when playing first-person shooters.

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Glimpse 1.5 of Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days

Screens and a very, very brief preview movie make for excitement, just in small doses. The DS title is looking good!

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Opera 9.5 beta released

Opera 9.5 beta is available for download! Since the first alpha release hundreds of bugs have been fixed. Website rendering has been significantly improved, along with performance, stability and usability.

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Nintendo’s Profits Skyrocket

Ready those ‘It prints money!’ GIFs. Nintendo has announced that profits are soaring and its half-yearly net income has more than doubled compared to a year ago. Of course, what that actually means is a lot of people are buying Wii and DS consoles.

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OiNK Database Didn’t ‘Self Destruct’, Wasn’t Encrypted But Users Safe?

Following the raid at OiNK, many of the 180,000 members are very concerned about what’s happening with their details. The rumor: The OiNK database was encrypted and self-destructed. The truth: It wasn’t and it didn’t but ex-users still might be safe. In the meantime, OiNK got fired from his job at Virgin Media.

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Congressman tells Comcast to play nice and share

Comcast has gotten a bitch-slap from Congressman Rick Boucher.

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Next Halo Game an MMOFPS?

Could Peter Jackson be about to make our wishes come true?

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University Raids Graduate Student Office for Using BitTorrent

Students on campuses around the US are having increasing success in dealing with groups such as the RIAA and MPAA, and the frivolous, and often perjurous lawsuits that they send. It is very disturbing then, for a graduate student at the University of Northern Colorado (UNCO) to be targeted by his own university.

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