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Great humorous Ted talk on copyright math by Rob Reid

Posted on March 22, 2012 11:53 pm by lartens

See the 5 minute Ted talk from comic author Rob Reid as he talks about Copyright math, delivered in a fact based humorous presentation for Ted. Titled the $8 billion iPod. source = http://www.ted.com/talks/rob_reid_the_8_billion_ipod.html.

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XBLA has a NEXT thing, and it has Minecraft in it

Posted on March 22, 2012 11:22 pm by lartens

So Microsoft like to do these little XBLA release schedule promotion things for decent profile games, and call it a name like “Summer of Arcade” or in the case of this spring, “Arcade NEXT”. Starting April 18th with the Trials … Continue reading →

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Saving up for Mars

Posted on March 21, 2012 12:23 am by lartens

We here at the Grig, sometimes stray from the path of video games or tech, and head more towards the science, though sometime this does involve tech. In the beginning of this blog, it was a way to share cool … Continue reading →

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Are video games art?

Posted on March 17, 2012 8:30 pm by lartens

We pose the question because this week saw both the BAFTA video game awards, and the opening of the The Art of Video Games exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Lets start off with a hearty congratulations to our … Continue reading →

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Just over 2 months until Fez

Posted on February 26, 2012 5:00 pm by lartens

Woah woah woah woah, what? Long time in the making indie title Fez, is finally coming to XBLA 2nd of May according to xbox.com. Fez sees a little 2d creature named Gomez, embark on a journey in a 2d world … Continue reading →

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Kinect for windows is finally available to purchase in UK

Posted on February 26, 2012 1:31 pm by lartens

Although released on February first. Major E-commerce sites like amazon.co.uk didn’t have it advertised until just a few days agolast week, and even then it was a pre order. Ebuyer.com had pre order status of February 29th and only 20 … Continue reading →

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Retro City Rampage nearly here

Posted on February 20, 2012 10:46 pm by lartens

8 Bit indie gem Retro City Rampage has been in the making for what seems like an eternity, but with the rumour mill grinding away as it does, it seems that wait is nearly over. Creator Brian Provincniano told a … Continue reading →

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Minecraft snapshot, making some changes

Posted on February 15, 2012 9:48 pm by lartens

Mojang have been releasing snapshots of their game Minecraft every week for those whom prefer not to wait for updates This update process is like a public beta, you play early ideas and give feedback. All you have to do … Continue reading →

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Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch has been Delayed

Posted on February 15, 2012 9:05 pm by lartens

Well we were all looking forward to it, some of us even updated our ps3 from the homebrew friendly 3.41 firmware to the nasty locked locked 4.0 in preparation for it too. But the english localization of Ni No Kuni … Continue reading →

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Kinect for windows coming February, BUT all is not peachy

Posted on January 11, 2012 12:13 am by lartens

Microsoft have announced over at their blog that Kinect for Windows is coming this February 1st in 12 countries including the UK, Japan, Australia, Germany, Spain, USA, canada, France, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, and New Zealand. Though i can see no … Continue reading →

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