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Fez gets April 13th XBLA release

Wait a cotton picking minute, the Grig has new posts barely a day apart, what gives? Fez release date thats what, 800 Microsoft points on the unusual release day of a friday, eh? Those crazy indie devs just don’t know … Continue reading

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Great humorous Ted talk on copyright math by Rob Reid

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

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

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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Grig news: Mass Effect 3, SFxTekken, Game

And so the gaming apocalypse continues. Today we have a butchers at some of the more intriguing news titbits that are meandering about the halls of cassa de Internet like loitering drunkards outside a brewery. The theme of the day, … Continue reading

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Are video games art?

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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SFxTekken: Capcoms (not so much an) Update + excessive rant part 2!

And yet it continues! After yesterdays promise that we should be waking up today with fresh news concerning what Capcom are doing about the epically disappointing SFxTekken and its oodles of problems, we instead wake to find a tweet from … Continue reading

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Just over 2 months until Fez

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

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

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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