Categories Posted inin Business What the Hell: Aperture Science Not a Lie? Posted byby GamesBeat June 17, 2009 1 min Yes, the cake is a lie — we know that for a fact. But this real-life van that Offworld found sporting Portal’s Aperture Science...
Categories Posted inin Business Daily Blips: Game News from June 17th, 2009 Posted byby GamesBeat June 17, 2009 2 min We wish Microsoft would let us have more freedom with our gamertags. That would make us really, really gay. News Blips: • Ironic: Microsoft...
Categories Posted inin Technology How Nvidia plans to get its mojo back Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 17, 2009 3 min Last year was a terrible year for Nvidia. The company had a ton of inventory going into the fourth quarter, just as the demand...
Categories Posted inin Technology Investor virtually sneaks into Second Life’s equity pool Posted byby GamesBeat June 17, 2009 1 min Second Life, the sometimes-mocked yet formative and still-popular virtual world, has a new investor: Private equity firm Stratim Capital, according to peHUB. The firm...
Categories Posted inin Technology Graphics chip rivals race to deliver next-generation chips Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 16, 2009 3 min The next-generation of graphics chips is due to arrive in PCs sometime this year. Both Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices are expected to deliver...
Categories Posted inin Technology Nvidia says 42 Tegra-based web gadgets coming your way soon Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 16, 2009 2 min Nvidia has touted its Tegra chip for mobile web devices in the past year, but it said today that the chip has more momentum...
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture Metaplace lets you grow your own virtual world Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 16, 2009 3 min There are 30,000 new virtual worlds on the web today, thanks to Metaplace. The San Diego-based company has created a platform that lets users...
Categories Posted inin Business Gaming Honestly Posted byby GamesBeat June 16, 2009 3 min Two games have been dominating my time over the past couple months: Punch-Out!! on Wii and the DS’ Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. Both...
Categories Posted inin Business This is Painful to Admit: Saw Game Actually Looks Enjoyable Posted byby GamesBeat June 16, 2009 2 min Hey, check out this amazing theory I came up with: Movie-licensed games suck. Bet you’ve never heard that before. Man, I’m so smart. What’s...
Categories Posted inin Business Daily Blips: Games News from June 16th, 2009 Posted byby GamesBeat June 16, 2009 2 min Internet killed the magazine stars. But at least us survivors can live on by reporting about our former livelihood being replaced with hot chicks....