Play House

A famous cameo appearing in Twilight Princess?

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:39:18 +0000

While playing Twilight Princess, I was wandering around in Hyrule Market, trying to find some more hidden things to update about. Luckily, when I walked into Jovani’s house, I spotted this image on his wall. He has several pictures of things relating to him, but this is one picture that relates more to today: President’s Day.

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Halo 3: How Microsoft Labs Invented a New Science of Play

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:39:05 +0000

Sitting in an office chair and frowning slightly, Randy Pagulayan peers through a one-way mirror. The scene on the other side looks like the game room in a typical suburban house: There’s a large flat-panel TV hooked up to an Xbox 360, and a 34-year-old woman is sprawled in a comfy chair, blasting away at huge Sasquatchian aliens.

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When It Comes to Money, Don?t Play Nice

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:38:47 +0000

Americans love a bargain and come hell or high water, they
?re going to do their best to get one?Unless, of course, they are making a major financial purchase such as a house or a vehicle. Then they close their eyes tight, hold out their hands, and allow the smarmy guy in the suit to lead them like lambs to the slaughter. It?s ironic, no?

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Butterfly: the World?s Smallest Indoor Radio-Controlled Airplane

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:38:35 +0000

Mom always said don
?t play ball in the house, but no one ever seems to say much about a good paper airplane. In fact, our story on how to to build the best paper airplane in the world, was one of the most popular items on RealTechNews.

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Ingmar Bergman goes to play a game of Chess

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:38:22 +0000

Legendary film-maker Ingmar Bergman has died aged 89, according to a Swedish news agency. One of the key figures in modern cinema, the art-house favourite was best known for films like The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries.

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Diplomatic Embarrassment for Bush

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:38:10 +0000

The White House tried to play down the significance of President Bush’s meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki being delayed, but it is a huge embarrassment for the president to have a foreign leader cancel a meeting, especially one who has 150,000 American troops in his country.

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World’s largest iPod

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:37:58 +0000

“Visitors walking down Third St. have been gawking at this thing for the past couple of days. The 25 ft. iPod is attached to the side of the Unizan Bank building across from the state house. Not only does it look like an iPod, but it actually plays music!”

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eBay cracks down on PS3 auctions

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:37:32 +0000

Online auction house eBay has decided to halt all PlayStation 3 auctions for the time being. According to a post in the eBay Trust & Safety forum, those listing PlayStation 3 systems for sale have had their listings pulled. In addition, eBay is putting very stringent requirements in place for any future listings of the next-gen consoles.

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Forget Violent Male Gamers: Meet The “Little Girls Of Death”

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:37:10 +0000

These little girls play The Sims. But they are different than the little cute girls we expect to be playing The Sims. “Sometimes I let my characters die,” a young Bethany says cheerfully. “Especially the pregnant women, because their hygiene and hunger needs are extra high and it’s difficult to look after them with other people in the house.”

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Kid vs. Mom. Kid: 0, Mom: 2

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:36:48 +0000

It seems that the continuing battle between parents and kids over game time is alive and well. For your consideration: a 13-year-old boy in Virginia decided that it was a good idea to break the family vacuum cleaner in order to get out of his chores around the house and play video games. Not so fast whippersnapper. It looks like your mo…

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