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PONG PIONEER NOLAN BUSHNELL TO RECEIVE THE ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP

January 29th, 2009 · No Comments

Nolan Bushnell, one of the founding fathers of the video games industry will receive the Fellowship at this year’s GAME British Academy Video Games Awards. Electrical engineer, entrepreneur and founder of Atari inc, Nolan is credited by many for kick-starting the video games revolution; in his native US, Bushnell was named one of Newsweek’s ‘50 [...]

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Dragonball Origins Recalled In Australia [Dragonball]

January 29th, 2009 · No Comments

Whoops! Atari are recalling every single copy of Dragon Ball Origins in Australia, after it was discovered the rating handed out to the game didn’t quite match some of it’s naughtier moments. Seems… Go to Source
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Timberlake, Pitt Spoofed in Upcoming Wii Game

January 29th, 2009 · No Comments

This screen grab released by Atari shows a scene from “Ready 2 Rumble”. **NO SALES** LOS ANGELES — Justin Timberlake and David Beckham don’t have any real-life beef with each other, but cartoony characters …
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Dragonball Origins Recalled In Australia

January 29th, 2009 · No Comments

Bad news for those who lived in Australia. Atari are recalling every single copy of Dragon Ball Origins in Australia, after it was discovered the rating handed out to the game didn’t quite match some of it’s naughtier moments. [ Kotaku ] ShareThis
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Timberlake, Pitt spoofed in upcoming Wii game

January 29th, 2009 · No Comments

Justin Timberlake and David Beckham don’t have any real-life beef with each other, but cartoony characters resembling the famous crooner and soccer player will face off - along with 16 other A-list …
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Ghostbusters coming in June

January 29th, 2009 · No Comments

Atari has announced that New York’s second finest will arrive on all major systems this summer, alongside the the twenty fifth anniversary Blu-ray release of the film.
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Technical Hooey from the White House

January 29th, 2009 · No Comments

New staffers claimed to find the place in the “technological dark ages” and pledged a more “open” website. Here’s the reality. January 29, 2009 - by Charlie MartinThere have been a couple of real plum stories in the intersection of political reporting and technology in the last week: first, the Washington Post story on the [...]

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Billboard CD reviews: Common, Barry Manilow

January 29th, 2009 · No Comments

Everything’s wacky in Chicago hip-hop these days: Kanye West is all mopey and contemplative, while Common has just landed on Planet Rock.
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Astrocade, la console rivale di Atari

January 29th, 2009 · No Comments

Con l’intento di scalfire la supremazia di Atari nel mercato video-ludico, nel 1977 il team Midway (divisione di videogiochi della casa produttrice Bally) realizza il Bally Astrocade, una console a cartucce dotata di migliori prestazioni grafiche e audio.Originariamente chiamata Bally Home Library Computer, fu inizialmente disponibile solo tramite ordine postale.Poco dopo, prima di giungere al [...]

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Ring in new year at one of these Carson City events

January 29th, 2009 · No Comments

Carson City has plenty to offer this New Year’s Eve - from funky, to festive to family fun.
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