Since last March, the Flickr co-founder and three partners have quietly been developing an online social game they hope will appeal to a wide audience. CNET has been there to document the creation of their start-up.
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To build Glitch, the Flickr co-founder put together an impressive team of some of his earliest collaborators on the popular photo-sharing site.
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Stewart Butterfield and his friends are back at it with a new company. CNET's Daniel Terdiman was given exclusive, behind-the-scenes access as they built it from scratch.
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The new online social MMO from Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield's Tiny Speck puts players through a wide variety of paces. Quests, egg growing and clouds on a string are just a part of it.
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Single-player games can be a hard sale for gamers who will more than likely just play once and trade in. EA shot their first salvo against selling back games -- which retail will resell as a profitless "used" copy -- by introducing free content only available to new-copy buyers of Dragon Age last year.
Next up was Mass Effect 2 with the Cerberus network that granted you free DLC missions, character skins, and weapons if you bought it new. During a conference call earlier today, reports G4TV, EA CEO John Riccitiello claimed that EA saw a positive reaction to incentives for new buys. And, of course, that they plan on giving players more of it in the future.
What do you guys think? Does it make you think twice about renting the latest hits and instead opting to buy? Or is it just another way to alienate the player from experiences you'd gladly pay for?
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The number of cases of Valley fever at Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga has decreased significantly, according to a report made public Monday by the Fresno County grand jury. Previously, 30 to 40 cases of Valley fever were diagnosed each ...
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I'm sure that by now you guys have already picked up Dead Space Extraction on the Wii, right? Never heard of it? Ouch. Well, I guess you weren't one of the few 30,000 or so purchasers of the 2009 motion-enabled Wii shooter.
If what Kotaku reported on is correct, EA noticed your hesistance and is doing something about it.
A recent survey revealed that DS: Extraction will be getting an "full HD" port to Xbox Live Arcade some time in the future for a rumored $15. Kotaku suggests that it might come to those who pre-order Dead Space 2 free of charge.
Would that be a good enough incentive for you guys to pick up the sequel to one of 2008's best action games?
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One of the best additions that you can have in the kitchen sink area is a soap dispenser. How many times have you gone to the sink to do something, only to remember that you need to wash your hands first? With the swine flu, bird flu, H1N1, and a host of other illnesses floating [...]
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CHICAGO — Paris Woods is hardly a poster child for the obesity epidemic. In street clothes, the teen blends in with her friends, a fresh-faced, robust-looking All-American girl. That's the problem. Like nearly one-third of American teens, Paris ...
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SAGUACHE, Colo. (AP) -- A 31-year-old Indiana man says he had not food but kept himself hydrated with Mountain Dew and snow while he was stuck in his snow-covered SUV in southwestern Colorado for three days....
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