Google Earth is pretty great as it stands, but I like where it’s going even better. And that place is Simsville, with a stop-off at Liberty City along the way.
The internet giant has released a map of New York City that’s astonishing in detail, combining satellite data with shots from its fleet of Google Streetview cars to generate a completely three-dimensional image of the city.
It’s great as a plaything, or even as a guide to getting around the Big Apple, but I’m having more fun dreaming up gaming applications for something like this. And don’t lie and try …
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What the hell, I’ll play!
The Obama administration has sounded out Microsoft’s main man, CEO Steve Ballmer, on the possibility of the company producing a video game which would task players with balancing the US budget.
Not as fun as tearing up a desert nation looking for weapons of mass destruction, I agree, but it’s just as important.
Erskine Bowles, who has been tasked by President Obama with finding ways to get the United State’s budget back out of the red, envisages the game as being a simple one, “that would enable anyone with a computer to …
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According to an image that briefly appeared in the flash rotation on top of Blizzard’s online store, the Celestial Steed mount will soon be joining the World of Warcraft pet store as a purchasable in-game item. Update: They’re live!
Back in November of last year, Blizzard began selling in-game pets at the Blizzard store. They were the first virtual items for World of Warcraft officially sold by Blizzard, and I suspected there would be more to come, should the first items offered sell well. With proceeds going to charity, the Pandaren Monk pet sold in excess of 220,000 units in …
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FFxiv news! A lot of new info. lots of really good screens too!
When it rains, it pours! The alpha news flood continues with this article from 4Gamer.net. This time, they focus on the graphics, controls, and music. The entire first paragraph is dedicated to reminding everyone that the game is still in Alpha version and these things will most likely change, so I’d like to take this point to remind you that Final Fantasy XIV is still in its Alpha version and these things will most likely change.
Translation by Aya and Stevemanly. Source is 4Gamer.net…
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According to a new study released by social media management company Vitrue, Facebook Fans are valued at $3.60 a piece in earned media for big brands. When scaled to Fan Pages with one million Fans, that equates to $3.6 million annually — and Vitrue says that this is just the tip of the iceberg.
As more brands and companies start to make real investments in social media, having a handle on what kind of value various platforms can offer becomes extremely important. After all, why invest in something if you aren’t going to get anything back?
Vitrue manages more than …
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Manual from the Alpha leaked here. stuf at the start is old hat, but as you get down thru it, there is some new info! Enjoy.
Upset that you aren’t in the alpha test for the second Final Fantasy MMO? We’ve got what looks to be a chunk of the Final Fantasy XIV alpha tester handbook and some videos to help you pretend you’re in it.
A player posting on the FFXIV Journey blog over at Blogspot is documenting his entire journey through the lands of Eorzea, documenting it through screens, some videos, and this huge instructional …
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Not a lot of new info, but there are some more Screen caps of gameplay and scenes
4Gamer had a article published recently which has some information from the Final Fantasy XIV alpha. It has most of the information which we’ve previously posted in it, so there’s not a lot of news, but after talking with SteveManly he have translated it and the result can be seen below! Enjoy.
Character Creation: To Limsa Lominsa!
All races except Miqo’te are present in the character creation. A few of the gender/tribe combinations were also unplayable, but you could give …
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FFxiv More of the same with less pictures.
I’ll just put this up here for now and add some scans later. This translation about Famitsu’s alpha test was brought to you by Aya! Don’t forget to check out the Gobbie Bag post and our translation of Famitsu’s website article!
Alpha Test Sneak Peek!
Alpha test as well as Beta test is operated to improve the product and strengthen the stability of the service. This article will focus on the Alpha test to study the fundamental parts of Final Fantasy XIV!
Character Making which could Take you Whole …
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Today, Apple revised its iPhone Developer Program License Agreement to effectively ban the use of the Flash-to-iPhone converter.
Throughout 2010, Steve Jobs and Apple made it very clear that they do not like Adobe. At all. They prominently left Flash off the iPad, instead promoting HTML5 at every opportunity.
For some time now, though, Adobe’s had a tool to circumvent Apple’s ban on Flash for the iPhone and iPad: the Adobe Creative Suite 5 Flash-to-iPhone converter, which would have allowed developers to create apps in Flash and then port them over into iPhone.
The new change to the iPhone Developer …
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