This Week in Gaming (Snarky Style): EA Dumps Online Pass, Writer Dumps Joe Biden, Google Breaks Out
Thursday, 16th May 2013Posted in Week In Gaming News
Tags: atari, controversy, gaming news, google, joe biden
Written by: Patrick Scott Patterson
It’s time for everyone’s favorite snarky, sarcastic, tounge-in-cheek-hey-that’s-not-my-cheek look at the latest headlines in the world of video games. Ignore those other articles out there that are claiming the new Xbox will include a built-in George Foreman Grill and SlapChop and read something like this one, which is purposely not taking things seriously… except for maybe one of these.
EA Dumps Online Pass Continue reading “This Week in Gaming (Snarky Style): EA Dumps Online Pass, Writer Dumps Joe Biden, Google Breaks Out” »
Rappa Please: Google Employee Rhymes About How Awesome Google Is (Video)
Tuesday, 5th March 2013Posted in Music Video
Tags: Andrew Fink, fink, google, jobs, rapping, technology, Welcome to Google
Written by: Jeff Nau
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Fink, aka Andrew Fink, is a Google employee who works at the company’s New York City office. According to Geek.com, Google’s ‘official’ company policy is that their employees only have to work 80% of the time they’re there.
The other 20%, apparently, can be spent doing whatever you want (wonder if they have an open bar like Electronic Arts, hahaha). In the case of Fink, though, some of that 20% was spent making this particular video. Continue reading “Rappa Please: Google Employee Rhymes About How Awesome Google Is (Video)” »
More Details and Video on Google Glass Emerge; Haters Defiant
Monday, 25th February 2013Posted in Gadgets
Tags: design, fashion, features, glasses, google, google glass, new york times, people, video
Written by: Jeff Nau
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The recently-released video-commercial for Google Glass seems pretty glib: Plucky folky music plays to a montage of trapeze artists sending emails, hot air balloonists recording video, biplane pilots connecting to Google Hangouts, and artists sharing their ice sculptures online, all using Glass, and all with an endless supply of verve. It’s a merry-go-round montage of cute puppies, hot air balloon rides, being in cirque du soleil, life as a wealthy porn star doing 5 girls at once– never mind, that’s just us projecting again…
Critics, meanwhile, who have actually tried the glasses, haven’t been exactly forthcoming — and when they are, it sounds like a mixed bag. Continue reading “More Details and Video on Google Glass Emerge; Haters Defiant” »
And the FTC’s Verdict On Google for Antitriust Violations is –
Friday, 4th January 2013Posted in Technology
Tags: antitrust, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, google, Motorola, patent, phone, search bias, Universal Search
Written by: Jeff Nau
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For the past two years, Google has been undergoing an extensive antitrust investigation, courtesy of the Federal Trade Commission.
The FTC inquiry came as a result of numerous accusations, most prominently among them ‘search bias.’ Continue reading “And the FTC’s Verdict On Google for Antitriust Violations is –” »
Diablo 3 was the fifth most searched term on the Internet in 2012 [Video]
Wednesday, 12th December 2012Posted in Industry
Tags: 2012, angry birds, diablo 3, google, searched, term, Whitney Houston, Zeitgiest
Written by: Craig Hunter
We recently reported to you about Blizzard’s plans to port Diablo 3 over to consoles. Today we learn that 2012 Google Zeitgeist has now announced that Blizzard’s Diablo 3 was the fifth most searched term on the internet worldwide in 2012 (via Polygon). Check out the Google Zeitgeist 2012: Year In Review video below.
The PC dungeon crawler graced the top 10 just below the legendary Whitney Houston, Korean sensation Gangnam Style, Hurricane Sandy and the iPad 3 as the year’s most searched terms.
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 10th Anniversary Debut Trailer
Thursday, 29th November 2012Posted in Gaming
Tags: 10th anniversary, android, google, grand theft auto, iOS, platform, rockstar
Written by: Craig Hunter
With the release of Grand Theft Auto V coming in Spring of next year, Rockstar has brought us an enhanced version of GTA: Vice City for the game’s 10th anniversary. Like we previously reported to you the game is coming to various mobile platforms and will host a number of improvements over the original version.
Below we have a list of the various devices the re-release of GTA: Vice City will be compatible with as well as the new trailer that has just been released. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 10th Anniversary Edition will be available on December 6 for Android via Google Play and iOS for $4.99. Check out the new trailer below.
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Google Creates JAM With Chrome, Allows You to Start Your Own Dubstep Band
Thursday, 8th November 2012Posted in Culture Reviews & More
Tags: 4 people, app, band, google, jam with Chrome, music
Written by: Jeff Nau
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Looking to create a band, but lacking the “companionship” to do so?
Google is rolling out JAM With Chrome, an experimental web app that will allow aspiring musicians to jam with up to a total of 4 people, on 19 instruments in total.
Much like a video game, the app JAM With Chrome (written in HTML 5, and on a separate website) allows Continue reading “Google Creates JAM With Chrome, Allows You to Start Your Own Dubstep Band” »
Google Engineers Tell Us How They Made a Horror Movie
Friday, 28th September 2012Posted in Blog Archive, News, Pop Culture
Tags: dead inside, exclusive interview, google, google movie, how to get film investors, movie
Written by: Paul Nyhart
Jennifer Zhang wanted to write a film that blended American Slasher with Asian horror films “Ringu” and “Ju-On.” With the help of Director Pearry Teo and a crew of Google investors, that vision came to fruition with ”Dead Inside”, a film that has already picked up Best Directing, Cinematography and Best Narrative awards and recently scored distribution in the UK.
The film features Sarah, a teen with a history of mental illness, who has a premonition of her friends’ impending deaths one night at a sleepover. As her houseguests begin to turn murderously against each other, Sarah must determine whether her visions represent the preventable or the inevitable…or something much, much worse.
Says Jennifer, the film wouldn’t have happened if she didn’t stick to her guns and make Street Fighter High, one of her first original “fan films”: Continue reading “Google Engineers Tell Us How They Made a Horror Movie” »
Google: Now Reading Your Thoughts And Predicting Video Game Sales With 84% Accuracy
Wednesday, 26th September 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming, News
Tags: data, google, google and gaming, internet, research, search results
Written by: Paul Nyhart
Can Google predict video game sales? You mean…can the site that possesses every bit of information on nearly every user from California to Kazakhstan predict whether a video game is going to be successful?
Put it that way and it certainly seems plausible, but new research from google indicates just HOW powerful their search engine results are in determining video games sales — particularly which games will do well.
The recent report “Understanding The Modern Gamer” (published via Google) analyzed “hundreds of millions” of searches related to the top 20 best-selling video games Continue reading “Google: Now Reading Your Thoughts And Predicting Video Game Sales With 84% Accuracy” »
Daily Gaming: Does your work have a Pac-Man arcade? Google’s NYC offices do… (Gallery)
Wednesday, 12th September 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: arcade, cafe, engineering, Eric Schmidt, google, kitchen, library, museum, NYC, Pac Man, pool table
Written by: Craig Hunter
Recently the folks at Refinery29 went inside the Google NYC offices to get a behind the scenes look (images below).
Not only does it have a replica B1 Battle Droid, the employees here also have full access to their very own Pac-Man arcade.
The office features a number of cafes and kitchens as well meeting rooms and places for the over 3000 employees to relax. Check out the gallery below to see all the images from inside Google’s NYC compound.
Final Fantasy 7 For PC Re-Release Leaks
Thursday, 21st June 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: Final Fantasy 7, Final Fantasy gameplay, Final Fantasy VII, google, Google Cache, PC, Phoenix Down, Player character, Square Enix
Written by: Craig Hunter
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It looks like Final Fantasy 7 is getting an updated PC release, according to Joystiq. A Google cache of the site finalfantasyviipc.com shows evidence of the title’s re-release. Final fantasy 7 was originally released for the PC in 1998.
The game will include several upgrades in terms of both modern day support, as well as some minor adjustments to gameplay mechanics. The release is also said to include a brand new achievement system that lets you “show off your in-game accomplishments and put your gaming skills to the test” with 36 achievements to unlock. Continue reading “Final Fantasy 7 For PC Re-Release Leaks” »
Wooga and EA Begin Pulling Games Down From Google+
Friday, 15th June 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: bejeweled, Bejeweled Blitz, Bubble Island, Diamond Dash, ea, game, google, PopCap, pulling, wooga
Written by: Craig Hunter
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According to a report from AllThingsD, game developers Wooga and PopCap have just announced that they will be removing their games from Google+. The companies claim that this is due to having a much stronger following on other social networks (read: Facebook).
Wooga is a game developer that specializes in browser based experiences through social networks. As of April, Wooga counted in as the 4th largest game developer on the Facebook platform by active monthly users. The European company has already taken down the game Monster World from the Google+ platform and is saying that more removals are coming. Continue reading “Wooga and EA Begin Pulling Games Down From Google+” »
How Google Has Kicked Android Gaming Directly In The Balls
Tuesday, 15th May 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: android, google, mobile gaming, social gaming
Written by: Rob Justice
Business Insider recently observed that Android is “Suddenly In A Lot Of Trouble.” The reasons are numerous but it all boils down to a few things: shoddy attention to detail, poor cross platform support for apps (making development difficult) and an overall inconsistant user experience across the board.
Everyone knows that games are consistently the #1 selling category on mobile devices…upwards of 60-70% of all “app store sales” happen to be games – so it is logical that if you want your platform to skyrocket in popularity, you want to get games right.
Unfortunately…the reality is that games just don’t work good on Android. Continue reading “How Google Has Kicked Android Gaming Directly In The Balls” »
Save GOOGLE From The ZERG Rush in StarCraft Easter Egg
Friday, 27th April 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: blizzard, easter, egg, google, results, RTS, search, starcraft, zerg rush, zerglings
Written by: Craig Hunter
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The folks over at Google unleashed a brand new easter egg today. Head over to Google right now and search the terms Zerg Rush, then ready your trigger finger as an all-out assault on your search results ensues.
The Starcraft themed Zerg Rush easter egg sends a fleet of Google “O”‘s or zerglings from all directions in what effectively turns your Google search results page into a stripped-down Blizzard style RTS.
Complete with life bars, a score count and an actions Continue reading “Save GOOGLE From The ZERG Rush in StarCraft Easter Egg” »
Valve Gets in The Wearable Computing Game
Monday, 16th April 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: abrash, google, Michael Abrash, microsoft, valve, wearable computing
Written by: Jeff Nau
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After Google announced it was making some interactive glasses that would enable wearers with ‘eye controlled’ Internet functions and the ability to have face-to-face conversations while walking around, Valve seems to have upped the ante a bit, announcing research and development of their own brand of wearable computing.
After two tours at Microsoft, programmer Michael Abrash joined the company behind gaming hits like Portal and Left 4 Dead, and all to begin groundwork Continue reading “Valve Gets in The Wearable Computing Game” »
Project Glass: Google Unveils Augmented Reality Glasses With Concept Video
Wednesday, 4th April 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Technology
Tags: concept, glasses, google, Google X, Larry Page, project, Project Glass, smartphone, terminator, video
Written by: Craig Hunter
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The last time we told you about Google terminator-style glasses a built-in HUD and specs similar to a smartphone Google had not yet confirmed the project. Today out of nowhere previous reports from 9to5Google have been proven accurate with Google introducing the augmented reality glasses concept through a concept video and series of images.
The images above and below show what is most likely just a concept of the glasses (we’re hoping anyway), and the video what it might be like to use a pair. As reported by The New York Times, Goog will soon Continue reading “Project Glass: Google Unveils Augmented Reality Glasses With Concept Video” »
PS3/iPhone Hacker Geohot Arrested at SXSW for Possession of Marijuana
Monday, 19th March 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Offbeat
Tags: Facebook, GeoHot, George Hotz, google, iPhone, marijuana, pot, ps3
Written by: Jeff Nau
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22 year-old George Hotz, aka Geohot, is no stranger to trouble with the law — the former Google worker is most famous for having hacked the PS3 and jailbroken the 2008 iPhone. Apparently Mark Zuckerberg and co. saw something promising in the lad and hired him to work at Facebook (a company he’s reportedly since quit working for). According to ZDNet Hotz was on his way to the SXSW Festival when a a K-9 unit sniffed out the weed in his glove compartment, leading to cops busting him for possession.
He was booked on felony charges and posted the $1500 bail — all this despite the fact that Abovethelaw.com reported that he does have a medical license. On his person: 1/4 oz and 1/8 oz worth of edible weed chocolates, the latter of which was valued at $800 according to police (though Hotz claimed he had only paid $15 for them.) Continue reading “PS3/iPhone Hacker Geohot Arrested at SXSW for Possession of Marijuana” »
Google’s Brand New Mobile and Social Gaming Platform Coming Soon
Wednesday, 7th March 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: games, gaming, google, new, platform, soni, way
Written by: Craig Hunter
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Google is stepping into the gaming world in a major new way with what they are calling “Google Games” (via Venture Beat). At the Google presentation in San Francisco for GDC exciting news from Google+ product manager Punit Soni is putting Google in the gaming platform business as early as next year. Google is creating a consolidated platform bringing together all of its different gaming experiences into one streamlined environment.
“We realize that gaming is at an interesting point in its evolution and we have technology and platforms to push it to the next level.”
We all know that Google is Continue reading “Google’s Brand New Mobile and Social Gaming Platform Coming Soon” »
Man Sues Google Street View – For Catching Him Peeing
Sunday, 4th March 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Offbeat
Tags: europeans, france, frenchman, google, google street view, pee, peeing
Written by: Jeff Nau
To paraphrase a particular Seinfeld episode, it usually helps to know when not to take it out. At the end of a first date, w/o warning, in the car… during dinner, over the lobster bisque. Common-sense places. And apparently everywhere else, as a particular Frenchman proved this week, when, after being ‘caught’ (and published) on Google Street View peeing in his front yard, decided to sue for 10,000 euros. And since he’s “the laughing stock of his entire neighborhood,”could they please take the f*cking photo down as well?
According to Mashable, Europeans have taken more of a stand on privacy issues and publication of private data with social networking platforms like Facebook and Continue reading “Man Sues Google Street View – For Catching Him Peeing” »
Google Is Now Activating More Than 850k Mobile Devices Daily
Tuesday, 28th February 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gadgets, Technology
Tags: activations, android, andy rubin, apple, comparison, google, ipad, iPhone, stats
Written by: Craig Hunter
In a post over on the Official Google Mobile blog, we learn some new stats about the ongoing race between Apple and the ever growing Android platform. Senior vice president of mobile and digital content at Google Andy Rubin explained there has been an incredible growth of android devices and its related products. What Andy calls the “Android ecosystem” has grown tremendously with up to 850,000 Android device activations daily and a total number of devices well over 300 million worldwide.
“With a year-on-year growth rate of more than 250%, 850,000 new Android devices are activated each day” Rubin says in his post on the Google Mobile Blog.
Google has an impressive booth at this years Continue reading “Google Is Now Activating More Than 850k Mobile Devices Daily” »
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