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Release approaching for The Sims 3

David — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:16:46 +0000

The Sims is a long saga, with two main games and a lot of extensions. Created by Will Wright, who has also invented Sim City, the first appeared on 2000, the second in 2004. This is one of the most sold video game in the world.

On early June 2009, the new opus The Sims 3 comes! It was time, after 8 extensions et 9 object collections for the 2d episode, the players biting their nails with impatience.

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Blackjack card counter on iPhone

Jessica — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:35:22 +0000

How to cheat in casinos with an iPhone? An software named Blackjack Card Counter can do some miracles in a casino!

As the name says, this application for iPhone allows you to count the cards on a black-jack table. It was developed by an Australian, Travis Yates, and sold for only $2.49 on iTunes.

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JamLegend, online Guitar Hero like, upgrades

Jessica — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:54:55 +0000

For those who still don't know Jam Legend, it's a website with the principle of the famous game Guitar Hero, but online in Flash.

The main advantages are of course it's free, no need to install, and the multi-player mode. We can already play without creating an account, then you must register in order to face opponents in heroic guitar solos.

As there is no guitar-like joypad, we play with the keyboard. Two modes:

Tap only, we press the keys 1, 2, 3... or F1, F2, F3... of our keyboard when the notes come down,
Tap and strum needs to press Enter to validate the chords.

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Crisis to gain computers

Jessica — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:57:48 +0000

Falling profits, disastrous sales despite Christmas, layoffs... The major manufacturers are in troubles.

Intel announces results for the 4th quarter divided by 10 compared to the previous quarter (2.3 billion -> 230 million)!
AMD has fired 2,000 people and is about to get rid of 1,000 more within 3 months, the salaries of managers are reduced,
Seagate also announced 3000 layoffs and lower wage,
Google decides to abandon six services (video, notes, Jaiku...),
NVIDIA has suffered a fall from 40 to 50% of its sales,
...

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TrackMania celebrates its 5th anniversary

David — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:13:49 +0000

I received an email last night, as probably all registered players to the online game TrackMania, announcing «TrackMania celebrates its 5th anniversary with a video!»

And a link points to a page with a video summarizing these 5 years of success for the French company Nadeo.

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Nintendo DSi is coming

Jessica — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:19:17 +0000

The new small console from Nintendo, replacing the DS, is called DSi. It was introduced Thursday in Tokyo and et it will be available in a month, on November the 1st, for 18 900 Yens ($85) in Japan.

With Wii and DS, Nintendo has boosted both the company and the entire video game market. These 2 innovative consoles has increased a lot Nintendo sales since 2005.

The DS was the first console not only for gaming, and of course the first with a touch screen, which inspire new kind of games using this capacity. It will be the same with DSi and its new video features.

What's new then is this little DSi:

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Duke Nukem Forever, vaporware of the century

David — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:46:13 +0000

Here's one that doesn't stop to make speak for 10 years! Duke Nukem Forever, the sequel of Duke Nukem 3D, is awaited since 1997!

It has been nominated by the magazine Wired, vaporware of the year several times between 2000 and 2006. (Details on Wikipedia Duke Nukem Forever.)

We thought the game was finaly abandonned and will never see the light, but it makes noise again recently. A video was published on december 2007 and 3D-Realms has engaged a developer for Duke 4. So...?

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Starcraft not for 2008

David — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:42:46 +0000

The Starcraft fans awaited the released of the 2d part for the end of the year, unfortunately Blizzard contradicted this rumour.

"The game development is even not at half!"

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Street Fighter 4

David — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:18:44 +0000

Street Fighter is a name that must awakes much memories for the arcade games players. Instead of the arcade game buttons in a pub, this is now your own joypad buttons that you will hit with this new opus.

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Trackmania Nations Forever download and test

David — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:15:38 +0000

I announce a few days ago the new Trackmania Nations coming. So it's today 16th april that the impatiently awaited game is available.

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Trackmania Nations Forever

David — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:57:58 +0000

Two years after the release of Trackmania Nations, a real multiplayer game, totaly free, Nadeo offers us the 2d part. Realeased on april the 16th 2008.

Trackmania is a car games serie not realistic, but competitive and amusing. The tracks are composed of springboards, banked corners, loops... and the strong point of the saga is that a track editor is provided. Everyone can create its own maps. As Trackmania is really made for multiplayer games, thousands of tracks can be found. It gives the game a permanent innovation and a long life time without beeing bored.

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Alaplaya free games

David — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:26:55 +0000

When I started playing Fantasy Tennis, I didn't think to become so addict! Alaplaya gives real games, free and online. The most popular is Fantasy Tennis.

In fact, it's possible to buy some bonus on the website, but this is not at all an obligation. We can really play for totaly free.

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