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OUTDOORS: Parasites cause deformities in trout
Jul 6 2011, 3:26 AM EDT (view original item)Question: We were fishing Hot Creek in Mono County last weekend, and my friend caught a rainbow trout that looked unhealthy. We thought it might have whirling disease.
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Capcom Signs with Game-Streaming Service Gaikai
Jul 5 2011, 1:21 PM EDT (view original item)Game-streaming service Gaikai has announced that it has signed an agreement with Capcom to deliver their games to service subscribers.
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Fieldrunners HD Now Coming to the Amazon Appstore for Android as Two Week Exclusive
Jul 1 2011, 1:26 PM EDT (view original item)CAMBRIDGE, MA - SUBATOMIC STUDIOS today announced that it has signed an agreement with Amazon to launch Fieldrunners HD on the Amazon Appstore for Android as a two week exclusive, which updates the launch plan announced earlier this week. A new release date for Fieldrunners HD for Android will be announced in the near future...
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Wired & Unplugged Ways to Encourage Summer Learning
Jul 1 2011, 8:19 AM EDT (view original item)One expert discusses the merits of video games in education; another offers family learning ideas.
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Fieldrunners HD storms Android June 30, $.99 for first 24 hours
Jun 28 2011, 1:10 AM EDT (view original item)Just in time for the Fourth of July fireworks, Subatomic Studios is bringing its hit iOS tower defense title Fieldrunners to Android -- and it'll be a buck on day one. The Cambridge, Mass. based developer has announced that the $2.99 price for its game will be cut to $.99 on Thursday, June 30, which is when it arrives on the Android Market. From July 1 on, it's full price. (Note: The press...
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Growing pains and gains for local preteens
Jun 27 2011, 12:45 PM EDT (view original item)AmberLeigh Packard eyed the competition as she made her way around the track at Alki Middle School. She had heeded her coach’s advice and paced herself, so she finished the 200-meter event strong. For 9-year-old AmberLeigh, it was just another race. But to her grandmother’s generation, AmberLeigh’s dash toward the finish line was a victory in and of itself.
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Class A baseball report for June 19
Jun 20 2011, 12:27 AM EDT (view original item)Kaufman Realty's Ross Yoder slides into home under the tag by Lauren-Moose pitcher Brian Gasser in Game 1 of a doubleheader at Lehman Field in Berlin on Sunday.
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Carrier Command:...
Jun 17 2011, 2:54 PM EDT (view original item)Carrier Command: Gaea Mission preview – Strategy? FPS? Vehicular action? Yes.
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'SpongeBob' Mushroom Found In The Forests Of Borneo
Jun 17 2011, 9:35 AM EDT (view original item)San Francisco State University researcher makes new finds in Borneo, Hawaii Sing it with us: What lives in the rainforest, under a tree? Spongiforma squarepantsii, a new species of mushroom almost as strange as its cartoon namesake. Its discovery in the forests of Borneo, says San Francisco State University researcher Dennis Desjardin, suggests that even some of the most charismatic characters ...
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Rise of Immortals: Introducing Vezin
Jun 17 2011, 12:44 AM EDT (view original item)For the last couple years, DotA veterans and newcomers to the multiplayer online battle arena genre have typically fallen into one of two schools -- League of Legends fans, and Heroes of Newerth fans. But the MOBA genre, new as it is, is attracting a lot of attention from developers who want to get ...
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FEATURE: Weirdest E3 Experience
Jun 16 2011, 3:37 AM EDT (view original item)This game is weird. Picture Lives! Picture Lives! is the kind of thing that might make you think you've been on the show floor too long. Perhaps its time to retreat to the media room to check your cognitive functions. No amount of self-assurances will change the horrifying truth: this is a real game. Picture Lives! lets you create 2D monsters, like Spore Creature Creator. Don't be fooled,...
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'SpongeBob' mushroom discovered in the forests of Borneo
Jun 15 2011, 3:33 PM EDT (view original item)A researcher has discovered Spongiforma squarepantsii, a new species of mushroom almost as strange as its cartoon namesake.
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'SpongeBob' mushroom discovered in the forests of Borneo
Jun 15 2011, 2:22 PM EDT (view original item)Sing it with us: What lives in the rainforest, under a tree?
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Steam: Darkspore 40% off for Midweek Madness
Jun 14 2011, 7:54 PM EDT (view original item)Don't pay more for ' spore -- at least that's Steam's motto of the day, as it puts the Maxis developer action-RPG hybrid Darkspore on sale for 40 percent off its normal asking price. From now through 4PM PST / 7PM EST on Thursday, June 16, the PC-only title is going for $30 , down 20 bucks from the MSRP. Steam is also offering an eight-pack of the multiplayer-enabled game for $90,...
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Week in pictures: High-tech fun and games
Jun 10 2011, 6:22 PM EDT (view original item)roundup Check out bicycle designs for the future and computers from the past. Plus: Big-screen TVs.
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Interview: SpyParty's Chris Hecker Talks Innovation
Jun 8 2011, 8:35 AM EDT (view original item)[Photo by Steve Skoll ] Chris Hecker is one of the most creative people working in games today. His background spans everything from early 3D graphics technology in Windows to a stint at Maxis working on Spore. He also spent a good deal of time writing technical articles for Game Developer magazine, many of which are now considered classic texts in the development community. I recently had the ...
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E3 2011: Picture Lives! Needs to Die
Jun 8 2011, 12:13 AM EDT (view original item)I have no idea what value Nintendo sees in Picture Lives!. This demented, depressing digital download is apparently bound for the new 3DS eShop at some point in the future, but I think it might be better off if it were quietly cancelled and never spoken of again. Because it's weird. The bad kind of weird...
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Ganeden: Food licensing business to 'more than double' in 2011
Jun 7 2011, 11:55 AM EDT (view original item)Ganeden vice president of business development Mike Bush was speaking to NutraIngredients-USA.com after supplement giant Schiff Nutrition paid $40m for the Sustenex and Digestive Advantage supplement brands containing Ganeden’s BC 30 ( Bacillus Coagulans GBI-6086) probiotic strain and the exclusive right to use it in the over-the-counter and dietary supplements markets.
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Ganeden: Food licensing business to 'more than double' in 2011
Jun 7 2011, 11:47 AM EDT (view original item)Ganeden vice president of business development Mike Bush was speaking to NutraIngredients-USA.com after supplement giant Schiff Nutrition paid $40m for the Sustenex and Digestive Advantage supplement brands containing Ganeden’s BC 30 ( Bacillus Coagulans GBI-6086) probiotic strain and the exclusive right to use it in the over-the-counter and dietary supplements markets.
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Game/AI Conference 2011 Final Line-Up Announced, Ticket Deadline!
Jun 7 2011, 4:18 AM EDT (view original item)AiGameDev.com is proud to announce the final schedule for the Game/AI Conference 2011, set to take place at the CNAM in Paris on the 23rd and 24th of June. The line-up includes keynotes about the battle AI in Total War: Shotgun 2, physics-based animation in Backbreaker, and the AI director of Dark Spore. The conference also features presentations about automatic annotations in Killzone 3, and ...
