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A Woman’s Best Friend Is Her Dog – Virtually

Posted in Music, Second Life, Virtual Worlds, tagged , , , on June 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »

People who play in the virtual world of Second Life (R) need to get a real life, yes? After all, it has to be full of pathetic losers who have no friends except the other pathetic losers they find online.
So how isolated do you have to be if your best friend in Second Life [...]

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World of Warcraft First; Second Life Second

Posted in Business, Games, Virtual Worlds, tagged , , , , on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Nielsen Games released its March 2009 data for top console usage and PC game titles with Playstation 2 and the role-playing game World Of Warcraft again topping their respective lists.
Top 10 PC Game Titles: March 2009
RANK Game Publisher Avg. Min Per Week
1 World of Warcraft Blizzard Entertainment 653
2 Second Life Linden Lab 760
3 Dark Messiah [...]

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Iran’s “Twitter Revolution?”

Posted in Mobiles, Virtual Life on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The social network Twitter was asked by the US government to delay a planned outage in order to allow Twitter users in Iran to report on events taking place following the recent controversial election. Dubbed the “Twitter Revolution,” Iran’s government attempted a total media shutdown but cell phone owners have been able to send tweets [...]

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Sims 3 iPhone Debut

Posted in Games, Mobiles on June 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

EA Games is now shipping a iPhone version of its popular The Sims 3 game. The game takes full advantage of the iPhone’s multi-touch screen capabilities allowing players to change views with ease.

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Virtual Dentistry Eases The Pain

Posted in Education, Virtual Worlds, tagged , , on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Dental students will soon be adding virtual world simulations to their training procedures. Thanks to researchers in Sweden and the US, a new piece of software called the Virtual Dental Implant Training Simulation is now in beta testing.
The Virtual Dental Implant Training Simulation is now in beta testing, and set for rollout next fall, when [...]

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Runescape Is Number One Online Game: MySpace Top of The Websites

Posted in Business, Games, Social Networks, Virtual Life, Virtual Worlds, tagged , , on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Habbo, which see more than 11 million unique users each month, today released its annual Global Habbo Youth Survey Brand Update. The study, says Habbo, explores teens’ connection and interests toward individual brands and highlights their preferences in categories including consumer electronics, music, sportswear, and games. On the game/virtual worlds front, Runescape maintained its number [...]

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Project Natal for XBox Unveiled

Posted in Business, Games, Research, tagged , , , on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Microsoft has unveiled for the first time to the public their “Project Natal.” This is the code name for a revolutionary new way to play with no controller required. See a ball? Kick it, hit it, trap it or catch it. If you know how to move your hands, shake your hips or speak, you [...]

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