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Online Bingo Increasing in Popularity

Posted on 19. Jan, 2012 by .

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In recent years, online games have become more and more popular on the Internet. Games have also become more and more complex and graphically intense. However, people still do enjoy the classic games, such as bingo and others. Similar to other games like poker, the popularity of online bingo has skyrocketed in the past few years. More and more [...]

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GameStop removing Onlive vouchers from Deus Ex copies

Posted on 08. Sep, 2011 by .

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Deus Ex: Human Revolution is one of the biggest games of the year. It’s cruising towards game of the year status, and for everyone who buys it in a USA store, it comes free with a copy of the game on OnLive! Or it did, until GameStop employees were instructed to remove the vouchers from every single copy [...]

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No OnLive at E3 2009?

Posted on 18. Apr, 2009 by .

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E3 is without a doubt the largest video game event of the year. Yet it appears that OnLive won’t be there at all. OnLive is not listed on E3′s exhibitor list and nothing on the official OnLive website mentions E3. This is a bit of a disappointment considering the huge splash they made at the Game [...]

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Can OnLive Succeed in this Economic Environment?

Posted on 18. Apr, 2009 by .

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Many have said that OnLive will fail because technologically, it just isn’t possible to do. I think this is a fair argument to consider and it has been discussed thoroughly by a number of online gaming publications. I think another giant obstacle that hasn’t been considered as widely as the technological issues is the state of the [...]

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Top 10 Reasons NOT to Get OnLive

Posted on 07. Apr, 2009 by .

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Since I wrote a quick post on the Top 10 Reasons to Get Onlive, I thought to be fair I should also list the top 10 reasons others won’t get OnLive. Check them out below: 1. OnLive is using new technology that possibly might not work. 2. Lag could possibly be a huge problem. 3. [...]

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Top 10 Reasons to Get OnLive

Posted on 07. Apr, 2009 by .

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OnLive has a number of really neat features, so I decided it would be a good idea to list the top ten reasons why I will be getting OnLive when it comes out in Winter 2009. Here they are: 1. No need to buy expensive gaming hardware, such as a $500 graphics card. 2. No [...]

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Nintendo Takes a Cheap Shot at OnLive

Posted on 31. Mar, 2009 by .

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Speaking to the WSJ at GDC 2009, Reggie (Nintendo Of America President) had somewhat harsh words about the recently announced OnLive gaming service. Check out the quote below: For a game like Scrabble, the nanoseconds it takes for all that data to travel sometimes thousands of miles isn’t noticeable. By for a state-of-the-art shooter game like [...]

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PlayStation to Compete with OnLive? – Sony Registers “PS Cloud”

Posted on 31. Mar, 2009 by .

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Sony recently registered a trademark for “PS Cloud”. This probably means that Sony is working to develop a cloud computing service for PlayStation, or at least thinking about it. If Sony does develop a cloud computing gaming service, it would directly compete with the OnLive gaming service. OnLive is set to launch this year. So [...]

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Will Xbox 360 Hardware Problems Lead to more OnLive Users?

Posted on 30. Mar, 2009 by .

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For those that don’t know, the Xbox 360 does one thing very well. That is giving you the red ring of death! The Xbox 360 is well known for hardware problems and the red ring of death basically means your Xbox 360 is now a brick. The failure rate of Xbox 360s is through the [...]

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Brag Clips will work Retroactively

Posted on 30. Mar, 2009 by .

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While watching numerous videos and interviews from GDC about OnLive, a question was asked about how exactly the brag clips work. The best part about it is that you don’t have to press a record button before you do something. All you need to do is press a button and it will automatically save the [...]

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