Entertainment Stories for 2009

xkcd To Be Released In Book Form 198
Ads Retroactively Added To Wipeout HD, Soon Others 299
Turning Classic Literary Works Into Games 93
A Hypothesis On Segway Hate 487
The Music Industry's Crisis Writ Large 554
Scammer Plants a Fake ATM At Defcon 17 394
Carmack & Mustaine Talk Doom Resurrection For the iPhone 57
Original Futurama Cast Seals Deal With Fox 94
Nintendo, Sony Take Big Financial Hits 119
Games Fail To Portray Gender and Ethnic Diversity 590
RIAA Awarded $675,000 In Tenenbaum Trial 492
British Start-Up Tests Flying Saucers 65
Ridley Scott Directing Alien Prequel 336
10th Annual System Administrator Appreciation Day 232
Fewer Than 10 ET Civilizations In Our Galaxy? 642
Jumpgate Evolution Dev Talks Class Balance 86
RIAA Says "Don't Expect DRMed Music To Work Forever" 749
Games That Design Themselves 162
Making a Game of Hardware Design 60
EMI Only Selling CDs To Mega-Chains From Now On 334
The Downsides to Digital Distribution 371
The Pirate Bay Is Being Sued Again 224
From Doom To Dunia — the History of 3D Engines 117
China Bans Games That "Glorify Gangsters' Lives" 172
Netflix Prize Contest Ends, Down To the Wire 100
Which Game Series Would You Reboot? 1120
Ubisoft Working On a New Anti-Piracy Tool 377
Gamerscore Hacking and Its Underground Economy 85
Music Industry Thriving In an Era of File Sharing 174
Microsoft Uses Human Computing Game To Tune Bing 119
How The Matrix Online Went Wrong 144
Free Realms Approaches the Five-Million-Player Mark 77
New Leader In Netflix Prize Race With One Day To Go 87
Inside Video Game Localization 90
Are Console Developers Neglecting Their Standard-Def Players? 200
Professor Layton and the Curious Twitter Accounts 26
Spore Patch Nearly Lets Creatures Into Other Games 60
California Continues To Push For Violent Game Legislation 167
Greenpeace Decries Lack of Environmental Progress From Console Makers 143
Pics of the Longest Solar Eclipse of the Century 97
Transformers Special Edition Chevy Camaro Unveiled 299
Cryptic's Roper Explains Microtransactions For Champions Online 82
Music Game Genre On the Decline 225
Sam Raimi To Direct World of Warcraft Movie 298
Roku Set-Top Box Gets A/V Aggregation Service 66
The Speed Gamers Raise Over $26,000 For Charity 65
Blizzard Awaits China's Approval For WoW Relaunch 75
Valve's Newell On Community-Funded Games 176
WoW Gamer Earns Federal Investigation Achievement 167
OC ReMix Releases Final Fantasy 4 Tribute Album 52
Forty Years of Lunar Lander 136
RIAA Spokesman Says DRM Is Dead 154
Med Students Get Training In Second Life Hospitals 126
Kazaa To Return As a Legal Subscription Service 133
Can New Game Control Schemes Hope To Match the PC Keyboard? 202
Publishers Pressuring MS To Push Indies From Xbox Live? 100
Massively Single-Player Gaming? 209
Rock Band To Allow Independent Artists To Add Their Own Songs 57
BioShock Creator Levine Teases Next Project 34
Futurama Voices Could Be Recast 260
Court Appoints Pro Bono Counsel For RIAA Defendant 123
US Videogame Sales Have Biggest Drop In 9 Years 310
A History of Early Text Adventure Games 130
World's First 3D Webcam Tested 124
Three Arrested For Conspiring To Violate the DMCA 335
LoTR Lawsuit Threatens Hobbit Production 427
0 A.D. Goes Open Source 88
China Bans Shock Treatment For Internet Addiction 113
Staying Afloat In a Sea of iPhone Apps 149
The Best Game Engines 113
Microsoft Readies a Rival To Spotify 216
ASCII Portal In the Works 82
Aion Shaping Up For US Launch 212
Sony's New Development Strategy For the PSP 86
The Evolution of Multiplayer Games and Online Play 244
Heavy Rain, BioShock 2 Delayed 61
Pandora Wants Radio Stations To Pay For Music, Too 253
Wells Fargo Bank Sues Itself 445
Is Cataclysm the Next World of Warcraft Expansion? 259
Facebook and the Merging of Games and Social Networks 40
MAME Ported To the Dingoo A320 44
How To Teach Programming To Kids, Via XBox 124
Why Video Games Are Having a Harder Time With Humor 202
Bethesda Releases Daggerfall For Free 80
Command & Conquer 4 Announced For 2010 72
RIAA Moves To Keep Revenue Info Secret 130
Chinese "Web Addicts" Get Boot Camp, Therapy 279
New MechWarrior Announced, MechWarrior4 To Be Distributed Free 229
Video Games, the First Amendment, and Obscenity 229
What's the Importance of Graphics In Video Games? 506
World's Biggest Alarm Clock Shakes You Out of Bed 100
Experimental Fees Settle Royalty War For Internet Radio 270
Experimental Video Game Evolves Its Own Content 167
Pandora Stabilizes, No Longer Completely Free 268
The Dilemma of Level vs. Skill In MMOs 463
Epic Sticking With Classic Controllers For Now 64
Don't Copy That Floppy! Gets a Sequel 523
Researcher Trolls MMO, Surprised When Players Hate Him 895
LucasArts To Re-Release Old Games Through Steam 147
10 Business Lessons I Learned From Playing D&D 257
Sony Files Patent On "Any-Object" Motion Control 69
Railway Workers Get Daily Smile Scans 385
Passenger Avoids Delay By Fixing Plane Himself 178
Bugatti's Latest Veyron, Most Ridiculous Car on the Planet? 790
The Technology of Neuromancer After 25 Years 203
ArenaLive, an Open Source MMOFPS 95
Game Companies Intrigued By 3D Tech 23
Jammie Thomas To Appeal $1.9 Million RIAA Verdict 204
Despite New Owner, id Still Lives Or Dies By Their Engines 131
Massive Bank Fraud In EVE Online 138
RC Submarine Lays Fiber Through Sewers In Italy 122
The Essentials of RPG Design 241
Japanese Creating "Super Tuna" 280
Universal Lands Rights To Asteroids Movie 194
What Are the Best First Steps For Becoming a Game Designer? 324
Blizzard Confirms No LAN Support For Starcraft 2 737
Scammers Target Neopets Users 122
Dave Perry Shows Off Cloud Gaming Service "Gaikai" 79
RIAA Victory Over Usenet.com In Copyright Case 289
BD+ Resealed Once Again 460
Sega Not Giving Up On Mature Wii Games 92
100 Million Used Games Traded Each Year In the US 135
On Realism and Virtual Murder 473
In Defense of the Classic Controller 251
Sony Pondering Game/Phone Hybrid 80
Faction Changes Coming To World of Warcraft 209
High Court Allows Remote-Storage DVR System 112
13-Year-Old Trades iPod For a Walkman For a Week 354
Google Claims They "Just Aren't That Big" 283
Serious Sam Remake Coming In Fall 65
Judge Thinks Linking To Copyrighted Material Should Be Illegal 390
Study Claims Point-of-Sale Activation Could Generate Billions In Revenue 140
Why Don't MMOs Allow Easier Transportation? 337
Aliens RPG Cancelled 31
The Video Bay, Now In Beta 107
The State of Video Game Physics 170
Square Enix Facing Class Action Suit Over FFXI "Hidden Fees" 76
AT&T's Bad Math Strikes MythBusters' Savage 305
The Simpsons Worth More Per Viewer On Hulu Than On Fox 191
Can Video Game Accessibility Go Too Far? 164
Battlefield Heroes Goes Into Open Beta 43
Social Networks As Gaming Platforms 52
Australian Web Filter To Censor Downloaded Games 200
Iran Tries To Pacify Protesters With Lord of The Rings Marathon 419
35,000-Year-Old Flute Is Oldest Music Instrument Ever Found 139
ZeniMax, Parent Company of Bethesda, Buys id Software 147
Augmented Reality Shaping the Future of Games 56
Atari Sub-Sub-Contractor Used ScummVM For Wii Game 313
Steorn's "Free Energy" Jury Comes Back To Bite Them 213
John Hodgman Asks Obama, "Are You a Nerd?" 147
The Commodore 64 vs. the iPhone 3G S 238
GPL Firmware For Canon 5D Mk II Adds Features For Filmmakers 117
Watch TV On Your Satnav 225
Blu-ray Adoption Soft, More Still Own HD DVD 685
Kindle, Zune DRM Restrictions Coming Into Focus 311
How RIAA Case Should Have Played Out 296
Licensed C64 Emulator Rejected From App Store 277
Open Source FPS Game Alien Arena 2009 Released 142
Ray Bradbury Loves Libraries, Hates the Internet 600
400 Battle Bots Fight, Toss Enemies At RoboGames Competition 58
Analysis of MediaSentry Wins Music-Download Suit 51
Left 4 Dead Update Will Bring Completed SDK, Content Sharing Tools 30
Activision CEO Warns Sony That the PS3 Needs a Price Cut 149
America's Army 3 Has Rough Launch, Development Team Canned 150
Censored Video Game Content Stifles Artistry 289
New Super Mario Bros. Wii To Include Official "Cheat" 275
In Round 2, Jammie Thomas Jury Awards RIAA $1,920,000 793
Fighting For Downloaders' Hearts and Minds 325
BenQ's GP1 LED Projector — Small Package, Good Thing 93
A Look At the Tech Behind Burnout Paradise 44
UK Tax Breaks For "Culturally British" Games 267
Thomas' Testimony and the RIAA's Near-Fatal Error 283
Defining an Indie Game Developer 99
Team Fortress 2 SDK Update Includes Source Files For 10 Maps 52
AT&T, Verizon Moving Into Gaming 45
Defining an Interactive Physical MMO For the iPhone 124
Virgin-Universal Deal Offers Unlimited Music, Goes After File Sharers 254
Ubisoft CEO Says Next Gen Consoles Closer Than We Think 326
ESRB Eyeballing Ratings For iPhone Games 72
The Fall and Rise of Motion Control For Games 131
RIAA Case, Capitol vs. Thomas #2, Starts Monday 166
DTV Transition Mostly Smooth, Windows Media Center Problems 223
A Twitter Client For the Commodore 64 177
Interview With Star Wars: The Old Republic Devs 55
Is Crowdsourcing the Next Big Thing In Game Design? 47
Lightning Strikes Amazon's Cloud (Really) 109
World Copyright Summit and the Lies of the Copyright Industry 423
Game, DVD Sales Hurting Music Industry More Than Downloads 223
Wii Boosts Parkinson's Treatments 122
DRM Group Set To Phase Out "Analog Hole" 417
Sony's Tretton Sounds Off On E3 Leaks 37
UK Gang Caught After $750K Online Music Fraud Scam 101
US Switch To DTV Countdown Begins 293
Does the Wii Provide A "Watered-Down" Game Experience? 582
Videogame Places You're Not Supposed To Go 261
Strat-O-Matic and APBA Keep On Ticking 29
Developer Panel Gives Its Verdict On Sony's PSP Go 55
Camara Goes On Offense Against the RIAA 316
Comedy Central Confirms 26 New Futurama Episodes 259
Dungeons & Dragons Online Goes Free-To-Play 178
Nintendo Unconcerned By Motion-Control Competitors 150
Pixar's Next Three Films Will Be Sequels 379
Frank Herbert's Moisture Traps May Be a Reality 226
How Much Money Do Free-To-Play MMOs Make? 157
MS Details Last.fm on Xbox Live, Marketplace Changes 82
Pleo Robot Dinosaur Back From Extinction 42
The Rise of Originality In MMOs 118
Futurama Rumored To Return On Comedy Central 259
A Case Study of RMTs In EVE Online 81
Swedish Anti-Piracy Lawyer Gets New Name 'Pirate' 178
The Futurological Congress 82
Epix Provides "Free" HD Studio Content Via TV and Internet 68
Japanese ESRB Bans Rape Depiction In Games 662
How Do You Greet an Extraterrestrial? 803
A Brief History of Downloadable Console Games 53
How Demigod's Networking Problems Were Fixed 65
Custom Firmware For the PSP-3000 Released 97
Human Laughter Up To 16 Million Years Old 149
German Interior Ministers Seek Ban On Violent Games 222
RIAA Wants To Bar Jammie From Making Objections 306
Heavy Rain Gameplay Explained 56
Valve Explains Quick Left 4 Dead Sequel 130
Motion Control To Lengthen Console Hardware Cycles 160
Publishers Want a Slice of Used Game Market 664
Hulu May Begin Charging For Video Content 313
Music Streaming to Overtake Downloads 254
Vintage Games 159
Hands-on With the PSP Go 73
Sony Unveils PS3 Motion Controller 210
FF XIII Timeframe Set, FF XIV Confirmed 140
Nintendo Announces New Mario Bros, Mario Galaxy, Metroid 291
US DTV Patent Royalties Are $24–$40 262
A Real-World Test of the Verizon MiFi 118
Last.fm Strongly Denies Sharing Data With RIAA 122
Tetris Turns 25 177
Monkey Island To Return 153
Crysis 2 Confirmed For Multiple Platforms 61
Left 4 Dead 2 Announced For November 231
Microsoft Debuts Full-Body Controller-less Gaming At E3 242
Linux Ported To Dingoo A320 51
Time Warner ToS Changes Could Mean Tiered Pricing, Throttling 162
The Psychology of Collection and Hoarding In Games 183
Why Our "Amazing" Science Fiction Future Fizzled 499
Software Enables Re-Creation of 'Lost' Instrument 136
What To Do With 78 USB Drives Next Christmas? 381
Classic Doom Coming To the iPhone Next Month 90
Electronic Gaming Monthly Coming Back 45
On the Expectation of Value From Inexpensive Games 102
SOE Pulls the Plug On The Matrix Online 111
Hulu Testing Client App; Boxee Dispute Explained 166

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