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Australian AvP Ban Reversed 71

Earlier this month, we discussed news that Sega's new Aliens vs. Predator video game had been refused classification in Australia, effectively banning it. After a scathing response from the developer saying they wouldn't censor the game, and later news that the classification scheme may be updated to include an R18+ rating, it now seems that the Classification Board has seen fit to give the game a green light after all. Sega's Darren Macbeth told Kotaku, "We are particularly proud that the game will be released in its original entirety, with no content altered or removed whatsoever. This is a big win for Australian gamers. We applaud the Classification Review Board on making a decision that clearly considers the context of the game, and is in line with the modern expectations of reasonable Australians."
First Person Shooters (Games)

Infinity Ward Fights Against Modern Warfare 2 Cheaters 203

Faithbleed writes "IW's Robert Bowling reports on his twitter account that Infinity Ward is giving 2,500 Modern Warfare 2 cheaters the boot. The news comes as the war between IW and MW2's fans rages over the decision to go with IWnet hosting instead of dedicated servers. Unhappy players were quick to come up with hacks that would allow their own servers and various other changes." Despite the dedicated-server complaints, Modern Warfare 2 has sold ridiculously well.
Television

Hulu May Begin Charging For Video Content 313

An anonymous reader writes "According to Jonathan Miller, News Corp's CDO, Hulu may soon begin charging subscription fees for some of their online content. News Corp is the parent company of Fox, which owns a huge portion of Hulu. When Miller of Newscorp was asked if Hulu would begin charging for online content during an Interview with Daily Finance, he said that 'the answer could be yes.' He went on to say that he doesn't 'see why over time that shouldn't happen.'"
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Laura Veirs - Carbon Glacier.

a nice mellow album.

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John Hodgman and Jonathan Coulton - Hobo Names

very relaxing.

* note there is no creature.

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Oribital 'blue'

chilling out at work.

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I'm quite taken with the new Transplants album, and the new Foo Fighters cd is also fucking great.
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seeing as this is out of date as soon as I type it ...

www.audioscrobbler.com is an excellent site to share your 'now playing' info.

anyway, I am currently enjoying :

Jem
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and the new Turin Brakes

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this gets out of date very quickly ..

Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters.

I doubt anyone cares, but have a look at www.dhs.nu for an oldschool Atari coding compo.
closing date 31st Nov 04

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Orbitals 'blue'

very good it is too.

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very humid at the moment, and i'm in an office where the air-con is inconsistent to say the least ...

bah.

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Journal Journal: enjoying it so far ....

well, my new job is pretty cool, the phone hardly rings and people actually say 'thankyou' when i help them fix their pc's , which is nice.

free coffee too ....

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Journal Journal: phase one complete

yay for me - i've been accepted for a new job - a 'proper' it support job, no dealings with the public at large for me anymore :)

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