Category: video games
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Sony blocks content on Xbox 360 – The fallout of HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray persists
I have now mentioned in two posts that the exclusive arrangement between Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Netflix which affords the viewer realtime HD video on demand streaming of over ten thousand titles, would pose a real threat to Sony and overpriced Blu-Ray. Well Sony has demonstrated this to be true by blocking its (Columbia) catalog…
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Fable 2 Pub Games – Free Tips and Insights
The Culturepin is about a lot of things, but it is primarily about contemporary culture. I say this to allay any confusion that may arise in my readers about the recent pattern of discussing video games. But if home video game consoles/entertainment centers are not a bona fide part of our daily life, then I…
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How to set up a classic standup arcade at home. Free.
A few years back I was at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles and on a whim, picked up a book called Lucky Wander Boy by D.B. Weiss. Upon reading it, it reminded me of Thomas Pynchon’s The Crying of Lot 49 in its post-modern sleight-of-hand mind-fuckness where the line between protagonist as anti-hero, my id…