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`Alan Wake' inspired by Stephen King, David Lynch

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  • Posted Monday, May 24, 2010 at 6:36 PM

Ask most video-game designers about their inspirations and they'll mention other games. But Sam Lake, the lead writer of Microsoft's "Alan Wake," drew more from books — especially Stephen King's.
"The setup of the game — a best-selling but troubled writer whose dark work of fiction starts to come true, blurring the line of nightmares and reality — is a very Stephen King type of a starting point for a story, so King's works were definitely a source of inspiration for us," says Lake, whose script name-checks the horror master right at the start.

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Box to contain oil leak touches down on Gulf floor

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  • at 9:45 AM

A BP-chartered vessel lowered a 100-ton concrete-and-steel vault onto a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, an important step in a delicate and unprecedented attempt to stop most of the gushing crude fouling the sea.

Underwater robots guided the 40-foot-tall box into place. Now that the contraption is on the seafloor, workers will need at least 12 hours to let it settle and make sure it's stable before the robots can hook up a pipe and hose that will funnel the oil up to a tanker.

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Electronic Arts

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  • Posted Saturday, May 22, 2010 at 9:45 AM

Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. reports its fiscal fourth-quarter results on Tuesday, with analysts expecting an adjusted profit versus a loss a year ago.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Analysts generally expect EA to report solid results for the January-March quarter, fueled by strong sales of "Battlefield: Bad Company 2" and "Mass Effect 2."
But Signal Hill analyst Todd Greenwald said "the upside will be slightly offset by lackluster results from 'Army of Two' and 'Dante's Inferno,' despite heavy marketing campaigns."

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Nintendo looks to restore magic with 3D console

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  • at 9:43 AM

Nintendo on Friday brushed off suggestions its magic may be fading despite declining sales of its Wii console, as it prepares to unveil a handheld 3D device it hopes will drive a new gaming revolution.

President Satoru Iwata remained tightlipped about the much-awaited gadget, tentatively know as the "3DS", only saying it will offer a whole new gaming experience to players.

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Nintendo Sues Sites Over Game Copying

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  • at 9:41 AM

Nintendo said Thursday that the company had filed suit against a network of sites that the gaming company said were used to sell game-copying technology.
Nintendo filed suit against NXPGAME of Queens, New York, charging that the site was selling so-called video game copiers that could be used to illegally copy Nintendo DS and DSi software.

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US videogame sales drop in April

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  • at 9:38 AM

US videogame sales dropped 26 percent in April, the fourth-largest year-on-year percentage plunge ever, according to market-tracker NPD Group.
Sales of videogame hardware, software and accessories fell to 766.2 million dollars in April from 1.03 billion dollars in the same month a year ago, NPD said late Thursday.

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Heart Association Promoting 'Active Play' Games

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  • at 9:37 AM

Nintendo is teaming up with the American Heart Association (AHA) to promote its Wii consoles as a means to stay active.
Under the deal, Wii boxes will soon include the AHA brand, Nintendo and AHA will jointly host a health summit, and Nintendo consoles will be on display at future AHA health walks. They have also launched a Web site at activeplaynow.com.

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Leaked Nintendo 3DS Prototype

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  • at 9:33 AM

Today, Gizmodo posted an image from an FCC filing submitted by Nintendo that appears to be an early prototype circuit board of the upcoming Nintendo 3DS handheld. While the design of the board will certainly change during development, there are a few interesting tidbits to be noted in the image.

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American heart group join to tackle obesity

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  • at 9:30 AM

The American Heart Association has teamed up with Japanese entertainment giant Nintendo to harness its Wii consoles and encourage Americans to exercise more to counter a soaring obesity problem.

Nintendo, whose Wii consoles with motion-controlling sensors took markets by storm in 2006, is working with the AHA in order to cut the risks of heart disease among Americans, their websites said.
According to the AHA nearly 70 percent of Americans do not get enough regular physical activity. Obesity, a major health problem in the US, is a determinant of cardiovascular disease, the number one killer in the country.

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