Here's a video interview with our friend Steve Gibson, VP of marketing at Gearbox, on the topic of Duke Nukem Forever. Comments
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Piracy Is Like People Lending Books
Say what you want about piracy (either for or against) but you have to admit this guy has a point. Read this and I think you'll agree: "You're not losing sales by getting stuff out there. When I do a big talk now on these kinds of subjects and people ask "What about the sales you are losing by having stuff floating out there?" I started asking the audience to raise their hands for one question -- Do you have a favorite author? And they say yes and I say good. What I want is for everybody who discovered their favorite author by being lent a book put up your hand. Then anybody who discovered their favorite author by walking into a book story and buying a book. And it's probably about 5-10%, if that, of the people who discovered their favorite author who is the person they buy everything of and they buy the hardbacks. And they treasure the fact they've got this author. Very few of them bought the book. They were lent it. They were given it. They did not pay for it. That's how they found their favorite author. And that's really all this is; it's people lending books." Comments
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Using Xbox Live To Make Death Threats
Using someone else's Xbox Live account to threaten to kill hundreds of people is no way to go through life son. Authorities arrested a Maryland teenager who is charged with making threats of a mass shooting at a high school. He's accused of impersonating another student while sending a threatening message to more than 100 people via Xbox Live. Comments
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Lawmaker Unveils Internet, Finance Privacy Bills
A U.S. lawmaker introduced legislation today to safeguard internet users' privacy claiming that "signing on to the internet shouldn't mean signing away your privacy." "These two bills send a clear message -- privacy over profit," Democratic Representative Jackie Speier said as she unveiled the Do Not Track Me Online Act and the Financial Information Privacy Act of 2011. "Consumers have a right to determine what if any of their information is shared with big corporations and the federal government must have the authority and tools to enforce reasonable protections." Comments
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Kinect Helps You Stomp Enemies in Dead Space 2
Stomping enemies in Dead Space 2 is cool. Stomping enemies using a Kinect is even better. Thanks to kick755 for the video. Comments
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Groupon Pulls Tibet, Whales, Rainforest Ads
Well that was a ton of wasted money, now wasn't it? "Five days have passed since the Super Bowl, and one thing is clear -- our ads offended a lot of people," Mason said. "We hate that we offended people, and we're very sorry that we did -- it's the last thing we wanted. "We've listened to your feedback, and since we don't see the point in continuing to anger people, we're pulling the ads," he said. Comments
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