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Are Microsoft quietly opening up a Kinect beta program?

Tuesday, August 10, 2010 10:34:24 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

Well what do we have here?

It appears our friends over at Joystiq have received word from diligent tipsters that Microsoft's Connect customer feedback service is sending out Kinect beta program invites. Details are predictably sparse, but naming ironies aside, the note does specify that chat will be limited only to those involved in the preview program.

While this isn't really surprising given the context,Joystiq surmises that this choice clarification could hint invitees will have the chance to sample the video chat app available through the Kinect's new dashboard, which was shown off at E3. Unfortunately, Ballmer and crew have yet to lend any official credence to these murmurs, though apparently the email address behind these notes is valid.

It's also not that outrageous to imagine Microsoft wanting to spin Kinect's wheels in the wild before releasing it to the unwashed gaming masses on its official November 4th launch date. Considering the program would have to put hardware in the hands of testers though to pull something like this off, we're counting on more than a few overly excited gamers shining additional light on the situation should things get serious.



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MatchMaster: Sheffield United, Man Utd....

Sunday, March 16, 2008 7:18:40 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
Match Master For all of us who like Gaming and going to watch our Favourite team. Here's a great little game. MatchMaster.MatchMaster is available for all the big clubs including Chelsea, Newcastle, Man Utd, and Arsenal.
   
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Lara Croft - NUDE!

Friday, August 24, 2007 5:46:29 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

VIDEO - Your favorite tomb raider in the buff

One of the best in-gags in gaming history is the "Lara Nude Cheat." For all the old Tomb Raider games, Core would leak a cheat that claimed to turn Lara naked. In reality, once you'd managed to pull off the complex moves, your only reward was to watch your heroine violently explode with a scream, her arms, legs and head flying off in different directions.

Gone are such innocent times, thanks to the mod scene. Now you can have Lara look any way you wish in TR: Anniversary (sorry console owners, you need the PC version to see Lara's birthday suit). You can use your own skills to create an outfit, or download pre-made togs from www.tombraiderforums.com. All you need is TexMod, and the costume files (with the extension .tpf) which can be found at the sites provided.

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The Evolution of Advertising

Saturday, August 04, 2007 10:24:52 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
For a generation of gamers the only way to get your gaming information was from comic books, which helped create the notion of pre-pubescent geeky gamers. There would be the occasional print ad in a newspaper or such, but primarily, games were advertised to and advertised in comic books and other youth oriented merchandise. I confess to being one of these - a pre-pubescent geek born of the 80’s and the magnificent Commodore 64 and it’s associated comic book advertising. Oh how controversial Mortal Kombat was back then! And how far has gaming come? In all honesty, we’ve made some huge gains over the gaming of yesteryear. Games I grew up with are downright primitive compared to today’s blockbusters, and with that, advertising budgets and the ways in which games are advertised to us has taken some drastic steps too.
   
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My forgotten games console

Wednesday, August 01, 2007 10:18:12 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
Was going through some of my old stuff as my parents were moving house and found my old Vectrex system
   
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