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Arrr Mateys, there be a free Monkey Island chapter today. Posted: 2 months ago by thebluefrog
Also, the iPhone and iPod Touch versions of The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition will be 50% off at the App Store. The PC version of The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition will also be 50% off on Steam and Direct2Drive for the day.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 124 [+].

Battlefield Heroes soft launch. Posted: 5 months ago by thebluefrog
EA's free to play shooter has 'soft launched' (It's open for play but they haven't really announced it yet.)
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 67 [+].

Recalled Chocolate Coins Posted: 1 year ago by TheBlueFrog
Snopes.com article about an email circulating about the recall. I thought about putting in forums, but I'd rather this get more exposure with Halloween fast approaching.
Comments: 8 Score: [-] 296 [+].

Download Red Alert for free! Posted: 1 year ago by thebluefrog
To celebrate the pending release of Red Alert 3 on October 28th, EA has released the original for free to download. Also, if you preorder, you get Red Alert 2 when you purchase 3.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 228 [+].

American Indians must cut their hair. Posted: 1 year ago by thebluefrog
Story about a five year old boy of American Indian descent who will not be allowed to attend kindergarten unless he cuts off his braids. Blog about the struggle. I do personally know these people.
Comments: 15 Score: [-] 589 [+].

Stimulus money may hit your account by Monday! Posted: 2 years ago by thebluefrog
I couldn't find anything about this on the IRS website, but looks like they should be finished with all of the direct deposits by May 2nd.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 51 [+].

Awareness test. Posted: 2 years ago by THEblueFROG
See if you can count the number of times this link has been posted on Plime this week.
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Pitching the next big MMO Posted: 3 years ago by TheBlueFrog
Do these guys have the next big MMO idea?
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 23 [+].

Net censorship on the rise Posted: 3 years ago by TheBlueFrog
Nearly two-dozen countries are censoring the web, in an ever increasing pattern. From completely blocking Wikipedia or Google's Blogging feature, to filtering based on certain 'sensitive' keywords.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 88 [+].

Psst... Want to know how to get your foot in the door with a game developer? Posted: 3 years ago by TheBlueFrog
GameCareerGuide.com editors talk to the people responsible for hiring for big name developers such as EA, Insomniac Games, and THQ, and find out what kind of education they look for in employees.
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Big Brother in your living room Posted: 3 years ago by TheBlueFrog
These watermarking devices take a more passive role in stomping out piracy. Any video stream that comes in through the box will have a digital watermark attached to it, letting authorities trace the source of content distributed over the internet.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 79 [+].

Funny pranks on Spanish TV Posted: 3 years ago by TheBlueFrog
Or, how to get a hot chick you don't know to hug you in an elevator.
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 26 [+].

Feed the homeless for free! Posted: 3 years ago by TheBlueFrog
Video of an interesting trick to get some homeless guys fed, for free.
Comments: 15 Score: [-] 124 [+].

Why smart cops do dumb things Posted: 3 years ago by TheBlueFrog
The government's anti-terrorism measures are more effective at covering a**es than uncovering terrorist plots.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 23 [+].

A letter to Penny Arcade from the Stepmother of the teen homeless killer. Posted: 3 years ago by TheBlueFrog
UPDATE of this story
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 66 [+].

The Unofficial NIN wiki Posted: 3 years ago by TheBlueFrog
Wiki resource for Nine Inch Nails, mostly to do with the 'clues' across the internet and other places for the upcoming album 'Year Zero'
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 7 [+].

Ever wanted your own statue? Posted: 3 years ago by TheBlueFrog
With the Breuckmann faceScan III, your face can be scanned and in less than an hour you can have your bust!
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 42 [+].

3 GB of GMail love: no more sign-up restrictions Posted: 3 years ago by TheBlueFrog
Starting Feb. 14, Google removed the requirement to enter a mobile phone number capable of receiving SMS messages, or being invited by an existing user.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 30 [+].

Truth in Ratings act, part Deux Posted: 3 years ago by TheBlueFrog
The FTC would oversee the ratings, and reviewers would have to review the entire content of the game, not a reel provided by the developer.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 15 [+].

8 year old Ontario boy with Leukemia wants to set record for the most birthday cards recieved Posted: 3 years ago by TheBlueFrog
Pretty self explanatory. Lets see how many he can get.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 48 [+].

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade breaks 1 day sales record Posted: 3 years ago by TheBlueFrog
The expansion pack to the biggest selling game of 2006 moved nearly 2.4 million units in the first 24 hours of availability in North America and Europe.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 40 [+].

Would you like shrimp with your wound? Posted: 3 years ago by TheBlueFrog
New bandages (edible too!), now in use by the military, and soon to be in stores, uses a derivative of chitin found in shellfish exoskeletons to stop bleeding quickly. Does not trigger allergies in people allergic to shellfish.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 86 [+].

Forgetting your medicine will be a thing of the past Posted: 3 years ago by TheBlueFrog
I've always maintained that I would forget to take 'don't die' pills. Now I won't die!
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 48 [+].

What Hollywood needs to do to fix DRM Posted: 3 years ago by TheBlueFrog
The failure isn't that keeping us honest is bad, rather that crippling honest people, and making them jump through hoops is bad.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 24 [+].

DRM: It's more about artificial scarcity than Piracy Posted: 3 years ago by TheBlueFrog
There is simply no evidence whatsoever that DRM slows piracy. In fact, all of the evidence suggests the opposite...

Comments: 5 Score: [-] 139 [+].