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From CHRIS BAKER, Globe and Mail,  3 Jul 2009

Top 10 Game Trailers From E3

Chris Baker also contributed to this article. LOS ANGELES — Going to the Electronic Entertainment Expo is all about playing videogames, but sometimes it’s extremely fun just to watch. Teaser trailers for newly announced titles never fail to get E3 ...

From CHRIS KOHLER AND CHRIS BAKER, Wired,  10 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Konami,  Chris Baker,  Hideo Kojima

How Legendary Puzzle Game Fool’s Errand Came to Be

So you’ve heard of legendary videogame designers Will Wright, Shigeru Miyamoto, and…Cliff Johnson? Maybe not that last one. But Johnson, 55, is renowned in the computer gaming underworld, and it’s all because of his undying cult classic, The Fool’s ...

From CHRIS BAKER, Wired,  22 May 2009
Related Topics: Cliff Johnson,  YouTube,  Will Wright,  Shigeru Miyamoto,  Microsoft Corporation

Spoiler Alert! Solving the Hidden Metapuzzle in Wired’s May Issue

A hidden metapuzzle threads through the pages of this month’s issue of Wired magazine, which is built around the theme of magic and mystery. “There are things occurring within these pages that are not apparent at first or second glance,” wrote ...

From CHRIS BAKER, Wired,  14 May 2009
Related Topics: WIRED Magazine,  J J Abrams

Why You Need to Play Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

The game looks very much like the classic Grand Theft Auto 2, with a top-down camera perspective showing a bird's-eye-view of simple 3-D environments and automobiles. But the game also incorporates some features that made last year's Grand Theft Auto 4 ...

From CHRIS BAKER, Wired,  1 Apr 2009

OnLive's 'Cloud Gaming' Could Be a Game-Changer

San Francisco, March 24, 2009 -- OnLive Inc., the pioneer of the on-demand era of videogames, today emerged from seven years of stealth development within the Rearden incubator to unveil The OnLive Game Service and OnLive MicroConsole at the 2009 Game ...

From CHRIS BAKER, Wired,  24 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Epic Games,  Electronic Arts Inc.,  Ubisoft,  THQ Inc.,  Codemasters

Live Free or Drown: Floating Utopias on the Cheap

Several dozen conference-goers are filing into the Mendocino Room of the Embassy Suites Hotel in Burlingame, a San Francisco suburb, arming themselves with coffee and muffins as they shuffle to their seats. It's the kind of scene that occurs daily—if ...

From CHRIS BAKER, Wired,  27 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.

Get a Clue: Top Crossword Solver Throws Down Geeky Challenge

Tyler Hinman's life changed in ninth grade, when a teacher gave him a crossword puzzle to pass the time in study hall. Hinman, now 24, went on to become the Tiger Woods of word games, winning the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament for the past four ...

From CHRIS BAKER, Wired,  27 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Tiger Woods,  YouTube,  Google Inc.,  Victoria's Secret,  WIRED Magazine

Interrogate Prostitutes In Bow Street Runner, BAFTA Award-Winning Browser Game

The game has you interrogating prostitutes, roughing up gin heads and cutpurses for tips, and -- my favorite part -- slicing open a murder victim and rooting around in their stomach for evidence. There are also lots of real historical documents and ...

From CHRIS BAKER, Wired,  3 Dec 2008

Meet LittleBigPlanet Maker Alex Evans at Wired Store Thursday

Attention, New York City geeks! One of the creators of LittleBigPlanet will be speaking at the Wired Store this Thursday. Alex Evans is a co-founder of Media Molecule, the developer behind the most charming, innovative and revolutionary game of the ...

From CHRIS BAKER, Wired,  2 Dec 2008

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