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LittleBigPlanet Canned For Fears of TERRORIST ATTACK

By MD • Oct 20th, 2008 • Category: Games, News

Ok, not really. But, Sony is apparently hyper-sensitive to the possibility of offending Muslims. Considering the response to the Muhammad cartoons, this may be a good call. They are an emotional bunch, ya know. (I kid, I kid.) …it has been brought to our attention that one of the Continue Reading




Halo 3 Prequel Coming Soon

By MD • Oct 12th, 2008 • Category: News

Halo fans will be treated to a new storyline and campaign when Halo 3: Recon drops in 2009. In Fall 2009, Bungie will release “Halo 3: Recon,” which will serve as a prequel to the events in Halo 3. The news was dropped during Microsoft’s address at the Tokyo Game Show last week. Continue Reading




Full Sail Offering New Degree

By MD • Sep 12th, 2008 • Category: News

Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida is now offering a Master of Science Degree in Game Design. In addition to game design, Full Sail offers degrees in recording arts, film, game art, music business, and more. This Master’s degree, a 12-month program, will cover the entire scope of a Continue Reading




Get a Virtual Pair of The Hulk’s Pants From Gaia Online

By MD • Sep 11th, 2008 • Category: News

Gaia Online, a virtual goods distributor and online community, has over 7 million monthly users that can now don the style of Snoop Dogg or The Hulk. The intellectual property of these icons are handled by Virtual Greats. Gaia Online, the leading online hangout for teens and young adults, today Continue Reading




Boomja Offers People-Powered Search

By MD • Sep 9th, 2008 • Category: News

Boomja, a new people-powered search engine, today announced the pre-launch of its free revenue-sharing Directory program at Boomja.com. This service allows developers to create a subject-specific search engine. Co-Founder Robert Donovan says, “Boomja was not created to compete with Continue Reading




Achievement Unlocked

By MD • Sep 7th, 2008 • Category: Music, News

Attack Slug has released another album - Achievement Unlocked! Following up his album Endsville Is Burning, Attack Slug brings you 10 new tracks. Achievement Unlocked features The Ranger, Kabuto and T.Y.T. Download it now! Continue Reading




Why So Serious: The White Knight Mixtape

By MD • Sep 4th, 2008 • Category: Music, News

E-SHY and DJ Kay Slay have teamed up to create The White Knight Mixtape. As E-Shy explains, “Why So Serious is in a sense a tribute to the Joker in the Batman film, The Dark Knight, and Heath Ledger’s Oscar worthy interpretation of the Chaos Theory. I relate to his art of disruption. Continue Reading




LinkBee.com - The Internet is Serious Business

By MD • Sep 3rd, 2008 • Category: News

The internet is serious business. So, it’s always good to stay up on new ways of raking in cash. Enter - Linkbee.com - a new way to monetize your links online. LinkBee is based out of Toronto and is about 90 days old, however today they launched their first Facebook app. LB allows you to Continue Reading




MC Frontalot’s Final Boss Available at PAX08

By MD • Aug 29th, 2008 • Category: Events, News

MC Frontalot was selling copies of Final Boss at PAX, and even adorned them with his autograph. Pretty sweet. The album cover is awesome as is the back cover. At the Music Guest Panel on Friday, Front said he only had a couple hundred copies. I suspect he’ll sell them all. Artist features Continue Reading




nYgel’s FREE TO GOOD HOME Mixtape Finally Released

By MD • Aug 28th, 2008 • Category: Music, News

Free To Good Home has finally been released. The second album by nYgel is available on Conyeezy’s site. FTGH features a variety of talented artists, many of them you will remember from nYgel’s first mixtape - Nature’s Outcasts. The album has been widely anticipated, but delays Continue Reading




Jelly Brain by TYT is Now Available

By MD • Aug 22nd, 2008 • Category: Music, News

The White Shinobi, or TYT, has compiled a solid album known to fans as Jelly Brain. The 23-track album is only $5 to download! So, you’d basically have to be crazy not do buy it. TYT teamed up with various producers including nYgel, Pelicaine, and DJ Snyder. Artist collaborations include Continue Reading




Patents.com Provides Patent Search

By MD • Aug 20th, 2008 • Category: News

Today, Patents.com launched their patent search service. Right now Patents.com is a “global patent search site…of over 12 million searchable patent documents in 3 languages.” This is probably the easiest way to find out who owns the rights to intellectual property. Patents.com Continue Reading