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Perinchief Predicted Olympic Games Future

Bermuda triple jumper Jah-Nhai Perinchief was always confident he would one day represent the island at the Olympic Games. Perinchief, who is making his Olympic debut in Paris, gets his campaign underway today [August 7] in the men’s triple jump qualifiers at the Stade de France. In a YouTube video from the Youth Olympic Games […]




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Classic Trek Games Now On GOG

As part of the Star Trek Day celebration, commemorating the 55th anniversary of the original...




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Exploring the World of Online Gaming: From Classic Games to Emerging Trends

Online gaming has evolved dramatically over the past two decades, shifting from simple web-based games to complex virtual worlds with rich narratives and immersive graphics. This transformation has been driven by technological advancements, changing player preferences, and the growing accessibility... Tagged as:




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The Surprising Benefits of Online Games for Couples

The gaming world is more broad and diverse today than it has ever been before. Games nowadays can be played on all sorts of devices, online and offline, alone or with large groups of people, on a tabletop or... Tagged as:




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4 Video Games That Were Unexpected Successes

When it comes to any form of entertainment, you have to always expect the unexpected. From the ever-popular Korean-originated mukbang streaming to soap cutting and kinetic sand videos, there are trends we might initially brush off as strange, only... Tagged as:




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RetroStyle Games Congratulates Space Ape Games on Partnership with Supercell

RetroStyle Games, a company specializing in game development and visual design, congratulates Space Age Games on Supercell's acquisition of the remaining 38% of their shares, making Space Ape Games fully owned by Supercell.... Tagged as:




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Apple Faces Epic Games-Style China Lawsuit Over App Store Practices

A Chinese court has agreed to hear a lawsuit against Apple from Beijing Bodyreader, a developer seeking around $420,000 in damages after their children's posture correction app was removed from the App Store in 2020.


Bloomberg reports that the case – the first of its kind to be heard in Beijing's intellectual property court – bears similarities to Epic Games' 2021 lawsuit against Apple. Bodyreader claims Apple unfairly removed their app citing "dishonest" behavior, while also challenging the company's 30% commission on app purchases and its control over the iOS ecosystem.

According to court documents reviewed by Bloomberg, Bodyreader argues that Apple's enforcement of App Store policies is inconsistent. The developer notes that after their original app was removed, they successfully published an identical app under a different name, "Qilin Century," which remains available on the App Store. Closed-door hearings began Thursday and could conclude this week.

The hearing represents the first time Apple has been forced to defend its standard mobile platform practices against a Chinese developer. Earlier this year, Apple successfully fought off antitrust accusations from a Chinese consumer, but the company still went so far as to appeal to remove references to its market dominance from the ruling.

Bodyreader is seeking monetary damages, an apology, and a court declaration that Apple engages in unfair monopolistic behavior. The developer has also requested that Apple be required to allow third-party app stores and external payment links.


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Next Week on Xbox: New Games for June 24 to 28

The post Next Week on Xbox: New Games for June 24 to 28 appeared first on Xbox Wire.




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Artsy Fart of the Day: Classic NES Games Turned Into Digital Papercraft Illustrations

Steph Caskenette made these awesome illustrations.





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ININ & Strictly Limited Games Sale Thread

 I just noticed ININ Games is having a Gaming Season Sale on Amazon starting today. 
 
Here are the deals:
 
 
 
 
 
Note:  I would jump on this since who knows how many Egret II mini's are left in-stock and this year is TAITO's anniversary, this is an insanely good price on the arcade unit and controllers.
 
 
 
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    2022 in Video Games

    I’ve played some computer games in 2022. Here are some words about some of them. Final Fantasy 14…




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    Alphabet games

    Write out each letter of the alphabet. Cut them out in squares and tape them to your clothes and body. Call out a letter for your child to peel off of you until they are all gone.




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    Do you like party games and music history? Try HITSTER

    I recently attended a weekend-long birthday getaway for an old college friend, and as soon as I arrived, he pulled out a box and said, "You have to play this game."

    And he was right.

    Hitster describes itself as a Music Party Board Game, and that's accurate. — Read the rest

    The post Do you like party games and music history? Try HITSTER appeared first on Boing Boing.





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    Russia's end games and Putin's dilemmas

    Russia's end games and Putin's dilemmas Expert comment NCapeling 14 February 2022

    As warnings from Washington and London intensify, the period of maximum danger in the Ukraine standoff has begun. Even if conflict is avoided, the status quo has gone.

    There are several reasons to believe conflict over the Ukraine is imminent. The military build-up is complete. Russia has added tactical support elements, including medical units, to its already large and comprehensive array of troops and equipment deployed to the east, north, and south of Ukraine.

    Additional naval units have entered the Black Sea, military exercises with Belarusian forces have begun and, along with those on Russian territory, these can all provide cover for an intervention of some sort.

    Far from being comforting, comments by Vladimir Putin and his entourage that it will not be Russia provoking a conflict are ominous. Russian media has ramped up domestic programming about the ‘imminent Ukrainian fascist threat’ to the motherland. And a recent US intelligence briefing alleges sophisticated preparations by Russian intelligence include releasing a video of a staged attack on Russian-speaking civilians in northern Ukraine.

    Reincorporating Ukraine into a ‘greater Russia’ would underpin his now constitutionally-mandated opportunity to reign until 2036, as well as being his biggest legacy.

    Should Russia attack, its ‘fortress economy’ could weather a new round of sanctions for several years, not least given the growth in Russia’s hard currency reserves to $630 billion, under 20 per cent of which are now held in US dollars, and the high demand for – and global price of – oil and gas.

    What does Putin really want?

    Diplomacy is in high gear but, as Putin and other senior Russian figures have made clear, the US and European offers of new security confidence-building measures do not address Russia’s two core, stated demands – namely to withdraw US and NATO forces close to its borders in former Soviet and Warsaw Pact states, and to end NATO’s ‘open door’ policy to future enlargement.

    For the Kremlin, enlargement to Ukraine would remove a critical buffer between Russia and the NATO alliance. If Putin’s objective, therefore, was simply to put down an unambiguous marker that Ukrainian membership of NATO is a red line, he has made progress.

    He has reminded the world and Ukraine’s leadership of that country’s strategic vulnerability. US president Joe Biden and his European counterparts have stated NATO will not commit forces to defend Ukraine if it is attacked. And although they remain resolute on the ‘open door’ policy, there have been reminders NATO does not accept new members who risk importing a pre-existing conflict into the alliance.

    If another Putin objective was to refocus US and, to a lesser extent, European attention away from China and back onto Russia and its security interests, he has succeeded. NATO has offered some new confidence-building measures around the conduct of military exercises and deployment of forces, while the US may be willing to enter negotiations for a new treaty with Russia to limit nuclear missiles deployed in Europe.

    This would mean setting aside the growing threat posed by Chinese missiles that had partly motivated the Donald Trump administration to withdraw unilaterally from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.

    But there is another scenario to consider – that although these two issues are both important, neither are Putin’s core objective, which instead is to right once and for all the historical ‘wrong’ of Ukraine’s separation from Russia in 1991.

    As Putin made clear in a lengthy essay in July 2021, he sees an independent, sovereign Ukraine as a historical aberration, and he blames the US for the deepening discord and animosity between ‘brotherly’ Ukraine and Russia.

    Not stated in the essay is that the emergence of a more democratic and functional Ukraine poses an existential threat to Putin’s own control over Russia. In contrast, reincorporating Ukraine into a ‘greater Russia’ would underpin his now constitutionally-mandated opportunity to reign until 2036, as well as being his biggest legacy.

    The problem is it seems impossible to bring Ukraine permanently back into Russia’s sphere of influence without some form of new military intervention.

    Putin’s options

    Putin’s strategy to date has been limited to ensuring the breakaway Ukrainian portions of Donetsk and Lugansk gain a legal right to block any future efforts by the central Ukrainian government to join either the European Union (EU) or NATO.

    If another Putin objective was to refocus US and, to a lesser extent, European attention away from China and back onto Russia and its security interests, he has succeeded.

    The Kremlin sees expansive interpretation and implementation of the 2014-15 Minsk protocols allowing self-governance for these areas currently under Russian military control as a potential route to this outcome. But for Volodomyr Zelensky or any future Ukrainian president to accept this would be political suicide, and Kyiv has already resisted French and German pressure to make this concession under the Normandy Format of meetings they share with Russia.

    If Putin has now decided to undermine Ukrainian sovereignty more explicitly, he can order a limited military intervention further into these occupied territories – and perhaps areas adjacent to them and Crimea – under the pretext of ‘protecting’ Russian-speaking communities there.

    This would be relatively easy to achieve and, combined with a blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, could successfully destabilize the government in Kyiv. But such steps would trigger international economic sanctions and drive Ukraine even further towards the West.

    A 21st century ‘blitzkrieg’ to take Ukrainian territory as far as the Dnipro River including Kyiv and all points east, would come closer to achieving Putin’s territorial and historic legacy. And this is now a feasible option given Russia’s military superiority. But how easily Russia could then hold the territory and consolidate its political control would be doubtful, and these moves also bring high-risk, long-term economic and diplomatic costs to Russia and to him personally.

    No return to the status quo

    On balance, Russian military intervention in the coming days or weeks is still less rather than more likely. Putin may yet accept a new, visible, bilateral accommodation with the US on the future of European security.




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    Mathematical Analyses of Decisions, Voting and Games

    Michael A. Jones, David McCune and Jennifer M. Wilson, editors. American Mathematical Society, 2024, CONM, volume 795, approx. 208 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4704-6978-8 (print), 978-1-4704-7608-3 (online).

    This volume contains the proceedings of the virtual AMS Special Session on Mathematics of Decisions, Elections and Games, held on April 8,...




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    Remembering Richard Kenneth Guy: Games and Taking on Mountains




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    Digital Math Games and Apps: What Works and What Doesn't?

    Teachers are using a variety of games, videos, and apps to supplement online math instruction—but not all of them are created equal.




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    A 10-Year-Old's Shooting Death and the Challenge Schools Face Keeping Football Games Safe

    The shooting death of a 10-year-old spectator at a high school football game exposes a critical vulnerability and crucial responsibility for schools: keeping people safe at events outside school buildings.




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    'It's A Great Day': Kenzie Lalonde To Call Play-By-Play For Ottawa Senators Games In 2024-25

    Kenzie Lalonde will become the first woman play-by-play announcer for an NHL team's TV broadcasts in Canada. Reactions and endorsements have poured in.




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    Blugolds men’s and women’s basketball have home opener, first games in the new Sonnentag Event Center

    EAU CLAIRE— This weekend saw the first basketball games for Blugold men’s and women’s basketball during the Market & Johnson Blugold Tip-Off Tournament. The games were the first to be played at the Sonnentag Event Center, a part of the new $122 million multi-purpose facility which opened earlier this year. The event center has a capacity of 3,500 people for sporting events as compared to the ...




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    South Georgia Tech Lady Jets split games in Tallahassee Classic

    Tallahassee, FL - The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets dropped a hard fought three-point loss, 50 – 47, to the nationally ranked Eastern Florida State College Titans before rallying to a 66 – 60 victory over Tallahassee State College in the Tallahassee Community College Classic this weekend to move to 3 – 1 on the season. “We put ourselves in a position to beat a very talented team ...




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    The Art of Video Games

    Chris Melissinos, guest curator of an exhibit about video games at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, explains what makes the genre an art form




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    With Kneissl, Skier Is Ready for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games

    Austrian Ski Manufacturer Reduces Development Time by 50 Percent with SolidWorks CAD and Simulation Software




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    Toys and Games Help Build Engineering Skills for a Lifetime

    DS SOLIDWORKS Makes the Case for LEGOs, Robots, and Racing Cars




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    App Store faces Epic Games-style antitrust lawsuit from Chinese developer

    The developer of an app dropped from the App Store in China has filed a lawsuit that challenges Apple's overall practices, as well as damages of $420,000.


    China and the App Store

    Apple has consistently been bowing to pressures from China and dropping apps from the App Store in the region. In this case, it's claimed an app called Bodyreader was pulled by Apple over reasons the developer believes are inconsistent.

    According to Bloomberg Beijing's intellectual property court has accepted a complaint from Bodyreader's developer. The publication describes this as an Epic Games-style lawsuit on account of its scope concerning Apple's overall practices on the App Store.


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    Games, gifts and the Gospel

    Hundreds of Moldovan children received joy as this summer’s Love Moldova outreach teams shared God’s love with them through games, gifts and the Gospel message.




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    Coffee, games and gospel – Bus4Life in Moldova

    500 children attended the children’s program and hundreds of visitors came to the Bus4Life in Moldova. The team was amazed at the response.




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    Kids’ Games brings breath of fresh air

    OM Pakistan takes the popular Kids’ Game event to one of the most challenging parts of Pakistan to share a message of God’s love.




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    News24 Business | Johan Fourie | Why Cape Town should host the 2040 Olympic Games

    Scholars have identified several reasons why cities want to host the Games, and there's little evidence to support some of the claims. But that doesn't mean it's not worth doing, says Johan Fourie.




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    All Real-Money Based Online Games In India Can Be Regulated, Monitored & Governed By Govt

    A new statement by the government and three sources have revealed that the proposal to regulate only the games of skill has been overruled. According to a government document and three sources, India’s proposed regulation of internet gambling would cover all real-money games after the prime minister’s office rejected a proposal to merely regulate games […]




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    Playing Nuclear Games: Tickling the Tail of the Promethean Nuclear Fire Dragon

    In recent years, the rhetoric, strategy and practice of nuclear deterrence has grown riskier, more urgent, more dangerous, less stable, and increasingly in the hands of deficient leaders and policymakers. Playing Nuclear Games The ten States that have manufactured and test detonated nuclear weapons since 1945, each have received and/or provided assistance to other States […]




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    Reviving the Spirit of the Steppe: Kazakhstan Has Hosted the 5th World Nomad Games

    In a vibrant display of culture and tradition, Kazakhstan recently hosted the 5th World Nomad Games in Astana, celebrating the enduring spirit of nomadic heritage against a backdrop of modernity and globalization. This biennial event, which drew competitors and spectators from around the globe, served not only as a showcase of traditional sports but also […]




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    Some Video Games May Boost Brain's Flexibility, Study Finds

    Title: Some Video Games May Boost Brain's Flexibility, Study Finds
    Category: Health News
    Created: 8/23/2013 5:35:00 PM
    Last Editorial Review: 8/26/2013 12:00:00 AM




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    Exercise, Puzzles, Games: How Do They Help Aging Brains?

    Title: Exercise, Puzzles, Games: How Do They Help Aging Brains?
    Category: Health News
    Created: 7/21/2022 12:00:00 AM
    Last Editorial Review: 7/21/2022 12:00:00 AM




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    RPG Cast – Episode 701: “Allergic to Good Games”

    Josh enjoys the important things, like a hot springs mini-game. Kelley purchased Legos; sacrifices were made. Bethesda tells Chris it's his fault for not enjoying Starfield. Meanwhile, we just can't quit Kiryu.

    The post RPG Cast – Episode 701: “Allergic to Good Games” appeared first on RPGamer.




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    The Maw: what's new in PC games this week?

    SCENE. A Video Game Website At Sunrise.

    Enter A Reader Of News

    A Reader Of News I wonder whither there be'est any new PC games on sale this week, perchance?

    Enter A News Editor, With Alarums And Excursions

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    Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 campaign review: a military shooter that comes disguised as other, better games

    As a yearly blockbuster, Call of Duty, through sheer expense and effort, would like you to think it is the Die Hard of video games. Or, depending on the setting, the Saving Private Ryan of video games. But it is barely Black Hawk Down. This latest campaign in Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 reminds me more of the forgettable Netflix shootfests that thumbnail their way across your TV screen as you try to find some gritty nothing to aid you in zoning out of life. Still, there is an anecdotal contingent of casual sofa sitters for whom Call Of Duty is the game. A balls-to-the-wall shooter to return to every winter and rinse through in a weekend. Ed has already gestured at its multiplayer, announcing: "yup, it's COD", like a deeply tired Captain Birdseye inspecting the day's catch, wondering when his life will change. But never mind that. How does the single player story mode hold up? Some are calling it the best campaign in years. And I guess that's true, in the sense that it is the least worst.

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    Sega are delisting over 60 'classic' games from Steam, including Crazy Taxi and Streets Of Rage

    Sega are delisting several bundles of 'classic' games from digital stores, along with "select individual" games. On Steam specifically, this adds up to over 60 games in total, including several actual classics including the original Streets Of Rage trilogy, Crazy Taxi, and Jet Set Radio.

    The games will be removed on December 6th but will remain playable to those who already own them.

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    Roblox is limiting access to social hangouts and unrated games for children aged under 13

    Roblox is making changes in an attempt to keep younger players safe in the online platform. Beginning later this month, children under the age of 13 will no longer be able to search, discover or play unrated experiences within Roblox, and will be unable to access social hangout experiences.

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    The Maw: what's new in PC games this week?

    Good news, everyone: I'm off work all this week. I know, I know - a whole seven days with zero Edwin bullshit. What a prospect. Allow yourself a moment to savour the idea. I'm so thrilled for you! The Maw, sadly, does not understand the concept of "time off". Its hunger is as constant as the tide, as unrelenting as my retreating hairline. So before I disappear into a beam of sunshine, here's this week's list of new PC game releases.

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    The RPS 100: 2024 Edition is here, with our picks for the best PC games ever made

    Update:

    The full list is now live as promised.

    The RPS 100 is our list of the best games to play on PC. It encompasses the full breadth and width of PC gaming stretching back to 1873, but focuses solely on those games that remain great to play today. It's updated yearly by our crack team of writers, and the first half of the 2024 edition is live now.

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    PlayStation Plus games for November reveal time: Everything coming to Sony's console this month



    PS5 owners can play some great games this month, including a Bethesda hit and more. Here's what's free for PS Plus subscribers for November, with more to be announced.




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    It's PS5's birthday - here's the five best games you must play on Sony's latest console



    Just got a PS5 or want to know what to prioritise in your backlog? We've got you covered with the best PlayStation 5 games for your console that you can play right now.




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    Epic Games reveals Fortnite OG release date for next month and it's permanent



    Fortnite fans are going wild after Epic Games announced it's bringing back the original version of its battle royale as Fortnite OG as a permanent addition to the game.





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    Commonwealth Games hosts to have freedom to ditch traditional sports for new urban or e-sports



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    Tom Daley invited for Commonwealth Games talks over LGBT rights concerns