Steam Greenlight Is A Go

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Valve has launched Steam Greenlight, a new platform for developers and publishers to get their games approved for release on the download service. The Steam community can use the Steam Workshop to rate and leave comments on the information and media that’s shared about a game.

“We’ve been working on this feature for the last few months with the input from a group of indie partners, and the response has been extremely positive,” said Valve’s Anna Sweet. “With the additional help of beta testers, we are able to launch with a solid line-up of titles for the community to start viewing and rating. And, as we’ve done with all Steam features, we intend to continually grow and modify Greenlight as more and more developers and community members have a chance to get involved.”

Find out more at the official Steam Greenlight page.

Persona 4: Golden Gets Fancy Premium Edition

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Atlus announced a Solid Gold Premium Edition for Persona 4: Golden. Only 10,000 copies of this limited edition release will be made.

The compilation will include a copy of the PS Vita game, a custom Hori Hard Pouch, a Hori Face Cover protecting a PS Vita without covering up ports, a Protective Skin customized for Persona 4: Golden with eight corresponding wallpapers. The Solid Gold Premium Edition will cost $69.99.

 

Games We Play

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Ian Bennett created a neat little animation that’s part of a travel series called “Follow the Foot”, using the Superhumanoids’ Cranial Contest music. It’s all about the games we play as a kid… and some still do secretly when they’re over 30.

 

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Trailer

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Counter-Strike has long be a staple of multiplayer action on the PC and now it’s moved onto PS3 and Xbox 360 with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. It’s a Valve product, so that means they have a nifty opening video, but this is different than their usual fare.

While this video shows all the signs of a Valve product, including professional cinematography, it is purposefully lacking any humor. The video still does a great job of subtly introducing gameplay elements available in the game itself with a tension filled plot between special operations soldiers and terrorists.

 

Lose Your Hangups, Embrace Good Times

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The reserved Lauren & the irrepressible Katie are polar opposites who become roommates & find themselves in business together. “For a Good Time, Call…” {link no longer active} is a guy movie with girls in it and Focus Features have launched several interactive engagements for the film.

The “Sexy Soundboard” is an interactive keyboard {link no longer active} that lets fans create the perfect commercial for 1-877-MMM-HMMM Try our soundboard and share your creation on our wall! Press the corresponding keys on your keyboard or click the keys to play your favorite sounds. Record your track and share with friends!

An age restricted mode allows fans that register to access saucier material.

Visit the destination URL tweetitlikeyoumeanit.com {link no longer active} and enter for a chance to win prizes every day. Follow @GoodTimeMovie and tweet your thoughts on the film #GoodTimeMovie. The Daily Prize Pack includes Pink Retro Phone Handset, Cell Phone Cover w/Cleaner, T-Shirt and a Custom Nail Polish Set and the Weekly Prize Pack includes $500 for Shopping Sprees, covering Your Phone Bill and More!

On Pinterest, both Lauren and Katie have their own Boards and fans can share For A Good Time Cards. Additional boards like “For a Girls’ Night In” and “For a Girls’ Night Out” gather pins of different treats and snacks. A Board of entirely Pink phones adds a nice touch.

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Puzzle Chaser Reaches 1 Million Users

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Konami Digital Entertainment announced that Puzzle Chasers has over 1,000,000 monthly active users (MAUs). The Facebook game launched less than two months ago and has since become one of the top ten leading social games on Facebook.

There have been more than 8 billion miles traveled and 17,826,460 units of energy used in-game. There have been 1,625,906 trips to different countries by players and 127,658 lamps have been purchased in-game, the real-world powering ability would allow a person to travel in time with a modified DeLorean 6.33 times.

Play the game for yourself at facebook.com/ThePuzzleChasers.

President Makes Reddit Appearance

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President Obama made a surprise appearance in a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” thread as part of the President’s campaign stop in Charlottesville, Virginia.  The traffic caused by this event caused the popular site to experience outages.

“I was sitting in [the University of Virginia’s] Alderman Library when I came up with the name ‘Reddit,’ and I never could’ve imagined that seven years later, the president of the United States would be using it — let alone from the same place!” said Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian.

Significant to Reddit and everyone who uses the Internet for their business, the President fielded a question on Internet freedom and what his polices were. “Internet freedom is something I know you all care passionately about; I do too,” responded Obama. “We will fight hard to make sure that the Internet remains the open forum for everybody – from those who are expressing an idea to those to want to start a business. And although there will be occasional disagreements on the details of various legislative proposals, I won’t stray from that principle – and it will be reflected in the platform.”

Obama has done many social media trysts during his Presidency, participating in a Twitter town hall, a LinkedIn townhall, and also answered Facebook users’ questions from the company’s headquarters.

“I want to thank everybody at Reddit for participating – this is an example of how technology and the internet can empower the sorts of conversations that strengthen our democracy over the long run. AND REMEMBER TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER – if you need to know how to register, go to http://gottaregister.com {link no longer active}. By the way, if you want to know what I think about this whole Reddit experience – NOT BAD!” said the President in farewell.

Source: Washington Post

Romney Sees Positive Tweets Swell

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In the ten days leading up to the Republican convention, Mitt Romney has held an advantage in positive tweets over President Obama. The officially addition of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan to the Republican ticket helped Romney immensely on Twitter.

Romney’s swing state Twitter trend is better than around the nation; on August 24, Obama had a national index score of 23 and Romney’s score was 28, while the swing state index for that day saw Obama at 19 and Romney at 36. More recent stores saw Romney around 40 and Obama around 28 in both the national and swing states.

Source: USA Today

Apple v. Samsung Injunction Moved Back To December

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A U.S. judge recently set that December 6 will be the court date to hear Apple’s request for a permanent injunction against Samsung Electronics’ smartphones. This decision blunts the potential impact of Apple’s legal victory against Samsung.

Apple is seeking eight devices for a preliminary injunctions and a hearing on that matter had been scheduled for September 20. Eventually, Apple would like to file for a permanent sales ban on the devices.

U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh said that due to the scope of Apple’s preliminary injunction request, she moved to consolidate the various post-trial motions. The September 20 hearing will be devoted to Samsung’s request to remove a sales ban against its Galaxy Tab 10.1, one of the few points the jury sided with Samsung.

Apple’s permanent injunction request will be considered in December after attorneys file detailed legal arguments. Samsung’s stock took a beating after the $1.05 billion in damages was awarded to Apple, thought it has recovered in the days since the ruling.

Source: Reuters