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      <title><![CDATA[Madden NFL 2011 players get a chance to celebrate with President Obama]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Video Game Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1281469221" delta="3 weeks ago"><![CDATA[8/10/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Today the Madden 2011 video game was released after much anticipation from millions of loyal customers. For millions of football fanatics, the game is the closest they can get to actually playing, coaching, and owning a team in the NFL. However, some conservatives may not like the way the game ends once a player wins the Super Bowl.  As the video below illustrates, a player's team goes through the ...]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[Blockbuster adds video games to by-mail subscription program]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Video Game Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1281455181" delta="3 weeks ago"><![CDATA[8/10/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Blockbuster Inc. is adding video games to its DVD-by-mail and Total Access mail subscription programs in an attempt to be more competitive in the nearly $20 billion a year gaming market.  The Dallas-based company also said it formed a marketing partnership with the nation's largest cable TV company, Comcast Corp., to offer its by-mail DVD subscriptions at a $3 monthly discount to cable customers.  Games are being added ...]]></text>
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    <article id="13026">
      <title><![CDATA[18 Month Wait for hardcore Kinect Games?]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Video Game Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1279732004" delta="6 weeks ago"><![CDATA[7/21/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Microsoft says Gears of War, Halo, and Fable fans can rest assured the company isn't abandoning them for the Wii demographic with its initially casual-focused Kinect. But for the rest of 2010, don't look for more than "broad" appeal Kinect games, according to Microsoft EMEA vice president Chris Lewis."Certainly over the launch phase and this Christmas in particular I think you'll see very much pure Kinect for 360 experiences that ...]]></text>
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    <article id="12776">
      <title><![CDATA[Odyssey to the West video game preview]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Video Game Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1278705561" delta="8 weeks ago"><![CDATA[7/9/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[There's a chain of thought -documented in David de Vries's 'Life After People'-- that come the end of humanity, nature will reclaim the Earth. Cities will decay, crumbling under the weight of lush green foliage, vines intertwining with the rusting metal girders of buildings and bridges. Cars will turn to dust, roads will crack wide open, and great shimmering lakes will pool into the great canyons of abandoned towns. With ...]]></text>
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    <article id="12775">
      <title><![CDATA[Why Hardcore Gamers Still Matter]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Video Game Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1278705477" delta="8 weeks ago"><![CDATA[7/9/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[If you are passionate about console gaming, this E3 may have made you think about the future of video gaming. The three major platforms seem to be moving into very distinct directions and can be easily differentiated. There was an underlying trend towards much more family-friendly group games, often mistakenly called casual games, and as an enthusiast gamer you may wonder whether you still matter and whether you may be ...]]></text>
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    <article id="12172">
      <title><![CDATA[Prince of Persia- The forgotten sands]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Video Game Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1275076612" delta="14 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/28/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA['Prince of Persia- The Forgotten Sands' is yet another chapter in the fan-favorite video game series, and although this was released close to the same time as the movie, it is not a video game companion. Rather, this sans-Jake Gyllenhaal version is a different story that will simply allow fans of the franchise to explore more adventures with the title character. In "Forgotten Sands," the Prince is visiting his brother's ...]]></text>
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    <article id="11961">
      <title><![CDATA[Video game review- monster hunter tri' rewarding and fun despite awkward controls]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Video Game Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1273173542" delta="17 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/6/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Capcom has tried and failed to persuade America to love 'Monster Hunter' the way Japan does, but 'Monster Hunter Tri' - imperfect and saturated with old trappings though it still is - might be where that persistence finally pays off. Should 'Tri's' breakthrough happen, credit likely will go to the surprising support for four-player online co-op and downright shocking support for voice chat via Nintendo's neglected Wii Speak peripheral.Glorious absence ...]]></text>
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    <article id="11960">
      <title><![CDATA[Perfect game earns virtual pitcher $1 million]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Video Game Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1273173040" delta="17 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/6/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[When Wade McGilberry bought a new baseball video game that offered a cash prize to the first player to pitch a perfect game, his wife urged him to skip work and stay home to play. He didn't listen to her, but things worked out anyway. On his fifth try with 'Major League Baseball 2K10,' McGilberry achieved the elusive feat and won $1 million in 2K Sports' Perfect Game contest. He ...]]></text>
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    <article id="11535">
      <title><![CDATA[Creating a Video Game's World With Real People]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Video Game Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1272132866" delta="18 weeks ago"><![CDATA[4/24/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[It has been five years since Microsoft and Remedy Entertainment of Finland announced that they were developing a mature psychological action thriller for the Xbox 360 called Alan Wake. The game isn't scheduled to hit stores until May 18 but its milieu - the disturbing, mist-shrouded Northwestern town known as Bright Falls - is first coming to life in a live-action suspense series.Shot on location in rural Oregon and Washington, ...]]></text>
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    <article id="11533">
      <title><![CDATA[Red Dead Redemption brings the western to video games]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Video Game Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1272132183" delta="18 weeks ago"><![CDATA[4/24/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[The video game, five years in development, takes place in the Old West. Rockstar Games is hoping it can become as popular as Grand Theft Auto. Ask Dan Houser what Red Dead Redemption is about and the usually loquacious VP of creative at Rockstar Games pauses for 10 seconds. 'It's America,' he finally replies. 'The birth of modern America. What was gained and what was lost.'Some might scoff at the ...]]></text>
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    <article id="10889">
      <title><![CDATA[Modified home video game shows promise for improving hand function in teens with cerebral palsy]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Video Game Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1268862136" delta="24 weeks ago"><![CDATA[3/17/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Engineers at Rutgers University have modified a popular home video game system to help teenagers with cerebral palsy improve hand functions. In a pilot trial with three participants, the system improved the teens' abilities to perform a range of daily personal and household activities.The modified system combined a Sony PlayStation 3 console and a commercial gaming glove with custom-developed software and games to provide exercise routines aimed at improving hand ...]]></text>
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    <article id="10887">
      <title><![CDATA['Gaming' Sends Boys' Test Scores Sliding]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Video Game Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1268861825" delta="24 weeks ago"><![CDATA[3/17/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[WEDNESDAY, March 17 (HealthDay News) - New research shows that young boys who own a video game system don't do as well academically as their non-playing peers, suggesting that time spent playing video games is supplanting time spent on homework.Study author Robert Weis, an associate professor of psychology at Denison University in Ohio, said that "we can never say with 100 percent certainty that it's playing video games that causes ...]]></text>
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