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      <title><![CDATA[James Cameron's Avatar  the video game]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1262723970" delta="9 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/5/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[A natural choice for a video game, James Cameron's epic 3D action adventure has set new standards for how films are made. Seeing as how the Titanic director has put his stamp of approval on this, big things are naturally expected. Cameron reportedly sees the video game as much part of his Avatar vision as the film. But does it deliver on its promise?  ]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[Darksiders: Wrath of War]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1262723902" delta="9 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/5/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[There are surprisingly few contenders for the first must-have game of the decade and, at a glance, Darksiders doesn't seem like changing that situation. Despite X-Men artist Joe Madureira contributing the main character designs, nothing much else strikes you as particularly new.   ]]></text>
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    <article id="9675">
      <title><![CDATA[Clarksville Student Breaks Video Game World Record]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1262723846" delta="9 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/5/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - A 19-year-old Austin Peay State University honors student broke a world record Tuesday at 4:22 a.m. David Scherer broke the world record for playing a video game longer than anyone else in the world. Scherer at the Retro Classic Arcade in Clarksville broke the previous world record of 40 hours and 21 minutes, and at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday he was still playing.  ]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[Video Game Giant Electronic Arts Sticks by Tiger Woods]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1262723686" delta="9 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/5/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Video game giant Electronic Arts Sports is moving forward with plans to introduce a Tiger Woods online game, the company said Tuesday. The Electronic Arts Inc unit's president, Peter Moore, said in a company blog, www.itsinthegame.com, that the company would this month begin offering Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online, a browser-based golf game developed in the past year.   ]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[November Game Sales Sag, Modern Warfare 2 Dominates]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1260992838" delta="11 weeks ago"><![CDATA[12/16/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[November retail video game sales sank 7.6 percent under last year's record revenues, but turned in the second best penultimate yearly performance on record, according to NPD data. Microsoft took top software honors, selling a staggering 4.20m copies of Activision's mega-popular Modern Warfare 2, more than doubling Sony's 1.87m share.   ]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[Toys R Us Hot Holiday Video Game Deals]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1260572640" delta="12 weeks ago"><![CDATA[12/11/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[While Target may be slashing its prices ever so slightly on video games, Toys R Us is doing some special things to make them more ...]]></text>
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    <article id="9318">
      <title><![CDATA[Balto. Co. video game developer to pay fine over pirated software]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1260572578" delta="12 weeks ago"><![CDATA[12/11/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[A Baltimore County video game developer agreed to pay $75,000 in a settlement after it was accused by an industry trade group of using illegal ...]]></text>
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    <article id="9317">
      <title><![CDATA[Fitness video games are reshaping medium]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1260572403" delta="12 weeks ago"><![CDATA[12/11/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[At first glance, the rack of video games seems out of place next to the row of elliptical machines at The Sports Authority in Burbank, ...]]></text>
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    <article id="9315">
      <title><![CDATA[Rock Band video game developer cuts 39 jobs]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1260572252" delta="12 weeks ago"><![CDATA[12/11/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[The Massachusetts software company that created the "Rock Band" video game series has eliminated 39 jobs in an effort to trim operating costs.The Boston Globe ...]]></text>
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    <article id="7115">
      <title><![CDATA[Beaterator video game review]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1255462848" delta="21 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/13/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Having a tin ear for melody and about as much natural rhythm as a two-left-footed man in clown shoes falling down a flight of stairs, ...]]></text>
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    <article id="7029">
      <title><![CDATA[The Beatles' lost album revealed]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1253820306" delta="23 weeks ago"><![CDATA[9/24/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[What if The Beatles hadn't broken up in 1970? What if peace broke out after the harmonious recording of Abbey Road, John and Paul discovered ...]]></text>
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    <article id="6944">
      <title><![CDATA[Video Games Promote Peace and Democracy]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1253570777" delta="24 weeks ago"><![CDATA[9/21/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Video games are fun, but besides providing entertainment, some of them actually teach people how to resolve global conflicts without violence. Several organizations are using ...]]></text>
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    <article id="6872">
      <title><![CDATA[Need For Speed: Shift console comparison video]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1253218573" delta="24 weeks ago"><![CDATA[9/17/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Here. We. Go. Again.Need For Speed: Shift is the next, latest and greatest addition to the long and historic Need For Speed series of racing ...]]></text>
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    <article id="6789">
      <title><![CDATA[Westwood-based video game maker named in patent infringement suit]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1253128270" delta="24 weeks ago"><![CDATA[9/16/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Turbine Inc. of Westwood, a leading maker of Internet-based, multiplayer video games, has been named in a patent infringement lawsuit that targets several of the ...]]></text>
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    <article id="6490">
      <title><![CDATA[Disney bolsters video games unit]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1252534654" delta="25 weeks ago"><![CDATA[9/9/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[The media conglomerate hires Alex Seropian, the founder of the firm that developed the hit series Halo, as creative head of Disney Interactive and buys ...]]></text>
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    <article id="4496">
      <title><![CDATA[GameStop Management: Show Me the Money]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1251516824" delta="27 weeks ago"><![CDATA[8/28/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[GameStop Corp.'s (NYSE:GME) CEO keeps saying 2010 is going to be a record year, just like 2008 was for the game industry when sales hit ...]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[John Madden welcomes Favre, Vick to his video game]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1251311128" delta="27 weeks ago"><![CDATA[8/26/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- It's been a busy week in professional football, with a couple of big, controversial stars - Brett Favre and Michael Vick - joining ...]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[Paul McCartney Talks 'Rock Band,' Beatles]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1251310857" delta="27 weeks ago"><![CDATA[8/26/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA["The kids of AD 2000 will understand what it was all about and draw from the music much the same sense of well being and ...]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[ First Major Video Game Convention Headed For Miami]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1251517500" delta="27 weeks ago"><![CDATA[8/28/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Jul 29, 2009 3:50 pm US/EasternAuthor: Kimberley ChapinSouth Florida gamers – be prepared for a weekend of fun, games and tournaments. Infinite Bits, Miami's first ...]]></text>
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      <text><![CDATA[(Monday 11th – Thursday 14th May 2010)LOGIN is the conference for leaders and innovators of the online game industry. This annual conference hosted in Seattle ...]]></text>
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      <createdate unixtime="1251516702" delta="27 weeks ago"><![CDATA[8/28/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Hilton Bonaventure, Montreal, Canada MIGS serves members of the video and electronic gaming industries. Geared to industry needs, the MIGS aims to be the annual ...]]></text>
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      <createdate unixtime="1251516568" delta="27 weeks ago"><![CDATA[8/28/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Pennsylvania Convention Center, US America's Video Game Expo (VGXPO) is the largest event on the east coast dedicated to video games. In 2008, over 24,000 ...]]></text>
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