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YA Bailout Game

bailoutWe’ve seen a bunch of credit crunch/bailout games over the last few months; here’s another one: Bailout: The Game.

It’s from a homeschooling mom and architect husband whose business went into decline, so they decided to give the entrepreneurial American spirit a try. The mom takes some pride in announcing that they’re not game designers (or web designers, or a big corporation of some sort).

I wish them luck.

bugs-elmer-chessLucio Etruscus has a website where he posts a list of Chess appearances in movies, television shows, commercials, and the like. It’s in Italian, but it’s not hard to navigate.

He’s recently wrapped many of these appearances together into some Youtube clips, complete with musical overlay. Starting here.

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As mentioned last month, Zooloretto from Abacus Spiele/Rio Grande Games is now available for your IPhone. It’s developed by Spinbottle Games (currently sggc), and distributed by Chillingo. (source)

Gamer: the Movie

Hey, video gamers: this is what the public thinks of your hobby. Is this movie going to help or hinder your image?

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