Trial set for 3 charged with killing 6 over Xbox
Kay Shukwit still shudders when she thinks about the final
moments of her 19-year-old daughter's life, clubbed with
baseball bats and stabbed.
Three men charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of
Michelle Ann Nathan and five other young people in Deltona
two years ago are scheduled to go on trial Wednesday in St.
Augustine on a change of venue. Another man has pleaded
guilty and agreed to testify for the prosecution.
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Xbox 360 Podcast Review
This week on the Xbox 360 Podcast, we talk about Tom
Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, Call of Duty Map
pack, and the price drop news.
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Xbox Boss Ready To Bite Apple’s iPod
Microsoft’s version of the portable music player will offer
some features the iPods don’t, too, sweetening the deal for
those who choose to buy it. It seems the Microsoft version
of the player will come complete with a wireless Internet
connection that will let users bypass the computer for
downloading tunes and other content.
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World of Warcraft goes Trading Card
World of Warcraft is meeting Magic in an upcoming trading
card game based upon the WoW universe. Except it's not
actually Magic, it's a company called Upper Deck
Entertainment, who also do the Yugi-Oh card game.
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Sony offers tiny USB drive in neon hues
It's cute and colorful and it's Sony's tiniest USB drive
yet. It's called--what else?--the Micro Vault Tiny.
The drive, which measures about half an inch by an inch,
comes in neon shades of pink, green, purple and orange, and
sizes ranging from 256MB to 2GB.
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PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN GAME OUT FOR PC, PS2
Bethesda Softworks announced today that the highly
anticipated action/adventure game Pirates of the Caribbean:
The Legend of Jack Sparrow for the PlayStation®2 computer
entertainment system and PC has shipped to North American
stores. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack
Sparrow, developed by Seven Studios and Bethesda Softworks
and distributed under license from Buena Vista Games, Inc.,
relives adventures throughout the life of Captain Jack
Sparrow – as only he can tell it – and will feature the
voice of Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow.
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Nintendo DS boarded by Pirates of the Caribbean
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Mans' Chest is now available
on Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS for $29.99 and $34.99
respectively.
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest may borrow its
design from successful brawlers, but the developers don't
capture the spark that makes those brawlers special. Sure
there are tons of moves and combos to unlock, but the
enemies don't require any of these earned skills, which sort
of defeats the purpose of seeking them out.
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Pokemon Learning League(TM) Provides Compelling Format
to Reinforce Core Curriculum
New web-based educational suite leverages enduring
popularity of Pokemon brand to engage and challenge students
One of the biggest challenges educators face year after year
is generating student enthusiasm, curiosity and interest in
the learning process, which are powerful drivers of student
achievement. With today's release of Pokemon Learning League
by Pokemon USA, Inc., educators can harness the broad appeal
and imaginative spirit of Pokemon(R), with its captivating
animation and storylines, to motivate and engage a diverse
range of students in core curriculum lessons.
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ANIME EXPO 2006 ROARS INTO THE ANAHEIM CONVENTION
CENTER
With a sold out Exhibit Hall, record breaking
pre-registration numbers and a host of celebrated Guests of
Honor. Anime Expo® has raised the bar once again with many
premieres (U.S. premiere of Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie
Conqueror of Shamballa and Patlabor2 The Movie by Bandai
Visual USA Inc.), AXBackstage as the official virtual
gateway for the convention (with live streaming video by
Stickam, video reports, news and updates), the AX I-Show (a
new AX communication technologies and opportunities for
attendees and artists) and events such as the Masquerade, AX
Idol and the SPJA Charity Auction.
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Super Dragon Ball Z Goes Gold
Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) today announced that development
is complete on Super Dragon Ball Z(R) for the
PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system. Developed by
former Street Fighter II producer Noritaka Funamizu's new
studio, Crafts & Meister, Super DBZ delivers a more "hard
core" fighting experience, complete with unique and
lightening-quick combos for each character, and the ability
to steal combos from other players. Relying on a game engine
that rewards fast reflexes and features the ability to
string together a multitude of combos, the game's levels
have been created in the art style of Akira Toriyama, the
original creator of the Dragon Ball manga.
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