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    Letters to the editor (11/21/09)  Nov 21, 2009
    Asteroids have struck the earth, may have caused extreme climate changes, and may have caused the poles to switch. There may be more in the future, but I am not going to lose any sleep. (Anchorage Daily News)

    Q&A: With the game's creative director, Patrice Desilets  Nov 17, 2009
    "It is kind of neat to be in your villa and look at the paintings and say, 'They are mine.' ... I've been saying this Christmas if you want to travel to Italy, the cheapest way to do it is to buy Assassin's Creed II.Recently, Desilets talked about the beginnings of Assassin's Creed and the new vast, explorable Italy that the creative team at Ubisoft Montreal has created inAssassin's Creed II. (See our story .)First the Holy Land and now Renaissance Italy. These are not traditional video game... (USA Today -- Life)

    Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks Review  Nov 17, 2009
    The same diminished importance can be said about the game's Ship sections, where you fly through space, blasting asteroids and satellites. Not only do you not receive anything for participating in these segments, but you're automatically given the option to skip these transitional moments to get right back into the action, which makes them seem useless. (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    * NASA on a crusade to debunk 2012 apocalypse myths NASAG@Gw  Nov 17, 2009
    And while comets and asteroids have always hit the Earth, big hits are very rare, NASA noted ... We have already determined that there are no threatening asteroids as large as the one that killed the dinosaurs, the space agency said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Star Trek D-A-C on PSN & PC  Nov 14, 2009
    Planets, ships, space stations, meteors and asteroids jump off the screen in 3D for an immersive deep space flight experience. Players with an NVIDIA GeForce GPU in their PC can experience dynamic NVIDIA PhysX effects including blazing explosions and reactive debris. (IGN PC Games)

    Oh, Maya! Is 2012 the end? Probably not  Nov 12, 2009
    They say 2012 will mark a new beginning, leading to global spiritual evolution and better treatment of Earth, battered not by stray asteroids but by polluting humans. "We're not all going to die, we're on the cusp of a shift in human consciousness," says New Age writer Daniel Pinchbeck, author of 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl. (USA Today -- Life)

    WISE Mission Media Briefing  Nov 12, 2009
    Once in Earth orbit, WISE will scan the entire sky at infrared wavelengths, unveiling hundreds of thousands of asteroids and hundreds of millions of stars and galaxies. The briefing will take place in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. S.W., in Washington. (NASA Watch)

    Goggin: Web sites that offer suitable games for kids  Nov 11, 2009
    Asteroids, Centipede and Pac-Man never failed to keep me entertained as long as my mother could stand it. Mastering a new level and beating my own high score was a challenge I welcomed no matter how long the process would take. (Athens Banner-Herald)

    PayPal courts outside developers  Nov 4, 2009
    The scene featured curtained meeting rooms, bean bag chairs and even classic arcade games such Asteroids, Tetris, and Pac-Man. Tables were laden with snacks ranging from energy bars to gourmet jelly beans and Twinkies. (Yahoo! Asia News)

    Shattered Horizon - New Gameplay Trailer Showcases Zero Gravity Combat  Nov 3, 2009
    Join your friends in action-packed 32 player battles fighting to control hollowed-out asteroids, huge fragments of Moon rock and the ruined remains of the International Space Station. Dedicated servers hosted by Futuremark Games Studio at launch with server code being made available for the community shortly afterwards. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Shattered Horizon - Release Date and Pre-order Offer Revealed  Oct 27, 2009
    Teams of players fight in zero gravity to control hollowed-out asteroids, huge fragments of Moon rock and the ruined remains of the International Space Station ... Join your friends in action-packed 32 player battles fighting to control hollowed-out asteroids, huge fragments of Moon rock and the ruined remains of the International Space Station. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Fortress Luna Hits iPhone  Oct 26, 2009
    A gravitational anomaly in the outer solar system has flung thousands of asteroids towards the Earth. Players must launch nuclear missiles from a secret base on the moon and intercept these asteroids before they destroy the world. (IGN Wireless Games)

    Panel: NASA Shouldn't Shoot for Moon  Oct 23, 2009
    It would take less fuel to land and return from asteroids or comets that swing by Earth or even the Martian moons, Phobos and Deimos, Augustine said ... The problem with exploring near Earth asteroids is that we don't actually know where most of them are ... As for asteroids, we can mine them especially if we get a nice juicy water and iron type. (CBS News)

    Kenneth Knepper: 'Pong prowess meaningless in todays world  Oct 21, 2009
    99 specials nobody buys anymore, the ones containing PacMan and Asteroids. But first, I need to find a controller that works properly, because I never remember anything vibrating in my hand even once during an intense game of Pong. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)

    Weekend News Roundup  Oct 20, 2009
    Asteroids, lunar plumes, crafty Android marketing and more. by. (IGN Gear)

    That stuff about 2012? It's not going to happen  Oct 17, 2009
    The reality about the universe is that it is, in fact, wild and woolly, with all manner of exploding stars, gamma-ray bursts, black holes, not to mention comets that plunge toward the sun and rogue asteroids that just maybe have Earth's number ... In recent years, astronomers have mapped all the asteroids near Earth that are 2 miles in diameter or larger, Morrison said. (AZCentral -- News)

    CELEB PROFILE: Jack Black talks games  Oct 14, 2009
    "It was kind of a journey. I started out with Space Invaders and graduated to Asteroids and Pac-Man and Donkey Kong. I loved Scramble and Marble Madness. There is no one game that stands out as the one game I always wanted to play. I was an avid gamer." ... The first video game he played was Asteroids at a local arcade. (USA Today -- Tech)

    The Cougar Lounge - Faux Fir  Oct 12, 2009
    Knowing that the moon has been pulverized by a kabillion meteors and asteroids over the course of time, the scientists knew there was not going to be a big Fourth of July fireworks show - but they still wanted to do it anyway. So they sent a spacecraft up to crash into the moon, first sending a probe to crash into the moon and then sending the spacecraft itself plunging into the moon. (Washington State Sports -- Rivals.com)

    Atari To Publish Project Runway Video Game On Wii(TM)  Oct 10, 2009
    Atari benefits from its global brand and an extensive catalogue of popular games based on classic owned game franchises (Asteroids, Centipede, Missile Command, Lunar Lander), original owned franchises (Test Drive, Backyard Sports, Deer Hunter), MMO games from Cryptic Studios (Star Trek Online, Champions Online) and third party franchises (Ghostbusters, Project Runway, Dungeons and Dragons). For more information please visit. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Health Care Bill Nears Key Milestone  Oct 3, 2009
    There will be snakes and vultures, and world ending asteroids. in the minds of the fringe no matter what the dems do. (CBS News)

    To learn maths, just game on  Sep 30, 2009
    A web games company has launched a series of games - recognisable computer games with asteroids being blasted out of the sky and attacks by killer robots - which, it claims, will teach you maths as you play ... A web games company has launched a series of games recognisable computer games with asteroids being blasted out of the sky and attacks by killer robots which, it claims, will teach you maths as you play. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)

    Scientists Plan Against Asteroid Attacks  Sep 25, 2009
    Rapid-survey telescopes discover thousands of asteroids every year, but there's something very particular about this one ... The exercise, which took place in December 2008, exposed the chilling dangers asteroids pose ... We have barely begun to track down the millions of skyscraper-sized asteroids zipping around Earth's neighbourhood, any one of which could unleash as much destructive power as a nuclear bomb on impact. (Newsmax)

    Gaming on the iPhone Stinks!  Sep 19, 2009
    I don t mind killing a few minutes playing Bejeweled 2, and some of the games that make use of the accelerometer (the thing that knows when you tilt the device) are OK. But there s nothing that feels groundbreaking in terms of being mind sticky like Tetris or Asteroids. In fact, I see the App Store gaming mentality being the same as that of Facebook games you re constantly playing musical chairs with games, moving from game to game. (Datamation)

    Don't call it a comeback  Sep 19, 2009
    In the heyday of video games like "Asteroids," "Donkey Kong," "Space Invaders" and "Pac-Man," gamers would gather for hours at arcades. This was long before Wii, Playstation and Xbox ruled the world. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Armoured Shift to Hit iP...  Sep 18, 2009
    With engaging, motion-based controls, Armoured Shift puts players in command of the Scythe MKIII, a powerful and agile spacecraft, and challenges them to defeat waves of asteroids, enemy ships, and deadly bosses. Unlike the majority of shooters available on the App Store (which rely on dual on-screen virtual joysticks), Armoured Shift takes advantage of the iPhone's accelerometer for a uniquely immersive gaming experience. (IGN Wireless Games)

    Dream Day Wedding Miami ...  Sep 17, 2009
    Missile Command, Asteroids, Monopoly, Scrabble, Boggle, and Yahtzee. I-play is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Seattle, San Mateo, London, and Dunfermline, Scotland. (IGN Wireless Games)

    Atari, Inc. Appoints Philip Veneziano as Chief Financial Officer  Sep 16, 2009
    and classic games covering the entire history of the video game industry (Pong, Missile Command, Asteroids etc). Atari, Inc. word mark and logo are trademarks owned by Atari Interactive, Inc.. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Out of This World  Sep 1, 2009
    The competition has three categories, including deep space, Earth and space and the solar system, which encapsulates the Sun, the planets, moons, asteroids and comets. Deep spaces images, not surprisingly, are the most difficult to capture. (Fox News)

    Weekend fair schedule  Aug 29, 2009
    6:30 p.m.: Asteroids: Swing, jazz & bluegrass. FARM EXHIBITS. (Anchorage Daily News)

    NASA 'can't cope' with killer asteroids  Aug 12, 2009
    NASA is supposed to seek out almost all the asteroids that threaten Earth but lacks the money to do the job, a federal report says ... The agency estimates that about 20,000 asteroids and comets in Earth's solar system bigger than 140 metres in diameter are potential threats to the planet ... NASA calculated that to spot the asteroids as required by law would cost about $US800 million ($A965 million) between now and 2020, either with a new ground-based telescope or a space observation system,... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)

    It's official: 'StarCraft II' delayed until 2010  Aug 7, 2009
    The first video game he played was Asteroids at a local arcade. He has been hooked ever since. (USA Today -- Tech)

    Champions Online Now Available fo...  Aug 4, 2009
    and classic games covering the entire history of the video game industry (Pong, Missile Command, Asteroids etc). ABOUT DIRECT2DRIVEDirect2Drive (D2D) is IGN Entertainment's digital download store (http://www. (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    Jupiter Hit by Cosmic Object -- Is Earth Next?  Jul 29, 2009
    "They're easy objectives to get to, and asteroids have significant metal resources that can be mined, while comets have significant water resources for space habitats or travel," Yeomans said ... Furthermore, asteroids and comets are among the objects that have changed the least since the birth of the solar system roughly 4. (Fox News)

    IGN's FilePlanet Partners to Host...  Jul 29, 2009
    and classic games covering the entire history of the video game industry (Pong, Missile Command, Asteroids etc). ABOUT IGN'S FILEPLANETIGN'S FilePlanet is a video game download service that provides free game patches, mod files and media downloads (game demos, trailers) to its users. (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    Spacewalk Marks Moon Landing  Jul 21, 2009
    Earlier in the day at a Washington news conference, some of the Apollo astronauts, including Aldrin, suggested the $100 billion poured into the space station had not yielded much and that the outpost would be better used as a testbed for human missions to Mars and even asteroids. Related Stories. (Fox News)

    All systems go for Apollo anniversary  Jul 21, 2009
    Vivian White of the Astronomy Society of the Pacific showed bystanders what happens when asteroids and comets crash into the moon. By dropping small rocks onto a pan of flour with a thin layer of cocoa powder on top, she mimicked how the moon's surface is disrupted - and sprays moon dust when large objects strike it. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    The Next Lunar Landing  Jul 21, 2009
    " There may be economic, scientific, or sentimental reasons attracting people to remote places; people always have a variety of reasons for moving from one place to another. One of the few constant factors in human history is migration, often over huge distances for reasons that are difficult to discern. I have little doubt that as soon as emigration from Earth becomes cheap enough for ordinary people to afford, people will emigrate. To make human space travel cheap, we will need advanced... (The Atlantic Online)

    Tom Wolfe Has Me Rethinking the Space Program  Jul 21, 2009
    I welcome the idea of energy so cheap it's actually cost effective to bring raw materials from the asteroids back to earth/moon. These are the joyous fantasies spaceflight offers. (Slate)

    Buzz Aldrin: Put Humans on Mars By 2031  Jul 19, 2009
    The moon may have been the entire world for a day for Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin 40 years ago, but today he hopes the United States and the world set their sights on a far grander goal: Spreading humanity to Mars and perhaps asteroids and comets. But NASA's plan to replace its three aging space shuttles with Orion capsules to carry astronauts to the moon by 2020 may not justify its $35 billion cost if it stops there, said Aldrin, one of the first humans to set foot on the moon during the on... (Fox News)

    'Light-switch' moment  Jul 11, 2009
    Kris destroyed asteroids and hopped barrels with impressive dexterity. But it was the grace with which she obliterated insects that sealed the deal. (CNN)

    The best classic arcade games ever made  Jul 8, 2009
    You'll see kids dressed like extras from "Happy Days" playing pinball, heavy metal types resting in front of a big screen television watching Rush videos and a lot of people playing doubles on Asteroids, while debating the eternal video game geek question: What's the best arcade game of all time. Below is a nine-best list, compiled by myself and fellow Chronicle video game critics Erick Wong and Christopher T. Fong. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    IGN Daily Fix  Jul 7, 2009
    Video Microsoft Law Suit, Asteroids The Movie, & The Weekly Giveaway. This video will play in seconds. (IGN PS2)

    Australian gamer blackballed over virtual world 'fraud'  Jul 6, 2009
    Word of the theft spread quickly within EVE. Panicked customers started a run on the bank, worried that they would lose the money they had amassed by hunting space pirates or mining asteroids. Ironically, if Ricdic had merely stolen the online money he could have stayed in the game. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)

    The Ultimate List: Multi-Boot Games  Jul 5, 2009
    The game is based upon the classic Atari game Asteroids, where players fly around space blasting away at tumbling rocks, trying to secure the most gems before the other players do. Unfortunately, the game can go on way longer than it should. (IGN Game Boy)

    Billions stolen in online robbery  Jul 4, 2009
    The game revolves around trade, mining asteroids and the efforts of different player-controlled corporations to take control of swathes of virtual space. It has now emerged that Ricdic used the cash to put down a deposit on a house and to pay medical bills. (BBC News -- Technology)

    Asteroids Approach  Jul 3, 2009
    Connections for Asteroids ... Details for Asteroids. (IGN FilmForce)

    'Asteroids' the movie?  Jul 3, 2009
    Asteroids' the movie ... Asteroids' the movie ... Universal has secured the film rights to classic Atari arcade game Asteroids, from The Hollywood Reporter. (USA Today -- Tech)

    Tap into a new way to play on the Wii  Jun 26, 2009
    The other types of games in Let's Tap include a Jenga -type game of removing blocks from a tower, an Asteroids -type shooter-in-space game where you keep your avatar afloat by tapping, and a game where your taps create visualizations like fireworks or art on the screen. While interesting to explore, these games weren't as captivating as "Tap Runner" and "Rhythm Tap.". (USA Today -- Tech)

    Light of Altair Review  Jun 22, 2009
    Even more, there are special planets with asteroids in orbit that provide good resources with not as much building up. Considering these resources give you both materials and the precious fuel needed to keep a fleet, these usually small planets become valuable enough to eschew larger planets to grab them. (IGN PC Games)

    Sony introduces new PlayStation Portable  Jun 3, 2009
    " Tretton says 100 new titles will release for PS2 this year.2:13 p.m. ET: Sony Computer Entertainment Jack Tretton takes the stage to kick things off, following a long montage of the PlayStation lineup.By Brett MolinaTags: PreviousNextTo report corrections and clarifications, contact Reader Editor . For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to . Include name, phone number, city and state for verification.Guidelines: You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your... (USA Today -- Tech)

    Turbo Subds on iPhone  May 30, 2009
    I-play's interactive television group, formerly PixelPlay, creates and distributes games featuring top brands including Centipede, Missile Command, Asteroids, Monopoly, Scrabble, Boggle, and Yahtzee. I-play is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Seattle, San Mateo, London, and Dunfermline, Scotland. (IGN Wireless Games)

    Blockbuster games battle  May 28, 2009
    It's more like multiplayer Asteroids than Star Trek, and it won't hold your interest. One star. (Auburn Citizen, NY)

    Circuit Strike.One on iP...  May 23, 2009
    5D shooter powered by an inertia based physics system much like the classic arcade game Asteroids. Fans of Geometry Wars will find a similar aesthetic and enemy behavior with a larger battlefield, fixed objectives and fluid parallax movement. (IGN Wireless Games)

    Life on Earth May Have Started Even Earlier  May 22, 2009
    The bombardment of Earth by asteroids 3 ... Asteroids, comets and other impactors from space have been suggested as the causes behind some of the world's great mass extinctions, including the. (Fox News)

    Calif. takes appeal of violent video games law to Supreme Court  May 21, 2009
    "Update at 9:40 p.m. ET: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says in a statement he will "vigorously defend" the violent video game lawboth he and Brown will push to the Supreme Court. "By prohibiting the sale of violent video games to children under the age of 18 and requiring these games to be clearly labeled, this law would allow parents to make better informed decisions for their kids," Schwarzenegger said.Signed in 2005, the law wasstruck down by a U.S. District Court two years... (USA Today -- Tech)

    Depravity at the GM wheel  May 20, 2009
    Deflecting huge asteroids in space. it seems like all we ever hear about CDS is how they are being used for anything but good. (Asia Times Online)

    Space Littering Can Impact Earth's Atmosphere  May 20, 2009
    Using high-altitude aircraft, the NASA sampling program was directed at snagging particles of dust from comets and asteroids as they filter down through the atmosphere. However, when the collection plates were later analyzed, exhaust residue from solid rocket motor firings, protective paints that shed from the outer hulls of spacecraft in orbit, and particles of mostly aluminum from re-entering space hardware were identified. (Fox News)

    Watching for asteroids: Local man keeps eyes on the sky  May 18, 2009
    This variety of celestial firepower consists of killer asteroids, which sounds like something for which you need industrial strength Preparation H, but is much worse. Asteroids are bits of rock ranging in size from pebbles to a 950-mile-long one called Ceres, and they careen around our solar system like stray bullets ... Or intercepting asteroids with spacecraft using nuclear blasts to nudge their targets off in safer directions. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)

    Atari Launches Worldwide Launch P...  May 7, 2009
    and classic games covering the entire history of the video game industry (Pong, Missile Command, Asteroids etc). - May 6th, 2009 PlayStation versions coming June, X360 later in the year. (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    Ottumwa, video game capital?  May 7, 2009
    Walter Day, who owned the Twin Galaxies video game arcade in town, says Ottumwa was considered the Dodge City of video games, since its where all the top players would come to compete on Asteroids or Pac-Man or Centipede. In 1982, the mayor of Ottumwa proclaimed the town the Video Game Capital of the World. (MSNBC -- Technology)

    Ghostbusters Launch Dates  May 7, 2009
    and classic games covering the entire history of the video game industry (Pong, Missile Command, Asteroids etc). Guide. (IGN PS2)

    Creature creations in 'Spore' top 100 million  May 5, 2009
    "This is a staggering milestone to have met in less than one year from the launch of Spore Creature Creator, said Lucy Bradshaw, VP and General Manager at Maxis, in a statement.The PC game from industry icon Will Wright was met with a upon its release last September. However, the game ended up within its first month.Readers, still playing Spore? And are you surprised by the milestone?By Brett MolinaPhoto: A few of Spore's residents (Electronic Arts)Tags: PreviousTo report corrections and... (USA Today -- Tech)

    Top 10 Worst Video Game Vacations  Apr 28, 2009
    At least it's more fun than jumping around the asteroids on Xen. The Mines of Moria (The Lord of the Rings Online). (IGN PS2)

    List 200 MS Point Xbox 360 XBLA and...  Apr 19, 2009
    Inspired by classic arcade shooters such as Galaga and Asteroids, Galax-E-Mail allows players to command a fleet of spaceships to destroy enemies and safely deliver email packages, which happen to contain useful hints and tips on how to play the game. While perhaps not as timeless as the games from which it's inspired, Galax-E-Mail offers an excellent blend of arcade shooter action and a feeling of space adventure for only 200 MS points. (Suite101.com)

    Standing watch over a crowded space  Apr 10, 2009
    " Satellite operators overwhelmingly recognise the need for better data on the melee of objects whizzing over our heads. The US already makes available data from its Space Surveillance Network on the internet. But this US Air Force data, known as two-line elements, is of relatively low quality, with satellite positions only accurate to within 20-30km (distances which are covered in 3-4 seconds at typical low Earth orbit velocities of 7.5 km/s). Additional uncertainties are introduced when... (BBC News -- Science)

    Lost in Space: NASA's Out of This World Spending  Apr 10, 2009
    Dawn: Launched in September 2007, this $465 million asteroid probe is expected to visit asteroids Vesta and Ceres during its 3-billion mile trip to better understand the formation of the solar system. Costs have increased $4. (Fox News)

    Puzzle Quest: Galactrix  Apr 9, 2009
    The mining mini-game, where you match as many resource tiles before you lock the board (run out of valid moves), lets you gain commodities from asteroids. The crafting mini-game lets you use these commodities to create new weapons, assuming youre skilled enough to refine a requisite number of coloured tiles. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Technology)

    Asteroid sheds light on dawning of solar system  Mar 28, 2009
    Asteroids observed by telescope are divided into classes according to their optical characteristics, and the one that yielded Jenniskens' fragments after exploding with the energy of 1,000 tons of TNT was a very rare F-class object called a ureilite. It was extremely fragile, fine-grained, porous and probably weighed nearly 90 tons before its sharp-edged fragments fell to Earth, Jenniskens said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)

    TV, films boldly go down scientific path  Mar 28, 2009
    The 1998 film Deep Impact featured some shaky science in its plot to divert a massive asteroid from Earth with nuclear bombs, he notes, but is widely credited by astronomers with raising public awareness of the threat from "Near Earth" asteroids and helping secure funding for asteroid surveys. "I would say some representations of science can significantly impact public understanding," for better and for worse, Kirby says. (USA Today -- Tech)

    Seth Rogen: celebrity gamer  Mar 28, 2009
    "By Mike SniderPhoto by Lucien Capellaro, DreamWorksTags: PreviousNextTo report corrections and clarifications, contact Reader Editor . For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to . Include name, phone number, city and state for verification.Guidelines: You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference. . About Mike Snider... (USA Today -- Tech)

    GDC 09: 'Wolfenstein' invades iPhone  Mar 26, 2009
    In a statement, Carmack says that "not very long ago, it was an open question if classic first-person shooter-play styles could be adapted to the touch and tilt controls of the iPhone and still remain fun, so I set out to find the answer. ... it was a lot of fun to grow the project from a little experiment into a full-fledged product. To me, the iPhone is the most exciting new platform in ages, and I am very much looking forward to bringing our entire historic series of titles over, as well as... (USA Today -- Tech)

    Watching Space Rocks: Live Chat With NASA's Asteroid Trackers  Mar 25, 2009
    offers a unique opportunity for viewers to ask questions of scientists with NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office about how NASA discovers and tracks asteroids ... NASA detects and tracks asteroids and comets passing close to Earth. (NASA Watch)

    Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on...  Mar 21, 2009
    and classic games covering the entire history of the video game industry (Pong, Missile Command, Asteroids etc). - March 20th, 2009 Assault On Dark Athena brings Riddick into multiplayer realm for the first time with six intense online combat modes. (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    G4TV's Morgan Webb to go 'Underground'  Mar 21, 2009
    "After this first six-episode run, another is planned to start in June. A University of California- Berkeley graduate in rhetoric, Webb, who is 30, always tinkered with computers (I figured I would probably get out of school and work with IT.) and was hired as a producer for the TechTV network in 2001. She began appearing on-air giving computer support tips during the show The Screen Savers, which evolved into Attack of the Show, after G4 took over the network.When the video game show... (USA Today -- Tech)

    GAMER PROFILE: Morgan Webb  Mar 21, 2009
    "By Mike Snider Photo by G4TVTags: PreviousNextTo report corrections and clarifications, contact Reader Editor . For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to . Include name, phone number, city and state for verification.Guidelines: You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference. . About Mike Snider Mike Snider began... (USA Today -- Tech)

    'Ready 2 Rumble' adds punch with celeb parodies  Mar 17, 2009
    "I didn't play a lot. I didn't get involved in it like some guys do with comics and stuff. I dabbled in Pac-Man, Asteroids and Donkey Kong.". Favorite game. (USA Today -- Tech)

    'The Unexpected' Is Key To Human Learning  Mar 15, 2009
    A NASA mission to two asteroids, one formed of lava and the other potentially containing water, will help find clues about the formation of our solar. . (Science Daily)

    MORE GAME HUNTERS  Mar 14, 2009
    "Most popular console system for online play? Microsoft's Xbox 360. But online use among Nintendo Wii users rose from 18% to 29%. Fastest growing part of the online gaming population? Those aged 13-17, up to 22% from 17% in 2008, according to the January survey of more than 20,000 on NPD's online consumer panel.By Mike Snider About Mike Snider Mike Snider began covering the video game industry during the Super Nintendo-Sega Genesis clash in 1992. An original pinball wizard, he eventually was... (USA Today -- Tech)

    UPDATE: U.S. Jet Shoots Down Iranian Drone Over Iraq...  Mar 14, 2009
    e. Meteors and Asteroids) will slam into the earth. Didn't anyone realize one nearly missed us a few weeks ago, that no one saw until AFTER it passed by. (The Drudge Report)

    More 'Evil' lurking for Wii  Mar 13, 2009
    "We are very excited to be bringing the sequel to Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles to the Wii as we feel the gameplay and content are a perfect fit for the Wii platform, said Capcom's Mona Hamilton in a news release. We are always looking for new ways to give Capcom fans a chance to experience our games. Umbrella Chronicles was a huge success for us, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles is an improvement with a more in-depth co-op experience, and we are excited to bring this... (USA Today -- Tech)

    From the Earth to Mars - Steps Towards a First Human Mission to the Red Planet  Mar 10, 2009
    Human journeys to near-Earth asteroids and to the moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, will also help pave the way. Dr Pascal Lee will discuss progress being made in the Canadian Arctic and around the world to achieve these milestones, and most importantly, he will explain why we should. (NASA Watch)

    'The Beatles: Rock Band' comes together in September  Mar 6, 2009
    The first video game he played was Asteroids at a local arcade. He has been hooked ever since. (USA Today -- Tech)

    Near Asteroid Collision  Mar 5, 2009
    NASA's list of PHA's (potentially hazardous asteroids) numbers at 959, though astronomers think the list should more accurately be considered at about 20,000, meaning we've only spotted 5% of them. Gee, great. (IGN Gear)

    Tech Fetish #45  Mar 5, 2009
    Asteroids, nerd fashion, wireless providers, and more ... The group voices their various concerns about the prospect of future collisions, as well as the somewhat alarming state of NASA's monitoring of near-hit asteroids. (IGN Gear)

    Puzzle Quest: Galactrix a thrilling, deep take on match-three  Feb 26, 2009
    You'll mine ore from asteroids using the same match-three game, and then sell that ore for differing prices around the huge galaxy the game offers ... The game is set up so that each dot on the map is a system of asteroids, stations, and a jump gate or two, but to unlock each jump gate you have to play a hacking minigame that requires you to match three tiles of a certain color in order. (Ars Technica)

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