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MMO Publisher Nexon Closes Vancouver Studio
Gamasutra – 27 Jan 2009 Development studio Nexon Vancouver, also known as Humanature Studios, was shut down today by Korean parent company Nexon, which focuses on free-to-play MMOs. Online giant confirms studio closure Play.tm Nexon closes Humanature Studio GamesIndustry.biz mmohub.org – Kotaku.com all 7 news articles |
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Shelter opens in Fort St. John
Alberta Daily Herald Tribune – 17 hours ago FORT ST. JOHN, BC – A so-called extreme weather shelter has opened in Fort St. John so homeless people have a place to go when it’s dangerously cold to sleep outside. Cold weather fills Salvation Army shelter KSWO Winter program for homeless wraps up Nanaimo Daily News all 3 news articles |
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Cleaner diesel engines are gaining popularity
Kamloops This Week – 27 Jan 2009 Historically, lower costs and reduced fuel consumption couldn’t offset the inferior output, odour and harshness posed by their operation. First Drive: 2009 BMW X5 xDrive35d CanadianDriver New BMW 123d Gets 53 MPG EcoGeek all 4 news articles |
A great clock by Tenerifean artist of Gonzalo Álvarez. It looks something like the center timepiece of a steampunk Swiss Family Robinson.
An appeals panel finds California Lutheran High School in Riverside County is not a business and therefore doesn’t have to comply with a state law barring discrimination based on sexual orientation.
This is a true story, and in the words of Homer Simpson: Fugu me!
We want to be like Tiff Needell when we grow up. In this week’s Fifth Gear, Tiff gets his hands on a green Lamborghini LP560-4 he calls Kermit and hits the snow, sans traction control.
There have been numerous ‘revolts’ on Digg (social news), hundreds of thousands of users have created numerous groups to stage protests on Facebook (social networking), and hundreds of blog posts have been written about how terrible Twitter’s service and up-time used to be and what a poor job they were doing in communicating their problems ..
We can’t stop now, can we? Here’s an argument against the impending end of NASA’s human space program as the Shuttle preps for retirement. Now let YOUR voice be heard.
Apple has squeezed out the latest software update for the iPhone and the iPod Touch, v2.2.1. As always with Apple updates, the release notes are maddeningly sparse.
