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Smashing Thoughts: Steve Jobs

October 10th, 2011 by Danreb Victorio

On Thursday, Oct. 5, the world lost a great innovator of technology. Steven Paul Jobs will be remembered by most people as an esteemed founder CEO of Apple. His inventions, the “Mac,” iPod, iPhone, and iPad are all household names that are revolutionary because of their visual aesthetics and accessibility. According to a release provided [...]

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I am NOT a Thief!

July 29th, 2011 by Filippo Dinolfo

It takes quite a lot to really annoy me when it comes to PC DRM schemes. One time activation of games before playing isn’t too onerous. I can tolerate Games for Windows Live and its attempts to shoehorn console conventions onto the PC. But one thing I can’t tolerate is Ubisoft’s ridiculous draconian always-on DRM. [...]

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E3 2011: Nintendo Press Conference Summary & Reactions

June 10th, 2011 by Chris Selogy

Nintendo uses their press conference to celebrate The Legend of Zelda’s 25th Anniversary, give a shot in the arm for the Nintendo 3DS’ fall lineup, and unveil their next console, the Wii U. Use Facebook to Comment on this Post

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E3 2011: Sony Press Conference Summary & Reactions

June 8th, 2011 by Chris Selogy

Sony apologized to everybody for the damages caused by the PlayStation Network outage, talked about a ton of PS3 games, and announced key details for the Vita’s upcoming launch. Use Facebook to Comment on this Post

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E3 2011: Microsoft’s Press Conference Summary & Reactions

June 7th, 2011 by Chris Selogy

In an interesting off-year for Microsoft, they get to focus on games for the Xbox 360 and Kinect. Lots of demos, a few game announcements, and some Xbox Live news topped the majority of what Microsoft had to announce. Use Facebook to Comment on this Post

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Pre-E3 2011: Now It’s Personal

June 4th, 2011 by SmashPad Staff

In the last few articles we speculated on what the Big Three could and should do to make their keynotes a success. Now though we’re going to branch off a little bit and let our editors express themselves a bit more. This time it’s more personal and will focus on what we’re looking forward to [...]

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Pre-E3 2011: Nintendo Preview

June 2nd, 2011 by SmashPad Staff

Nintendo potentially has the most exciting show of all with a brand new console to show off and a new handheld that debuted a few months ago that will be getting its second wind at E3. Their press conference begins on June 7 at 9 AM PST (12 PM EST). Use Facebook to Comment on [...]

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Pre-E3 2011: Sony Preview

June 1st, 2011 by SmashPad Staff

Coming off of a horrendous situation with the PlayStation Network hack and subsequent downtime, Sony certainly has a lot of bad will to try to reverse with what looks to be a stacked lineup of games, a new handheld that will be launching in the near future, and some secrets to unveil when the Sony [...]

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Pre-E3 2011: Microsoft Preview

May 31st, 2011 by SmashPad Staff

Microsoft can coast on the success of the Xbox 360 and Kinect in North America by talking about games, games, and more games during their E3 press conference on June 6 at 9 AM PST (12 PM EST). Use Facebook to Comment on this Post

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Will Activision’s New Subscription Service be Worth it?

May 31st, 2011 by Andrew Giese

The Wall Street Journal reports that Activision will be introducing a subscription-based online service for their Call of Duty franchise. Pricing in less than $8/month, the service—named Call of Duty Elite—will supposedly offer subscribers exclusive extra content as well as advanced gameplay tracking tools they can’t get anywhere else. But the question is: will it [...]

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