Revolution
Job search engine Monster.com has a Nintendo listing that is looking for an
User Interface Artist. The position is part-time, and the contract is only six months. According to the website:
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Princess Peach
The posable Princess Peach dropped a note to ask for commenting privilege on Kotaku and point out that she is, in fact, not a man. Turn's out she's not just a COS player willing to make a buck with
non-sultry poses either, she also runs a Princess Peach fan site.
I never doubted you Peach, never.
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Gizmodo

Gizmodo hips readers to a cool little portable gaming device for fans of retro gaming. Logic3's Gamespower50 has a 2.5-inch TFT screen, comes with 50 8-bit games preloaded and runs on 3 AAA batteries. It also has a TV out for some big screen action and it looks like it will sell for a mere $60.
Logic3 Gamespower50 [Gizmodo]
Star Wars Galaxies
Nielsen Interactive Entertainment is looking for some current and former LA-based Star Wars Galaxies players to talk to. The survey group is conducting a study on "behalf of a major videogame publisher" (Sony). You have to be 18 or older and if they pick you they will pay $125 for two hours of your time.
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Mario Opera
The Mario Opera has been around since last year, but I didn't hear of it until today, so I figured it's worth mentioning. The rock opera was created by Jonathan Mann and first performed at the California Institute of the Arts in Santa Clarita in May, 2005.
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Interview
Kotaku commentator Robert Summa recently had a sit-down with fashion's bad boy Marc Ecko. The designer has made his gaming debut with his controversial graffiti game
Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure for the PS2 and the Xbox. Ecko shared his thoughts on topics ranging from its ban in Australia to the title's mixed reviews. When comparing gaming and fashion, he says:
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Flash
Why Hollywood feels it necessary to recreate The Hills Have Eyes is beyond me, but I suppose it is inevitable. The website to promote the movie has a flash game that delivers the sort of sub par, flat experience I fully expect the movie to bask in. Check it out if you want a taste of what the movie has in store for you: no plot and endless roaming through darkened tunnels punctuated by the occasional scare.
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Black
Criterion confirmed that Black will not be coming to the Xbox 360 afterall. The studio's Alex Ward said the only time gamers will see Black on the 360 is in a few years when Black 2 hits.
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Movies
Think
The Ring meets
Nightmare on Elm Street mashed with your PS2 and some mouthy hipsters from Xbox Live. Hey, Hollywood, way to shoehorn gaming into some trite plot! The trailer for the upcoming gamesploitation film
Stay Alive is online. The movie, set to hit theaters this spring, follows a group of teens as they (and I quote) "find themselves in possession of
Stay Alive, a next generation horror survival video game based on the spine-chilling true story of a 17th century noblewoman known as 'The Blood Countess.'" Ya lost me at "spine-chilling," but whatever. The movie stars Frankie Muniz (
Malcolm in the Middle) and Brian Crecente (pictured).
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