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  Game Over for Modders?
over the years without incurring the wrath of game makers -- despite widespread click-wrap contracts prohibiting unauthorized modifications, and ambiguities in copyright law that make distributing the hacks legally uncertain.
The industry group revoked the game's M rating, which labeled it appropriate for players 17 or older, and re-filed it under AO for "adults only" -- raising the minimum age to 18, the year at which a delicate teen becomes less susceptible to the harmful influence of computer-generated cartoon sex.
The company now acknowledges that the sex scenes were shipped on the game discs, but describes them as vestigial code that was cut from gameplay before release, and was not intended to be accessible to players.
www.wired.com /news/games/0,2101,68284,00.html   (730 words)

  
  Game over - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Most games of today use other ending texts such as "The End," or simply an outro and credits, if the player is successful, with "Game Over" used to signify failure.
Some games use "Game Over" not only to indicate the end of the game, but also to indicate that the game is not currently being played.
This phrase, shortened to "Game over, man!", was later used as part of the Game Over screen of the SNES game Alien³, based on the film of the same name.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Game_over   (995 words)

  
 Game Over (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Game Over was a short-lived UPN series produced by Carsey-Werner-Mandabach Productions, LLC.
Game Over's pilot episode was deemed unacceptable by UPN and Viacom executives due to "salty language" and brief partial nudity of the character Raquel.
The title of the series comes from game over, a common phrase at the ending of various video games.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Game_Over_(TV_series)   (293 words)

  
 GAME OVER? - [Sunday Herald]
The morality of the game was enough to inspire a spot on the flagship US current affairs programme 60 Minutes, and spark a global debate about the content of a new genre of entertainment – gaming.
In 1983 it was Custer’s Revenge, a short-lived game for the Atari 2600, which was released to protests from women’s groups because a female Native American character appeared to be raped in it.
Gaming as a pastime is also growing in the UK – in 1997 the amount spent on games alone, excluding sales of consoles or PCs, was £508 million; by 2009 that is expected to rise to £1.4 billion.
www.sundayherald.com /51293   (1764 words)

  
 Game Over
Game Over, a film by Nina Huntemann, explores how, in its "reality"-focused depictions of sexualized women, violent men, inner-city drug-dealing African Americans, savagely violent Native Americans, and other stereotypical prototypes, the video game industry is using this power in racist, sexist, and violence-encouraging ways.
The primary hook of Game Over is a stream of scenes from a plethora of video games, each supporting the analyses of expert interviewees.
Game Over successfully inspires dialogue on a variety of issues—racism, sexism, the connection between violence and masculinity, and the way the media feeds into them.
www.edchange.org /multicultural/reviews/f-gameover.html   (609 words)

  
 Game Over
Over the past six months, while the United Nations has been debating the definition of words like "immediate" and "unconditional," the United States has deployed hundreds of thousands of troops around Iraq.
The White House released photos of the president on the phone, pleading with nations such as Angola, as if that were supposed to impress anybody.
Over the past 12 years the United States has sought to disarm or depose Saddam--more forcefully since September 11 than before.
weeklystandard.com /Content/Public/Articles/000/000/002/358pyodq.asp   (557 words)

  
 GameOver - Bang! Gunship Elite (c) Red Storm Entertainment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
There are a couple of campaigns where wingmen will accompany and aid you in the struggle, but don't count on the help too much, you have no control over these ships, no communication with them, and you'll quickly find you've forgotten they even exist.
There is also an arsenal of nine different weapons ranging from a plasma cannon to the all-powerful Titan's Hammer which is basically the be all, end all weapon.
As you blow away the baddies, you'll gain experience, which is than used by the AI to adapt to your level of skill.
www.game-over.net /review/july2000/bang   (920 words)

  
 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over for Game Boy Advance Review - Game Boy Advance Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Review
Half of the game involves leaping over platforms and fighting angry virtual-reality creatures.
Throughout the game, you have opportunities to add items to your repertoire that allow you to jump higher, perform stronger attacks, and suck the energy out of your opponents.
The color scheme is bright, which reflects the general thematic look of the movie, and the animation for the main character and enemies is fine, but the backgrounds don't have a lot of detail or liveliness to them.
www.gamespot.com /gba/action/spykids3dgameover/review.html   (1107 words)

  
 Morgan Stanley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
With much confusion over the state of the German labour market likely over the next few months, we would focus on the improvements in employment over 2004, which suggest that underlying labour market trends did turn around.
Over the same time, METI estimates share ownership by foreigners has risen from only 6% to 21%.
Over the last 12 months manufacturing growth accelerated to a seven-year high, driven by a confluence of positive factors including declining interest rates, lagged effect of positive agricultural output and strong growth in exports.
www.morganstanley.com /GEFdata/digests/20050107-fri.html   (9730 words)

  
 Ed Brill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
It seems that there is a school of thought that e-mail is dead or approaching death, because the sheer volume overwhelms, or the signal to noise ratio is low (spam, newsletters, useless cc:-the-world exercises), or it's not fast enough, or whatever.
E-mail has evolved over the years to have rules, agents, content filtering, prioritization, mood stamps, sender-based color highlighting, etc. -- all of which could be added to RSS readers.
But these heated debates over whether it is revolution or evolution don't really get me going like they do some others.
www.edbrill.com /ebrill/edbrill.nsf/dx/06092004072705AMEBRFFH.htm   (633 words)

  
 Game Over Blog | The Columbia Daily Tribune
It's been over a decade and a half since the franchise was at the height of its strength, and this added to the fact that Konami has given development duties to another company make me a bit worried that Contra 4 will not stack up to expectations.
There has to be some pretty sick stuff in the game for that to be true, and if it is the game may generate a buzz simply because of its rating that could help offset the possible lack of distributors.
Game Informer has a boatload of news on Harmonix and EA's upcoming Rock Band, and someone over at the NeoGAF boards was kind enough to condense it all in one post.
blogs.columbiatribune.com /gameover   (9137 words)

  
 ThinkGeek :: Game Over
'Game Over' is a necessary evil and a motivating force to every video arcade gamer.
Over time, with enough diligence, calloused fingers and plenty of quarters, you may actually 'finish' the game and only then will 'Game Over' turn from annoyance into the sweet victory of man over machine.
Black tshirt with the phrase 'game over' in white on front and center in that old video game terminal font.
www.thinkgeek.com /tshirts/gaming/59d4   (155 words)

  
 Salon.com tech | Game over
The ongoing story of Garrett, a cynical cat burglar who plunders ill-gotten wealth from cruel nobles and fanatical theocrats, the Thief games are a seamless weave of first-person action and deep narrative.
While never sacrificing their heart-throttling suspense, the Thief games are genuine works of art, fully leveraging the medium to engage the player's intellect.
Many game industry observers had wondered if Daikatana's moment would ever come, considering the legendary delays, mutinies and overruns that had stretched its production time to three controversial years.
archive.salon.com /tech/feature/2000/06/20/dark_glass   (735 words)

  
 GameOver Games | Free downloads games for you   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Since earliest times the glorious clan of dwarves is standing guard over the subterranean world.
Our well-known hero, brave and kind turtle Ozzy starts the journey with an innocent game of catch, as Ozzy accidentally smacks into a slab of ice, cracking it and letting a mysterious creature go free.
Intrigued, he follows, unknowingly setting off on the adventure of lifetime, which - as depicted via a lovingly-rendered mission map you'll traverse one stage at a time - is filled with excitement and wonder.
www.gameover-games.com   (211 words)

  
 Game Over TV Show - Game Over Television Show - TV.com
this is my favorite episode of game over because it involves an aptitude test which always has funny results.
Tell the world what you think of Game Over, write a review for this show.
Game Over shows what happens to video game charictors when you turn off the game.
www.tv.com /game-over/show/16962/summary.html   (329 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Game Over Press Start To Continue: Books: David Sheff,Andy Eddy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Whether it is recounting the struggles over the game"Tetris," offering blow-by-blow narrative of Nintendo's bitter legal warfare or its see-saw competition with other companies for market leadership, Game Over is a masterful piece of business journalism and technical reportage-a book both cautionary and hugely entertaining.
Hearing about secret meetings in Communist-run facilities, with these guys from little video game companies running back and forth and deceiving these Russians who don't know what kind of hit they have on their hands...
This video game empire I learned in the book, all started from an ape named donkey kong and a carpender (later turned into a plumber) named Mario.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0966961706?v=glance   (1546 words)

  
 Media Education Foundation: Game Over   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
And yet, despite capturing the attention of millions of children worldwide, video games remain one of the least scrutinized cultural industries.
Game Over is the first educational documentary to address the fastest growing segment of the media through engaging questions of gender, race and violence.
Game Over offers a refreshing dialogue about the complex and controversial topic of video game violence, and is designed to encourage high school and college students to think critically about the video games they play.
www.mediaed.org /videos/MediaGenderAndDiversity/GameOver   (305 words)

  
 Game Over, by The Plaid Adder - Democratic Underground
Game Over, by The Plaid Adder - Democratic Underground
Karl Rove, for instance, instead of making himself useful, is now trying to come up with new ways to protect Bush from the appalling consequences of his actions.
You blame people for something that you suspect you might have responsibility for; or for something that is a mildly annoying minor problem.
www.democraticunderground.com /plaidder/05/40.html   (422 words)

  
 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Carmen's caught in a virtual reality game designed by the Kids' new nemesis, the Toymaker (Stallone).
This will definitely be the weakest of the saga, but fun nonetheless.
Discuss this title with other users on IMDb message board for Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
www.imdb.com /title/tt0338459   (382 words)

  
 Game over my dead body   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Game Over: coming this March to upn, because it won't last until April.
It would be interesting to see how a "video game world" is portrayed without showing or even acknowledging the existense of a single licenced character oh wait.
If you want any proof this game is based on The Sims and little else, I invite you to tell me what this vacant staring lerp's purpose is. At least the first guy was in uniform; all this one seems dressed to do is attend parent-teacher conferences and embody 1950s gender stereotypes.
ourworld.cs.com /volcabbage/no/nover.htm   (1918 words)

  
 TomPaine.com - Iraq: Game Over
Robert Dreyfuss is the author of  Devil's Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam  (Henry Holt/Metropolitan Books, 2005).
All the Kurds want now is to take over Kirkuk, which they will do with force, violence, and ethnic cleansing aimed at Arab residents of the Kirkuk area.
But it also means that every day that the U.S. forces remain in Iraq, the United States creates another day for the Shiite religious forces to strengthen their hand, to build their militia, and to make plans for cleansing Sunnis from majority Shiite areas.
www.tompaine.com /articles/20051222/iraq_game_over.php   (901 words)

  
 Game Over   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Alexey Pazhitnov is the ultimate in idealists, hiking through forests and waxing philosophical about his game.
To say the least, not a lot of effort was made to show the players in more than the broad "good/evil" perspective.
Although Sheff's predictions of Nintendo as Big Brother probably won't come true in today's game market, this book is still excellent reading and a must for any NES fan.
www.atarihq.com /tsr/books/gameover.html   (397 words)

  
 H2YL Presents: Game Over (Main)
I was just taking a little melee break from the huge tourney ^_~ Over 95 people came, the turn out was great.
I'm still smashing as lively as ever, but from after this tourney, there has been many people retiring from smash, many good and respectable players as well.
That's not to worry much though, the smash community is still thriving and there'll be the youngins that'll take over those who leave.
www.angelfire.com /dc2/gameover   (294 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Game Over: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
A breathtakingly beautiful tree-surgeon, with long gypsy hair and a set of teeth the Osmonds would be proud of, Darren looks as if he has just what it takes to smash through her tough-gal stance.
Game Over is a saucy twist on the twentysomething girl-meets-boy fiction that has bombarded our bookshops recently.
Cas is an exhilaratingly unconventional female protagonist and it's refreshing to read a city-girl novel about a woman who is trying her hardest not to find Mr Right.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0140290664   (808 words)

  
 Game Over
How do I have it in a game that when all levels are completed or the player is out of ships that it displays GAME OVER?
If the shipCounter = 0 then you could either clear your current screen and display your "Game Over" text or move the view to a different activation area to show your ending "Game Over screen.
Example: the game has a main.exe and it loads each level1.dat, level2.dat, and so on.
game-editor.com /forum/viewtopic.php?p=2126   (1207 words)

  
 Game Over Online Magazine - The Game Has Just Begun
Mad Tracks is a well put-together, but one dimensional Kart racing game most of the time.
Our calendar offers a listing of current and upcoming releases on all platforms, indicates games that are gold or been delayed, and includes links to reviews, previews and screenshots.
The Mobile Edition of Game Over is now in service.
www.game-over.net   (462 words)

  
 Game Over   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Now is the time in the game of war when we dehumanize our enemies.
Back then, instead of real buildings exploding over and over again, we saw only sterile bomb's-eye-views of concrete targets--there and then gone.
The era of the video game war in which the United States is always at the controls has produced a blinding rage in many parts of the world, a rage at the persistent asymmetry of suffering.
www.thenation.com /doc/20011001/klein   (1118 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Game Over: DVD: Various Artists,Troy Reed,AZ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
But over all it was a good documentary and I think everyone should see it.
This is the true story of three Harlem drug kingpins (AZ, Alpo and Rich Porter) in the 80's and documents their rise and fall in the drug game.
If you are a fan of hip hop, you will learn more about many of the things and people many rappers talk about in their music because this story has influenced many of them.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000C1W4I?v=glance   (915 words)

  
 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over - Rotten Tomatoes
D has been satiated you're left looking at Game Over like you would with any other.
This one, which puts the viewer right inside the video game with Juni, is also fun, although not quite as endearing and surprising as the first two outings.
Spy Kids: Game Over is worth seeing, but you really don't need the 3-D, though it's a cool addition.
www.rottentomatoes.com /m/spy_kids_3d_game_over   (897 words)

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