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Last month we spoke with Heavy Rain executive producer Guillaume de Fondaumiere about Quantic Dream's upcoming PS3 adventure game. As a game far from the everyday, de Fondaumiere agreed that Heavy Rain has been a challenge to market. "It's a difficult game to market, because it's difficult for people to understand what it is unless they experience it," he admitted in our video interview above. "So we have to show it to them. We probably have to give them a playable demo for them to see and experience for themselves how different and unique this experience is."

We argued that a playable demo would simply reveal how unconventional the controls could be, to which de Fondaumiere responded: "You simply cannot use conventional game mechanisms when you want to create a unique experience. But I think that -- and user tests we've conducted show that -- you get used to it very quickly. It's quite intuitive. I'm not too concerned about this. At all, actually."

Finally, when asked if he had any final words to tell the Joystiq audience, de Fondaumiere advised fans not to sell the game back to GameStop after completing the story. "Buy the game, don't sell it. Keep it to yourself. You'll need it to continue and experience more episodes in the months following the launch of the game." So, DLC confirmed, right?

JoystiqVideo interview: Heavy Rain producer confirms DLC, talks game marketing originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Green lovers have been patiently waiting for the commercialized version of OLPC's pull-string laptop charger, but in the meantime Easy Energy's YoGen should tide yank-happy hands over. Pulling the charger's lawnmower-style ripcord generates enough power through its patented alternator technology to charge up phones, iPods and a slew of other handheld gadgets. According to YoGen charging time is similar to that of standard AC adapters and gadgets can be brought back to life with just a few pulls -- as can be seen in the incredibly realistic videos below where YoGens magically appear to save the day, jump start an iPhone and help a man lie to his wife. Formal launch is due at CES, but those that can't wait to strengthen their hand muscles can preorder one now on YoGen's website for 40 bucks.

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YoGen ripcord charger available for the fidgety and eco-friendly originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Myers Motors two-seat vehicle- Click above for high-res image gallery

Myers Motors unveiled the NMG2 (or whatever its final name will be) back in September, and the company is already prepared to take pre-orders for the two-seat electric trike. The car's base price is $29,995 but, if a thousand people drop $250 on a pre-order, the price for everyone will drop by $5,000 (actually, for every 200 people who pre-order, Myers can get volume discounts and so will drop the price by $1,000). Myers will wait until June 5, 2010 to see how many pre-orders they have and set the final price then. Throw in an estimated Federal tax credit of $2,499.50, and Myers says the best possible price will be $22,495.50.

Of course, this is a vehicle and so there will be options. The only information on these released thus far are two upgraded battery packs. The base vehicle ships will a 60-mile li-ion pack, but 80-mile and 100-mile packs will also be available for $2,500 and $5,000 respectively. Myers says that more information will be made available later. Thanks to Sean P. for the tip!



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NMG two-seat electric car now available for pre-order, could be as low as $22,495.50 originally appeared on Autoblog Green on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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There's no more procrastinating: the holidays are officially here, and regardless of your celebratory affiliations, some sort of holiday card is going to end up in your mailbox. Typically, these little card stock/construction paper doo-dads end up on the mantle, refrigerator or, in the case of the card from my insurance agent, in the trash. However, this particular card (featured on Crave) is one that I wouldn't mind receiving and would most definitely be treasured long after the new year.

The card uses different colors of construction paper, card decorations, and an iPhone (!!!) to create the ultimate in holiday-mail technology. Combine the above with a scalpel or exacto knife, a little free time and elbow grease and what you get is a crafty and creative delivery medium for your loved one's gift that is sure to excite and delight. Of course, you have to start with an iPhone you're willing to give away...

Read on to see the video demonstration of how to construct the card.

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Continue reading World's most geeky Christmas card includes an iPhone

TUAWWorld's most geeky Christmas card includes an iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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G.I. Joe Blu-rayTis the season for movies at home and if you don't believe us, just take a look at the sales figures for December and you'll understand why so many new titles are released this time of year. This week's top 25 box office hit is G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra, and although we'll be sure to catch it, our expectations aren't very high. In the way of classics are two of our favorites though including It's A Wonderful Life -- yes 4x3 movies are still great in HD -- and Forrest Gump.
  • Aliens In The Attic (Fox)
  • I Love You, Beth Cooper (Fox)
  • Say Anything... (Fox)
  • Two Girls And A Guy (Fox)
  • The Answer Man (Magnolia)
  • Forrest Gump (Paramount)
  • G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (Paramount)
  • It's A Wonderful Life (Paramount)
  • Command Performance (First Look)
  • Direct Action (First Look)
  • North By Northwest (Warner)
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Season One (Warner)
  • Not Forgotten (Anchor Bay)
  • Rocky: The Undisputed Collection (MGM)
  • The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (Sony)
  • Earth 2100 (MPI)
  • Food, Inc. (Magnolia)
  • Howards End (Criterion)
  • Wings Of Desire (Criterion)
  • Love Actually (Universal)
  • Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs (Image)
  • The Narrows (Image)
  • Witchblade: The Complete Series (Funimation)

Blu-ray releases on December 15th 2009 originally appeared on Engadget HD on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aww, we were having such a good time watching last night's Spike Video Game Awards show -- then the trailer for the recently dated UFC Undisputed 2010 aired, and really soured our enjoyment of the event. See, the first minute of the video utilizes the transformative special effects featured in Michael Jackson's "Black or White" music video, so immediately we started thinking about how this would be our first Christmas without MJ in our lives. Nothing could revive our good spirits after that. Not even Kimbo Slice's beard, which may be filled with hidden candies.

Check out the trailer after the jump, but feel free to skip to the 0:52 mark if you want to avoid the melancholy described above. Alternatively, skip to the 1:01 mark if you want to witness Kimbo's glorious, confection-rich facial hair.

Continue reading UFC Undisputed 2010 trailer reminds us of MJ, makes us sad

JoystiqUFC Undisputed 2010 trailer reminds us of MJ, makes us sad originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Old school sci-fi fans may be looking forward to the upcoming TRON: Legacy movie. Of course, where there's a movie based in a video game world, there's an actual game accompanying it. In comes TRON: Evolution, an action adventure game being developed to release before the movie. It looks like there's going to be strong collaboration between the movie and game development, but the game's plot will deal more with the TRON mythology and bridge events that occur between the two movies. The game is expected to release during the 2010 holiday season.

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TRON Evolution trailer infects the world originally appeared on Big Download Blog on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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