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Stiq Figures, May 7 - 13: I'mma can't use any of my dominoes edition
Welcome to Stiq Figures, where the sales data is after the break and the posts don't matter. Every week, we take a look at, uh, something - meanwhile, the previous week's Japanese hardware sales figures are posted after the jump, and a discussion of...
2012-05-21 00:30:00
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The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Zytron II
Indie developers are the starving artists of the video-game world, often brilliant and innovative, but also misunderstood, underfunded and more prone to writing free-form poetry on their LiveJournals. We believe they deserve a wider audience with the...
2012-05-20 23:30:00
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Newcastle University neuroscientists use video game for stroke rehab
Video games aren't...
Video games aren't...2012-05-20 22:00:00
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Hawken to be playable via Gaikai prior to official release
Hawken keeps surprising us. First, we were surprised that the...2012-05-20 20:30:00
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GTA IV mod has R2-D2 destroying Liberty City
A new Grand Theft Auto IV mod has surfaced, and features quite an angry little robot. Created by YouTube user jmoorfoot4, the mod gives players the ability to roam the streets of Liberty City as R2-D2.As the video above demonstrates, R2-D2 is just as...
2012-05-20 19:00:00
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Pokemon Black and White 2 story trailer features Pokemon, people
An animated trailer showcasing the plot of the upcoming Pokemon Black and White Version 2 games was released on the official Pokemon website, and features the return of the villainous N and Team Plasma. Though the website notes that the video is not...
2012-05-20 18:00:00
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Step inside the creepy concepts of Alan Wake's American Nightmare
Alan Wake's American Nightmare...2012-05-20 17:30:00
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Tex Murphy gets a Kickstarter page for Project Fedora
The rumored Tex Murphy Kickstarter has been confirmed, to the...2012-05-20 16:00:00
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Rumor: Beyond Good & Evil 2 leaked screens are fishy
One leaked screenshot of Beyond Good & Evil 2 isn't cool. Do you know what's cool? Try three leaked pictures of...2012-05-20 14:30:00
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Mark Hamill returns as The Joker in DC Universe Online expansion
In addition to the player-versus-player goodies the latest DC Universe Online downloadable content pack provides,...2012-05-20 13:00:00
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A new home
Thank you for reading this blog over the past 20 months. As of today the Europe editor's blog is moving to a new home, with a fresh format. Visit my new page to see all of my expert analysis in one place - including my video, audio, news stories and...
2011-05-05 06:57:48
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Portugal and the bail-out enigma
Gradually the details are emerging of the EU's third bail-out deal. Portugal will be offered 78bn euros (£70bn) over three years. It is a substantial loan and higher than some expected.
A total of 12bn euros will be set aside to...
2011-05-04 07:22:23
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Putting pressure on Syria
A few weeks back French President Nicolas Sarkozy held a late-night press conference in Brussels. He was in expansive form. He claimed that because of military intervention thousands of lives had been saved in Benghazi in Libya.
One...
2011-04-28 12:25:00
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Europe and immigration
When the French and Italian leaders meet today their conversation will be dominated by the subject of immigration. The arrival of 26,000 Tunisian migrants on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa has strained relations between the two countries. For...
2011-04-26 04:49:03
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The EU and the squabbles of Spring
It has been a long, glorious spring...
2011-04-19 11:22:43
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Finland rocks the EU
Some time late yesterday evening a tremor hit the EU. Its epicentre was Finland. In elections an overtly anti-Euro party made huge gains, coming a close third. The consequences are unclear, but the True Finns party may now have real influence on...
2011-04-18 05:35:32
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Libya: fear of stalemate
PARIS In military operations politicians fear stalemate. They favour short, decisive campaigns. The words they don't like hearing are "deadlock" and "bogged down".
The intervention in Libya is 27 days and counting. The first doubts and...
2011-04-14 06:45:18
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Greece still in crisis
An anniversary approaches. It sneaks up, but deserves recognition: 2 May 2010 was the day the European Union changed. In those drawn-out Sunday night hours the EU tore up its own rules. A single currency rule-book which excluded bail-outs was tossed...
2011-04-12 08:12:10
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Banning the burka
PARIS As I write this blog, a young woman from the Paris suburb of Aulnay-sous-Bois is breaking the law. Even while she is dropping off her three-year-old at nursery she is breaking the law.
For from today the wearing of full-face veils in...
2011-04-11 04:35:55
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Portugal: the danger is not over
LISBON The threat of a bail-out had been hanging over Portugal for months. It perhaps explains why the initial reaction to the request for help was so muted. But talking to people in the warm sunshine you discover a different story. It is easy to...
2011-04-08 14:32:27
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