Microsoft Targets Indie Game Developers (Forbes)
Software giant launches XNA Community Games development platform.

Article: iPhone Gems: Zombies, Price is Right, Adventure, Racing + More (iLounge)
As the App Store continues to mature, the number of bona fide good and great games will hopefully keep on growing. This week, rather than rounding up a variety of bad, okay, and worthwhile games in one genre, we tried to seek out some really great ones in a wide collection of genres, and partially succeeded. Though we cover nine different genres in today’s nine games, the vast majority of them ...

Nickelback Is Not for Me (Spin)
Despite mildly enjoying all the Nickelback I've ever heard (for those of you scoring at home, that's "How You Remind Me," "Photograph," and "Rock Star"), I most assuredly will not be joining millions of others in buying the band's new album, Dark House , when it comes out this Tuesday. Actually, I could get that shit or free. So let me say this: Unless work requires it, I will not be ...

Every School Every Thursday -- Urbandale, Johnston (The Des Moines Register)
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The guide to local potpourri (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
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