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Carnegie Mellon Research Café

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Choosing between the slice of pound cake or an apple? Carnegie Mellon researchers studying decision-making want to learn from you — and thanks to the new Carnegie Mellon Research Café, they can. The café is part coffee shop and part behavioral decision research lab, located in downtown Pittsburgh on the second level of Fifth Avenue Place.

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Games future looks grim

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Has the economy finally bested video games, and will society see a shift back to computer games from console games?

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Radical Abundance, Douglas Rushkoff

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How We Get Past “Free” and Learn to Exchange Value Again

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A-List Stars Flailing at the Box Office

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A-list movie stars have long been measured by their ability to fill theaters on opening weekend. But never have so many failed to deliver, resulting in some rare soul-searching by motion picture studios about why the old formula isn’t working — and a great deal of anxiety among stars (and agents) about the potential vaporization of their $20 million paychecks.

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China bars use of virtual money for trading in real goods

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China has unveiled the first official rule on the use of virtual currency in the trade of real goods and services to limit its possible impact on the real financial system. http://english.mofcom.gov.cn/aarticle/newsrelease/commonnews/200906/2009...

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iPhone game saves a family's home

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With unexpected medical bills piling up and his employer suspending its bonus program, Ethan Nicholas and his family faced a financial crisis. So he struck a deal with his wife, Nicole: If she took on more responsibility in caring for their two young boys, he would devote the hours before and after his regular job to building a video game for the Apple iPhone.

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Maybe Videogames Aren't So Recession-proof After All

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While still a vital industry, mounting layoffs show the impact of tough economic times.

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Is the video game industry recession-proof?

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It would be tempting for those in the video game business to take some recent news--for instance, that October sales were through the roof, or that the latest World of Warcraft expansion broke the all-time record for single-day PC game sales--as proof that their industry may be immune from the deep despair confronting the global economy.

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