YouTube increases video upload limit to 15 minutes (via After Dawn) - YouTube has reported this week that the streaming video giant will soon increase the video upload limit to 15 minutes, from the current 10.
While most uploaded videos are well under the 10 minute current limit, longer form works, (say an hour long movie) will now only need to be chopped into four installments instead of six, surely a welcome relief for some. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 2 days ago
Video Daily: Droid X suffers from antenna issues, as well? (via After Dawn) - Apple, in an effort to move some of the negative publicity away from their iPhone 4 "antennagate" onto other phone makers, has released a video testing the new Motorola Droid X, which appears to have the same issues when held in the "death grip."
Posting the video on YouTube and their own site, Apple shows off the Droid X being held in two different grips, with the cell signal bars magnified in the corner. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 days ago
Video Daily: Facebook says '84 percent' contract was 'forged' (via After Dawn) - Late last month, a man sued Facebook claiming he owns 84 percent of the social networking giant.
Paul Ceglia says he entered into a contract with Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, for a 50 percent share, doing so for $1000 USD. In addition, Ceglia says the deal granted him 1 percent extra of the company for every day until the Web site was completed after January 2004. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 1 week ago
The Great Gatsby Video Game Disappoints PC (via Kotaku) -
F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife may have given video games the name of one of the medium's best franchises, but what did F. Scott ever give us gamers? The Great Gatsby game? Apparently, it's not good, though that's not his fault. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 22 hours ago
The Music Video Made In Flipnote Studio Music (via Kotaku) -
Last year we featured "No Escape," a music video done in the graphic style of the Atari 2600, by Arman Bohn, whose previous bands included Eureka Farm. He's followed that up with "Brain Games," a video animated in Flipnote Studio. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 2 days ago
Hellboy Director Guillermo del Toro Working on Videogames (via 1up) -
Film director Guillermo del Toro is once again trying his hand at videogame development.
According to statements made by the Hellboy and Pan's Labyrinth director, a "big deal with a big company" will be announced in the coming weeks, which involves del Toro contributing to "games that are going to be technically and narratively very interesting. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 3 days ago
You Play Video Games Like A Cyclops Science (via Kotaku) -
You might have a pair of eyes, but when you're playing first-person video games, you're no better than a cyclops. Neuroscientist Mark Changizi explains how our cyclops-vision helps pinpoint what we're missing out on when we lose an eye. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 3 days ago
Video Daily: Android Market gets PSX emulator (via After Dawn) - Developer ZodTTD has added the first ever PS1 (PSX) emulator for the Android Market today, charging $6 for the app that will allow gamers to relive memories of the classic console.
Tested by the boys at Phandroid, it appears the emulator will run best on new Android devices, especially those using 1Ghz processors, as it lags on older devices. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 4 days ago
10 All Time Greatest Video Game Weapons (via PS3 informer) -- We've come a long way from the days of murdering each other with bare hands on mud-slicked battlefields. Nowadays, we've got all manner of virtual armaments with which to settle our differences. Weapons have certainly made strides since the middle...
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Women Spend More on Fake Videogame Items Than Men, Says Study (via 1up) -
When it comes to virtual goods, women outspend men according to a new VGMarket/PlaySpan survey reported by GamesIndustry.biz. The survey, completed by 2221 respondents, found that women aged 25 and older spend an average of $15 more per year on virtual items than men. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 1 week ago
