LUCASFILM TRADEMARKS ‘LUCIDITY’ GAME SOFTWARE

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LucasFilm, parent company of LucasArts, is working on a new video game, so says a filing at the government-owned TARR (Trademark and Registration Retrieval) website. The title is called Lucidity and it’s classified as “video game software with manuals sold as a unit,” which sounds like your average retail, disc-based game. Digital distribution or DLC seems to be a possibility, as it’s also classified as a “downloadable” title. That’s about all the concrete information we’ve obtained from this filing thus far. If there’s anything else that would reveal more about the game, its title would be a good start. Let’s see, what does “lucidity” mean? According to Merriam-Webster , it is “a presumed capacity to perceive the truth directly and instantaneously.” Ah, we see. That tells us ..

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PUREDEPTH RAMPS UP PRODUCTION OF "MULTI-LAYER" 3D DISPLAYS

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PureDepth has been talking up its “Multi-Layer” 3D display technology for quite some time now , but it looks like the displays should finally be rolling out en masse, with the company announcing that volume production of its new 12.1-inch displays was slated to begin this week, which follows those first few 20.1-inch displays that wound up in slot machines . For those not up to speed, the displays themselves make use of two LCD screens placed a few inches a part, which lets them display three dimensional images without the need for special glasses and, according to the company, without the headaches often associated with 3D setups. It also looks PureDepth is getting increasingly confident in the technology and its future, and it’s now even gone so far as to establish a Japanese arm of the company that it hopes will help it garner a bigger foothold in the country. Filed under: Displays PureDepth ramps up production of “Multi-Layer” 3D displays originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 May 2009 21:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds .

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PSA: WATCHMEN: THE END IS NIGH IS COMING TO THE PC

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Yesterday, and for seemingly no particular reason, Warner Bros. told GameSpot of its decision to not distribute the second episode of Watchmen: The End is Nigh on PC. Today, when asked for comment, a WB representative told Joystiq, “It is actually coming to PC. What we told GameSpot yesterday, as of yesterday, was what we knew.” Whoops! These things do happen though — the question now is whether or not the publisher is doing the public a disservice by continuing to release poorly made games based on the classic Warner property. But that’s a question you’ll have to ask yourself. And maybe Justin .

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NEW DETAILS ON KOREAN KATAMARI DAMACY ONLINE

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Remember Katamari Damacy Online ? Yeah, neither do we. A refresher: Katamari Online is a PC iteration of the weird and addicting franchise being published by WindySoft for Korea. First revealed two years ago, 4gamer.net has new details about the game (translated courtesy of andriasang.com ).

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MS. PAC-MAN SHOES, SPACE INVADERS SOAP, NOT NEWS

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When video games collide with do-it-yourself know-how and just a little bit of magic , wonderful things happen . Case in point, just look at those Ms. Pac-Man shoes and Space Invaders soaps (which we have arranged in a single image for dramatic effect). With shoes like that, just walking becomes a game — which it normally isn’t, despite what Nintendo tells you — as Pinky and Ms. Pac-Man engage in a cat-and-mouse chase all day long. And then, when the long day is done and it’s time to get clean, you’ll have to defend yourself from a squadron of soapy space invaders. What better way to stave off the glycerine-infused hordes than to slowly melt them away until you have to snuff them out in the shower drain? Such is the fate of all soaps, but especially invading soaps from space. Incidentally, if you want a pair of Ms. Pac-Man shoes of your own, the creators, Em & Sprout, have a few left in stock

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Apple bans updated 'Hot Dog Down a Hallway' game

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Metaversal Studios Inc. thinks its suggestive iPhone game, Hot Dog Down a Hallway, is being unfairly treated by Apple. According to the Boston Globe, Apple has banned the sale of the game's latest version because it does not meet the company's standards -- which state Apple reserves the right to reject "content or material" it feels "may be found objectionable by...users."

In the game, players launch a hot dog down a corridor attempting to avoid various obstacles, gaining achievements in the process, each with sexually suggestive names. A previous version of the game remains for sale on the store and while it's probably better than those stupid Fart applications, you'd probably be better off spending your money on something else.

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Which is Better? Windows Or Unix Website Hosting?

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