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What if American Football was a video game?

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Ahead of the Superbowl, Kotaku describing American Football as if it was computer game: In Football, the two “coaches” each start the game with a deck of forty-five players. At any given time, they can use eleven of these players. During the turn-based phase, coaches can substitute any player if they see fit, for one they deem more suited to a situation… “Downs” are “lives” in Football‘s battle system. If the offense can move the ball ten yards toward their goal within four downs, they get a “First Down”—a “continue.” Depending on the strength of the offensive team and their ability to

Finding my way around Norway

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Sometimes you just need a good book and everything in one place. Before I head on any trip, I like to make sure of a few things – how to get from the airport or station into town and to the hotel, where the major points of interest for the tip are; how much is breakfast going to cost me; public transport and other little niggly things. Now it is possible to go online and find out all of this given time (and the airport links are usually on the Wikipedia page of said Airport), but instead of offering to

Eurovision Podcast riding high in iTunes Chart

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Even after just a week in iTunes, The Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast is gathering subscribers and recognition. It’s been bouncing around the performing Arts category and has, so far, peaked at number 6. I’d always planned the first week of the Eurovision Podcast to deal with two issues – the first was to kick the tyres, get all the RSS feeds and directory listings sorted, and generally make sure it works before opening the taps up on the bigger shows. The second issue was how to bring up to speed those people who are new to Eurovision, or perhaps

Eurovision 2010 Podcast: Scoring, Voting and Douze Points

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Scoring, Voting and Douze Points (MP3 5.6MB 5 minutes 57 seconds) DOWNLOAD the podcast by right clicking on this link, or press play and listen in your browser. [powerpress] The short guides to the Eurovision Song Contest section of the podcast continues with a look at how the Semi-Finals and the Grand Final select the winners. The mix of public voting (by SMS and phone votes) and a selected jury in each country worked well in the final last year. Now this style is going to be used in the semi finals for the first time. But how does it

The Beginners Guide to Eurovision, Part 4

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One of the major changes to the Eurovision Song Contest this year is the return of the Juries to the scoring of the final – how this works alongside the public SMS and Phone voting is explained in today’s Eurovision Guide. There’s also a look at the importance of the running order, and where you can watch them show no matter where you are in the world. The final beginners Guide will be tomorrow, then I’ll jump on a plane and bring you the latest news, atmosphere and music from the Moscow Olimpiysky Stadium! If you’re going to be there,