Minecraft, the addictive puzzle/build-your-own-world game has a firm release date that will leave the "beta" tag in the dust.

It’s a beautiful Friday. What’s your excuse? You’ll have to pry Emojii from my cold dead hands, Apple Some bullshit about the “Kindle 3” A robot that makes you a sandwich $88,000 stereo speakers make you go “Holy shit!” The RAZR! It lives! The future of Playstation Home A beautiful origami lamp Have great links you want showcased on Afternoon ...

Apparently, a lot of people got pissed off about Sony’s little pay-to-play scheme that involved pre-ordering Killzone 2 in order to receive a code for the demo. Yes, the very same codes we gave out the other week. Sony is now trying to save face by offering up a “limited number of downloads” of the demo. The catch is, you’ll ...

I’m pretty excited about Playstation Home launching tomorrow. Are you? Free Gmail stickers! I can get down with the Chocolate Research Facility LEGO Treadmill Colorful bowties HP is designing flexible Displays The Tornado Dress will light up any party Someone got Quake running on a Chumby Have great links you want showcased on Afternoon Linkage? E-mail us: tips AT gearfuse ...

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We’ll be attending some trade shows tonight, so keep on the lookout for giveaways… This laptop case gives me wood 240 FPS Gaming Flying Tampon Playstation Home 1.0 Get inside a Macbook Where the hell is this phone booth from? Link

We discussed so many bugs today, you might start calling us Bugfuse. Don’t. It’s merely a facade. Herb Scissors (don’t get the wrong idea) Air shows at their finest Pac-man demands you buy his shoulder bag MSI Wind < A real Macbook Control the lights in your house using the iPhone See what makes the G1 so cheap Hack N ...

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Microsoft has announced its New Xbox Experience will launch November 19, bringing a fresh look to the Xbox 360 Dashboard that integrates social features and customizable gamer avatars reminiscent of the Nintendo Wii’s Mii. In order to compete with the upcoming PlayStation Home, Microsoft is adding a slew of avatars, social networking features and more media to the Xbox 360.

Video game demos are having somewhat of a resurgence after they all but disappeared from the gaming scene shortly after 2013 when it was discovered that demos of games had a negative effect on the sales of games. Video game development studios/publishers first introduced free demos of their games in the mid-1990s. They were usually distributed on free CDs attached ...