Ypulse Essentials: Motion-Sensored Video Games, 'Single Ladies' Scandal, 'Clique' Goes 'Gossip Girl'
Posted by casey on 06-15-2010
Microsoft to launch motion-sensor Kinect (The Xbox360 add-on will detect user motions to correspond with screen actions. Look for more in our upcoming E3 coverage from YAB member Chase Straight. Plus, Microsoft plays off strong relationship with gamers to relaunch Office 2010 and get into the wallets of the "me generation") (MediaPost) (Seattle Times)
- Habbo Hotel turns 10 (What began as an interactive chat for a Finnish band now brings in nearly 15 million unique visitors a month) (ReadWriteWeb)
- Body checking proves risky for young athletes (When it comes to the NHL-friendly defensive move, the lighter the kid, the higher the danger) (NPR)
- Odyssey Years revisited (Independence no longer comes with a college degree. And speaking of odysseys, lots of buzz that the rescued teen sailor scored a reality TV and book deal, though parents insist it isn't happening) (NYT) (MSNBC)
- T-Pain latest collaboration: The Mall (Anchor Blue, a decidedly preppy teen retailer, teams up with hip-hop fashion brand Swagger Like Us for a chance to record with the Grammy-winning music producer. Plus Salon, day pass required, defends the little girls who shook it to Single Ladies, saying "Girls today — far from being slutty, female-chauvinist-pig Bratz dolls come to life — are doing great")
- More exercise, less screen time (Pediatricians encourage parents to promote exercise, limit time spent in front of computers and TVs alike to two hours a day. And on a similar note, "America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh encourages parents to monitor computer use for another reason — social media crime) (CNN)
- California Adventure revamp (Disney to add color, technology to their California-themed park. Plus, the Los Angeles Times focuses on a different kind of West Coast destination, reviewing summer camps for the whole family) (Variety, reg. required)
- 'The Clique' comes alive (Warner Bros and Alloy Entertainment announce popular YA series will be introduced as a live-action web series. Justine Bateman will write the script. Plus, Paul Johansson of CW "One Tree Hill" [kind of] fame will direct and star in the film adaptation of "Atlas Shrugged." Meanwhile, "Spider-Man" director Sam Raimi has signed on to produce 3-D "Wizard of Oz" prequel) (Variety) (New York Magazine) (Variety)
- Why teens love vampires (Cornell prof traces the teen fixation on vampires to Shakespearean idea that "love and death are conjoined. Sacrificing oneself for love seems to be a perpetual, human theme." So there is more to it than RPattz?) (Sify)
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