Analyst at GameSpot
Analyst at GameSpot, a computer and video-gaming website
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John Brody
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To the Point
Gamers Camp Out for PlayStation 3 Video-game fans are lined up on the sidewalks in cities around the country in hopes of getting Sony's new PlayStation 3 . American outlets will only get 400,000 of the new machines, which are priced from $499 to $599. That's not high enough to discourage the most determined players, who are waiting for sales to begin at…
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No end in sight More than 800,000 federal employees continue to go without pay in what could soon be the longest government shutdown yet.
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