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Zynga has long been accused of liberally borrowing ideas for its games, but now a tiny development studio is putting the company in an embarrassing spotlight.
NimbleBit, the three-person development team responsible for the breakout iOS hit Tiny Tower, has pointed out the many similarities between their hit and Zynga’s upcoming Dream Heights game in a manner that’s as entertaining as it is cutting.
While Netflix 
saw its net income take a hit in the fourth quarter, the news wasn’t all-bad.
The company beat estimates and more importantly saw its streaming business grow, despite a series of events in 2011 that were one PR disaster after the next.
Everybody has 
a first job – and it rarely has anything to do with how you end up making a living.
That’s especially true of the adult entertainment industry’s biggest names. But their first gigs aren’t what you might expect. Sure, some kicked off their resumes with stints in fast food joints, like many teenagers around the country. Several, though, worked in law firms. And one learned the hard way that domestic services were not for her.
We tracked down a number of industry superstars on the floor of the Adult Entertainment Expo to see how they got their start.
THQ’s 
announcement Wednesday morning that it was abandoning the kids’ licensed video game industry shouldn’t really have come as a surprise to anyone who has been watching the company lately, but it’s still a move that’s going to alter the structure of the industry.
While it has desperately been trying to change its image for years, THQ is still largely known for its kiddie games. That is, after all, what happens when your company builds its fortunes on titles for the toddler set. The decision to shed that facet of its identity might be coming too late to have a dramatic impact, though.
When it 
comes to playing PC games, portability is often sacrificed. The true monster machines are almost always burly desktops.
But that doesn’t mean all is lost for gamers who want to be able to take their systems on the road. While mobile graphics chips aren’t quite as advanced as their desktop counterparts, some can still push polygons at an incredible pace.
Gaming’s an 
expensive hobby — and all too often, it’s questionable whether you get your money’s worth. Even if a game is plenty of fun, it’s a bummer when an experience is over in a few hours with no replay potential.
But the real gems race in the other direction, offering gameplay that keeps you coming back and enough content to keep the experience fresh even after many hours have been logged.
There aren’t 
many video games upon which the mass market consumer and core gamer can agree, but when it comes to football, there’s plenty of love on both sides.
Madden (based on legendary coach and broadcaster John Madden) is the undisputed king of the video game football hill, but there are plenty of other titles that have captivated players throughout the years. Most of them are no longer around, due to industry consolidation, licensing deals or pure bad luck. But each of them can still bring a smile to the face of virtual gridiron fans.
While 
most cops protect and serve, former East St. Louis police chief Michael Baxton apparently likes to play.
Baxton pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing four Xbox 360 consoles from the FBI, reports St. Louis news station KSDK.
When the 
movie industry slapped adult films with an XXX rating, porn companies came to embrace the scarlet letters. But when the nonprofit corporation that oversees Internet addresses rolled out the .xxx domain, the reception was unequivocally unenthusiastic.
Manwin, one of the porn industry’s largest companies, is challenging Icann, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, in an antitrust suit over the new domains. And while most other porn companies haven’t rushed to join the legal fight, they’re watching closely.
Kids, 
take note: Your parents do have the right to discipline you.
One tyke in the Portland suburb of Lake Oswego decided to test this rule when he was upset with his mother’s decision to take away his PlayStation 3. So upset, in fact, that he called 911 to get it straightened out.
Chris Morris: Journalist 