HBO starts rollout of broadband video service
HBO Broadband is free for existing HBO subscribers, and as far as we can tell, it's unavailable to non-subscribers at the moment. While most broadcast networks are making some content available for free on the web, HBO's service requires a PC application. No Mac, Linux, or portable version is available yet. Shows will be watchable for up to 4 weeks after you download them, after which point we assume they explode. You know, or just won't play anymore.
Content will vary from month to month, and each month HBO will make every single episode of one original series available. This month the service is offering some episodes of popular shows like The Wire, Sex and the City, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Deadwood, and Flight of the Conchords.
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
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Jim said 4:39PM on 1-21-2008
Sooooo... Time Warner owns HBO. They also just announced that they are testing bandwidth caps for TWC Internet customers. It's always great when the right hand knows what the left hand is doing. Or will these downloads NOT count against your cap? Hmmmmm??
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