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How recruiters create search profiles to source resumes in Chicago
The Examiner
The difference between a resume that gets recruiter responses and one that doesn't is how the resume's content mirrors the keywords recruiters use to search resume databases. How can a job seeker control resume content to incorporate search mirroring into a resume? Become familiar with recruiter search behavior. The following job seekers asked how their recruiter found their resume. Here are the results: Anna (Rogers Park): Office Manager + Lotus...
Left 4 Dead comic: The Sacrifice Part 3 is available
The Examiner
Part 3 of "The Sacrifice" comic is available to check out and download from...
File Size Limit One of the Issues Keeping Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath from the Xbox Live Arcade
Shacknews
Developer Just Add Water says that Microsoft's file size limit on Xbox Live Arcade games is one of the reasons its upcoming HD-revamp of Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath is currently only in the works for the PlayStation 3. "On...
Assassin's Creed 2 now on XBL Games on Demand, Brotherhood Avatar items added
Joystiq
Xbox Live Marketplace has gone assassin crazy...
Minecraft earned $350,000 in a single day
Joystiq
As it turns out, the server troubles experienced by Minecraft last week -- which led to an impromptu free-to-play weekend -- might have served as a perfect...
Lindsay Lohan Tries to Cash in on Jail Drama
Spike
Posted 32 Minutes Ago by girls Views: 6 Comments: 0 Tags: accident • celebrity • jail • lindsay lohan • paparazzi • prison • rehab • scram...
New True Grit Trailer
Spike
Posted 1 Hour Ago by dsussman Views: 11 Comments: 0 Tags: adventure • ethan cohen • jeff bridges • joel coen • john wayne • theatrical trailer • true grit...
Weezer Helps the Jackass Crew Relive Their Fondest Memories
Spike
Posted 1 Hour Ago by dsussman Views: 4 Comments: 0 Tags: bam margera • chris pontius • jackass 3d • johnny knoxville • ryan dunn • steve-o • weezer...
No Gods Or Kings, Only Claptraps
Kotaku
Claptrap's Robot Revolution, the...
Should You Buy A PSP?
Kotaku
Sony's PlayStation Portable is the first handheld gaming device to survive a battle with Nintendo, but is it worth your money? On paper, it seemed like such a good idea. [UPDATED for the fall season of video games.] This is our best advice —...
Nothing Says I Love You Like An Arrow In The Face
Kotaku
Meet Ivy. She's my love interest in the Xbox 360...
Two Worlds 2 Delayed Until 2011
Shacknews
Publisher SouthPeak has delayed...
Zombies Returning in Call of Duty: Black Ops
Shacknews
It looks like the popular Zombie mode from...
Resistance 3 Screenshots and Images Appear Online
Shacknews
Images supposedly from Resistance 3 have surfaced...
`Dancing With the Stars' aims to prove on Tuesday's show that Palin wasn't booed
Star Tribune
LOS ANGELES - "Dancing With the Stars" wants to put boo-gate to rest. Host Tom Bergeron says the hit ABC show will air footage during Tuesday's episode that shows that loud boos from the audience were directed at the show's three judges,...
Fable 3 developer diary features a star-studded voice cast
Joystiq
The Fable franchise has always prided itself on its clever, engrossing writing -- but even if the entirety of...
ModNation Racers now $40 on PS3, $20 on PSP
Joystiq
It's a big day for officially-sanctioned discounts on Sony games. First the new...
EA Sports MMA demo now on XBL, hits PSN tonight
Joystiq
Here's some (bone) breaking news: The demo for EA Sports MMA is now...
Played: DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue
Kotaku
DeathSpank: Thongs Of Virtue is video game deja vu if deja vu involved feeling like you've done the thing you're doing before — but maybe not ever before in a boat. Style: You are DeathSpank one of the intentionally more dimwitted video game...
ModNation Racers Joins The Line-up Of Cheaper PS3 Games
Kotaku
Earlier today, Sony welcomed a new batch of value priced Greatest Hits games for the PlayStation 3. Turns out MAG, Demon's Souls...
A list of the top 20 prime-time programs in the Nielsen ratings for Sept. 20-26
Star Tribune
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by the Nielsen Co. for Sept. 20-26. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership. 1. "Dancing With the Stars," ABC, 21.29 million. 2. "NCIS," CBS, 19.41 million. 3. "Dancing With...
Ratings mixed for top broadcast networks' opening week: CBS, NBC see boost, ABC, Fox see drop
Star Tribune
NEW YORK - Opening week of the television season was a split decision for the four biggest broadcast networks: CBS and NBC saw a viewership increase while ABC and Fox saw a decrease. CBS was the week's most popular network with a viewership increase...
Arcania: Gothic 4 delayed for PS3 until 2011; Xbox 360, PC still October
Joystiq
Following up on a tip that GameFly had shifted the date for both console versions of...
Resistance 3 goes cross-country in first screens
Joystiq
Like Batman: Arkham City before it, Resistance 3's possibly first, very convincing-looking screenshots...
Fable 3 'Kingmaker' companion game coming Oct. 1 to 'smartphones'
Joystiq
Back in August, Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux teased that, while there wouldn't be a Pub Games-like companion game for Fable 3 on XBLA, something similar was in the works -- seemingly for mobile phones -- that we'd see...
Much Like Vampires, College Football Players Only Allowed to Have Sex before Sundown
Spike
Posted 1 Hour Ago by davidbreitman Views: 7 Comments: 0 Tags: college football • football • girlskansassex...
New Clip From The Social Network
Spike
Posted 1 Hour Ago by dsussman Views: 4 Comments: 0 Tags: brenda song • david fincher • facebook • jesse eisenberg • justin timberlake • the social network...
Fable 3 Dev Diary Features Plenty of Actors, Accents
Shacknews
For those with a proclivity for British accents and role-playing adventures, Lionhead Studios has quite a...
StarCraft 2 Patch Fixes Two Major Bugs, Others
Shacknews
Blizzard is rolling out a new patch for StarCraft II, comprised of bug fixes, which address some gameplay issues that surfaced recently. First, Blizzard has fixed the bug with the Ultralisk's building attack and the application of splash damage,...
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Last week, Baldur's Gate carried the grand re-opening of CD Projekt's DRM-free digital download service, GOG.com....
The Kotaku Guide To Fall Video Games
Kotaku
Fall is supposed to be the best time of the video game year, the entree and the dessert after the first nine month's meager salad and interactive appetizer. But in 2010, the winter and spring were bountiful and fall is at risk of seeming pathetic....
A Coffee Table that Loves to Bump and Grind
Kotaku
Having sufficiently mourned the passing of that pinball machine you've nurtured over the years, until it finally, irrevocably gave up its...
Setting Up Kinect Is Like Preparing For A Date
Kotaku
Vacuum your floors. Reduce background noise. Make sure you have adequate lighting. Are we playing video games here or hoping to score? This...
How Do You Say "Kill It With Fire" In German?
Kotaku
Sackboy and Buzz appear larger-than-life at this...
TV critic's picks: Wednesday
Star Tribune
JLH meets SVU Now that Jennifer Love Hewitt is done whispering to ghosts, she's got time to play a stubborn rape victim on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (8 p.m., KARE, Ch. 11). Her case proves so hard that the team leans on a West...
Square Enix 'making adjustments' to prep Parasite Eve games for PSN
Joystiq
Last month, the Parasite Eve series' lead character designer Tetsuya Nomura stated that Square Enix would like...
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow trailer lays it all out
Joystiq
In this Castlevania: Lords of Shadow trailer,...
Medal of Honor score created by Iron Man composer Ramin Djawadi
Joystiq
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 had a sweeping series of arrangements created by famed composer Hans Zimmer. Earlier today, EA announced that its...
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood multiplayer trailer puts a hit out on everyone
Joystiq
The PS3 beta for Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is...
Uncharted 2 'Game of the Year' Edition Unearthed
Shacknews
Next month will bring the release of a DLC-packed, $50 'Game of the Year' edition for Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, its publisher Sony has revealed on the PlayStation.Blog. The GotY edition of Naughty...
New Yogi Bear Trailer
Spike
Posted 1 Hour Ago by dsussman Views: 6 Comments: 0 Tags: dan aykroyd • justin timberlake • yogi bear...
College Tailgating; Where Elderly Men Can Get Freaky with Teenagers in a Socially Acceptable Way
Spike
Posted 39 Minutes Ago by davidbreitman Views: 5 Comments: 0 Tags: asu • footballgirls • old man • tailgate...
Friendly Canadian Folks Still Having Nightmares About Fergie
Spike
Posted 54 Minutes Ago by davidbreitman Views: 2 Comments: 0 Tags: black eyed peas • cfl • fergie • half time show • nfl...
Mexico landslide: At least 8 dead, 100 missing
Herald Tribune
MEXICO CITY - DEVELOPING... AC = 1234 --> A disaster official says at least eight people are dead and 100 are missing in two mudslides in the southern state of Oaxaca. Oaxaca state Civil Protection operations coordinator Luis Marin Castillejos says...
First Resistance 3 Screens Paint A Grim Picture
Kotaku
A collection of screenshots and concept art for Resistance 3 have surfaced, painting a wonderfully dark picture of the United States in the grip of the Chimeran forces. Can...
Meet The Pixar Of Video Games
Kotaku
When we play a great game, we know who to thank: the developers. But when we see a great game trailer, did you know that sometimes the developers had little or nothing to do with it? Once a device used simply to market a video game, in recent years...
Mother of sextuplets born in Arizona seeks legal separation from husband
Star Tribune
PRESCOTT, Ariz. - The mother of sextuplets who were the subject of a reality TV series has filed for legal separation from her husband in Arizona and wants sole custody of the children. Jennifer Masche filed the petition days after her husband,...
The true story behind the amazing Minecraft Enterprise-D
Ars Technica
There is a Minecraft video making its way around the Internet. In it, you see the side of a wall, and hear a man's voice explaining your position at the bottom of a huge well. Then the camera turns and you see the...
EA Responds to Activision CEO Bobby Kotick's Mudslinging
Shacknews
Electronic Arts has fired back at Bobby Kotick for comments the Activision CEO made regarding EA's business structure and production quality, and claiming that "great people" do not want to work EA development studios. In a statement released to...
Sony Adds Seven Games to PS3 Greatest Hits Library
Shacknews
Sony has selected an additional seven PlayStation 3 games for...
CoD: Modern Warfare, Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time and more added to PS3 Greatest Hits
Joystiq
Sony has added seven more titles to its North American "Greatest Hits"...
Extend your arms and take hold of Halo: Reach for $45
Joystiq
If you've held off on purchasing Halo: Reach...
File size restriction currently keeping Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath from XBLA
Joystiq
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath was an Xbox exclusive. Why, then, is the remake exclusive to PlayStation 3? Developer Just Add Water says that it isn't -- theoretically....
Uncharted 2 Gets A Well-Deserved Game Of The Year Edition
Kotaku
We can think of no better recipient of a Game of the Year Edition than Kotaku's 2009 Game of the Year Uncharted 2. What will $50 net fans come October 12? The Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Game of the Year Edition hits...
ZQ Fall Edition Makes Dead Rising 2's Zombies Chic
Kotaku
The fall issue of Zombie Quarterly is here, packed with zombie dating advice, Fortune City's...
Preview: Finding Happiness With Child of Eden
Kotaku
Developer Q? Entertainment's Child of Eden finds players in a happier place than the game it was inspired by, the trippy 2001 musical shooter Rez. Rez, for those who may have missed it on the Dreamcast, PlayStation 2 or Xbox Live Arcade, is an...
Red Dead Redemption's Cover Art Has Seen Better Days
Kotaku
Rockstar teases us with a first look at the artwork for the upcoming Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare downloadable...
Former CNN science correspondent Miles O'Brien joins evolving 'NewsHour'
Star Tribune
NEW YORK - Former CNN reporter Miles O'Brien is joining PBS' "NewsHour" to lead a new science unit as part of a continuing revamp of the nightly newscast. O'Brien had left CNN in 2008 when the news network disbanded its science and technology unit....
Police in Utah city launch bigamy investigation of plural family with reality TV show
Star Tribune
SALT LAKE CITY - Police in Utah say they've launched a bigamy investigation into a polygamous family starring in a reality television show. Lehi police Lt. Darren Paul told the Salt Lake Tribune for a Tuesday report that the investigation was...
Tetsuya Mizuguchi wants your memories in Child of Eden
Joystiq
During a Tokyo Game Show event, Q? Entertainment head Tetsuya Mizuguchi unveiled a new component of his abstract Xbox 360/PS3 rail shooter, Child of Eden -- a component for which he needs your input. For "The Journey Project" (not to be confused with...
Child of Eden preview: Son of Rez
Joystiq
After dazzling a room of Tokyo Game Show attendees with an extravagant Child of Eden demonstration, designer Tetsuya Mizuguchi offers a far-too-modest appraisal of his "multisensory shooter." This level's still early, he apologizes, and the game...
Uncharted 2: Game of the Year edition swings into action October 12
Joystiq
How appropriate! Uncharted 2: Among Thieves -- our 2009 "Game of the Year" -- is finally getting a Game of the Year Edition. The $49.99 package includes the well-received sequel on a Blu-ray disc, as well as a "super...
Ubisoft Accepting User-Submitted Photos for Final Level in Child of Eden
Shacknews
Ubisoft has revealed a new initiative, giving gamers the ability to contribute...
Child of Eden Hands-on Preview
Shacknews
A decade ago, Q? Entertainment founder Tetsuya Mizuguchi led the team that produced...
Child of Eden's Ending Will Feature Your Happiest Moments
Kotaku
Tetsuya Mizuguchi wants to share your "happy feelings" with the world—or at least with the people who play Child of Eden, developer Q? Entertainment's spiritual sequel to the classic synaesthetic shooter Rez. Ubisoft and Q? announced...
The Stars Shine Bright In Fable III
Kotaku
Simon Pegg, Ben Kingsley, John Cleese, and Michael Fassbender headline an all-star cast of men and women with British accents in this voice acting installment of...
Registration Opens For PAX East 2011
Kotaku
With the Penny Arcade Expo's habit of selling out far in advance, fans eager to attend next year's PAX East should probably...
The Top 10 Greatest Horror Movie Weapons
Spike
Posted 2 Hours Ago by dsussman Views: 176 Comments: 1 Tags: a stake • american psych • brain dead • dead alive • freddy krueger • horror • lawnmower • phantasm • top 10 • vampires...
NJ chef featured on Gordon Ramsay's 'Kitchen Nightmares' kills himself in bridge jump
Star Tribune
TRENTON, N.J. - A New Jersey chef once featured on Gordon Ramsay's "Kitchen Nightmares" show has jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge. New York City police say the body of 39-year-old Joseph Cerniglia was found floating in...
The funny side of nihilism: Ars reviews Dead Rising 2
Ars Technica
A good father will do nearly anything for his daughter. In the case of Chuck Green, he'll take part in a brutal reality show that makes good use of his motorcross skills in...
King's Bounty: Crossworlds review
The Examiner
King’s Bounty: Crossworlds is a highly entertaining, colorful, and addictive strategy-RPG game that delivers a lot of game play value for a very modest $20 price tag. If you were ever a fan of turn-based strategy RPG games similar to Masters of Magic...
Dead Rising 2 review: Duct tape beats everything
Joystiq
Sifting through my inventory, I scroll past flaming boxing gloves, a sledgehammer duct-taped to a pair of fire axes, a makeshift lightsaber (two of those, actually) and a box of french fries. Four survivors -- two of whom I've armed with assault...
Planescape: Torment has arrived on GoG
Joystiq
OR HAS IT? No,...
World of Darkness by CCP revealed at The Grand Masquerade
Joystiq
Descending from the rafters and morphing from a bat into an exciting reveal trailer, CCP Games unveiled...
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Trailer Features an In Depth Look at the Game's Features, Story
Shacknews
A new trailer for the upcoming action-adventure Castlevania: Lords of Shadow has been released and it...
Dead Rising 2 High Stakes Edition Unboxing
Kotaku
The Dead Rising 2 High Stakes Edition showed up on...
Talk Amongst Yourselves, Minecraft Edition
Kotaku
This here is our Rubens painting that you've all been Photoshopping this...
Fall's Here, Summer's Dead
Kotaku
The corn mazes are open, the pumpkins on sale, the leaves are turning brown and, if Mother Nature didn't hate us, it would be getting cooler here in the Northern Hemisphere....
Mag, Demon's Souls and Others Get PS3 Price Cuts
Kotaku
Well, well, well, what do we have here? Some price drops on a few of our favorite PS3 games is what. Sony Computer Entertainment America added seven more...
Atlantic City considers renaming part of street near beach for 'Boardwalk Empire' boss Nucky
Star Tribune
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Real-life political and rackets boss — and current posthumous TV star — Enoch "Nucky" Johnson may finally get a street named after him. The subject of the hit HBO series "Boardwalk Empire,"...
Sword of the Stars II trailer shows off massive starships
The Examiner
A new trailer for Sword of the Stars II shows off a variety of massive starships in the game as well as some of the game engine's impressive graphical prowess....
Call of Duty: Black Ops teaser site now features zombies
Joystiq
The Call of Duty: Black Ops teaser site gknova6.com, which previously put us through a lot of puzzling for no real...
Get a taste of God Eater Burst
Joystiq
The Tokyo Game Show trailer for God Eater Burst...
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 spin-dashes to consoles this October
Joystiq
Sega's 2D platformer Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 will launch across multiple platforms in mid-October. IGN...
Planescape: Torment Arrives on GOG
Shacknews
Any ill will Good Old Games might have earned by faking its own...
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 Coming in October
Shacknews
Sonic's long-awaited return to his side-on platforming roots is finally almost nigh as Sega's delayed Sonic the Hedgehog...
I Think The Child Has Become Attached
Kotaku
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Funny Story Tomorrow, Mrs. Bashcraft is going to have lunch with her mother. I am going to watch Micro-Bash. Recently, the moment he becomes separated...
Eldar Campaign Announced for Dawn of War 2: Retribution
Shacknews
The Eldar will be joining the Orks as the second playable race in Dawn of War II - Retribution's campaign mode, THQ...
Plants vs Farmville
Kotaku
Dave Roberts, boss of PopCap...
Europe Getting Gran Turismo 5 Bundle
Kotaku
In Europe, racing simulator Gran Turismo 5 is getting a 320GB PlayStation 3. Amazon UK is pricing it...
TV producer David Simon among 23 winners of MacArthur Foundation $500,000 'genius grants'
Star Tribune
CHICAGO - David Simon, creator of the HBO television series "The Wire," is among 23 recipients of this year's MacArthur Foundation "genius grants" — news that left him with what he described as "a vague sense of...
Some Lady In A Bikini Playing Dead Rising 2
Kotaku
As part of a promotion for Dead Rising 2, Capcom had pin-up model Izumi Hinata play...
Radical Fishing Looks As Advertised
Kotaku
Man, fishing games (that aren't on the Dreamcast and come with a plastic peripheral) are...
So, Who Is The Most Popular Character From Street Fighter IV?
Kotaku
When Street Fighter IV was first released, you couldn't throw a fireball without tripping over somebody playing as Ken....
Australian EB Games lists a (sort of) signed Gran Turismo 5 PS3 faceplate
Joystiq
If you're into console mods, racing games and straight-up forgery, you should turn your...
Hudson's Planetarium lighting WiiWare's sky
Joystiq
Having triumphed in the looking-at-fish genre,...
What Do A Tokyo Cop And A Lawyer Think Of Yakuza 3?
Kotaku
Real honest-to-goodness yakuza have already made their thoughts known on Sega's crime opus Yakuza 3. Now a Tokyo police officer and a yakuza lawyer weigh in on the game and suss out what's realistic and what's not. Jake Adelstein, author of the...
See Level-5's opulent offices
Joystiq
Would you like to see how you'd be living if you had created Professor Layton and Inazuma Eleven...
Unity 3 now available to developers
TechRadar
The latest version of Unity's leading game development tool, Unity 3, has been released to games developers this week, enabling the creation of high-end graphics and mobile game creation tools at a...
The Original Atari
Kotaku
Atari's first prototype...
An Awesome Trailer For Awesome Solitaire
Kotaku
Awesome Solitaire has an...awesome...
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