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It’s a stormy, miserable day in Tokyo. The rain is falling sideways and the wind is whistling its way through the sea of vending machines, but inside the Makuhari Messe convention center it’s warm and dry. That’s good, because that’s where the games are, and that’s where we are, hanging out with Major Nelson and the crew from Joystiq. Microsoft is about to kick off the 2010 Tokyo Game Show and we have the blow-by-blow waiting for you just a click away.

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Live from Microsoft’s TGS 2010 press event originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Contour announces 1080p ContourGPS helmetcam, lets friends locate your extreme exploits (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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