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The Arab Spring and Occupy protests used social media effectively - to organize, define and clearly convey their message. They promoted civil resistance and peaceful protest. The same is now being done with Mass Effect 3 and the "Retake" campaign and the results are strikingly similar.

As the internet comes under scrutiny once again, can the games industry help in recovering the world's image of it?

Randy Pitchford recently decried serious criticism of Duke Nukem Forever, claiming on Twitter that sales are strong and "sometimes we want greasy hamburgers instead of caviar." I don't think Mr. Pitchford really understands the complaints about his studio's latest release.

My idea of what GlaDos Twitter feed would look like

I describe the average YouTube user.

Can Twitter reveal the weighty ideas gnawing at gamers' collective unconscious?

Here's a little tease coming from Capcom's Yoshinori Ono. I wonder what it could be?

I have a World Exclusive that you all won’t believe until you read it. Someone you all will be like that is awesome news and others will wonder how he got it. Now I won’t deny that some of you will not like this world exclusive, but please enjoy it none the less.

Tired of tweeting with real people? Then socialize with video game characters from Bioshock, Red Dead Redemption, Metal Gear Solid, and Call of Duty instead. Discuss cardboard boxes with Snake, or listen to the thoughts of Little Sisters in this inaugural edition of Game Characters Who Tweet!

Now I know many of you are gaming press, but last night it really got to me. Out there is a method I dislike an frown upon that it upsets me each time I hear about it being done. So please keep reading if you would like to know the Method I dislike about the Gaming Press.

In this week's investors call, Bobby Kotick, President of Activision, mentioned the company's Code of Conduct. A few Bitmob members decided to get to digging and find this Code. These are the highlights of what we found.

A collection of little known facts about Bitmob. All of these facts were collected by Bitmobbers and displayed on Twitter under the tag #bitmobfacts

Ubisoft has something big planned up their sleeve, and Xbox LIVE will play host to an announcement with further details.

French website has strained their relationship with Sony France after being blacklisted by the company due to their early-version review of Heavy Rain.

The immediacy of the modern world breeds a different kind of laziness among gamers: lack of patience.

October 31, 2009 edition of the Bitmob Community Spotlight, highlighting some of the best posts created by Bitmob writers.