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Have you inherited your Dad's trading card collection - ie. pieces of printed cardboard that come with a piece of gum that looks like it tastes like cardboard too? Well today's trading cards have evolved to include, wait for it... (cue bells and whistles), holograms and foil..! Wow, riveting isn't it. And the corporates complain that there has been a decline in demand..?

So if you are a groovy member of Generation Y who cares about your sports, are used to being stimulated on all levels and demand decent, multi-dimensional content, (ie. you like your MTV, Gameboy, PS2, music and video etc), then you need to Get Serious about your trading cards - literally!

Serious are the ever so clever and extremely contemporary people behind CD and DVD Trading Cardz TM - the hip, digital descendents of your dad's deforestating and now dust- collecting baseball cards! Stick a paper card into your PC/Mac/PS2/XBOX and what happens..? Diddly squat, that's what, except that you get a bill for repairs. Stick one of the Serious cardz into your hardware and immediately welcome to stacks of interactive content all about your favourite sportsmen, that includes full screen action videos, bios, stats, photos, music, downloadables, trivia, games, email postcardz... you name it! With over 60 officially licensed cardz to collect in the debut releases for both the NFL and NBA and additional cardz promised throughout the season, what is there to wait for? News about the cardz is spreading like wildfire right now and they are hot among celebrities too, with Dick Stockton no less doing voiceovers on the NBA collection!

Coming soon - Manchester United DVD Trading Cardz - so get in touch with your inner Red Devil... and 2 billion other Northern Souls that make up Man U's worldwide TV audience!

So welcome, come and join the express train of shiny, happy people and get yourself a shiny new Cardz collection!

Want to join the fast lane? Do you love sports, have a high self esteem and expect bang for your buck? Of course you do! So come join the savvy in-crowd at http://www.serious.com and Get Serious!

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After glorious Games, what's next challenge?
Bangkok Post, Thailand - 2 hours ago
Now that people's attention has shifted away from the Games, China may be faced with many crucial economic issues that deepen people's concerns about the ...
Beijing residents see Olympic Games as transforming their city Channel News Asia
Games' victory 'great leap forward' in rowing China Daily
Turkish parliamentary speaker praises success of Beijing Olympic Games Xinhua
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Reuters UK

2012 Games ceremony to be city-wide
The Press Association - 1 hour ago
Organisers of London 2012 will not try to imitate the pageantry of the opening and closing ceremonies at the Beijing Games, Olympics minister Tessa Jowell ...
Video: Post-Olympic Hype May Boost Chinese Economy AssociatedPress
Reminiscing about scenes and sights from the Beijing Games Kansas City Star
Killion: After glow of Games, what's next for China? San Jose Mercury News
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Telegraph.co.uk

Did the Games improve rights in China?
BBC News, UK - 4 hours ago
By Jill McGivering When China was awarded the Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee promised the granting of the Games would be "a force for ...
Indonesian disabled-bodied athlete well prepared for Beijing ... Xinhua
CHINA: House churches asked not to meet during Games; new ... ChristianExaminer
Rejection shocks Ghana Paralympics team Joy Online
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Sportsnet.ca

Sydney Olympics: best games ever?
Independent Online, South Africa - 23 hours ago
Sydney - Eight years after it hosted an Olympics that were famously hailed as the "best games ever", Sydney confessed that it had faked one of the key ...
Aussie orchestra mimed at Sydney games: report International Herald Tribune
Sydney Olympics Fakery Sky News
Sydney orchestra mimed music at 2000 Games San Francisco Chronicle
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Big Fish Games Announces Release of Azada: Ancient Magic
MarketWatch - 13 hours ago
Following the success of the original hit Azada, the first puzzle-adventure game developed for online digital distribution, the sequel, Azada: Ancient Magic ...

Seattle Post Intelligencer

The Games that was more than a sporting event
New Straits Times, Malaysia - 5 hours ago
The Chinese wanted a picture-perfect Games. Little wonder they were willing to put up a pretty face of a girl mimicking the voice of another not-so-pretty ...
Video: Phelps Wants Everyone in the Pool AssociatedPress
Phelps, Bolt...Who’s the best of them all? Daily Nation
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Vikings McKinnie suspended 4 games
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 49 minutes ago
McKinnie will be eligible to play his first game Oct. 6 at New Orleans. McKinnie met with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell this spring to discuss his ...
NFL suspends Vikings' McKinnie for 4 games San Jose Mercury News
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McKinnie suspended for four games National Post
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Linebrink will pitch simulated games soon
Chicago Tribune, United States - 2 hours ago
By Mark Gonzales | Tribune staff reporter BOSTON - Reliever Scott Linebrink is scheduled to throw a simulated game Monday in Cleveland, and the White Sox ...

Seattle Post Intelligencer

These Games Might Suck, But These Games Are Still Football. Let's ...
SportingNews.com - Aug 28, 2008
No, and no, and no to the question of whether any of these games stand as being elemental to anything that happens over the course of the 2008 season. ...
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Game industry tries to break through glass wall
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 2 hours ago
By Troy Wolverton The game industry has been broadening its content and trying to reach new customers, but is up against a glass wall — literally. ...
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