So far Microsoft has displayed just one game, a kind of virtual dodgeball called Ricochet.

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Intellectual children (dweebs) have long suffered the humiliation of being chosen last for such illustrious sports as Dodgeball and Piggy Move Up.

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Did Dennis Crowley write the original code for foursquare (Dodgeball) himself?

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And of course, your final and perhaps most impressive distinction -- breaking the world's record for the largest game of dodgeball -- (applause) -- 3, 000 participants, 30 hours.

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Meanwhile, Google has been quietly hiring engineers whose skills complement the wireless smarts it has picked up with the acquisitions of start-ups such as Android, Reqwireless, Dodgeball and Zipdash over the past three years.

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Mr. SACCA: We recently acquired a small company called dodgeball that allows you to let your buddies and friends of friends in an area know where you are and what you're up to and invite them to come hang out with you.

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We managed somehow to find the time last week to hit NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program Spring Show, where all the grad students show off whatever crazy projects they're working on (a few of the kids there are responsible for Dodgeball and Pac-Manhattan).

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Neither did Skype or Dodgeball (which was bought by Google in 2005, shut down only to resurface temporarily as Google Latitude then Foursquare in 2009) both of which have gone onto enormous mass-market successes but have both changed the way we relate with our world.

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