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Yesterday, the Austin, Texas game development company Castoro co-founded, Heatwave Interactive, announced a partnership with top-selling rapper T.I.and the rapper's company Grand Hustle Records to make a game called Platinum Life.He described a game that replaces the conventions of fighting monsters and battling other players in a replica Omega 3573.50 watch World of Warcraft with dodging paparazzi, performing on stage and winning rap battles.Castoro said he and his team thought "it would be cool to make a game about going from

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