Bart Decrem On How To Stay Lean And Mean In Mobile Gaming (Even When You’re A Part Of Disney) | TechCrunch: . . . While some parts of the media world — think films, publishing and music here — have been largely dominated by old-school heavyweights, one that has been disrupted has been the world of gaming, specifically mobile gaming. A small studio from Finland by the name of Rovio owns the single most successful mobile gaming brand — the viral, runaway success that is the Angry Birds franchise, which has seen upwards of 500 million downloads of its games already. Yet when it came to marking the 25 billionth app download on Apple’s store earlier this month, one of the Old Media guard won the day: the honor went to “Where’s My Water,” from Disney, . . . Bart Decrem, who runs Disney’s mobile division, himself comes from the world of upstart startups — he came on when Disney bought his company, Tapulous, in 2010. His world now is about trying to combine the best of both worlds: the fast-moving, fast-thinking elements of startup culture with the marketing and financial might of its bigger, more deliberate parent. (Ironically, Rovio’s approach has been to become more like Disney, building a franchise for Angry Birds and moving into alternative forms of merchandizing as a way of marketing and adding new revenue streams.) . . . "
Video Games For Cats - Forbes
This promotional photograph shows Buddy, a “top cat gamer,” facing off against a human competitor in a match of Friskies You vs. Cat during the SXSW ...
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The new iPad: A video-game changer? - CNN
The new iPad: A video-game changer? ... The new iPad's high-resolution screen and more powerful processor make it better suited to playing video games.
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Tech Author Writes New Chapter on Self-Publishing
Portfolio.com
Portfolio.com: What's the main message you're trying to send to parents about high-tech and their kids? Scott Steinberg: That technology is here, isn't going away, and changes everything—meaning that both kids and adults now need training in online...
Portfolio.com
High-tech life means parents have homework too
Los Angeles Times
The technology consultant and founder of TechSavvy Global in Seattle on Wednesday came out with "The Modern Parent's Guide to Kids and Video Games," the first in a series of books. Why read Steinberg's book when there are 712 titles on Amazon under...
Los Angeles Times
Video Games Get Respect at the Smithsonian
Philadelphia Inquirer
Video game pros like to remind us that their "interactive entertainment" business grosses more billions worldwide than the film industry, yet earns just a small fraction of the latter's respect. Maybe that will change some with a new exhibit and ...
'The Art of Video Games' at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art
Washington Post
Art critic Phil Kennicott says video game art belongs in a technology museum, rather than an art museum. “Despite its title, [the exhibition] fails to grapple with questions about the definition and boundaries of art, questions that tend to make people ...
Critic's Review: 'The Art of Video Games' at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington Post
“The Art of Video Games,” a technologically impressive but intellectually inert exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, belongs in a history or technology museum, not in an institution devoted to art. Despite its title, it fails to grapple ...
Video Games: Arab Market Poised for Growth
Motley Fool
In the past two years, at least six Arab video game developing companies have received funding from local investors, and several start-up firms have been acquired by larger developers. While video games such as first-person shooters are popular ...
Video Game Review: Alan Wake's American Nightmare
New York Daily News
By Ebenezer Samuel / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS LOVED IT: Alan Wake and Mr. Scratch are compelling characters, arcade mode is a nice addition, unique story make you forget repetitive environments Two years ago, Alan Wake made it through Bright Falls.
New York Daily News
More Than the Art of Video Games
Huffington Post (blog)
This week, the Smithsonian American Art Museum will launch The Art of Video Games exhibit exploring the forty-year evolution of video games. The exhibition showcases some of the industry's most artistically compelling games, as well as the gaming ...
After Non-Trade, Orlando Magic's Dwight Howard Going Home to "Play Video Games"
GamerLive.TV
When asked what Howard would do now that everything is over at his press conference today, Dwight Howard replied "I'm going to go home and play video games. That's what I'm going to do" Howard is known as a hard-core video gamer and even boasted to us ...
Anna Anthropy Wants To Take Back Video Games
Huffington Post
When we typically think of video games we often envision a few teenage boys screaming at the TV amid a cloud of testosterone and the scent of recently reheated pizza, but when Anna Anthropy thinks of video games, she sees the potential to transform a ...
Video game wins Vol Court business pitch competition
Knoxville News Sentinel
By News Sentinel staff A video game idea designed to get children interested in energy sciences and technology has won the spring Vol Court pitch competition, the University of Tennessee announced Thursday. Charles Chin, a UT graduate student, ...
Transformers Prime Video Game Coming To DS, Wii, 3DS
Cinema Blend
Activision revealed that they'll be publishing another Transformers game this year. Transformers Prime, based on the kids' show of the same name, will be released for the 3DS, DS and Wii. In Prime, Megatron and the other Decepticons have gotten their ...
Things to do in DC this weekend: 'The Art of Video Games,' U Street Music ...
Washington Post (blog)
By Brandon Weigel “The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess” is just one of the games in the new exhibit “The Art of Video Games.” (Nintendo of AmericaInc.) With St. Patrick's Day falling on a Saturday this year, there will be plenty of parties, ...
Activision and Hasbro Team Up to Create TRANSFORMERS PRIME™ Video Game Based ...
Sacramento Bee
By Activision Publishing, Inc. SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), is bringing the ultimate TRANSFORMERS video game experience to kids ...
Video-game review: 'SSX' revamp is better than before, but it still has flaws
Bellingham Herald
By BILLY O'KEEFE - McClatchy-Tribune When EA Sports first unveiled its rebooted "SSX" - complete with gritty, humorless overtones and "Call of Duty"-esque cutscenes to complement the otherwise familiar snowboarding action - the groans that met it ...
Is “Jesus: The Video Game” Possible?
Piki Geek
Considering the huge amount of religious people in the world and the significance of religious stories within our collective culture it does seem odd that video games have never attempted to approach the subject. Other forms of media certainly have, ...
Activision and Hasbro Team Up to Create TRANSFORMERS PRIME(TM) Video Game ...
MarketWatch (press release)
SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 15, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) , is bringing the ultimate TRANSFORMERS video game experience to kids of all ages with the ...
ACTIVISION AND HASBRO TEAM UP TO CREATE TRANSFORMERS PRIME VIDEO GAMEBASED ON ...
seibertron.com
Transformers: The Fall of Cybetron isn't the only video game Transformers fans can look forward to in the Fall of 2012. Activision will also be releasing Transformers Prime: The Game for the various Nintendo platforms. See the teaser trailer and press ...
Transformers Prime Video Game in the Works from Activision
BuzzFocus.com
Activision and Hasbro will be partnering to make a new video game based on the Transformers Prime TV series, currently airing on Hub. Players will be able to play as Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Arcee, Ratchet and Bulkhead. The game also features the...
BuzzFocus.com
Transformers Prime Video Game Rolling Out on Nintendo Systems this Fall
TheHDRoom
The popular animated series Transformers Prime is heading into its second season, and it will do so with a companion video game available exclusively on Nintendo Wii, 3DS and DS. The Transformers Prime video game from Activision and Hasbro will allow ...
TheHDRoom
Activision and Hasbro Announce Transformers Prime Video Game
Superherohype.com
Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc., is bringing the ultimate TRANSFORMERS video game experience to kids of all ages with the TRANSFORMERS PRIME video game. Based on the hit animated television show ...
A gamer's defence
DAWN.com
The dilemma here is that there are two ways to go about accessing video games(either opt for piracy and risk online playability or buy original). I will try to cover both aspects but will only discuss in detail the path most taken.
DAWN.com
Mill Creek teen creates monorail video game
HeraldNet
By Amy Daybert, Herald Writer Heatherwood Middle School student McKaulay Kolakowski is excited about creating his Monorail computer game in time for the 50th anniversary of the Seattle Center Monorail. On a laptop computer borrowed from his dad, ...
Gamer Roulette: "Journey" Review
Neon Tommy
As such, he knows a thing or two about video games. You can contact him here. You can also follow him on Twitter, though he may be too busy saving the world (or in this case, going on another journey). Pictured : the game's beautiful visuals .
Neon Tommy
Transformers Prime Video Game
TheTransformers.Net
We've just received this press release from Activision about a new video game for Transformers Prime. ACTIVISION AND HASBRO TEAM UP TO CREATE TRANSFORMERS… [more] Here we are at our forum meet for 2012, in a Wetherspoon's pub.
TheTransformers.Net
Best Silent Protagonists In Video Games
UGO
Here are the best silent protagonists in video games! By Sal Basile 10 minutes ago What makes a hero? Is it the way he selflessly volunteers to save the world? The way he dedicates his life to getting the job done? Or is it his everlasting sense of ...
Video Games as Art? Time for a Museum Visit
NBC4 Washington
(Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Remember how your mom used to tell you to put down thevideo games? Well, she can't tell you what to do anymore! A new exhibit, "The Art of Video Games," kicks off this weekend with a three-day festival, ...
Video game retailers merge to dominate Canadian market
Retail Customer Experience
Play N Trade, the world's largest video game retail franchisor, is expanding in Canada through a merger with Canadian-based Dimensions Games Corporation. Dimension Games will now be known as Play N Trade Canada, and all new Canadian stores will open ...
Tiger turns to Shaq to help sell newest video game
The Daily Star
Woods, whose new video game for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 goes on sale on March 27, had the strongest opening sales for any of his video games last year when Augusta National Golf Club allowed its course to be measured and portrayed in avideo game ...
The Daily Star
Video Games Caving to Homosexual Agenda
Christian News Wire (press release)
NICEVILLE, Fla., March 15, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ -- "The impact from this decision has potential to be extremely destructive to children and families. What makes this so dangerous is despite what the labels say, the actual purchasing market for ...
Video Game Box Typos Are Now Officially a Fad
By Jason Schreier
Two Ls. Like Capcom before it, Konami has joined the Video Game Box Art Typo Club. I hope they have ... peripheral vision 4:00 PM 11130 A 14-Button Motion-Sensing Steering Wheel Only a PCGamer Could Love (Or Use) · PC Gaming ...
Kotaku
Competitive Dance Video Games And The Apocalypse
By Zeon Santos
(YouTube Link) This extended clip from the upcoming movie The FP shows what the post-apocalyptic world will be like if tribes have to prove their warrior skills via competitive dance video games like Dance Dance Revolution, only with a ...
Neatorama
Joe. My. God.: Video Games Make Kids Gay
By Joe
American Decency Association board member Steve Ensley, who is ever so pissed about video game makers that allow users to create gay characters. RELATED: Game maker Electronic Arts is among the many companies dubbed "cultural ...
Joe. My. God.
Activision and Hasbro announce Transformers Prime video game ...
By Tyler Lee
We're not sure how many of you guys here watch the Hasbro produced Transformers animated television show, but for gamers out there looking forward to more Transformers video games, you're in luck as Activision and Hasbro have ...
Ubergizmo
Video Game Idea Wins UT Vol Court Business Competition ...
By Rebekah Winkler
... student Charles Chin took top honors. He also secured $1000 in start-up money for a company that will produce and sell the new educational video game, which will teach children about energy management. ... Chin, an energy science and engineering fellow in the new Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education, said his winning idea was a result of his love ofvideo games and his experiences in the energy program. “I wanted to create a product that ...
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