University of Michigan's Computer and Video Game Archive (video)

University of Michigan's Computer and Video Game Archive
After watching this video, a lot of you are going to wish you were Dave Carter, who works at the ...
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How 13 Classic Video Games Got Their Names
Business Insider
Pac-Man, Tetris, Halo—these are just some of the odd names of video games that are now so widely used that we rarely questions where those names came from. See the .... Now, though, he was starting to wonder if this video game thing was really for him.

Business Insider

Video game failures: Nostalgia reigns
San Francisco Chronicle
"Okami" is a wonderful combination of the Hayao Miyazaki film "Princess Mononoke" and the children's book "Harold and the Purple Crayon"; the gamer can pause and use a brush to influence the gorgeous animated action. This may be ... While the ...

San Francisco Chronicle

Funcom makes changes to survive in the video game industry
Examiner.com
In July Funcom announced an ambitious plan to push monthly game updates with new storylines, missions, events and enhancements to gameplay. With the reduction in staff gamers are waiting to see if they will be able to keep pace with their plans ...

Examiner.com

The next-gen of video game blocks
Gamasutra
The unique system offered a variety of games via small electronic blocks (equipped with LCD screens and 3D motion sensors) that communicated wirelessly with a PC. They were unique. They were promising. Then, once Christmas passed, they were largely ...

Gamasutra

Game Design FAQ's
NERD TREK
Video gaming is a passion of many people from all age groups. It offers them a thrilling and challenging experience. If you too are one of those who enjoy gaming to the hilt, you might even be amazed by the idea of designing a video game of your own.

NERD TREK

Video Game Review: 'Madden 13' is a sports gem you can't afford to miss out on
Kansas City Star
"Madden 13" threw out everything that was dragging the series down, resulting in one of the most complete sports games in this console generation. ... Speaking of the passing game, there are 25 new pass trajectories, allowing for easier control ...

Retirees, video games throw wrench in mechanics' ranks
Bizjournals.com (blog)
Retirees, video games throw wrench in mechanics' ranks. Kansas City Business Journal. Date: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 8:14am CDT. The auto repair industry warns of a looming mechanics shortage as one generation nears retirement and another seems ...

How to Be a Freelance Video Games Writer, Part 32895
Gameranx
Meunier's proposed book, Up Up Down Down Left Write: the Freelance Guide to Video Game Journalism, promises to help newcomers navigate those roiling waters I like to call "too many writers, not enough jobs." And although Meunier's book proposal is ...

Gameranx

A Look At The 'Game In Our Head' With Jim Nantz, The Voice Of 'Madden NFL 13'
SB Nation
A realistic sheen has become the hallmark of video games. Gone are the days of shooting bad guys over a boxy 16-bit corner and pixelated running backs indistinguishable from offensive linemen. As technology has improved, game makers have stretched to ...

SB Nation

Video Games That Make You Smarter -- A Dozen Games To Get ...
By SwiderMan
Don't play academic limbo by playing the wrong games. Instead, play the video game Limbo, a black-and-white platformer for Xbox Live, PSN, and the computer. What this brain-boosting title lacks in complicated graphics and your typical ...
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Playing Video Games At Home Turns 40 | Smart News
By Colin Schultz
Playing Video Games At Home Turns 40. The Magnavox Odyssey console and controller. Photo: Evan Amos. Roughly 40 years ago today, the world's first home video game console went on sale. Though most people are familiar with the Atari ...
Smart News

How the video game Defiance could change movies and TV for the ...
By Ryan Fleming
Early next year the results of a unique collaboration between the SyFy Channel and the developer Trion will be released. The TV show Defiance will debut along with the game of the same name, and it could point the way to how future gaming ...

A Superior Way To Play Video Games For "Free"?
By Stephen Totilo
Square-Enix explains why they're letting users of their new Core Online service play some old gamesfor free, so long as they watch about a minute of ads for every 10-20 minutes of game time. Quoted... A Superior Way To Play Video Games For · pullquote ... Sign in. TraditionalEntire page scrolls; Two panesSidebar scrolls independently; Blog viewListing of stories by date. Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012. Latest Stories. Latest Stories; Most Popular; Most Discussed. The Gamer's Guide ...
Kotaku

Poll: Are Video Games Art? | GamePolitics
By Andrew Eisen
I've got a fun one for you this week, GPers! “Are Video Games Art?” Yes, it's that oft-debated and extremely polarizing question that can make proponents on both sides of the issue soil their shorts in an enthusiastic tizzy. Opinions are hot on ...
GamePolitics blogs

Princeton University develops new multiplayer video game... for fish ...
In studying the predatory habits of bluegill sunfish, Princeton researchers created what may be the first video game for fish.
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Guild Wars 2 developer explains account suspensions
Examiner.com
Guild Wars 2 was released to the world yesterday and it was met with outstanding support , but not all support is the cleanest nor does it always fly as the game's developer explained why they have banned certain accounts. According to a post on Reddit ...

Examiner.com

The next-gen of video game blocks from Sifteo
Gamasutra
Although the original Sifteo cubes have 20 games available, the system is not backward compatible, leaving new owners dependent on the company's developerrecruitment efforts. Sifteo was born in the MIT media lab as a research project. The company's co ...

Gamasutra

US Government urges Iran to release US game developer and former marine
The Verge
The US Government is urging the Iranian Government to release a US citizen, Amir Hekmati, after Iranian authorities detained him a year ago on the belief that he was acting as a spy while working on a language-learning video game that was believed to ...

Fall video game preview: Halo 4, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, NHL 13, Resident ...
Straight.com
Each year at this time, it seems as though the best-ever list of video-game titles is approaching, and this fall is no exception. Only someone with the power to stop time will be ... Believe it or not, the developers at the campus in Burnaby have come ...

Straight.com

Dishonored Has Some of The Best Video Game Art I've Ever Seen
Kotaku
Dishonored Has Some of The Best Video Game Art I've Ever Seen It's not often I get excited about an upcoming game, but then, as a lover of the artistic (quite literally) side of the medium, it's not every day you get to look forward to a game featuring ...

'Madden NFL 13' review: New video game gets 3.5 stars out of 4
Detroit Free Press
Introducing real physics into collisions is a huge change for the Madden franchise, and thedevelopers are sure to refine it in future installments. One of the major offensive changes this season is the addition of receiver awareness. A quarterback now ...

gamrConnect Forums - Video Game Developers Income Higher From Wii ...
Currently playing "Terrible GBA Games", and hopefully Pokemon Emerald in the future. Be sure to message me with any suggestions for video content, or just ...
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Game developers' add-ons bypass piracy

Game developers' add-ons bypass piracy
San Francisco Chronicle
Video-game makers that once steered clear of emerging markets to avoid getting ripped off by copycats are returning - with free online offers to make money from customers willing to pay for add-on features. Redwood City's Electronic Arts, whose ...

San Francisco Chronicle

Video Game Review: Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
New York Daily News
No, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron is a video game. Activision's action game is a direct sequel to 2010's solid ... Hollywood could learn a thing from Fall of Cybertrondeveloper High Moon Studios. Those three Transformer movies overfocused on humans, ...

New York Daily News

Game Developers Choice Online Awards: Audience Award now open
GameZone
Video game news, video game reviews, walkthroughs, video game mods, and game trailers ... If you're a fan of online games, then you might want to head on over to the Game Developers Choice Online Awards website and vote for your favorite title.

GameZone

New Harvest Moon game coming in November
News10.net
Video game developer/publisher Natsume Inc. has announced a November 6, 2012, release date for 3DS game Harvest Moon: A New Beginning. The date also marks marks the 15th anniversary for the series in North America. To celebrate, Natsume will be ...

News10.net

The Walking Dead Video Game To Be Released On iOS On Wednesday
Mobile & Apps
Telltale Games confirmed to IGN that the third episode of its multi-part video gamebased on The Walking Dead comic series and TV show will arrive on Aug. 28 for PlayStation Network and Aug. 29 for Xbox Live Arcade, PC, and Mac. The game is a five-part ...

Mobile & Apps

ChiDevDate Pairs Up Chicago Game Developers For Helpful Feedback
Techli
ChiDevDate is a matchmaking service that's aiming to build a sense of community among Chicago game developers of all ranks and help them find the kind of feedback they need to get their projects out the door. ChiDevDate was launched by Jake Elliot and ...

Techli

August 29, 2012: Ed Boon Talks About "Injustice: Gods Among Us" Video Game
Superman Homepage
Ed Boon, "Mortal Kombat" co-creator and "Injustice: Gods Among Us" developer, spoke with DigitalTrends.com about the up-coming video game that will see Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Solomon Grundy and other DC characters in brutal ...

Superman Homepage

Why Video Games Haven't, Won't and (Maybe) Can't Become Good Movies
WhatCulture!
The other major defense that video game fans may use to defend the quality of these adaptations, is that many of the films listed above (and the many, many more I haven't listed) have suffered from bargain basement creative teams and directors. How can ...

WhatCulture!

NFL player livid with Madden 13 for using wrong photo
Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)
Not the right Marcus ThomasEA's Madden series prides itself on creating the most authentic football video game experience on the planet. From signature moves to stadium turf to licensed shoes, the game's developers try to nail the look and feel of...

Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)

Video Game Developer's Noncompete Is Null: Calif. Court
A California appeals court on Friday sided against Fillpoint LLC in a suit accusing a video game developer of breaching a noncompete covenant in an ...
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Georgia a hotspot in video game development | www.ajc.com
Video game fans of everything from Mafia Wars on PS3 to Farmville on Facebook , listen up -- the next big explosion in digital entertainment could come out of ...
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Video Games Get Political This Election Season (Video)
Hollywood Reporter
In addition to Rock the Vote, Chair and Epic Games have also teamed with Video Game Voters Network and Project Vote Smart to provide easy access to informative, real-world voter resources where gamers can register to vote, learn more about the ...

Hollywood Reporter

Mario's latest gold rush doesn't pan out
The Daily News Online
Video Games Mario's latest gold rush doesn't pan out. Story · Comments ... Whenevervideo-game companies stretch out popular franchises for financial reasons rather than creative ones, disenchanted customers call it a "money grab." It's a charge ...

An Inside Look At How GameStop Refurbishes Used Video Games
Forbes
GRAPEVINE, Texas – Gamestop took a gamble back in 2010 by investing $7 million in a factory to refurbish used video games. Called “The Roc” ... Raines said only four percent of used game sales are titles released within the last 90 days. He said the ...

Hayley Wickenheiser one of first female characters in NHL video game
NHL.com
"Traditionally, video games have been seen as something for boys, and hockey's been seen as agame for boys," Wickenheiser said in an interview Tuesday. ... In the meantime, gamers will have the option to choose Wickenheiser or Ruggiero in "NHL 13.

Alpha Bits & Bytes, pay-to-play video game business, opens Friday
Coshocton Tribune
His addiction was video games and starting Friday, Alpha Bits & Bytes will be open to all gamers. The 36-year-old Brooklyn native moved to Coshocton in 2011 to live with his girlfriend and now-business partner, Haylee Babcock. Opening the modern-day ...

A whole new video game
Vancouver Sun
As Rose, gamers use herbal healing skills, talk their way through problems, and dally with one, none or all eight suitors. The game takes about three hours, and can be played over and over with different choices. As with many mobile video games ...

Patients level up their vision by playing video games
SmartPlanet.com (blog)
So the woman who had never plaid a video game in her life sat down with a bunch of patients and had them play hours and hours of video games. And they got results. But, like any therapy, video games to treat vision comes with some risks. Maurer says ...

UK top 20 video games chart
The Guardian
4 (3), London 2012: The Official Video Game (3+), Xbox 360 (59) PS3 (41) PC (0), 9. 5 (–), Transformers: Fall Of Cybertron (12+), Xbox 360 (67) PS3 (32) PC (1), 1. 6 (4), Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (7+), Xbox 360 (38) PS3 (22) Wii (14) DS (4), 10 ...

The Guardian

Adventure Time creator's love of video games and animation are hopelessly ...
The Verge
Now the show, inspired by a heady mix of gaming, Dungeons and Dragons and indie comics, is getting its own video game. But it's not exactly what Ward originally had in mind. Just six months after Adventure Time's spring 2010 premiere on ... Over the ...

Video Game Atlas: High Hrothgar
Houston Press (blog)
By Abby Koenig. Gaming. Video Game Atlas: High Hrothgar. By Jef With One F Wed., Aug. 29 2012 at 6:00 AM. Categories: Gaming · Pin It. Once a week Art Attack will offer you a handy little travel guide to the fictional worlds of video games ...

LG to launch Smart TV 3D video game platform – Video Games ...
By Mark Raby
LG to launch Smart TV 3D video game platform. Aug. 28, 2012 (1:25 pm) By: Mark Raby. LG wants to bring in a new generation of couch potato gamers, the kind that haven't really been bothered with extra contraptions like the Xbox 360, PS3, ...
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Gunslingin': Imagining NFL QBs As Video Game Weapons - SB Nation
By Jon Bois
Michael Vick is the proximity mine from Goldeneye 007, and Jake Locker is the sword from The Legend of Zelda. Here, we preview every NFL quarterback in terms that spoiled children of the video game...
SBNation.com - All Posts

Free Technology for Teachers: Fun, Free Math Video Games on ...
By noreply@blogger.com (Mr. Byrne)
Math Moves U is a fun math video game site. Math Moves U has three levels of difficulty; grade 6 or lower, grade 7, and grade 8 or higher. To play the games students first choose from one of eight customizable characters to be in the game.
Free Technology for Teachers

TechnoBuffalo and the Broken Video Game Review System ...
By Joey Davidson
Video game reviews, in essence, are meant to rate games in a way that informs customers. Between the written word of the review and the score itself, readers should be able to easily glean the value of any given game. Unfortunately, today's scoring system has become a broken and bloated ... Joey Davidson has been a diehard gamer ever since his dad brought home the family's NES and a copy of Paperboy. He's been taking his opinions to the interwebs for more than five years ...
TechnoBuffalo

The Evolution of Basketball Video Games | NBA
By FanIQ Blog
The Evolution of Basketball Video Games For those of us who are young enough to remember video games from the Atari years, the game of basketball has evolved quite a bit in the digital world.
FanIQ Blog

New Video Game Releases Week 35, 2012
Here's the list of this week's new video game releases. The Summer drought is gone ...
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Video Games journalism class debuts at University of Iowa ...
The twenty students in Kyle Moody's “Specialized Writing and Reporting: Video Games and Communication” class will meet this evening for the third time in a ...
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Fall video game preview 2012

Fall video game preview 2012: Five questions
USA TODAY
The only problem is video game players haven't heard much from it since. Meanwhile, digital titles continue to ... Over the next four months, retail video games reclaim the spotlight, once again engaging players as well as testing their bank accounts ...

USA TODAY

Video Game Deals: Amazon All Day Video Games Gold Box Event for PC Xbox ...
HawtWired (blog)
... All Video Games Gold Box Event Today! The Gold Box Events kicks off today, Tuesday, August 28, 2012 and features one deal of the day, in addition to lightning deals on Xbox 360, PS3, PS Vita, Wii, DS, PC and other video game systems every few hours.

How Video Games Could Improve Our Vision
New York Times
The developmental psychologist Daphne Maurer made headlines this year with research suggesting that people born with cataracts could improve their eyesight by playing Medal of Honor, the “first-person shooter” video game. ... How did computergames ...

New York Times

Free Online Games Sink Pirates for Emerging-Market Growth
Businessweek
Video-game makers that once steered clear of emerging markets to avoid getting ripped off by copycats are returning with free online offers to make money from customers willing to pay for add-on features. Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), whose ... Gamers in ...

OnLive's founder leaves cloud video games service
BBC News
The founder of OnLive - the cloud-based video games service - has left the firm, after organising a controversial rescue of the business. A statement said Steve Perlman ...OnLive offers its own game pad to allow subscribers to play using their own ...

BBC News

Machinimagic! The Top Fan-Made Films Based on Video Games, And Why ...
Movieline
1. Dead Fantasy: Give the Gamers What They Want — Action! Video games should feature more pure action than a Terminator T-800 UFC match, so it's weird that mostgame-inspired movies feature more pointless explanation than you'd find in a manual for ...

Movieline

LG's Game World Will Bring Video Games to Cinema 3D Smart TVs
PCWorld
Gamers with LG Cinema 3D Smart TVs should be excited about the upcoming Game World, unless they happen to be into more mature titles -- such as games with lots of blood and gore -- since LG won't be including such titles. Kwon says the games in the ...

Madden NFL 13 Amazes with Even More Realistic Gameplay
Yahoo! Sports
For me as a sports video gamer, I seek realism as a key part of my gaming experience. ... game. I think EA Sports has again taken sports video games to a whole new level of realism with the release of Madden NFL 13. ... I like how the variable level of ...

med schools use robots, video games to train new doctors
Calgary Herald
Over the past few years, some universities have increasingly been using new technologies, includingvideo games and robots, to teach the next generation of doctors. The tools are aimed at helping students become better doctors and improving patient care.

Video Game State of the Union and the Changes We Need
Desktop Review
Video games are still a multi-billion dollar industry, so while it may be in dire straits with regards to quality, this doesn't foreshadow anything as severe as a complete collapse. Rather, it's just thatgames have plateaued as far as innovation and ...

Police: Woman Bites Boyfriend For Playing Video Games « CBS ...
By Candice Leigh Helfand
A woman who grew tired of her live-in boyfriend after suspecting him of looking at other women and frequently playing video games took action - by biting him in the chest.
CBS Tampa

Video Game Music! - Games and Video Games
Post Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 12:27 am Post subject: Video Game Music! Reply with quote. Post your favorite video game music! ...not sure if this one should have gone in the music section or this one, but it's a trivial affair for a mod, right?
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Meet The Developers Of New Video Game 'Dishonored' & Tour Their Texas ...
Business Insider
Harvey Smith and Raphael Colantonio are the developers of Dishonored, the upcoming game by Arkane Studios and Bethesda Softworks featuring stealth, revenge, and the supernatural. The game follows Corvos Atano, an assassin blessed with ...

Business Insider

Am I the Bad Guy..? How Video Game Developers Make YOU the Villain
Crave Online
I've recently completed Gears of War 3. As was my experience with the previous entries in the series, I found the single-player experience to be a laborious trudge from one shootout to the next, with only the occasional obligatory vehicular section ...

5 Lessons For Kickstarter Video Game Projects That Want To Succeed
Forbes
Everyone has cool ideas for video games. I come up with new (amazing!) ideas all the time, but I wouldn't go to Kickstarter wearing just the fig leaf of a concept. I'd be justifiably laughed out of the room. Maybe if I was a big-wig game developer I ...

Video: 5 things social games can teach core developers
Gamasutra
TouchFactor Inc. Game Development Engineer @ TouchFactor Marin ... For more of Fiden's thoughts on how social games can teach core game developers, be sure to check out his full GDC Online presentation in the above video, courtesy of the GDC Vault.

Madden 13 Release: Rounding Up Reviews for Popular NFL Video Game
Bleacher Report
Want more real-time Video Games news? Visit Team Stream on ... out what gamers want and how to satisfy them. Don't take my word for it though; let's take a look at some of the many reviews across the web and what people are saying about the latestgame.

Bleacher Report

Legendary retro racing video game Super Mario Kart turns 20 years old
Examiner.com
On August 27, 1992, an interesting new video game was released on the Super Famicom console in Japan. ... Although Mario had branched out into non-platforming genres before, such as his puzzler stint in Dr. Mario, the early-1990's era still had plenty ...

Examiner.com

Game developers issue funding plan to a year's work
Get Bracknell
Funding problems could mean a year's work to provide a free online Wild West videogame could go down the pan. Jack Bromhead, 24, from Yorktown Road in Sandhurst, is part of a group of four game developers who have been working for around a year on ...

Rock the Vote: Partnership with gaming community 'a natural fit'
VentureBeat
Last week, Rock the Vote announced partnerships with Microsoft, video-gamepublisher Ubisoft, and game developer Epic Games to deliver election information to young gamers and urge them to register to vote. Vice president of communications and...

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US video game sector in 'freemium' challenge

US video game sector in 'freemium' challenge
Financial Times
The US video game industry's traditional business models of selling disc-based games and charging online subscriptions is under threat from free-to-play titles, according to Asian rivals pushing the “freemium” model in America. ... “We see in the ... 

Opinion: The trials of the game developer
Gamasutra
Making video games is one of the more difficult things that you can do as a profession. Especially as an indie .... The dedication, skill and emotional investment that game development requires needs to be better recognized. [This piece was reprinted ...

Gamasutra

More resources for teaching kids to build video games
San Jose Mercury News
Last week I wrote a story detailing my quest for find resources for my kids to learn how to make their own video games. That story mentioned the following ... This new video game museum offers classes throughout the week. Check the schedule here: ...

Big Ideas: Video Games According to David Cage
Gamasutra
David Cage has reached a creative juncture, he says, which allows him to do exactly what he wants -- and what he wants to do is expand the palette of the game industry, bringing in more emotion, and luring in the gamers who weren't hooked by Heavy Rain...

Gamasutra

Video-game developers Super Soul hoping to build the industry in Lexington ...
Businessweek
Both had considered making games before, but it wasn't until Meister's technical know-how met Hoagland's artistic vision that the they seriously began kicking around the idea of creating a newvideo game company. "It was kind of an organic process," ...

Wanna Make Games for a Living? If You Live in the US, You're in Luck
Side Mission
According to ESA's 2012 Essential Facts About the Computer and Video GameIndustry, 49 percent of all American homes have a video game console and more than 30 percent of gamers said they play games on their smartphones, compared to 20 percent ...

Side Mission 

VIDEO GAMES: The ARKHAM CITY Sequel We Deserve, Not The JUSTICE ...
Comic Book Movie
VIDEO GAMES: The ARKHAM CITY Sequel We Deserve, Not The JUSTICE LEAGUEGame WB Needs. VIDEO GAMES: The ARKHAM CITY Sequel We Deserve, Not The JUSTICE LEAGUE Game WB Recent news about a Justice League finally being made...

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New This Week in Video Games
Attack of the Fanboy
Madden NFL 13 - Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PS VITA, Wii - Madden NFL 13 is the 2012 release in Electronic Arts' celebrated American football video game release. Developed around the powerful, all-new Infinity game engine, Madden NFL 13 delivers a more ...

Attack of the Fanboy

WWE 13 vs. Microleague Wrestling: A Look Back at WWE's First Video Game
Bleacher Report
It will easily consume hours and hours of happy gamers' lives. We've come a long way since WWE's first video game effort. The first-ever WWE video game was a trailblazing effort, even if it now can't compare with the latest version. Microleague ...

Bleacher Report

VIDEO GAMES: Producer Glenn Gamble Talks Activision's THE WALKING DEAD
Comic Book Movie
VIDEO GAMES: Producer Glenn Gamble Talks Activision's THE WALKING DEAD. While speaking to G4TV from GamesCom 2012, TerminalReality's Glenn Gamble was on-site to explain the many aspects of the upcoming video game based off of The Walking ...

NASCAR 2011: The Game -- Wii Vs. Xbox 360: A Sports Video Game Comparison
Yahoo! Sports
Racing fans who also like racing video games may want to check out Activision's NASCAR 2011: The Game. I enjoy most any sports video game, and when I find a great one, I like to compare versions on different consoles. I tried NASCAR 2011: The Game ...

Poll: Do you play video games? If so, what are they?
Take this poll! Do you play video games? If so, what are they? Yes No. ... games... Video gamesurvey!!!! Would you want to play a video g... Witch is the best Video game sys... Do you feel like hurting someone... What video game is the best?
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Novice Game Developers Need help...
GameDev.net
The problem is that we're complete novice to the whole game development community and we kinda need some heads up of what we need to know to be able to start in game development.Our thesis project is also about game development so we're in a big ...

Microsoft Looking to Hire ex-OnLive Developers

GamingBolt (blog)

NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2012 features 5 prominent Indie devs
GamingBolt
25 Most Awkward Video Game Hardware Fails Of All Time · 50 Of The GreatestVideo Game ... “With the recent announcement of two high-profile industry veterans to give their special keynotes, NASSCOM Gaming Forum is pleased to announce that no less than ...

GamingBolt


Video Game Developers Attempt To Rock The Vote | The Freedom ...
The November election is going to be a big one and it seems like everyone is finding some way ...
www.myfreedomfoundation.com/.../game_developers_attempt...

Handheld Video Game (Folmer Kelly) - IndieGames.com - The Weblog
GRAVNAV developer Folmer Kelly's latest release is Handheld Video Game, a free Flash platformer that he describes as "a game about playing a game inside ...
indiegames.com/2012/.../browser_game_pick_handheld_vid.h...

Video Game Developers Income Higher From Wii U eShop Than XBLA ...
After asking multiple people, writer Emily Rogers is claiming that developers receive a larger cut of revenue by putting games on Wii Us Nintendo eShop.
www.gamespot.com/.../video-game-developers-income-higher...

kind of wonderful that a video game developer can make a kid pull a ...
kind of wonderful that a video game developer can make a kid pull a face like this -http://t.co/FlCoNMNg by Kotaku 239918052110643200.
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Where to Study Video Game Development
Discovery the best schools for studying Video Game Development as an international student in the United States.
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In the video game industry, only the strong survive

In the video game industry, only the strong survive
Milford Daily News
The game, which 38 Studios acquired in 2009 after purchasing Big Huge Games, the original developer, sold more than 200,000 American copies in its first week, according to VGChartz, a website that tracks video game sales. But in May, 38 Studios laid ...

The Aftermath: A response to Colin Campbell
Examiner.com
In addition, wasn't it Nintendo that singlehandedly rescued the video game industry from the disaster of the gaming industry during the 1980s? Were it not for this corporation one wonders what industry any of us let alone Mr. Campbell would be working in.

Examiner.com

Is the Facebook video game market dying or just evolving? | Digital ...
By Anthony John Agnello
Marketing costs and fees are driving developers from Facebook. Is the market dead or is it just the FarmVille viral genre that's dying?

Foodie Video Games: Minecraft
Super Chef (blog)
Many parents think Minecraft is just anther senseless video game about killing and “stuff”. In some... So, when your foodie kids want to play video games on the internet, steer them to foodie gameslike Minecraft – you never know what they'll ask for ...

Video game review: Madden NFL 13
New York Daily News
Video game review: Madden NFL 13. The latest version of the football series is one of... When gamers pick up the latest edition of the storied sports series on Tuesday, they'll land one of the finest Madden games in years. Several years of fine-tuning ...

New York Daily News

Watch Arsenal vs Stoke City Live Streaming Free EPL Football Games Video HD ...
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
Watch Arsenal vs Stoke City Live Streaming Free EPL Football Games Video HD TV Link. The Potters have relatively few new absences after drawing on opening day to Reading, but Dean Whitehead is out after receiving a one-match ban. Jermaine Pennant ...

'The Apparition' star Ashley Greene talks horror movies and video games
HitFix
In the above video, the "Twilight" star talks about the guys who auditioned to play to the evil hands who grope her in the film(as seen on the poster), and the difficulty of crying on cue over and over. As far as her preferred horror films, Greene ...

Anna Anthropy: Queering Video Games One Pixel at a Time
Autostraddle
Women in Video Games"? Or the violent video game made about her where players can graphically smash in her face? Or FatUglyorSlutty.com, a website that records the sexist, derogatory and sexual remarks male gamers will make to female gamers on Xbox ...

Video gaming machines in Freeport?
Freeport Journal-Standard
In 2009, Illinois passed the Video Gaming Act which made it legal for gambling in bars and other clubs with a cut of the profits going to the city, state, owner and machine operator. “They (the oldgaming machines) are all gone,” said Domino. “I don't ...

Should war games be based on real events?
Digital Spy
He asserted, initially at least, that he had a problem with someone drawing entertainment from avideo game based on a conflict in which millions of people had died. He said that it was just not right - but is it? Many games, including titles that have ...

Video Games' 2012 Holiday Season Prep Well Underway - Unscripted Access ...
The Gamer Access
The Gamer Access is back with not only a completely redesigned website design, but another episode of the fan-favorite podcast, Unscripted Access. With news from all three of the major video game companies, this week was crazy for news as magazines ...

In honor of Neil Armstrong, here are some great video games set in ...
By Britton Peele / Editor
Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, has taken his last giant leap. His contribution to NASA, science and mankind can't be understated. May he rest in peace. In celebration of his life, however, I got to thinking of some of the best ...
Pop Culture Blog

Do You Like to Play Video Games? | Ted's Take
By Ted
Do You Like to Play Video Games? Posted on August 26, 2012 by Ted. Are you a man of a certain age? Then watch this film. “Chasing Ghosts.” About the birth of the video game industry. And a personal set of rivalries from back in the 1980′s ...
Ted's Take

DragonCon gets video game heavy this year with Epic Games, BioWare and more
Examiner.com
Games have long been a part of Atlanta's yearly Dragon*Con convention but 2012 represents the first time that video games have their own track. The game track schedule was announced on Friday with four days worth of panels from the likes of Epic Games, ...

Examiner.com

Top 5 upcoming video games for Atlanta gamers
Examiner.com
The most popular video game franchise for XBOX is will return in November as “Halo 4” hits the shelves. Master Chief is back for the first time since 2007's “Halo 3”. He and Cortana discover a Forerunner planet and things go crazy after that. Along ...

Examiner.com

New 'Tekken Tag Tournament 2' videos focus on bonuses
Examiner.com
Earlier today video game publisher Namco Bandai Games released two new videosfor their upcoming console fighting game, “Tekken Tag Tournament 2”, to give gamersan idea of what they can look forward to if they preorder the title from select retailers.

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SYSTEM UPDATE: Watch for these must-have video games this fall
New York Daily News
Yes, it's been a good summer for video games, with plenty of action to keep us occupied. But, just like any other ... Dishonored drops in early October, then another assassin's game — Assassin's Creed III — ends the month, hitting stores Oct. 30. In...

New York Daily News

Upcoming video games: Madden NFL 13, Rock Band Blitz, Guild Wars 2
Hindustan Times
Game Reviews. Samsung Galaxy S III. Sennheiser RS 220. Lava XOLO X900. HTC One V. Sony Xperia S. Motorola ATRIX 2. Advertisement. Samsung Galaxy S III. Sennheiser RS 220. Lava XOLO X900. HTC One V. Sony Xperia S. Motorola ATRIX 2 ...Rock Band ...

Hindustan Times

VIDEO: Breaking Down Top 3 Road Games For Chiefs In 2012
Arrowhead Pride (blog)
We're back with another video for the SB Nation YouTube channel and this week we're talking about the top three road games for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2012. After the St. Louis road trip ... Thank you for the non-Seahawks game content. I needed a break.

OnLive game streaming company says it will live on
Chicago Daily Herald
Described as a threat to companies selling traditional packaged video games when it burst onto thegaming scene in 2009, OnLive offers video games streamed over an Internet connection, similar to how Netflix offers streamed movies and TV shows. OnLive ...

Top Ten Video Game Animals
Gameranx
Gamers fell in love with that surprised look on Sonic's face when you ran him right into some spikes, almost like he was breaking the fourth wall and saying "Why are you so bad at video games?" Epona - Legend of Zelda. It makes sense that there's ...

Gameranx

The TouchArcade Show - 66 - Quit Bein' Mad About Video Games
Touch Arcade
We also toss a lot of time to Vote, Chair Entertainment's political hack-and-slashvideo game. In our actual games section, we dive into the latest, greatest, and best in iOS: Dragon Island, Infinite Warrior, Window Warrior, and Mikey Shorts all get ...

Touch Arcade

Nintendo 3DS: Most Disappointing Video Games
Business Insider
Taken for what it is, Namco Bandai's Tekken 3D Prime Edition is an impressive portable brawler with over 40 characters, online play and 60 frames-per-second animation; the game even comes with an animated Tekken film. On the downside, all of the ...

So, Tell Me About Yourself, Video Game
By Evan Narcisse
So, Tell Me About Yourself, Video Game Video games need more "Call Me Ishmael." That quote is one of the most famous opening lines in all of literature. Sure, its popularity is owed largely to being the first sentence in Herman Melville's ...
Kotaku

Most anticipated games as a kid? - DVD Talk Forum
By mhg83
Most anticipated games as a kid? Video Game Talk. ... Now if you're not just talking about waiting for a game to be released, or games in general, I think the most anticipation I had was actually getting an NES. I had a 2600 as my main system ...
DVD Talk Forum - Video Game Talk

Video Games: You're the Stuff of Baby Slendy Nightmares ...
By Cheezburger Network
Video Games: You're the Stuff of Baby Slendy Nightmares. x. Share. internet memes - Video Games: You're the Stuff of Baby Slendy Nightmares. Get Over Here and Play a Video Game. Submitted by: maximepower · Incorrect source or ...
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Video games and elementary education: a mix of virtual and real ...
By allenabel
Confronted by this dichotomy – classical learning in the schoolhouse; an unquenchable yearning to diddle away vacation days playing video games on the iPad – a father looks to the experts to tell him about his child's digital destiny. But an afternoon ... The second-grade teacher from the private school in Manhattan, a man named Joel Levin, also happens to be the co-owner of a company that adapts a Swedish MMO world-building game called Minecraft for classroom use. Mr. Levin ...
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