In honor of Martin Luther King day, we’ve picked the eight most memorable Kings ever to grace video games. Some may be incompetent, others may lack power, and none can ever match up against a real-life civil rights pioneer, but they’ve all ruled our gaming memories.
“I just wanted my wedding to be a little more interesting than the average wedding,” …… “Basically, I just wanted to play video games at my wedding.”
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The Best Console Game Sellers In 2008
Portal IT – 7 hours ago The data is finally coming in and companies stop wondering about who won the crown of best seller in the console games department. Gaming Market: Canadians Have Spent Billion ,The Wii leading … GameFocus Nintendo Ships Record 10 Million Wiis TrustedReviews Gamasutra – NewsFactor Network – SmartBrief – WTVW all 32 news articles Langue : Français |
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Challenge, competition drives video gamers: Study
Canada.com – 16 Jan 2009 It's the cheer of the challenges – not a craving for carnage – that keeps video game players coming back for more, suggest the findings of a new study. Blood and gore don't make video games more enjoyable: study The Canadian Press Players of gory computer games 'like adventure not blood and guts' Telegraph.co.uk Gamasutra – Macworld – Wired News – Forbes all 65 news articles |
Games aren’t always serious business. Sure, you’ve got your coding, meetings, and budgetary concerns, but there’s also a fair bit of, well, gaming goofiness. So we asked Ensemble’s Dave Pottinger, lead designer on Halo Wars, to write an article for us rounding up quirky facts about the game and its development. Here’s what he sent our way.
Pandemic Studios, having enjoyed some success with their release of Star Wars: Battlefront II, sought to bring their style of action game to the Lord of the Rings universe as well. Since both Star Wars and LotR are widely regarded as classics in their respective genres, and both have a rich, deep fan base, the task would appear to be similar in scope. Many were expecting Lord of the Rings: Conquest to be, if nothing else, a playground for Tolkien fans to revel in the environments so vividly brought to life by the movies. Unfortunately, between the short, simplistic campaign and the shallow, uninspired combat, LotR: Conquest merely relies on its name for success, failing to bring the innovation or cleverness that the franchise deserves. Read on for the rest of my thoughts.
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Canadian Games Market Hits Record .09 Billion
Gamasutra – 3 hours ago New NPD data has revealed that the Canadian games market saw a record .09 billion in revenues in 2008, with year over year growth of 23 percent for combined hardware, software and accessory sales. Gaming Market: Canadians Have Spent Billion GameFocus Review: Puzzle Games Thrive on Nintendo's WiiWare NewsFactor Network MCV – Loot Ninja – GamesIndustry.biz – Gamasutra all 9 news articles Langue : Français |
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Challenge, competition drives video gamers: Study
Canada.com – 16 Jan 2009 It's the cheer of the challenges – not a craving for carnage – that keeps video game players coming back for more, suggest the findings of a new study. Study: Violence Doesn't Motivate Gamers Gamasutra Study: Gamers Prefer Challenge Over Violence Wired News The Canadian Press – Telegraph.co.uk – Forbes – KOMO News all 65 news articles |
An anonymous reader writes “In a study conducted by TNO for the Dutch government the economic effects of filesharing are found to be positive. According to the 146 page report (available for download, but in Dutch) filesharing is good for the prosperity of the Dutch: with filesharing more media are available, even though this costs the media industry some profit. One of the most noticeable conclusions is that downloading and buying are not mutually exclusive: downloaders on average buy just as much music as non-downloaders, but they buy more DVD’s and games then people who don’t download. They also tend to visit more concerts and buy more merchandise.”
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The Pittsburgh Stealers have defeated the Baltimore Ravens 23-14 after losing three straight AFC championship games at home. Baltimore Ravens RB Willis McGahee was seriously injured in a hit late in the fourth quarter. He is said to be moving his arms and legs but is experiencing severe neck pain, updates soon.
