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Video Games Show First Signs of Dominating Entertainment Market
From cdfreaks.com: At least in terms of consumer spending, retail video games were more popular than DVD and Blu-ray discs in 2008, according to an international research group. Games accounted for 53 percent of entertainment software spending worldwide, Media Control GfK International said. These figures do not include movie or game rentals. The momentum is clearly in video [...]
Continue reading...Cyber Monday Gaming Deals
Sunday, November 30, 2008
I don’t know how people get up early on the day after Thanksgiving and spend the whole day shopping. I can barely move after all the great food I ate the day before. That is why I appreciate online retails having sales on “Cyber Monday.” I plan to do a lot of my holiday shopping [...]
Continue reading...Politics Digging Hooks Into Gamers This Year… More to Come
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Something new this election, that I haven’t seen before, is the direct focus on gamers that politicians and advertising agencies are taking. A few days ago we got an email to post a new World of Warcraft machinima movie seeing who gets “Pwned” in Azeroth (here it is by the way): Then we saw over on G4TV [...]
Continue reading...“Gamer” Stereotypes Slowly Changing
Friday, October 24, 2008
Having been a gamer for over 20 years it was not until recently that I began to notice gaming become more popular and main stream. While it is not something I’ve really spent a lot of time thinking about it seems pretty obvious that casual games have found a way to get people into gaming [...]
Continue reading...Video Game Sale – Grand Theft Auto IV PS3 – $35
Thursday, October 9, 2008
From Dealsea. Dell Home has some video games on sale. Free shipping $129+. [Comments] Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3) $60 – $25 coupon “24LVPRK0T8ZS9?” = $35 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PS3) $60 – $20 coupon “SBFTVHQS0B76FH” = $40 Madden NFL 09 (PS3) $61 – $25 coupon “$BF6K8D$QHRXSC” = $36 Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Bundle (PS3) $99 – $40 coupon “RSS0N0WK52L125″ = $59 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Xbox 360) $60 [...]
Continue reading...Web 2.0: Content Delivery Monopolies for All! (Google, Amazon, Apple)
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
It was announced yesterday that YouTube (Google) is partnering with both Amazon and Apple to begin selling video games and music respectively. The idea is that content on YouTube identified as belonging to a certain video game or song would be associated with what amounts to a “Buy it Now” button that would take you over [...]
Continue reading...“300″ Director to Create Games for EA
Monday, September 29, 2008
Variety reports that Zach Snyder, the director behind ‘300′ and the upcoming adaption of ‘Watchmen’ has signed a 3 game deal with EA. As of right now there aren’t many details on what kind of games he’s working on, it’s still very impressive to see such a relatively new director make the jump to video [...]
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Saturday, January 24, 2009
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