Some companies and employment firms may be snubbing gamers, but IBM is ready to jump on the "gaming-is-good!" bandwagon. Speaking with the BBC, IBM’s global executive in charge of games and interactive entertainment, David Laux, touted IBM’s new tools to help game designers better their products, and also spoke about the positives of gaming.
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Here at GameCyte, we don't typically post Top Ten lists. Why? With few exceptions, the vast majority of such articles are meaningless filler, only serving to provoke fanboys and flamers and generally denigrating the reputation of the website which hosts them. However, as long as the firm continues to make them public, one of those [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 23, 2008
According to Blizzard, World of Warcraft is now played by more than 11.5 million subscribers worldwide. (They define subscriber as “individuals who have paid a subscription fee or have an active prepaid card to play World of Warcraft, as well as those who have purchased the game and are within their free month of access.”) Thanks [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 19, 2008
Blizzard have finally let the Wrath of the Lich King trial loose. Four easy steps is all it takes, as long as you already own World of Warcraft and the first The Burning Crusade expansion of course. Following the setup steps will allow you to visit Northrend for 10 full days, which should be enough to [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Are you one of the many unemployed Americans looking for work? Do you happen to play MMOs? If so, you may be able to blame your gameplaying habits on your lack of current employment. (And feel free to tell your significant other you were discriminated against, and that’s why you didn’t get the job.) In a [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 11, 2008
If FCC commissioner Deborah Tate is to be believed, MMO addiction is one of the top reasons students drop out of college. ¿Qué? “You might find it alarming that one of the top reasons for college drop-outs in the U.S. is online gaming addiction - such as World of Warcraft - which is played by 11 [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 26, 2008
If there's one thing chicks really dig it's being hit on by strangers over the internet. Try it. We love it. Need some help getting started? Internet darling Felicia Day, whom you surely know from The Guild and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, recently gave her advice on wooing WoWers to online men's lifestyle magazine Asylum.
Continue reading...Monday, November 24, 2008
Hours ago, Microsoft revealed (via Reuters) that they have signed an exclusivity deal with the popular online sitcom, The Guild. An episodic Internet comedy, The Guild is the entertaining (and often hilarious) tale of WoW guildmates, focusing mainly on their healer Codex (played by Guild creator and writer -– and Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog female [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, November 23, 2008
What is up with Europe these days? First a wave of WoW addiction stories trickle across the ocean from the UK and Sweden via carrier pigeon, and now Italy is trying to get in on the action! 13-year-old Lorenzo Amato was rushed to the hospital in Lecce because his father feared his son was suffering from [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, November 22, 2008
Okay, okay – I broke my promise. But … it’s a tiny little bear! I had to! Just login on your World of Warcraft account tomorrow, which happens to be World of Warcraft’s big 4th birthday, and the little guy above will be yours. Logging in and snagging this one-day-only pet Baby Blizzard Bear will not [...]
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