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WiiWare Wednesday: Block Breaker Deluxe
Here’s a fun experiment you can do at home! Go to Google and search for Arkanoid. You should see some five-dozen free online flash games, each one implementing one or two new wrinkles into the classic brickout-with-powerups archetype. Now, open each one of those games in a new tab, and attempt to play every one [...]
Continue reading...Introducing WiiWare Wednesdays
Monday, June 2, 2008
It’s pretty cut-and-dried: Nintendo has an immense load of WiiWare games coming down the pipe, over 100 in all; Downloadable games aren’t receiving their due, Peggle in particular sorely neglected by major U.S. gaming outlets; and here we are with a chip on our shoulder and something to prove. With only 512MB of flash [...]
Continue reading...Games to Make Computers Smarter at GWAP.com
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
A research group at Carnegie Mellon University debuted [via Slashdot] a new website dedicated to harnessing the gaming power of users to advance computer science. Today, the group launched gwap.com (Games With A Purpose). The objective of the site is to take tasks that computers are unable to perform adequately and present them to humans [...]
Continue reading...Kojima Says Japanese Dominance of Game Industry is Thing of the Past
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Shortly after another Japanese luminary spoke of the , Hideo Kojima, during a press conference announcing [via Kotaku] the completion of development of Metal Gear Solid, discussed the state of the game industry and how the Japanese domination of the industry is evaporating.
Continue reading...Casual Games Provide Ameliorating Effects, Study Finds
Monday, May 12, 2008
In a study commissioned by PopCap–but that PopCap has not influenced in any way, apparently–a team of academics observed that casual games have positive effects on people’s moods. The findings were presented at the Games for Health conference in Baltimore by Carmen Russioniello and Jennifer Parks.
Continue reading...Casual Games Help Treat Stroke Victims
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
By the power of Bejeweled, you are healed! The miracle tonic that is video games has found another way to benefit society. Following last week’s report that the Wii’s physical gameplay could help rehabilitate burn victims, today a press release from casual gaming portal Big Fish Games has announced that casual, puzzle-oriented games can be [...]
Continue reading...Home Sweet Home Sashays Onto the Wii
Monday, April 14, 2008
In one of the more curious game announcements in some time, Big Blue Bubble has announced that the home design game Home Sweet Home is going to be released for WiiWare.
Continue reading...In-Game Advertising Poised to Explode
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
An article over at Game Daily reported on a prediction from eMarketer that advertising in games will grow from $295 million to $650 million by 2012. This report, while it appears bullish for in-game advertising, is still a much different growth scale than that predicted by the Yankee Group in July of 2007. The earlier [...]
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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