Tag Archives: Nintendo
Custom Mario Tunes on Rock Band Network
Found this Super Mario 64 Bowser battle Theme on YouTube–and love it. Wouldn’t it be great if these got approved? I’d pay money for all of the Mario 64 tunes.
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The Monetization Game: Moore calls current gen a burning platform
This past Saturday I had the chance to moderate the keynote panel at Play: The Berkeley Digital Media Conference, an annual Haas Business School conference that covers a variety of tech, media, and business issues. It was a gorgeous day … Continue reading
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Scribblenauts game developer makes a risky bet on being original
Everyone loves original games. But few developers take the risk of making them in the video game industry. Enter Jeremiah Slaczka, the creative director at game developer 5th Cell, dropped out of high school in his junior year. Working with his partner Joseph Tringali, … Continue reading
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WTF? Video Games are Dying?
I got an email from an associate the other day about a mini video documentary called “Digital Trends Presents Players Only with Scott Steinberg: Video Games are Dead.” The headline irked me because to say that ‘video games are dead” … Continue reading
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NHL 2K10 Preview on GamesRadar
In 2008, Visual Concepts found itself in the unenviable position of picking up the 2K hockey series in mid-development, with only five months to build and complete NHL 2K9. The critics assailed the game with an average Metacritic rating of … Continue reading
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Does Sega’s Conduit Send a Message?
The NPD’s sales report for the month of June doesn’t bode well for the highly publicized Sega shooter, the Conduit, a “hardcore” first-person shooter for the Nintendo Wii. According to NPD, sales of The Conduit reached a mild 72,000 units … Continue reading
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Sega Opens Mature Gates on Wii
Risk, schmisk! Sega, the former hardware manufacturer of the Genesis, Saturn, and Dreamcast and known for risk taking in both hardware and software development, is rolling the dice again. With House of the Dead 4, then Mad World, The Conduit, … Continue reading
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Transformers: Revenge of Linkin Park
Mike Shinoda, Linkin Park front man, hopes his game-playing skills are as good as his musicianship, as he gears up to play Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, this Friday, June 26. Now is your chance to tell him how you … Continue reading
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E3 2009: Top 10 Best Games at E3
With the video game consoles somewhere in the middle of their theoretical five-year cycle (I did say theoretical), this year’s Electronics Entertainment Exposition showcased almost exactly what it should: loads of new software. Yes, we watched Microsoft and Sony unveil … Continue reading
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