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Father Of Video Games: The Violence Lost The Women, The Long Form Lost The Casual Gamer

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2008-04-25 13:00:21 by Patrick Klepek in MTV Multiplayer
Nolan Bushnell , founder of Atari and co-creator of Pong, thinks games have lost their way, and violent games and long, complicated gameplay is to blame But he finds hope in the rise of Wii and casual games, he told Multiplayer in a phone interview yesterday morning I proposed that games started as a hardcore medium, but he disagreed. The way...
 
Tags: games, violent games, fun games, games bushnell, casual games, casual, lost, form lost, casual gamer
 
 
 
 
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Spore is a long-term franchise

2008-07-11 17:22:27 by RawmeatCowboy in GoNintendo
 
The high-level decision-makers on the project are really casting a really wide net. I think they assembled a wide variety of people to try and hit on this. Its a big challenge. I definitely know what the break-even number is, but there are definitely long, long-term plans for Spore. So I think that EA is giving this, not in terms initially of...
 
Tags: spore, long-term franchise, million people, people, spore designer, project, high-level decision-makers, foot forward, wide net
 
 
 
 
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Rumor: MS planning five hour long New Xbox Experience media blitz

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2008-09-08 15:15:00 by Dustin Burg in Xbox 360 Fanboy
Filed under: News , Rumors In rumor news that could probably be filed under the sub-category "too good to be true", word on the street is that Microsoft is planning a huge New Xbox Experience blowout later this month. A five hour long G4TV "console re-launching" event that's said to be full of new Xbox 360 game announcements According to...
 
Tags: xbox experience, xbox, xbox experience blowout, xbox originals, mass effect dlc, dlc, hour, mass effect, event
 
 
 
 
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I sing a dirge for developers long gone

2008-02-14 11:06:09 by Jason Pitruzzello in Adrenaline Vault
 
I have a sore spot in my soul for Electronic Arts. Not because of money ill spent or lackluster titles, but because I remember Bullfrog Productions. Bullfrog was the British developer for such ground breaking titles as Populous , Dungeon Keeper, and Syndicate . Those of you who remember will smile as I do when I think back to hours spent sending...
 
Tags: dungeon keeper iii, dungeon keeper, remember, remember bullfrog productions, dungeon, bullfrog, sore spot, titles, eas decision
 
 
 
 
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Nintendo of Australia - Wii Fit will be bigger than GTA in the long-run

2008-05-26 08:55:47 by RawmeatCowboy in GoNintendo
 
A portion of an Age Blog interview with Rose Lappin, Managing Director for Nintendo of Australia AB : Do you think its actually a bigger game in terms of the mainstream than GTA RL : Long term, it will absolutely be bigger. Im quite open to say that. We will continue to support Wii Fit because its an important product for us and its an important...
 
Tags: bigger, interview, age blog interview, bigger game, support wii fit, australia, term, gta, nintendo
 
 
 
 
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Fei Long, Dan join Street Fighter IV home roster

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2008-05-30 00:00:00 by Jason Dobson in Joystiq
Filed under: PC , Sony PlayStation 3 , Microsoft Xbox 360 , Fighting Following this morning's news that the recently announced home versions of Street Fighter IV would come packing the extra punch of online play and an expanded cast, a new report confirms two familiar fighters who will be added to the game's hurricane kick beyond the arcade ...
 
Tags: dan, laughably weak dan, street fighter, fei, dan online, home version exclusives, fighters, familiar fighters, hurricane kick
 
 
 
 
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Long Ghostbusters script is long

2008-06-05 10:02:00 by HASH0x8afdb78 in Destructoid - Hardcore video game blog
 
If there was any doubt in your mind that the Ghostbusters game was going to be a good, well-rounded representation of the series, some recent news from Ernie Hudson (aka Winston Zeddmore) should put those doubts to rest. In an interview with videogaming247 , Hudson revealed that the script is about 480 pages long, four times that of an average...
 
Tags: script, average movie script, hudson, ghostbusters game, ernie hudson, pages, aka winston zeddmore, game, videogaming247
 
 
 
 
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The Daily Grind: How long should it take to reach the level cap?

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2008-08-07 08:00:00 by Samuel Axon in Massively
Filed under: Opinion , The Daily Grind Yesterday Blizzard revealed that World of Warcraft 's recruit-a-friend program will undergo some big changes. One of those changes: if you group with a friend whose account was signed up because you invited him or her to play, you'll both receive experience at 300% the normal rate Blizzard has already...
 
Tags: reach, reach level, warcraft, warcraft -style mmo, personal playstyle, real attraction, bigger slash, world, sweet spot
 
 
 
 
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15,000 hour-long DS game

2008-08-13 22:26:22 by Chris Schilling in Wii Wii
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrAYDSTkXgQ No, its not quite what youre thinking - thats apparently how long the above game Bobs Game has taken to create - its maker, Robert Pelloni taking five years over the project Its a little rough-and-ready (what do you expect from homebrew?) but it looks genuinely interesting, and the game is said to have...
 
Tags: game, game bobs game, visit wii wii, skips japanese-only giftpia, communication plays, publisher picks, developers description, pelloni deserves, shiny media
 
 
 
 
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PSP is no 'dumb terminal,' is in for the long haul

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2008-08-14 01:37:49 by HASH0x8b182c4 in Destructoid - Hardcore video game blog