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Today's Fresh Blogs...| THE CURIOUS INDEX, 7/24/07 |
| Published: July 24, 2007, 10:51 am |
| Tags: Bloviating, Video Game Stabbin, College Football, Atlantic Coast Conference, Pacific 10 Conference |
| 1. We’ve been looking through the ACC this past week, mostly prodded by SMQ’s relentless dissection of the conference. As bad as they were in aggregate last year–or should we say, as mediocre as they were–the logical cyclical optimists thinking would be to say that they’ll necessarily better this year. |
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| The Today Show and Video Games |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 5:44 pm |
| Tags: Games Industry, Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, Game Consoles, Console Media Coverage, Game Console War, Today Show Video Game Coverage |
| of the ShowBruckheimer Says Video Games Can Extend the Life of Blockbuster MoviesVideo Games Blamed in Police Pursuit of TeenagersLast Chance for Video Games Live Detroit Tickets25,000 Attend World Series of Video Games in China |
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| World Series of Video Games to be Broadcast on CBS |
| Published: July 28, 2007, 2:04 pm |
| Tags: Gamer Life, Games Industry, Games, Cbs Sports, Gaming Tournaments, Guitar Hero, Nytimes, Video Game Systems, Video Game Tournaments, World Series Of Video Games |
| the World Series of Video Games tournament that was held last month in Louisville, KY. Granted, this is not the first time video game tournaments have been broadcast, but this is the first time that a channel unaffiliated with satellite or cable has decided to show people mashing buttons and bashing on their plastic Guitar Hero |
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| A Slight Glimpse at Video Game Addiction from a Designer Standpoint |
| Published: July 29, 2007, 9:13 pm |
| Tags: Gamer Life, Computer, Addiction Debate, Indiana University Purude, Video Game Addiction, Video Game Design |
| may be misleading: This video game addiction news story on Indystar.com focuses, as all video game addiction news stories do, on one gamer’s story which makes all gamers look like, well, freaks. In this case, Parke Dieckmeyer’s attachment to video games got so bad in his freshman year of college that he had to ask his RA to lock |
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| Australian Video Game Industry Passes $1 Billion |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 3:21 am |
| Tags: Gamer Life, Games Industry, Nintendo, Microsoft, Australia Gaming Industry Revenues, Video Game Industry One Billion Dollars In Revenue |
| of people in the market for games grows, and the number of people who might be averse to picking up a controller die off. But it looks like it’s definitely not just young people playing games in Australia. “The stereotype of gaming as a children’s pursuit is simply wrong, with the average gamer age in Australia at 28,” |
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| What Place Does The Nintendo Wii Have In History? |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 10:29 am |
| Tags: Editorials, Nintendo, Catalyst, Cbs, Change Time, Core System, Down In History, I Am Convinced, Main Stream, Marketing Job, Nintendo Wii, One Happy Camper, Sony Ps3, Sports Event, Surround Sound System, Time Will Only Tell, True Believer, Video Games, Video Game Competitio |
| in history that got non-gamers out of their closets and into video games. Yesterday, for the first time in American history, a video game competition was televised on CBS as a sports event. The Nintendo Wii certainly had something to do with this event happening in the first place. No Wii games were played in the event, but I believe that |
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| THE CURIOUS INDEX, 7/31/07 |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 11:21 am |
| Tags: Video Game Stabbin, Blog Buddies, Bizarro Superman Says You Re Welcome, All Conference, Bloviating, All Name Team, Big 10 Conference, College Football, Coaches The Bcs Scandals Arrests And Other Eccentri, Southeastern Conference, Big 12 Conference, Pacific 10 Confer |
| sniff hope in most of their games last season, losing by huge margins to good and bad teams alike. Mike Singletary is the lust object for most win-hungry boosters. He’s also a favorite of the fans, one of whom was removed from the parking lot of the practice facility after he was caught talking to players about how much better things will |
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| DON'T FORGET BILL WALSH'S OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 6:07 pm |
| Tags: Video Game Stabbin, College Football |
| in another important field: video game football. It was a far piece better than Sega’s “College Football National Championship,” mostly because it was simpler and you couldn’t win every game by running the toss sweep with Jerome Bettis. (Damn you, Cuddles Swindle. Damn you and Jerome to hell.) You got scouting reports |
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| Nintendo 64 Rumble Packs Make A Comeback In Prisons |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 1:14 am |
| Tags: Gamer Life, Ball Point Pen, Battery Power, Distant Future, Gizmodo, Great System, Maximum Security Prisons, N64, Pen Ink, Pinup Posters, Prisoners, Prison Pen Pal, Ruble, Rumble Pack, Survival Tools, Video Game Accessories, Wii Mote |
| that I would be sending video game accessories to prisoners so they can get more ink done. Perhaps one day in the distant future, they will find ways to use a Wii-mote as a make-shift shank. Who knows? It is actually pretty easy. There are no workshops in maximum security. They do it in their rooms with a battery(power) taped to a |
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| Bill Walsh a.k.a. "The Genius" Will Be Missed |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 4:28 am |
| Tags: Gamer Life, Bill Walsh, College Football Games, Five Seasons, Football Fan, Game Plans, Game Series, Introspective, Mr Walsh, Nfl Championships, None Worth, Offensive Scheme, Predicated, Refined Game, Saddened, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Times, Sports History, Video Game |
| Some of you may remember his video games back in the day. Bill Walsh College Football is where the excitement over NCAA Football in video games really started. I don’t think the game series every got it’s due credit, but it was definitely where it all really started. There were some college football games before it, but none |
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| Gaming League Team Contracts Worth up to $1 Million |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 6:59 pm |
| Tags: Gamer Life, Games Industry, Competitive Video Game Tournaments, Gamer Salary, Professional Gaming, Video Game Leagues |
| most recent World Series of Video Games tournament as a one-hour special this fall definitely adds some prestige. “My goal is that, five years from now, you flip on TV or the radio or open up a newspaper, and we’re sitting there next to other traditional sports,” Sundance DiGiovanni, co-founder and chief marketing officer for |
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| Video Game Voter's Network Membership Passes 100,000 Mark |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 11:24 pm |
| Tags: Gamer Life, Games Industry, Membership, Video Game Politics, Video Game Voters Network |
| I think the words “the games their children enjoy” should be emphasized, because once again, it is ultimately up to parents what their kids should or should not play. Games adults enjoy and games children enjoy are two different things; and considering the ever increasing number of older gamers, the notion that only kids play video |
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| Rockstar to Appeal 'Manhunt 2' Ban |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 2:16 pm |
| Tags: Gamer Life, Rockstar, Games Industry, Game Related Laws, Games, Appeals Committee, Bbfc, British Board Of Film Classification, Manhunt, Manhunt 2, Manhunt 2 Uk Ban, Rockstar Games, Uk Ban, Vac, Video Appeals Committee, Video Game |
| Rockstar Games filed an appeal yesterday with the Video Appeals Committee in the UK over the Manhunt 2 ban. The VAC has the power to overturn any rule or regulation filed by the British Board of Film Classification, which were the ones to ban the video game for “unremitting bleakness and callousness of tone”. Rockstar notified the |
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| Far Cry 2 Screenshots |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 4:31 pm |
| Tags: Far Cry 2, Screenshots, Xbox 360, Video Game |
| Here are the newest screenshots released by Ubisoft for Far Cry 2. The ambience, effects, coloring all looks pretty amazing. |
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| Unreal Tournament 3 Gameplay Video |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 1:22 pm |
| Tags: Unreal Tournament 3, Ut3, Xbox 360, Gameplay, Playstation 3, Video Game |
| Enjoy guys, hit the link for the video. It looks absolutely amazing. UT3 Gameplay from Comic Con |
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