Video-Game Publishing CEO Trash Talks Windows 8

Video-Game Publishing CEO Trash Talks Windows 8
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Video-Game Publishing CEO Trash Talks Windows 8 Gabe Newell (right) is also a former Microsoft employee.“I think that Windows 8 is kind of a catastrophe for everybody in the PC space,” Valve chief executive Gabe Newell said at a game conference in ...

Windows 8 is 'a catastrophe for everyone in the PC space'
BGR
Newell made the comment, which was picked up by Ars Technica, during the Casual Connectvideo game conference this week in Seattle, Washington. Following the launch of Windows 8, ”we'll lose some of the top-tier PC/OEMs, who will exit the market.

Ellen Page Describes Video Game Work as a 'Crazy Acting Bootcamp'
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Ellen Page, best known for playing the awkward pregnant teen in Juno and the roller derby outsider in Whip It, will take on a completely new world with her next project: a video game. our editor ... PHOTOS: Film and TV Actors Who've Starred inVideo Games ...

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Aiming higher? A video-game designer ponders history of violence
Los Angeles Times
Grotesque violence fills our video game screens — but it's also hanging in frames at the world's greatest museums and antiquity collections. Does the depiction of violence inspire aggressive behavior — or does it just give us something to do with Twitter and ...

Gamestop Exec Explores The Impact Tablets Are Having On The Video Game ...
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... Lists Best-Paid TV Actresses · Video Top-Paid Chefs · John Gaudiosi, Contributor. I've been covering video games and technology for 20 years. Follow Following Unfollow ... GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — According to DFC Intelligence, thevideo game industry will rake in $67 billion this year, thanks in part to the explosion of digitally distributed games across tablets, smartphones and gaming devices. GameStop, the largest specialty game retailer, has been preparing for this digital future through embracing the cloud and ...

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Are Video Game Controllers Obsolete?
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... How To Pitch Anything · Lists Best-Paid TV Actresses · Video Top-Paid Chefs · Erik Kain, Contributor. I write about video games, nerd culture, and the gaming industry. ... Raymond continues: “As more of a hardcore gamer I want to see that stuff integrated into hardcore games in a way that makes them better because as fun as all those games are, I don't really play exercise games – I can't picture myself doing that. I'd love to be able to lean and look round the corner and just integrate more natural motions. The tech ...

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On guns and video games, hurting the poor, and Obamacare (letters)
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What you will not hear is a call to control movie content or the content of video games, which I believe is what may very well be at the heart of this problem. We normal people will never understand what could make someone do such a thing, but I am glad to ...

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Social gaming giant Zynga under investigation for insider trading
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Jeff Duff, Mississauga Video Games Examiner. Jeff Duff is the sole owner and writer for ThatShortGuy.com, a blog dedicated to the video game and movie goer in all of us. With a passion for geeky media news, Jeff is always on the lookout for the next big ...

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Screenshots from 'Crysis 3' leaked
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The author of this article is a Video Games Examiner in the Greater Boston, MA area. He also writes articles for Tech Research, Hobbies, and ... Shaun Beacham, Greater Boston Video Game Examiner. Shaun Beacham is a musician and graduate of Berklee ...

Humble Bundle Expands Beyond Video Games; Offers Awesome Pay What You ...
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We've written a few times about the rather awesome The Humble Indie Bundle folks who have built a business out of bundling up a few (independently produced) video games, and offering them in a simple to buy pay-what-you-want format, with certain ...

Game review: London 2012 The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games - PS3
Bexley Times
Somehow you've sensationally and scandalously been overlooked by the Team GB selectors and you are determined to prove your sporting worth, again even if it's only in video game form. A 9.5sec 100m run? Ha, take that stupid selectors. 3. If you're aged somewhere in your late 30s or 40s you will have ... Video games aren't casual fun to you - they are a chance to impose your superiority over everyone. The sight of your small children weeping as you ungraciously celebrate victory over them does not worry you.

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Video game review: 'Secret World' is for thinkers
News Sentinel
It's no secret that most massively multiplayer online games take place in either fantasylands, sci-fi galaxies or apocalyptic dominions, which is why it's so refreshing that “The Secret World” is ambitiously set in a twisted take on our own world where apparently ...

UC Davis Professor Uses Video Games to Make Learning More Interactive
Game Politics
Realizing that the current generation has been raised on video games and technology that is constantly evolving, University of California, Davis Professor Colin Milburn has found a novel way of reaching students: getting them to use creativity and technology to bring poetry and literature to life in 3D. Milburn, who is an associate ... He also is authoring a book called "Mondo Nano: Fun and Games in the World of Digital Matter," which examines the convergence of video gameculture with science. One of those virtual ...

Beyonce Fights to Withhold Sensitive Documents in Video Game Lawsuit ...
Hollywood Reporter
Plaintiff Gate Five is seeking Beyonce's conversations with others after the videogame contract was terminated as well as additional documents, including a possible audit conducted by Beyonce's law firm on the management company run by her father.

Sony seeks ultimate gamer to choose PS Vita intern
Belfast Telegraph
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe today announced a search for the ultimate 'gamer-on-the-go' in Ireland. The role, officially titled 'Chief Portable Entertainment Efficacy Director' will be a dream role for anyone who loves racking up gaming high scores ...

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Zynga stock plummets – Video Games Update
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Zynga stock plummets – Video Games Update. Zynga, the company behind popular Facebook games like Farmville, saw its share price drop yesterday and the company blames Facebook for the sudden drop. Zynga is arguably the largest browser based ...

Personal Experience: Are Sports Video Games Better Enjoyed on PCs or ...
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I personally think the more active style of gaming that was first introduced by the Nintendo Wii is great and has opened up video games to many more people. But it may ... Full Story »Top Five Mobile Sports Video Game Apps: Sports Video Game Fan Opinion ...

Pixelated Fashion: From Video Games to the Catwalk
Business 2 Community
Japanese designer Kunihiko Morinaga endeavored to merge the two seemingly unrelated realms of old-school video games and high fashion into one attention-grabbing look. Morinaga's fashion studio Anrealage showcased its 8-bit fashion collection in ...

President Obama Says Lay Off Video Games and 'Real Housewives' at Urban ...
Politic365
President Obama told young audience members to “study” and that success had to be earned in a global economy. ”Don't just cheer and not study,” the President said to an enthusiastic crowd in New Orleans. The President strayed from his prepared remarks ...

Better tax credits lure BC video game makers to Ontario
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Rockstar Games, maker of the hit video games Max Payne 3 and Bully, recently announced it is shutting down its 35-person Vancouver studio and expanding operations in Oakville, Ont. The announcement comes on the heels of the departure of UbiSoft and ...

Introducing, The Humble Music Bundle
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Raymond Solis, SF Video Game Industry Examiner. Raymond is an SF native who teaches by day, shoots photography by afternoon and divulges video game industry news by night. This man has been involved with the gaming industry since 1985. Whether ...

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Video Game Music: I Do Not Think That Word Means What You Think It Means
CBS Local
Or worst of all, somehow you were forced to watch an a capella medley of video game tunes (words cannot express the sorrow I feel for your innocence lost). So there's plenty of ... Video games and rap can even make school fun. Of course, there's also people ...

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Slender Man Source mod will let you scare the hell out of yourself for free, with ...
PC Gamer Magazine
Remember the Slender Man game we mentioned a couple of weeks back? It's a terrifying indie horror based on the spooky Something Awful monster. You had to wander through a dark forest with a pale torch hunting for messages while trying not to look ...

PC Gamer Magazine

Spatial Skills Can Be Trained Using Video Games
Game Politics
For the purposes of discussion here, researchers noted that video game playing can increase spatial skills in children. "Perhaps the most important finding from this meta-analysis is that several different forms of training can be highly successful," the authors ...

The Frightening Comparison Between Drone Piloting And Video Games
NextGen Journal
The usage of drones has been compared to playing video games; the drone pilot sits on a chair in a U.S. base far removed from the battlefield, behind a control panel remote controlling the aircraft and uses a dashboard and joystick to launch missiles at hostile forces. However, this is still a relatively new technology and the ethics of ... Just because the “pilots” use a more complicated version of a video game control system, doesn't make it any less of a game. Drone pilot Lt. Col. Matt Martin wrote in his book “Predator” ...

Making video games subject of Aug. 8 talk at Bernardsville Library
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8 talk at Bernardsville Library 0 comments. BERNARDSVILLE – A team of young game designers will discuss the process of making video games as a small developer at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8 at the Bernardsville Public Library, 1 Anderson Hill Road.
The History of Comic Book Video Games Video -- TMNT To Batman ...
By Nikole
Kids, let's take an educational journey down comic book video game lane. Video games based on comic books have humble beginnings; remember the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? There were some games we'd rather not mention, like ...
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The Art of Video Game Photography
By Michael Zhang
Video Game Tourism has an interesting article about the growing art of video game photography, or artistic snapshots captured in the virtual worlds of games: Games are spaces of experience as much as entertainment. It shouldn't surprise us ...
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3 Reasons to Hate Casual Video Games | Cracked.com
Some cheap, simple little video game that you play when nothing else is going on. Mine was Tank Tank, and for two or ... Like a diploma, or a bitchy column about video games, or a new feathered friend.) So if Tank Tank wasn't fun, and was a ...
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Review: 'The Walking Dead' video game, episodes 1 and 2 | Digital ...
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Austin, Texas city guide featuring music and event listings, restaurant reviews, movie showtimes, local television listings, details on area recreation activities and a database of area spas and salons. Powered by the Austin ...
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Gabe Newell's “Top 5 Reasons Why PC Gaming is ... - Airborne Gamer
By Airborne Gamer
He has created some of the best video games ever, lead the way on an Open platform (the PC) and kept his company private. He is a God among CEO and Management Dicks running companies like Activision, EA and Ubisoft. He is a gamer ...
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Path of Exile (F2P Diablo Clone) - DVD Talk Forum
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Path of Exile (F2P Diablo Clone) Video Game Talk. ... Game Reviews, Video Game Reviews, HD Reviews. Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (PlayStation 3) · GoldenEye 007: Reloaded (PlayStation 3) · Spider-Man: Edge of Time (PlayStation 3) ...
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Tech support threatens to leak DayZ gamer's home address to ...
By Gene Ryan Briones
If you've ever played DayZ, the multiplayer open world survival horror video game, then probably this report will interest you. A certain ... The gamer apparently purchased a server from Defcon Servers to host a DayZ game with his friends.
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Brass Knuckle Giveaway (and Other Video Game Marketing Blunders)
By Mike Brown
In theory, the idea of giving away brass knuckles as a promotional gift for the Godfather II video game may seem pretty cool (because it is!). In actuality - or.
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Parenting and Technology: Understanding Video Game Ratings ...
By David Malmborg
In the early days of video games, there were no real rating systems for the content of those games, often because they were mostly simplistic and limited to a fringe audience. The video game industry has since adopted its own standard, similar ...
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Imagine a Pixar video game … | Technology | guardian.co.uk
It's hard to argue with that. "We spend as much on video games as we do on movies," Andrews later tells me, somewhat unconvincingly. Brave the video game ...
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