E3 2010: Eyes on the Floor
While nothing tops your very first E3 experience, every year comes with new surprises around every turn while exploring the booths. There were still hundreds of people in view at all times of the day, from exhibitors to booth babes and even security. It's overwhelming even before the press meetings!
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AMD64 - Directly Connecting Your Imagination to Reality
Each generation of new technology assaulting the digital content creator typically comes with elaborate promises about how it?s going to change lives. Sometimes that?s actually true -- but not always for the better. Non-linear editing systems brought the number of ?workarounds? to new heights
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Xbox $499
Have you heard the one about a gaming system that is more cha-ching than fun? Well let me tell you a little story?
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DVD Insider: The Game, The Video, Death of the Disc?
Videogames aren't games to the people who create them and the systems are far from game systems. Should Hollywood take more of a page from the game industry in its approach to customers? The most poignant question: Is all the hassle over DVD media for naught? Are they like dinosaurs? Naw...
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Anark Studio 3.0
In what can only be described as a Mac author's recurring nightmare, Anark has announced that their Anark Studio product will only be available for Mac when "conditions are right." The chicken/egg conundrum that has made software solutions for content authoring on a Mac slim, continues. Anark finally delivers a mature application that looks great, but for its PC users only.
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Star Powered Games
As I browsed the video game shelves at my local computer store, I noticed many games displayed with the official endorsements from professional sports leagues, athletes and even pop music stars. Does somebody's endorsement of a video game really equate to profitable sales figures? Are individuals more apt to try a game endorsed by the National Hockey League, Tony Hawk and Britney Spears than video games of the same genre without the big name endorsement?
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It's Just a Game
It?s not enough anymore that a game has a good, compelling storyline, lots of action or high quality graphics utilizing millions of polygons and colors. Nowadays, some gamers feel a sense of being ?cheated? by games that don?t allow modifications or enhancements to the original game play and concept. Relax, remember that it's only a game.
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M.A.M.E. Project
Many of you reading this article may be familiar with characters Pac Man or Mario the Plumber. Who knew that 20 years ago, these video game characters would become cultural icons. But since their arcade popularity waned during the tailend of the 1980s, it was thought that they would just become part of gaming history. Not so.
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Paying to be part of the gaming action?
With today?s announcement that McDonald?s and Intel have paid their way into the next incarnation of The Sims franchise, The Sims Online, there?s some very interesting issues that have risen. Is this the beginning of corporate gaming? Will this ruin the popular sim market?
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Console Wars:A New Online Hope With Sony's announcement that they were going to be releasing a new Playstation 2 addon, called the Network Adapter, the future of console gaming took a giant leap forward. With the ever increasing sales of console games, one of the biggest drawbacks many gamers had with making the leap from the PC was that they were no longer going to be able to play their friends online. But now things have changed dramatically with Sony's Network Adapter for the Playstation 2. Will this lure more gamers to the console? ...Read More »
3D Perspectives-SIGGRAPH 2002
Siggraph, as always, is a good time to take stock of our 3D world. To some, the industry appears ?mature?. Many of the players have been in the game for 10 or 15 years, the equivalent of several lifetimes in high tech. With current economic gloom dampening the entire high technology sector, there appears less happening in 3D that is truly revolutionary. Is market growth slowing in our corner of technology?
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FINALLY! Halo Announced for the Mac and PC
Halo, the much anticipated game from Bungie Studios, has now been announced to be ported to the Macintosh and Windows based computer systems. The game, which made its worldwide debut at Macworld a few years ago, has been undergoing a strange development path due to Bungie's acquisition by Microsoft.
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Remembering Yars Revenge
A couple of weeks ago, I went to go visit some of my friends in Huntington Beach, California. When I arrived at their home, I noticed a shiny, little black box on their living room floor which, to my surprise, was a brand spanking new Sony Playstation 2.
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Mac, PC and Linux Players Unite!
It's been a while since players were this abuzz about an upcoming release. But the buzz is deafening these days as the release of Neverwinter Nights nears. And, hey!, Mac users can get it on the action, too. MacSoft got the deal with BioWare to bring Neverwinter Nights to the Mac just two months after the PC release.
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License to Build?
The game industry works at a frenetic pace and with companies trying to outdo each other in technology, game storylines, graphics and more. The problems being faced by many developers is whether to develop their own game engine or license someone else?s.
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Warning: This Game Addictive!
This is unlike other types of warning labels that usually call out a recommended age due to language, sex, or violence. I?m curious to know how and who would determine if a particular game is addictive. I just don?t see how you can do it at all and if you tried, I wouldn?t trust it.
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Sony to Bring MMPOG Gaming to PlayStation 2
Sony announced the development of EverQuest Online Adventures for the PlayStation 2, bringing massive multiplayer online gaming to the console. This is an interesting move from the perspective of the console game market. The big question, of course, is if other established online games follow suit.
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Maya Enters 3D Volume Market
Alias/Wavefront has reduced the price of Maya. Not just by a little bit, but significantly. Maya Complete, formerly priced at $7,500 will now sell for $1,999 and Maya Unlimited, which formerly sold for $16,000 will be priced at $6,999. The software remains the same and no features were removed in order to lower the prices. This means that Maya is now priced in the same category as traditional volume market 3D software such as Lightwave and MAX, which may very well be considered a landmark in the history of 3D graphics.
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Will Sony Outdistance Players With New EQ Expansion?
If there is a race between players experiencing the new parts of EverQuest with each expansion before Sony implements new ones, Sony is winning. Sony today announced EverQuest: The Planes of Power, which will introduce 18 new zones, new quests and different player travel choices. This expansion follows three previous expansions: The Ruins of Kunark, The Scars of Velious and The Shadows of Luclin, and will be released in the fall. But are they in danger of alienating the players?
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Tying Games to Television Series Could Open a New Type of Market for Developers
Ubi Soft this week announced it won the license agreement for games based on the CBS television show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. This is great news for development companies. Why?s that?
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