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Appealing and accessible characters for your app
Creating a likeable character can be one of the most challenging aspects of building a game, like our “Boomie vs...
How to win big in the app market
Every day there are new mobile games being released. Some gain instant popularity, while others flop. What makes games the...
What major costs are associated with hosting the Olympic Games?
In 2008, the cost of the opening ceremonies for Beijing was $100 million dollars. This year the Olympic Games will...
Wii U zombie skit shows it in action, but doesn’t show the action
It's hard to tell who the video was made for or what its message is supposed to be, but we...
Microsoft Store’s $99 Xbox costs more than if you bought it normally
With any payment plan, you will likely pay more than you would if you bought the product up front. That's...
The $200 million “Draw Something” fad is ending
Someone should have seen this coming. Someone should have said something. After forking over $200 million to buy OMGPOP for...
Saints Row: The Third voted best E3 gaming trailer on YouTube
There were many who tagged this year's E# convention as a disappointment, but there were some games that got more...
Facebook fuels advertising growth with new social video ads
Facebook’s latest attempt at monetization includes video ads that are embedded inside games. The ads can be closed, but users...
NES System Within A Cartridge? Is That Physically Possible?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yGzoNGbgIA Apparently it is, according to creative hacker who gutted an original Nintendo NES cartridge, purchased some parts, stuck 'em...
Mario Kart Is Getting Real… Real Life, That Is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h4zTEwgCpQ I am quite fond of Mario Kart. I played it way too much as a kid. And I still...
Trends to End: Turning Everyday Tasks Into Games
Normally I don’t mind trends, so long as I don’t actually have to participate in them. However, there is one...
Facebook Puts All Its Farmville Eggs In One Basket, To the Delight of Sane Folk Everywhere
A few of my friends like to call themselves gamers. That is to say, a few of my friends who...
NASA ‘Moonbase Alpha’ Game Hits Valve Steam Today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nis2t9EubBs Remember growing up when people used to want to be astronauts? Well tomorrow’s people walk this planet today, and...
6 Outstanding Sim Games For iPad and iPhone
The great thing about Apple's portable devices for fans of simulation games is that you can actually live more of...
Pac-Man Comes to Google
To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Pac-Man today, Google has converted its company logo over the search bar into a...
No Penis Jokes! London’s Olympic Mascots Revealed
Penis jokes aside, these sleek one-eyed creatures are to be London’s Official mascots when they host the 2012 Summer Olympics....
EA Lets You Play God From Your Living Room With Sims 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EymC48F6VlMGet the pizza in, buy the beers and prepare to sign your autumn away on news Electronic Arts will release...
Thank Thanko for thinking with their feet and releasing a USB pedal board.
Are you like most of us and despise moving your pinky finger over an inch to hit the Enter key...
Forget Multi-tasking. Apple’s Game Center is the Big News.
When it comes to news pouring out of Cupertino today, many are understandably focused on multitasking. It was the thing...
Pre-teen Goes Crazy In Farmville, Spends $1,400!
I feel as if I am the only person on the planet who has never played Farmville. But after this...