Sunday, January 18, 2009
Madden’s First Video Game — It Wasn’t Football
9:00AM Owen Good | Tucked in a gallery of vintage video game ads is that at left — John Madden lending his cred as “sportscaster for CBS Video Games” to Atari 2600 versions of GORF and Wizard of Wor. More »
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Rigopoulos ‘Would Love to’ do Amplitude Sequel on PS3
8:00AM Owen Good | Harmonix’s big hit before Guitar Hero/Rock Band, and a foreshadowing of their gameplay, was Amplitude, developed for SCEA on the PS2. Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos says he’d love to “do it right” for the PS3. More »
Duck Hunt for a Dollar, ’til Ninty Bags It
7:00AM Owen Good | A Duck Hunt knockoff for the iPhone and iPod touch is available for 99 cents, but it lacks two key things: Nintendo’s approval, and the Asshole Dog. More »
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Valve’s View: Pirates are Customers Too
6:00AM Owen Good | Speaking this week at a forum on game industry law, Valve’s Jason Holtman said the company views pirates as “underserved customers” and used a win-win anecdote about Russia showing how they deal with them. More »
Chinese Online Gamers Must Now Give Real Names
5:00AM Owen Good | Two paragraphs is all the China Daily puts to this topic, so I can’t give much context here. But the Chinese government will start “real-name registration” for online game players this year. More »
EA Sports Offering Immortality to Pryzbylewskis of the World
4:30AM Owen Good | If you’ve tried to live vicariously through NCAA Football as a big man on campus, but have such a F-ed up last name the announcers only referred to you by number, now’s your chance. More »
Nirvana Bassist Vexed by Own Song on Rock Band
4:00AM Owen Good | “I knew the bass line to the song, of course, but I couldn’t quite master this new, different way of playing it,” writes Krist Novoselic, bassist for Nirvana, of his encounter with Rock Band 2. More »
Wii Helping Snowbound Schools Make P.E. Fun
3:00AM Owen Good | Anyone who’s ever lived in upstate New York can imagine the difficulty gym teachers face in winter, when kids simply can’t go outside. Many schools, however, are using the Wii to get kids some exercise. More »
‘Mortal Kombat Killer’ Gets 36 Years
2:00AM Owen Good | Lamar Roberts, a teenager convicted of beating to death a seven-year-old, will be an old man when he gets out of prison. The so-called “Mortal Kombat Killer” received a 36-year sentence yesterday. More »
