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Culture
Study Examines Boom Blox For Benefits To Elderly Cognition
2:00AM Owen Good | The National Science Foundation has given two universities a million dollars to study whether video games can improve thinking skills in the elderly. They’re using Boom Blox in the research. More »
News
Boom Blox Producer Departs EA For Flower Studio
7:20AM Stephen Totilo | On the week of the release of the new Boom Blox, one of the game’s chief creators heads to ThatGameCompany. More »
News
Who’s Hand Modeling For Boom Blox Bash Party?
5:40AM Michael McWhertor | Oscar winning filmmaker and budding game designer Steven Spielberg is! The idea man behind Boom Blox and the newly released sequel Boom Blox Bash Party shows what a lifetime of directing does to one’s extremities. More »
Hands On
Boom Blox Bash Party Preview: Slingshots Ahoy
5:40AM Brian Crecente | The original Boom Blox may have been a critical hit, but it never quite sold up to expectations.
Media
New Screens Capture The True Essence Of A Bash Party
9:30AM Mike Fahey | Finally a set of screenshots for EA’s Boom Blox Bash Party that accurately portray what a true Bash Party should look like.
EA Says Happy Holidays With Boom Blox Cheat Codes
7:00AM Brian Crecente | We’ve gotten holiday cards, lots of holiday cards; holiday songs;, even a holiday video, but this is our first ever holiday cheat codes. More »
Steven Spielberg Loves Rock Band Drumming, Laments Cut Scenes
11:30AM Michael McWhertor | You may not think it to look at him, but filmmaker and Boom Blox co-creator Steven Spielberg can really hit a drum. The Spielberg clan is quite taken with Rock Band it seems. More »
Boom Blox Does 8-Bit
6:20AM Stuart Houghton | LittleBigPlanet may be the stunt-modder’s level design palette of choice these days, with some truly spectacular creations, but its not the only game in town. Speilbergian Wii favourite Boom Blox comes with a nifty level editor too, and someone has spent a lot of time waggling that WiiMote to create Boom Bloxified recreations of 8-bit classic including Galaga, Duck Hunt, Pac-Man and Donkey Kong. 8 Bit Games Recreated in Boom Blox [GoNintendo] More »
News
EA Kills Blueprint, Plans More Boom Blox
11:30AM Michael McWhertor | Electronic Arts’ mysterious Blueprint division is no more, according to a report from Variety. Formerly lead by EA LA vet Neil Young, the shrouded-in-secrecy project was reportedly established to create lower cost content with smaller teams based on original intellectual property. One of those unnamed projects was being developed by former Metroid Prime developers at start up Armature, but the majority of what Blueprint worked on was never publicly disclosed. It was said to be focusing some of its efforts on casual games targeted at social networking platforms. More »
