Articles in the Video Games Category

Discount Code For Logitech Web Site
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Posted in Advertising, Computing, Gadgets, Marketing, Media, Video Games on 23 August 2007
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I felt that my post from yesterday about this game deserved more than an update (although this information resides there as well) because it turns out that after gaining access to the 20% discount code on products ordered from logitech.com will only be shipped to addresses within certain countries which DOES NOT include the U.S. […]

An Advergame That Actually Is Fun
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Posted in Advertising, Marketing, Media, Video Games on 22 August 2007
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You would hope that a company so involved in the PC business that it would post a game that is actually worth playing and Logitech doesn’t disappoint. This fun little gem, Jelly Battle, allows you to take on opponents solo or in multiplayer. The concept is simple: kill your opponents before they kill you. But […]

What In-Game Advertising Should Be…Are You Listening Massive?
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Posted in Advertising, Computing, Internet, Video Games on 8 August 2007
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Forget the soft drink logos on vending machines in Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory or a cpg screen saver seen in SWAT 4, these are not the things that will benefit advertisers and for the most part all you do is piss off gamers. One of the key proponents of in-game advertising, Massive, is plowing forward […]

Buying an HDTV: Plasma vs LCD vs DLP vs LCOS (Holiday 2007 Update)
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Posted in Computing, Film, Gadgets, Media, TV, Video Games on 25 July 2007
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Buying a TV was once a simple endeavor. You decided how much you wanted to pay and then how big of set you wanted. You basically paid for what you got. A brand name with a nicer tube would cost a bit more or if wanted a bigger TV, it would cost more. Those days […]

Nintendo, Sony & MS: Where They Stand Now & What’s Next
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Posted in Gadgets, Marketing, Video Games on 20 July 2007
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As we race towards the two year mark of the new “next-gen” consoles, consumers have revolted against the best laid plans of the console makers with one real winner (Nintendo) and two that are going to need a new playbook. Let this be a lesson to all marketers and all consumer technology companies. To paraphrase […]

Why E3 Had to Die
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Posted in Marketing, Media, Video Games on 15 July 2007
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E3 originally started out an a convenient place for hundreds of video games companies to bring together hundreds/thousands of video game retailers, buyers, and the CE press to showcase what the next year would bring and most important of all – get them to sign a sales order. In beginning, there were literally mom & […]

PS3 price drop as of today
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Posted in Gadgets, iPhone, Video Games on 9 July 2007
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Hmmm…new iphone or new PS3? Even at $499, the PS3 is over priced imo. For those that have been holding out, perhaps now is the time to shop away? Slashdot throws some more digital ink at the subject here. Riccitello is harping about making better games over at EA (Metroxing and I are both multi […]

Nintendo Wii Bundle: Is It a Good Deal? (Winter 2008 UPDATE)
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Posted in Computing, Gadgets, Internet, Media, Toys, Video Games on 14 June 2007
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(UPDATED January 1, 2008) It is a great system and exactly what the video game industry needed, a company interested in serving the needs of the mass market gamers. That’s not to say that Sony or Microsoft don’t serve an audience that is also large – rather the larger audience is the several generation of […]

New Harry Potter Book – The Order of the Phoenix
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Posted in Books, comics, Film, Internet, Media, Toys, Video Games on 16 May 2007
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Ok, so J.K. Rowling has completed her series about the boy wizard. What does she do now? Launch into a new series? Most certainly but how soon? Say what you will, the lady has created an appealing universe to legions of young readers and that is a good thing. According to this blog, the Ellen […]

The Real Business Lessons Not Learned: Sony, Nintendo & Microsoft
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Posted in Internet, Video Games on 7 May 2007
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The Top 5 real lessons that Sony, Nintendo & Microsoft have made in the gaming market that you should learn from and avoid in your business – technology or not: #5 Don’t Be Arrogant Well, yes but not in the traditional sense – companies are not people – people who are arrogant are pretty much […]