Microsoft Transforms Kids from Game Players into Game Changers
In 2005, the International Game Developers Association reported that only 2% of the game developers were black. At the same time, African Americans were spending more money than the average gamer. The gaming industry has been taking some hits of late on the financial front, but it’s still a viable industry, ripe with opportunity for [...]
Read MoreThe State of Video Games 2009: An Industry in Flux
The video game industry, once declared recession-proof by analysts and tech editors alike has been forced to eat a prodigious helping of crow as of late. With the financial climate still in a state of flux, many people are feeling the pain from long periods of unemployment. As a result, unless the expense has been [...]
Read MoreThe Way to a Gamer’s Heart is Through the Stomach
Sony wants you nice and fat. That way you won’t have the strength to get off the couch and do something besides playing video games. No, I’m not a conspiracy theorist (well, maybe a little). Sony just made the announcement that a genius, yet diabolical partnership with popular pizza franchise Papa John’s has been forged. Instead of pausing the game and have pesky verbal contact with another person, gamers can simply, order the itis-inducing food staple via their PlayStation 3. There’s even a special button that takes you to special pizza website on the PS3′s web browser.
Read MoreCan You Beat Ovie Mughelli at Halo?
“There are a lot of great [video games] out there, but my favorite is Halo 3. I’m great at it. I don’t think anyone can beat me.” These are the words of Atlanta Falcons fullback Ovie Mughelli, and he’s challenging all comers for some FPS action over at his blog on Yardbarker, a social networking [...]
Read MoreObama is Gaming
Question: What do 360 gamers in Ohio, Florida, Iowa, Colorado, Indiana, Montana, North Carolina, New Mexico, Nevada, and Wisconsin have in common if they are playing titles by Electronic Arts online? Answer: In game advertisements bought by Barack Obama. With the social networking groups on Obama’s site such as Black Gamers for Obama, is it [...]
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