US video game industry grew a whopping 17 percent from 2003 to 2006, far outpacing the 4 percent general growth of the US economy. Retail sales totaled $7.0 billion in 2005, and sales of games for both PCs and consoles grow from 74.1 million units in 1996 to over 250 million units last year.
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Like a great Indiana Jones movie, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune grabs you right from the beginning and doesn’t let you go: it’s a non-stop thrill ride that justifies the PlayStation 3 as a platform of choice.
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Many of today’
s video games lack a decent ending (BioShock). This list names and shows the most memorable gaming endings of all time. Massive spoiler alert.
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Play 8-bit games on the DS Lite– using the actual cartridges! It’s huge, cumbersome, and awesome.
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Guitar Hero III wireless controller are going to be available early next year for all platforms.
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In accordance with the public
s voyeuristic addiction comes a controversial new video game for girls - the mobile based Coolest Girl in School. Emerging as a rpg for teens, the game sets a stage for girls where stealing, sexual dalliances, drug use and gossiping pave the path to teenage empowerment.
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How could something so wrong go so right?
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FTA “Let’s face it: Square Enix’ current line-up of games is made up of entries from known franchises that promise good sales. Sure, we’re still waiting for Last Remnant and Infinite Undiscovery even if we have no idea how they’ll be like, but aside from those big names, the rest of Squeenix’ promising games are […]
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Doom has a massive cult following — but would it have been as successful if it included the following 31 MIDI’s? Admittedly some are pretty awesome, while others are junk. Then theres “un48.mid” which combines a familiar tune with (what *sounds* like) a mentally challenged chipmunk mashing a xylophone — I shouldn’t talk about Romero […]
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There are some games that we all remember and wish we could play again, but for some reason they never got any sequels. Here are five of the best
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"We started working on developing the site back in October 2004," Kevin Rose told ZDNet "We started toying around with the idea a couple of months prior to that, but it was early October when we actually started creating what would become the beta version of digg. The site launched to the world on December 5th 2004."
Kevin Rose's friend David Prager (The Screen Savers, This Week in Tech) originally wanted to call the site “Diggnation”, but Kevin wanted a simpler name. He chose the name "Digg", because users are able to "dig" stories, out of those submitted, up to the front page. The site was called “Digg” instead of “Dig” because the domain name “dig.com” was previously registered. “Diggnation” would eventually be used as the title of Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht's weekly podcast.