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The Power of Players: Microsoft’s XBox (DRM) 360

June 19, 2013by Benjamin Tarsa Leave a comment

Digital Rights Management, or DRM, has been the subject of many controversies over the past decade as wide-spread broadband connections, along with many software developments, have facilitated the unauthorized sharing of […]

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industry, politics
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Blizzard seeks bigger involvement in spectator aspect of gaming

June 16, 2013by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

On April 3, Blizzard announced that it would host a championship for the strategy RPG Starcraft 2. The announcement was made at a press event for the StarCraft II World Championship […]

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industry
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Interview with Joost van Dongen, developer of Cello Fortress

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Play Of Life interviewed Dutch game developer Joost van Dongen about his latest game, Cello Fortress, and his general philosophy about games. Cello Fortress is a “unique combination of a […]

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industry, [interviews]
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The Super Nintendo Mouse as My First Mouse: Designing for Fun from MarioPaint

May 4, 2013by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

By Anamary Leal The Super Nintendo Mouse was bundled with the video game entertainment system in the 1990′s, and was one of my first forays into technology. Think about it […]

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culture, industry
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SimCity: A Case Study in Poor Digital Rights Management

March 16, 2013by Benjamin Tarsa 1 Comment

If you follow technology or gaming news, chances are you’ve read something about EA’s newest reboot of the popular SimCity franchise recently. The game has come under heavy fire for […]

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industry
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Product placements in Simcity Social

February 22, 2013by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Product placement has long been a part of games as an alternative method of income to game distributors. (We’ve written about Dunkin Donuts in Sims Social). In my humble opinion, […]

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industry
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Stop Zombie Mouth!

October 27, 2012by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

PopCap has an interesting campaign this Halloween- they’ve joined hands with the American Dental Association to promote giving the gift of a game rather than candy. And what better game […]

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industry
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Photos from Phoenix Comicon 2012

June 6, 2012by arcticpenguin Leave a comment
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culture, industry
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An underlying explanation for why Zynga risks talent drain

December 1, 2011by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

By Yvette Wohn (cross-posted on yvettewohn.com) This NYT article talks about how the aggressive culture at Zynga may pressure employees to leave. In short, the article suggests that employees of […]

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industry, research
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Dunkin’ Donuts product placement in Sims Social

October 30, 2011by arcticpenguin 3 Comments

Dunkin’ Donuts seems to be doing a lot of product placement these days in different types of media. The movie Jack and Jill, featuring Adam Sandler, was basically a huge […]

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