Since the early days of Nintendo fever, TV networks have been trying to create programming with gamers in mind. Makes sense. After all, the potential audience for a game-centric show just keeps growing and is an advertiser’s dream with the full spectrum of ethnicity, a steadily widening age range and a lot more women paying [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Field Trip! Retro Game Master Screening in NYC
Posted in Culture, Old school, The biz, tagged Asian Film Festival, Game Center CX, Nick Arcade, Retro Game Master, TV shows on June 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is Spore-center
Posted in Marketing, Old school, The biz, tagged Electronic Arts, iphone, Maxis, Nintendo DS, SimCity, SimEarth, Spore, The Sims, Will Wright, Will Wright's spore on June 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This week saw the official kickoff for ‘s Will Wright’s Spore, as the Creature Creator module was made available on quite a few platforms. While I wouldn’t quite say it’s the games industry’s Chinese Democracy*, Spore’s had its share of delays since being announced (and winning the “Best of Show” award) at E3 2005. I’m [...]
The Ballad of Itagaki
Posted in Microsoft, Sony, The biz, tagged Dead or Alive, Hideo Kojima, labor relations, Ninja Gaiden, Playstation 2, Sega Dreamcast, Shigeru Miyamoto, Tecmo, Tomonobu Itagaki, video game developers, Xbox 360 on June 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In case you missed it earlier this week, be sure to check out this superb Wall Street Journal article on Tomonobu Itagaki’s sudden (and fierce) departure from Tecmo. He’s best known for stylish series like Dead or Alive and the revived Ninja Gaiden, both of which cater to hardcore fans without apology. Along with Hideo [...]
“I’m gonna make Little Wayne’s head bleed for Superfan, Number 99 over here.”
Posted in Old school, Sports games, tagged Blades of Steel, Detroit Red Wings, hockey, Stanley Cup on June 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve long held that, out of all the major pro sports, hockey makes the absolute best translation to video games, and has ever since Blades of Steel on the NES. It was the first organized sport I played, and still one of my favorites to watch. Big congrats to the Red Wings for bringing the [...]
