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Defiance

Is Defiance Changing the Landscape for Television and Gaming?

If you’re not familiar with Defiance, it’s an interesting concept.  The fine folks over at Syfy and Trion Worlds collaborated to create a new television show that also ties into a persistent world 3rd person shooter where what happens on the show impacts the gameplay experience.  So if…

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PAX East – Powerful Pixels Plunder the Eastern Seaboard

I don’t have a full account of where people have come from to attend the PAX East conference that is taking place at the Boston Convention Center this weekend, but I do know that there are a lot of them.  Last year saw about 70,000 gamers of all ages descend on the East coast, so [...]

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Console Market Dying

Is the Video Game Console Dying?

As a gamer, I’ve been able to witness the evolution of gaming consoles. The idea of playing video games on your box was the primary driver behind the development of the system. Yet with the advent of apps, Sony and Microsoft have begun to capitalize on this with the inclusion for apps for Netflix,…

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PAX East

PAX East – Real March Madness is About Video Games

“Tis the season” isn’t just a phrased used during the holidays, but for the gaming community, it starts in Boston at the PAX East show.  Historically the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco has been the E3 kickoff, but the way the schedule has fallen this year, GDC takes place the…

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PlayStation

The Evolution of PlayStation

Up until the release of the current console systems, the gaming community knew to expect a new system every 4-5 years. The evolution of the Xbox® 360, the PlayStation®3 and even the Nintendo® Wii have extended the lifespan of these systems much longer. Add the inclusion of media applications such…

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Nintendo

Nintendo Wins…or Do They?

Tis the season to be a gamer, fa-la-la-la-la, well, you know the rest. Video games make great presents this time of year. While they aren’t “cheap”, thanks to the Nintendo Wii U™ or Kinect for Xbox 360™, they make for great family entertainment. There’s someone special in my life…

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So You Want to Upgrade to Windows 8

Well, maybe you don’t. But eventually you will. The feature set for Windows 8 being it’s deepest yet; they are making a big statement in this operating system update.  Check out some of these key features: Internet Explorer 10 Windows Store Xbox LIVE integration Picture Password Improved…

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Game Consoles

R.I.P Game Consoles…Not Yet, Anyway

I was reading this article about the grand aspirations of cable companies exploring opportunities to push video games directly to televisions.  If successfully initiated, this shift in content delivery will have huge impacts on the console business. A couple months back, I wrote this blog post…

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Technology Failures – It Can Happen to You

My weekend was pretty normal. I did the normal things, spoke with the normal people and kept things pretty, well, normal. Things were low key without any real excitement until I turned on my Xbox 360 to watch a movie on Netflix and I read an error message saying there was “a problem with my [...]

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Video Game Evolution

The Evolution of Video Games

Gaming has had a long, fascinating history dating back to the first console, the Magnavox Odyssey, in 1972. By the way, did you know the first computer games appeared back in the 1950’s? Read this quick history of the game OXO. Because they were based around vector displays, they obviously took…

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