Categories Posted inin Business Has Gaming Desensitized Us to Gore and Blood? Posted byby GamesBeat October 6, 2009 3 min Editor’s note: When it comes to blood and gore, I’m a wimp. My wife used to be in forensics, and she loves watching true-crime... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Dr. Light’s Got Nothing on This Guy: Homemade Mega Man Figures Posted byby GamesBeat October 6, 2009 1 min As kids, most of us played with G.I. Joe, Transformers, and tons of other action figures. At times, you might’ve been upset if the... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Ubisoft buys Nadeo racing game studio as expansion binge continues Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 6, 2009 1 min Ubisoft, the French video game giant, said today it has purchased the Nadeo video game development studio in Paris. The studio is the creator... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Playdom raising a significant round of capital Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 5, 2009 2 min Playdom, the hot social gaming company that dominates games on MySpace and is moving into Facebook and iPhone games, is raising a significant round... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business The Deal of a Lifetime: Sarah Palin-Signed 360 Posted byby GamesBeat October 5, 2009 1 min Politics and video games…they mix like oil and vinegar. Still, if you happen to love listening to Rush Limbaugh by day and blasting some... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Player One Podcast — Episode 154 Posted byby GamesBeat October 5, 2009 1 min Don’t get the Player One Podcast wet, don’t expose it to bright light, and whatever you do — don’t feed this podcast after midnight.... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Tokyo Game Show 2009 Recap: Is Mr. James Emblematic of the Problem? Posted byby GamesBeat October 5, 2009 2 min The most prominent foreigner I saw during my weeklong stay in Japan wasn’t some hotshot game designer, a touring music superstar, or even a... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Reviews Spotlight Oct. 4th Edition: Games Gone Wild Posted byby GamesBeat October 4, 2009 4 min This week in Reviews Spotlight, we’re featuring a few more reviews of Halo 3: ODST (we asked for them, and you keep delivering some... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Tokyo Game Show 2009 Recap: Where Were the Little Guys? Posted byby GamesBeat October 4, 2009 2 min You may have noticed that I haven’t exactly focused on the smaller titles at Tokyo Game Show this year — either here or during... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Tokyo Game Show 2009 Recap: The Obligatory Akihabara Post Posted byby GamesBeat October 3, 2009 2 min Yeah, yeah. I know I said before I left for Japan that I wasn’t real keen on doing yet another game-journalist-goes-to-Akihabara article. And I... Continue Reading 2 min