Splash Damage No. 7: Networking
Area 5’s Jay Frechette and game producer Erin Ali met a few years ago when they were both working their way through game design...
What Are Your Watershed Gaming Moments?
Editor’s note: I like Chris’ take on spotlighting memorable moments that might not necessarily be the “biggest” or the usual suspects. After all, even...
Announcing DiscoveryBeat: The event about how to get your app noticed
VentureBeat is throwing a new mini-conference and networking event, DiscoveryBeat. DiscoveryBeat addresses one of the biggest conundrums for Silicon Valley’s most dynamic startups and...
Mega Man Energy Drink: What the World Desperately Needs
The rarified niche of video-game-character-based energy drinks is about to get about 200% more crowded, thanks (is that the right word?) to AAA Distribution....
MultiPin Pinball Machine: Infinite Fun for Lucky Rich People
People with $6000 to burn have all the fun. A company named NanoTech has created the most awesome set of fake metal balls and...
Ubisoft on the making of James Cameron’s Avatar the Game (video)
Avatar the Game from Ubisoft is one of the major video game releases of the fall. Based on James Cameron’s Avatar movie, a sci-fi...
Guess Who: Round Four
OK, so you’ve been having a hard time guessing the video game characters reciting the five seemingly random clues below? Well, you should be...
How investigators tracked down a Modern Warfare 2 cyber pirate
[Updated] The posting last Thursday on Craigslist was alarming. Someone was selling a Modern Warfare 2 Xbox 360 bundle, with both a console and...
Galaxy Wars: It’s Fun, It’s Free, and It Will Kick You in the Asteroids
In these tough economic times, everyone’s looking for a bargain. Luckily, we just found Galaxy Wars on Kongregate, and it’s one of the best (free)...
Graphics chip maker Nvidia rides on industry recovery
Graphics chip maker Nvidia reported good third fiscal quarter results thanks to the continuing recovery of the personal computer market. The company reported today...