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MyGameMug categorizes and matches gamers

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 6, 2008
3 min

Gamers spend a lot their time online and communicate often with friends. That’s why everybody wants to rope them into a social network. But...

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Total Immersion blurs real and virtual in theme parks

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 5, 2008
2 min

Home video game consoles became so good at 3-D graphics that they nearly wiped out the location-based electronic entertainment business. But Total Immersion believes...

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Will Martian water discovery fuel interest in sci-fi Blue Mars world?

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 5, 2008
4 min

The discovery of water on Mars might spur a lot of interest in the science fiction dream of terraforming the Red Planet into a...

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Tabula Digita raises round for educational games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 4, 2008
1 min

Tabula Digita has raised $6 million in a second round of funding to make educational games. The New York-based game company is the latest...

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Intel to Nvidia: It’s time for you to die, Mr. Bond

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 4, 2008
2 min

Intel is in that part of the James Bond movie where the bad guy talks about how he’s going to eliminate Bond, which in...

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Q&A: Microsoft game exec John Schappert talks about Xbox Live, Netflix deal, and Blu-ray

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 31, 2008
8 min

John Schappert is the corporate vice president who runs pieces of Microsoft’s game business such as its Xbox Live online gaming service. One of...

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Ngmoco raises Kleiner Perkins funding for iPhone games, puts Bing Gordon on board

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 31, 2008
2 min

iPhone games publisher Ngmoco has raised a first round of funding led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Kleiner Perkins partner Bing Gordon, the...