Vivox sets up voice chat system for Facebook and online games
Vivox has built a solid business as a voice chat system for 15 million PC game players. Today, it’s announcing that it’s created a...
GamesThatGive launches free web games that benefit charities
GamesThatGive has figured out a guilt-free way to justify playing video games. The more you play games on its free ad-based site, the more...
We Can’t Make It: Life-Size Link Papercraft
If you thought last week’s life-sized replica of the asshole dog from Duck Hunt was impressive, we’ve found something that is way more ridiculous...
This Guy Rules at Sucking at Super Mario
In case you don’t remember, we’re pretty darn good at Super Mario. When we beat it, we have so many points left over. Tons!...
The Best Game Ever Made: Leroy Smith’s 2 on 2 Hall of Fame Challenge
Picking the best video game ever made is obviously a hard task for a normal person. Leroy Smith, however, is not normal. He’s the...
The Inside Scoop on Localizing Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story
Back before many Japanese publishers even considered having full-time localization staffs, Nintendo’s Treehouse was delivering high-quality translations like A Link to the Past and...
Player One Podcast — Episode 151
While their history is not as storied as The Beatles, the Player One Podcast has been going strong for nearly three years now. A...
Long-overdue price cut may be coming for the Nintendo Wii
A $50 price cut may be coming at the end of September for the Nintendo Wii. A Toys ‘R Us ad shows that the...
Microsoft’s Xbox game brain drain continues as a senior executive departs
Microsoft lost a senior executive in its game business today — something that happens fairly regularly in the twists and turns of the trade....
Allied Red chaperones your brand across media
As we noted in today’s story on Massiverse, transmedia storytelling, or telling stories across different media, is catching on. Entertainment properties that succeed in...