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Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
A fight in the Far East:
Not that this actually does officially star kabuki performers, indeed, there are more than just that, but anyway, what we have here is a game with yet more weapon fighters. And to distinguish itself even more, it’s possible obtain extra power/speed/points. It’s also based [...]
China Bans Use of Virtual Currency for Real Goods
Submitted by Law of the Game
News reports have come out that China has both defined ‘virtual currency’ and barred the use of that currency for purchase of real world goods. In theory, this is to combat certain underground uses of vitrual money by limiting their use to the purchase of virtual items. In practice, however, [...]
Reminder: The Big Debate is This Weekend!
Submitted by Law of the Game
I just wanted to take a moment to remind everyone that the big debate between Jack Thompson and me is this coming Saturday, July 4, 2009, at 4 pm in Dallas, TX, at the ScrewAttack Gaming Convention. The convention is at the Westin Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport, starting this Friday and [...]
Class Action Against SquareEnix Targets More Than Fees
Submitted by Law of the Game
It’s been on the major news sites that a class action has been levied against SquareEnix for fees associated with Final Fantasy XI, the company’s MMORPG. However, there’s more to it if you look at the filing posted by GamePolitics.
News sources have been quick to point out that the monthly [...]
The new market of health games
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
This article talks about how games intended to advance healthy fitness are becoming a serious business:
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Videogames were once blamed for rising obesity rates but are now being championed by the medical industry and for use by government departments for their health benefits.
Games like Electronic [...]
Aqua Jet filming
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
Not a perfect recording, but nevertheless, click over to see.
Another brilliant water-racer, this one has you competing in a water-jet race, with plenty of colorful scenery and well-designed paths complete with ramps to jump over.
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Hydro Thunder video
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
Another speedboat race in motion:
In some ways, this is reminiscent of Midway’s earlier Cruisin’ series, if you consider the quality of the graphics. You control a speedboat and there’s various jumps over ramps you need to master, including if you want to get those turbo booster icons that give [...]
A taping of the Outfoxies
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
An unusual fighting game, presented here in two parts:
In this one-on-one, you have a battle between assassins for hire, who’ve been hired by the mysterious Mr. Acme to wipe each other out. But even Mr. Acme himself and his assistant aren’t exactly very honest themselves either, and have to [...]
Avengers in Galactic Storm video
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
In the mid-90s, Data East followed up on their earlier Captain America and the Avengers game with the following fighter, loosely based on the Galactic Storm crossover storyline in Marvel Comics from 1992. Take a look:
It does look fairly 3-D, yet the action seems to be just limited to [...]
F-Zero filming
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
A most unusual racer from Nintendo.
You control a racing vehicle that looks almost like a jet plane, but otherwise seems to just run along the road. It’s pretty colorful, and there’s a few more tracks and areas available here as well. Over the years, a few more installments would [...]
Tengen Tetris
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
I thought it a good idea to post a video of the home Tetris version Atari sold on the NES under their Tengen label of the time, because of the copyright problems they had when they split into 2 companies for several years, one that made games and another [...]
LGJ: The Anti-Trust Game
Submitted by Law of the Game
Does the game industry have some reasons to worry about anti-trust? Perhaps. Check out this week’s LGJ to learn more.
Read on!
Any post that is marked “Submitted by Law of the Game” and any content that appears on this blog is not legal advice. It only constitutes commentary on legal issues, [...]
A new Ghostbusters game
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
In this article, the AP Wire reviews a new game based on the notable comedy-thriller from the 1980s:
Movie comedies rarely lead to funny sequels. Take “Ghostbusters,” whose blockbuster success in 1984 led to “Ghostbusters II” five years later. Critics, fans and, reportedly, some of the cast felt let down [...]
Maze Craze multimedia
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
A short tape with some clips of the action:
Maze Craze was like an expansion of the idea first developed with Atari’s old 1973 game called “Gotcha” where two players could take part and give chase to either one. In this game, you have a competition between red and blue [...]
D&D handbooks subject of lawsuit
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
Some guides for Dungeons & Dragons were posted on the internet, and have sparked a lawsuit:
SEATTLE - Dungeons & Dragons & lawyers, oh my — eight people face accusations they illegally posted the pioneering role-playing game’s newest handbook for download on the Internet.
Wizards of the Coast LLC, a subsidiary [...]
Hello To The Gamers Out There
Just finished playing Mario Kart Wii with my family members online and it was fun! We play at least twice a week with laughter and mayhem. I personally am a fan of the tight drifting bikes, but I do try out the karts on occasion. My father in law likes to play as Diddy Kong [...]
A Video and An Announcement
Submitted by Law of the Game
First, I wanted to let everyone know that video from the Play-Machinima-Law conference at Stanford Law School is now available online. For those looking to view the panel I was on, here is the direct link.
Second, some of you may have noticed a few small changes on Law of the [...]
Wonder Boy’s third outing
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
This is the Sega Master System version, in six recordings:
The 3rd entry in this classic series gives the hero at least 3 different forms in another quest adventure set in what may have been called Monster Lair in arcades. There’s also some special transformation rooms and platforms where you [...]
Recording of Dead Angle
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
Click ahead to see.
This was the sequel to Empirecity:1931, the difference being that here, you have more endurance with the lifebar. A special agent’s girlfriend has been kidnapped by the mob, and you need to plow through a couple mafia-run districts in the US to rescue her. There’s powerups [...]
A video of Gangster Town
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
Click over for the recording:
Another game where you battle the mob. What’s amazing about this production is that you can shoot the enemies twice, once to turn them into dead angels (with dirty faces, if to allude to a movie-based joke), and then shoot the ghosts to knock them [...]
Super Mario Bros. 2
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
A few years after the success of the game produced in 1985 (which was ported to arcades a year afterwards), Nintendo got around to making another sequel, and here’s a video of it:
In this wonderful adventure, you have 4 characters to select from (just between stages, I think), and [...]
Games, Games, Games
Video games are the single most awesome things created! I can remeber when I was 4 or 5 and I saw this strange looking box with some remote control things! It was the Nintendo! Since that day I have been crazy over video games!!
I just played a little Half Life 2 and I sadly admit [...]
The Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
In 1993, Konami decided to move from beat-em-up games based on the Ninja Turtles to one that’s a one-on-one fighter! And here’s a short video of a match in action:
So here, joined by several other players, both heroes and villians, the Turtles and company combat each other in the [...]
23 percent decline in May
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
The latest on overall sales:
LOS ANGELES (AP) - U.S. video gamers spent less on games, hardware and accessories in May compared with a year ago, a sign that this year’s release schedule couldn’t compete with Take Two Interactive’s “Grand Theft Auto IV” last spring.
The NPD Group said Thursday that [...]
May 2009 Hardware & Software Sales
Submitted by videogame2play.com
NPD group released sales figures for video games hardware and software sold during the month of May this year.
Hardware sales in May (ranked by units):
DS - 634K407K (-39%)
Wii - 290K50K (-15%)
Xbox 360 - 175K — 175K (0%)
PS3 - 131K4K (+3%)
PS2 - 117K55K (-32%)
PSP - 100K16K (-13%)
Here are the top 10 games of May [...]
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