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Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
It looks like Raiden had a competitor in the shareware market, that being this nifty item. First, here’s a video of the beginning with demos:
But for the complete runthrough, you’ll need to go to the rest of the videos off site, because yet again, it’s a compilation with the [...]
LGJ: Wait, it’s not a derivative?
Submitted by Law of the Game
This week’s LGJ takes another look at NBA Jam and examines a rare example of a sequel potentially not being a derivative.
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Will Currency Hedges Be Key in the Global Microtransaction Model?
Submitted by Law of the Game
I was chatting with Zack Karlsson and Stephanie O’Malley Deming at Game::Business::Law last evening, and the topic of currency hedging came up. The discussion was certainly interesting, but unfortunately short lived, and I thought it might serve as an interesting point to examine. While hedging has been going on to [...]
Law of the Game on Twitter
Submitted by Law of the Game
I’m pleased to announce that Law of the Game is now on Twitter at http://twitter.com/LawoftheGame. While I don’t expect the feed to be extremely active, it will contain short thoughts from conferences as I attend them and links to the latest Law of the Game and LGJ content, which may [...]
Nintendo’s head shrugs off new iPad
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
The head of Nintendo isn’t impressed with Apple’s new concept:
TOKYO (AP) - Nintendo’s president shrugged off the just unveiled iPad tablet computer from Apple as delivering “no surprises,” and displayed as little enthusiasm for 3-D technology and high-definition upgrades for games.
“It was a bigger iPod Touch,” Satoru Iwata said [...]
Tropical Angel taping
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
Two videos of a remarkable water skiing game:
The challenge here is to guide a hot water skiing bikini babe through an ocean path filled with rocks, sharks, and special jumping ramps. One of the earliest games with a woman as the star, this is surely the earliest that comes [...]
A posting for Halloween Harry/Alien Carnage
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
Another neat shareware actioner with cartoony design. Here’s a video of it:
Evil aliens have raided New York City, turning many citizens into green-skinned zombies, and it’s up to the one-man-army of Harry, a commando armed with flamethrower and rocket launcher, to save the Earth.
It’s worth noting that some of [...]
An Apple tablet for game biz
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
Here’s some news on a new device from Apple:
NEW YORK (AP) - When Apple introduced the iPhone, it shook up the cell phone business but it also changed the way people play video games. About a quarter of the 100,000 applications that you can download to the iPhone are [...]
Doom video
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
The game that really popularized the first-person shooting genre. Here’s a short video of it:
An alien invasion into military research facilities on two of the moons of Mars leads to a marine having to fight and stop them all. It’s a game with impressive 3D texture layouts for its [...]
NBA Jam Extreme video
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
Here comes the next entry in this sport series, and this time, it’s in more 3D format:
Midway lost the license to develop this series to Acclaim, who took over some of the franchise, and frankly made an even more impressive game than they did.
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Facebook farmers
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
A new game available on Facebook lets you work in agriculture:
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Even while calling Chicago home, Laura Hawkins Grimes is a country bumpkin. Her scenic rural spread has three dairy farms, two ponds and a log cabin, all skirted by a white picket fence as scarecrows [...]
Dungeon Magic quest
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
Possibly inspired by Capcom’s own efforts with Dungeons & Dragons, though it came out shortly afterwards, here’s another sword-and-sorcery adventure, in about 8 parts:
A lovely young princess has been kidnapped by evil forces hoping to use her as the means of resurrecting an evil demon. Four fighters are chosen [...]
Duke Nukem 2, parts three and four
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
And now, here’s the latter half of the second adventure of America’s greatest, most badass computer hero. Up comes the third episode, in 6 parts:
Duke continues to make his way through lava-laden pits, and towards the end, there’s even a moving belt making for quite a ride! This part [...]
Duke Nukem 2, parts one and two
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
He’s back! This is the second adventure our bold troubleshooter’s had over the years, and it’s in four episodes this time. Here comes the first one, starting with the intro, in seven recordings:
Duke’s been abducted by an evil alien race called the Rigelatins who’re hell bent on using his [...]
Tetris gets tons of paid downloads for mobile units
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
Tetris once again has proven the leading puzzle game, as it’s reported that it’s passed the 100 million paid download mark on mobile phones:
NEW YORK (AP) - More than 25 years after its birth, Tetris is the best-selling mobile game of all time, having surpassed 100 million paid downloads [...]
Motion controller delayed
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
Sony has pushed back the release of their new PS3 gizmo:
TOKYO (AP) - Sony Corp. said Wednesday it has pushed back the release of its highly anticipated motion controller for the PlayStation 3 game console to the fall.
The device will be available in North America, Europe, Japan and other [...]
Journey with Jill of the Jungle
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
Here’s a pretty good shareware adventure, and I think I can fit all the 3 episodes in here without too many problems. First, here’s the first part in 4 videos:
As the beginning episode, this is pretty simple, starring a lovely female counterpart to Tarzan who adventures through several difficult [...]
Speeches Galore in 2010
Submitted by Law of the Game
There are quite a few speaking engagements already lined up throughout 2010. Here’s a quick overview if you’re hoping to catch up with me at an event this coming year.
Game::Business::Law 2010 - January 27-28, 2010, SMU Law School, Dallas TX
I will be moderating a panel in the afternoon on January [...]
LGJ: Nagging Trademark Questions
Submitted by Law of the Game
In the latest LGJ, we look at a few nagging trademark issues in the context of NBA Jam.
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LGJ: Cross-Licensing Complications
Submitted by Law of the Game
In this LGJ, we look at the issues created in cross-licensing, specifically related to music games.
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Xbox Live Deal of the week, and Xbox Live Arcade week of 1/18/10
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42 views January 18th, 2010 at 7:53 pm - Another week another deal, this one is worth it if you haven’t bought them already, Both Mass Effect DLC for 240 ms points each. This no doubt is the deal because of the pending release of Mass Effect 2 next week. If you [...]
A recording of ZZT
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
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An old quest game where you need to solve mysteries in a town called ZZT, using basic graphics formed from text symbols.
This was one of the first games produced by Epic Games, which first called itself Epic Mega Games when they began developing (the “Mega” part [...]
Monster Bash computer game, part three
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
And now comes the last chapter in our amazing spooky saga, as Johnny Dash races to save his pet dog from the clutches of the evil Count Chuck. In twelve recordings:
The zombies from the 2 earlier episodes with the rolling heads are gone, and in their place are some [...]
Downloadable puzzles for Nintendo
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
USA Today writes about at least 3 puzzle games downloadable from the web for the Nintendo system, including Animal Puzzle Adventure, Hell’s Kitchen vs, and Trajectile.
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Monster Bash computer game, part two
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
Picking up from where the first part left off with Johnny being delivered to a devilish cook, we find the fire’s been doused and now Johnny is mad as hell and ready for more action! We now present the following in about 10 parts:
Some of the new enemies here [...]
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