The News Review:
- Making Gaming Better
- Library programs
- Baidu enters Internet game market
- Lost Cities on Xbox Live: crack for card game fans
- GTA4 leaked online
- WildTangent Signs Global Advertising Agreement With FreeOnlineGames.co…
- Web 2.0: Video gaming principles can boost your brand
Making Gaming Better
bit-tech.net – Apr 24, 2008
Few other hobbies or sports lead to as much swearing abuse and general yobbish behaviour as online gaming. Give someone a mouse and keyboard and an anonymous Internet account and watch the sparks fly. We’ve all seen people in online games act like a jerk and to be honest we have probably all lost it once or twice ourselves but it doesn’t have to be that way. Rule of thumb; don’t do anything in an online game you wouldn’t do if it was real-life game. Do you hurl abuse when you lose at tennis? I hope not. Don’t respond to abuse with more abuse. Two: Confront bad behaviour onlineIf someone joins an online game with a racist or homophobic name or hurls such abuse tell the server admin… Give someone a mouse and keyboard and an anonymous Internet account and watch the sparks fly. We’ve all seen people in online games act like a jerk and to be honest we have probably all lost it once or twice ourselves but it doesn’t have to be that way. Rule of thumb; don’t do anything in an online game you wouldn’t do if it was real-life game. Do you hurl abuse when you lose at tennis? I hope not. Don’t respond to abuse with more abuse. Two: Confront bad behaviour onlineIf someone joins an online game with a racist or homophobic name or hurls such abuse tell the server admin.
Library programs
Charleston Post Courier – Apr 24, 2008
Find out what the library has to offer to parents and new babies. Afternoon CafE (grades 6-12): April 30 3:30-5:30 p. This month’s event will have some surprises like Jazzy Jeopardy bingo and some cool crafty projects. Christopher’s Reading Room (grades 6-12): Today 4-4:30 p.
Baidu enters Internet game market
People's Daily Online – Apr 24, 2008
In April 22 Baidu announced its official entrance into the games industry through a joint operation; and its games and entertainment platform appeared on the same day. The first batch of seven free games has already been launched on Baidu’s games and entertainment platform. Baidu enters the online game industry through a joint operation with professional game operators: Baidu provides the platform and game operators provide specific game operations and maintenance. Currently five game operators have partnered with Baidu. According to the latest research from Analysys International in 2007 the scale of China’s Internet game market was 12. In the next 4-5 years the market will continue to maintain an increase of over 20 percent and the market scale will grow to 40.
Lost Cities on Xbox Live: crack for card game fans
Ars Technica – Apr 24, 2008
You can only go up in value and 10 is the highest so the card is now useless for the board. It's a game of tactics reading your opponent and luck. The rules are easy to follow after a few minutes and online games only take five to ten minutes or so to play. I'm addicted and in fact I woke up this morning a few minutes early to play before coming into work. Anticipating your opponent's moves holding onto cards he or she needs and then laying down a tight row of one color for the high score gets into your skin. However the luck factor means that sometimes you'll play a mediocre hand out of desperation only to draw the cards you've been waiting for a few minutes later. Expect many curse words.
GTA4 leaked online
Inquirer – Apr 24, 2008
32GB disk imageof the Xbox 360 version to Bittorrent. This is the PAL version – indicating thatit’s come from a UK or Australian source – and does appear to be the legitthing. The release notes for the game suggest that eager gamers don’t play thegame whilst connected to Xbox Live to avoid the Volish authorities from pickingup on the outrage and banning their British butts. Word on the street is that this is a toned down Australian version so if youreally want to chainsaw hookers’ faces off you’ll have to buy the real thingwhen it comes out. Reports are also hitting the intertubes that an NTSC version of the game hasshown up courtesy of ‘101′. The leak has led to a flood of GTA4 video being posted online with variousonline video sites hosting gameplay footage the introductory trailer and theinevitable deluge of cool stunts and glitches. You can check out a photo of the torrent’s… Word on the street is that this is a toned down Australian version so if youreally want to chainsaw hookers’ faces off you’ll have to buy the real thingwhen it comes out. Reports are also hitting the intertubes that an NTSC version of the game hasshown up courtesy of ‘101′. The leak has led to a flood of GTA4 video being posted online with variousonline video sites hosting gameplay footage the introductory trailer and theinevitable deluge of cool stunts and glitches. You can check out a photo of the torrent’s.
WildTangent Signs Global Advertising Agreement With FreeOnlineGames.co…
Maketwire РMaketwire (Communiqu̩s de presse) РApr 24, 2008
About WildTangentWildTangent is the fastest growing online game property in the world withmore than 30 million unique monthly gamers offering more than 500 of themost popular online and downloadable games from the world’s top developersand publishers including its own WildTangent Game Studios which publishesPolar Pool Polar Bowler Penguins Fate and many more. The WildTangent games console ships directly on the desktops of leading PCmanufacturers including Dell Emachines Gateway HP and Toshiba giving ita huge global footprint of connected game playing consumers. WildTangent offers gamers the opportunity to purchase premium gamesoutright pay per session with WildCoins™ or engage with advertising toplay for free. Advertisers include 20th Century FOX Warner BrothersParamount EA Sony Playstation Nintendo Toyota Honda P&G UnileverClorox and many others. For more information visit.
Web 2.0: Video gaming principles can boost your brand
Reseller News – Apr 24, 2008
They are dealing with the brand. It reinforces the brand ?that advertisers should just be going crazy about. "Zichermann noted that infusing a site with such features traditionally relegated to young males playing massively multiplayer online games eliminates many of the distinctions between gamers and non-gamers. Panel audience members from a K-12 school district and a large health insurance company each asking for advice on adding game mechanics to their online efforts confirmed that belief. "The nature of a game is broader than.