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- Images: Free online games for the whole family
- Lycos Showcases Free Online Interactive “Game Show” Community With …
- Bush incident gives rise to new online games
- ‘I was a video-game addict’
- ‘United Football’ to Sport In-Game Ads
- Elvis virtually alive in online game site
- Top Writers from The Simpsons Futurama and Family Guy Join Forces …
Images: Free online games for the whole family
CNET News CA
These aren’t any old Flash games: they’re some of the best available online and will appeal to almost everyone. From old-school classics to interactive monsters these wonderful games will keep you thoroughly entertained in the quiet moments over the holidays. Vectoroids An old-school game with a new-school twist Vectoroids is a modern-day version of Asteroids a game that many will remember with great fondness. In it you play the part of a spaceship that shoots its way to victory. Watch that you don’t crash into any obstacles –and whatever you do keep shooting.
Lycos Showcases Free Online Interactive “Game Show” Community With …
FOXBusiness
com the web’s premier destination for free massively multi-player online game shows. But unlike TV game shows where only a handful of gamers play while the rest of the world watches Gamesville game shows let everyone play together in real-time. CatchUp CoverAll is a free massively multi-player online game show where thousands of people can compete in real-time to completely cover one bingo card and take home a cash jackpot worth up to one thousand dollars. CatchUp CoverAll is the first online massively multi-player game to also feature Community Cash Winnings: When one lucky player wins the progressive jackpot up to four other players with the same “Lucky Ball” as the jackpot winner can each take home a bonus $25 cash prize. “Bingo is a very social very communal massively multi-player experience” said Christopher Cummings senior product manager for Gamesville. “In CatchUp CoverAll it’s not just about you or one of your friends winning big money. Now each jackpot win is a chance for the entire community to share in the experience of winning.
Bush incident gives rise to new online games
Emirates Business 24/7 United Arab Emirates
getElementById(”date”). innerText); } } catch(ex){} In a rapid reaction the gaming industry has been the fastest to convert the incident of Iraqi journalist Muntazar Al Zaidi hurling his shoes at US President George W Bush into a commercial venture and come up with an online game. The game designed by UK-based firm T-Enterprise has received more than 1. 2 million hits so far and at peak hours it had 160 hits per second. Zarrar Chishti Sales Director T-Enterprise said in a phone interview with Emirates Business: "We do not have a political stand on the incident it has already happened and we are not saying it is good or bad. But we still have to be a bit controversial to be able to create interest in our games.
‘I was a video-game addict’
Sacramento News & Review CA
I wish I could say that my involvement in games ended there that I fought my own way back to a video-game-free life. Sadly this was not the case. On a StarCraft chat forum a peer mentioned a free online game called Gunz. A whole new approach to the gaming market these online-only games can be downloaded and played for free. While not as intricate as what I was used to this game provided just as much fun through its simplicity. I assumed a character chose my weapons entered a game and started blasting any and everyone. It didn’t eat up quite as much time as StarCraft had but two to four hours here and there adds up quickly.
‘United Football’ to Sport In-Game Ads
WorthPlaying.com CA
” Tested proven and loved by the 140000+ beta players in the UK and Americas United Football offers a complete engaging package for gamers. It boasts a unique control system and perspective that puts the gamer right in the center of the action. It is a true Massive Multiplayer Online Game allowing each member of the team(s) to be a live gamer. Adding voice support to the mix United Football offers the same level of social interaction that would occur in a real life game. gif> Related Links.
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Elvis virtually alive in online game site
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette IN
Elvis virtually alive in online game siteMichael LollarScripps Howard News Service Advertisement OAS_AD(”Middle”); Elvis Presley is being resurrected again – this time as an avatar with fellow singer and Memphis native Justin Timberlake in a “virtual” world in which visitors can assume the two stars’ identities as they network or play online games. “This is uncharted territory for and other celebrities getting involved” said Graceland spokesman Kevin Kern who said virtual worlds hold “huge potential for revenue from virtual goods. ”Visitors to Gaia Online one of the biggest virtual world gaming sites in the country choose an avatar or character to represent themselves and can enhance or accessorize the character by buying items that represent the real-life character. For Elvis items for sale include blue suede shoes a pompadour and a guitar. For Timberlake they include a personalized microphone and a fedora.
Top Writers from The Simpsons Futurama and Family Guy Join Forces …
MarketWatch
com is pioneering a cost effective way to create computer-generated online programming with professional Hollywood talent to incubate series that can migrate from the Internet to traditional platforms like broadcast and cable TV. Machinima–a word derived from the combination of machine and cinema–is the term used to describe the creation of computer-generated video created in real time by leveraging video game engines and environments. Machinima became widely known by the entertainment industry in 2006 when the creators of South Park released the Emmy Award winning episode “Make Love Not Warcraft” a large portion of which was created with machinima techniques inside the massively popular online game “World of Warcraft. com lets us put our work in front of an audience that already knows and loves our style of writing and is embracing new forms of digital entertainment” said Bill Oakley an Emmy-winning writer and past showrunner of The Simpsons. “We get to do what we love the most–write and create fun content while Machinima. com handles all the production marketing and distribution.