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Archive for May 2008

May 15th, 2008

Rock Band Rocked my World

As much as I love playing Guitar Hero on my co-worker’s XBOX almost every week after office hours, Rock Band proved to be a better experience for me. We played last Tuesday. Fun!
Why? Maybe of the premise that its the “more the merrier” type of game. Cooperative play is what […]

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May 13th, 2008

Tag! Gamers are It.

We’re having a little contest here at the video games channel of b5 media. Its supposed to promote camaraderie within the channel and improve the number of visits on your site. (good for me, I’m last month’s “bottom of the heap” in terms of hits) Blame laziness and poor health if you […]

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May 13th, 2008

Cheap Games, Everyday

As spotted on BlogCritics.org, GameDuJour.com, the first “One Deal a Day” website, (where a title is sold at an unbelievably low price for a day) offers this week’s deals.
Mon. May 12th: 50% off on Pick11
Tue. May 13th: 65% off on Brainiversity
Wed. May 14th: 40% off on Pet Shop Hop
Thu. May 15th: 50% off on […]

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May 6th, 2008

Know Your History

Casualgaming.biz just published a cool article on the history of Casual Gaming. It has a complete time line from 2200BC up to the present. Well at least, until last year.
See? I told you, this type of gaming has been here since time in memorial.
I even think that casual gaming is the mother of gaming […]

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May 3rd, 2008

Apples and Oranges

Don’t you just hate it when someone disses the thing that you have so much passion for?
As sited in the New York Times, Entertainment Section, Rockstar Games’ VP and GTA IV co-writer Dan Houser dismissed casual games, believing people still want games that are groundbreaking. Yeah sure, its like comparing apples and oranges.
Wait, dismissed […]

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May 2nd, 2008

Casual Gaming’s Own Trade Website

As spotted on PCRetailMag.com, the industry just got its own .biz site. CasualGaming.biz is now online.  PC Retail’s Publisher, IntentMedia, launched this site to cater to those who are included in the Casual Games sector.  So that must include the lowly game journalists like me, heehee.

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