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People are buying tons of expensive hardware just so they can enjoy their games to the fullest extent (and the prices of games nowadays ain’t peanuts either, with the dollar sinking ever so fast). However, as with most things, people often forget tweaking with their software just so their gaming experience would become better than before.
Gamers (who are doubling as college students) of the world, take heed; do not download games while inside your designated campus dorms.
BBC reported earlier that Tollbar Business and Enterprise College (located at Station Road, New Waltham, Grimsby, UK) suspended 74 students from downloading a game from the internet (the name of the game was not revealed).
Almost everyone is dead crazy over Wii, and it shows. The Wii console took the market by storm ever since it was first revealed back in September 2005, and a couple of years forward, and it is still a force to reckon with. Even the head honcho of the gaming console industry, PS, and the previous second most popular console, Xbox, could not do much to deter the fresh and undeniably creative idea behind the Wii.
But is it time for the superbly popular Wii to take a bow, and make way for the others?
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All anyone has to do is visit a few gaming forums or websites to know that Take-Two / Rockstar Games Grand Theft Auto IV is breaking sales records since it’s launch this week. Heck, it was even on mainstream news sites due to the popularity and anticipation of this much acclaimed addition to the Grand Theft Auto series.
It’s a HIT!! Read the rest of this entry →
How effective is Wii when it comes to exercise?
Let’s face it. One of the biggest challenges and hurdles that game companies and their employees face is the fact that many people believe that obsessive gaming can have some MAJOR effects on a person’s health. Due to the lethargic habits that most people tend to develop when they become freakishly obsessed when it comes to gaming, their health takes a huge toll from the lack of physical exercise (and no, exercising through flicking the remote does not qualify as a form of exercise). Well, we can never under estimate gaming moguls (or moguls to generalize) when it comes to sniffing out money.
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Rock Band is an eagerly awaited rhythm game, obviously centering around a glorified
career as part of what should become a world renowned rock band - if you play it right, literally.With MTV Games being behind the title, and with Harmonix on board too, the pioneers of rhythm gaming, Rock Band has a wealth of experience within the music and music gaming industries to give it a kick-start when it’s released shortly outside of the US.
Like other similar titles, a range of peripherals will be available allowing you to get the full benefit from the game - all the typical instrument based controllers you could associate with a rock band, needless to say these will be sold separately and will increase the cost of your personal Rock Band package, but if you’re into music or party games, the added expense could prove worthwhile. Read the rest of this entry →
“New information from the U.S. Census Bureau reinforces the value of a college education: workers 18 and over with a bachelor’s degree earn an average of $51,206 a year, while those with a high school diploma earn $27,915. Workers with an advanced degree make an average of $74,602 and those without a high school diploma average $18,734”, according to the U.S. Census Bureau website.
Yes, college degrees can double your earnings for the year. Although relying solely on your talent is not really that bad, as there are lots of millionaires, and even billionaires, out there who were not lucky enough to get into college due to lack of funds or whatnot, it is the thing is, not everyone can rise to the top as the lucky ones were able to do. Read the rest of this entry →
Seems to a lot of people, there are a lot of mess ups and mistakes happening in the gaming world recently. Not only are unlikely and potentially messy mergers happening everywhere (but these companies might just prove us wrong, no one is a total know-who when it comes to the ever changing flavor of the masses), but companies seem to be totally going nuts when it comes to their console and game pricing. Pricing, which should have been one of the first things in these (ahem, money grabbing) corporate hotshots minds seem to be getting unpredictable and even mind boggling.
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Still trying to fix its own movie-rental business, the Dallas based company—Blockbuster made a bold move by announcing in a public letter sent to Circuit City’s Chairman of the board that they are planning to acquire Circuit City for $1 Billion to $1.3 Billion. Blockbuster says that they made the letter public because, “it believes the shareholders of Circuit City should have the opportunity to participate in determining the destiny of the company.” Read the rest of this entry →
By: Stuart Wright
Grand Theft Auto 4 is arguably the most anticipated new release of the decade, and the wait is about to be over with it’s imminent release on April 29th. If you haven’t already pre-ordered it, do it now - as it could well be banned in your country very soon.
GTA 4 brings us back to the streets of Liberty City, Rockstars’ fictional imitation of New York. The streets are just as rough in Liberty City, perhaps rougher, and Rockstar has gone to great lengths to re-create some of New York’s most recognizable landmarks to feature in your destructive reign of crime.
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