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E3 shows game consoles no longer king

June 14, 2011 By Anne Leave a Comment

The No. 1 takeaway I'm seeing from the US's No. 1 videogame convention – the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) that just ended in Los Angeles – is that consoles' grip on the videogame market is slipping. It's what anyone who plays electronic games or has kids who do probably senses: "After dominating the market for decades and making their way into 1 out of every 2 U.S. homes, consoles are … [Read more...] about E3 shows game consoles no longer king

Filed Under: gaming, Social Media Tagged With: E3, game consoles, gaming, Kinect, mobile games, social games, videogames

Today’s engine of innovation: Videogames, not military

January 5, 2011 By Anne Leave a Comment

Remember the military-industrial complex? Now it's the entertainment-industrial complex. For centuries the military drove tech innovation; now videogaming does, according to a Wall Street Journal commentary by author and former hedge-fund manager Andy Kessler. "That's right – every time someone fires up a videogame like Call of Duty or World of Warcraft, the state of the art in technology … [Read more...] about Today’s engine of innovation: Videogames, not military

Filed Under: Social Media, videogames Tagged With: Call of Duty, digital media, innovation, Kinect, Second Life, Social Media, videogames, videogaming, Wii, World of Warcraft, Xbox 360

Kinect for Xbox 360: Signs it’s a holiday hit

November 30, 2010 By Anne Leave a Comment

Looks like Kinect for the Xbox 360 videogame console is one of the hot items of this year's holiday shopping season. The maker of the motion-sending, controller-free gaming product (where the gamer's the controller), Microsoft, says it's scrambling to keep up with demand, having sold 2.5 million units worldwide in Kinect's first 25 days, the Christian Science Monitor reports. To see if this makes … [Read more...] about Kinect for Xbox 360: Signs it’s a holiday hit

Filed Under: Social Media, videogames Tagged With: Kinect, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation Move, videogaming, Xbox 360

Kid & family ‘Kinect-ing’ from Microsoft

November 9, 2010 By Anne 3 Comments

We all saw it coming last summer: videogaming getting even more physical. Used to be, waving around a Nintendo Wii controller was the ultimate in physical videogame play. But with Microsoft's Kinect – which entered the marketplace last week – gamers now don't even need a controller. This is both very cool and, at least in this first iteration of the Kinect technology, a bit problematic, <a … [Read more...] about Kid & family ‘Kinect-ing’ from Microsoft

Filed Under: gaming, Social Media, videogames Tagged With: GetGameSmart, Kinect, motion sensors, videogame reviews, videogames, Xbox 360

Videogames getting a lot more physical

June 15, 2010 By Anne 1 Comment

It started with the Wii, but now Wii has to move over for Sony's Move and Microsoft's Kinect for motion-controlled – and, in Kinect's case, voice-controlled – gaming. As BNET.com puts it, "Kinect is truly a revolution [because it requires no controller at all] and Move ... is an evolution of the Wii." [Both are being unveiled this week at E3, the US's largest gaming trade show/conference.] Move … [Read more...] about Videogames getting a lot more physical

Filed Under: gaming, Social Media, videogames Tagged With: 3DS, game platform, gaming, gaming safety, Kinect, motion detection, Move, videogames

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