Tag Archives: Nintendo

How I Met the Inventor of the Videogame

By Jens | Published: August 7, 2009
Ralph Baer, inventor of the videogame console, recently came to Berlin to celebrate the online launch of the “History of Video Games Timeline” by the Berlin Computer Game Museum. Quite an exciting moment for me, and probably the last chance to have a chat with the man behind the craze that touched our lives and [...]
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Off the Couch, On the Couch: Consoles’ Future

By Jens | Published: July 7, 2009
There’re two trends in video-gaming I’ve noticed lately: First, a shift towards more peripherals and consoles taking over more functions of computers—a development confirmed by the latest E3. One of the first companies to successfully introduce accessory-enhanced games into the mainstream was Sony with its Singstar and Buzz franchises. Then there was the final breakthrough: Guitar Hero, [...]
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Is the Videogame Industry Recession Proof?

By Jens | Published: January 28, 2008
Will the US fall into a recession? Maybe. Will the videogame industry? Probably not, reports bloggingstocks.com: According to The Wall Street Journal, “strong holiday sales of its Wii video game console and Nintendo DS portable game device helped Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) nearly double its nine-month net profit and raise its sales forecasts for the third time [...]
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What if the Primary Candidates were Consoles?

By Jens | Published: January 11, 2008
Gigaom posted witty a piece comparing the Primary Candidates of the Democrats to game consoles: Barack Obama is the Nintendo Wii: The multi-racial candidate who was first dismissed by Washington insiders for not having enough power or third-party backers — but has gone on to draw immense popularity, not just from hardcore party faithful, but from [...]
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Wii really can’t argue with reasons like this

By Jens | Published: November 29, 2007
Fanboys, that scourge of mankind, number 8 on the list of the worst consumer tech trends and blind adherents to corporations that (optimistically) feel about one tenth of the passion for them that they do for their gadgets.  No one wants to argue with them unless they have a fetish for insults. If you can’t resist [...]
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How To Ruin Your Life By Not Playing Video Games

By Parker Mason | Published: November 3, 2007
My friend Jay is fucking amazing at video games. Supernaturally good. For the past six years, I’ve been telling him that he should quit school or his job and take up video games full time. For a while, I told him that he should move to Korea to do this, but it turns out that [...]
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It’s Not About Manhunt it’s About Video Games

By Jens | Published: June 25, 2007
Manhunt 2, the latest brainchild of scandal-ridden developer Rockstar, got a hard time all over the world: the English BBFC rejected the title, Ireland and Australia followed suit, while the American ESRB issued a preliminary rating of AO (Adults only) which basically amounts to a ban since most US retailers, such as Wal-Mart and Target, [...]
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Casual Gaming vs Innovation

By Jens | Published: June 8, 2007
If you had a look at the Japanese sales charts lately you could get the impression that hardcore gaming is coming to an end in the land of the rising sun. Nintendo rules with an iron fist and it seems that it can only be a matter of months until the whole country owns a [...]
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