Tag Archives: Wii

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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The Cultural Background of (German) Digital Games

By Jens | Published: January 29, 2009
Over the course of the last two weeks I conducted a couple of interviews for my Ph.D. dealing with the was the perception of digital games differs in Germany and Australia. By talking to just a couple of people you can tell how the cultural history of a country also influences the way modern media [...]
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Men are from Planet Xbox Women are from Planet Wii: How the Genders Play Differently

By Jens | Published: November 25, 2008
Parker directed my attention towards this short yet insightful post by Jenni Mac about how videogames appeal more and more to a female demographic: [W]atching the report it was clear that this involvement is actually because of two very different reasons. Men enjoy the activity, the skill, and the challenge. Although some women do enjoy these [...]
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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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Content Is King, But Interactivity Is Emperor

By Parker Mason | Published: December 2, 2007
If you’ve been reading this blog lately, you know that we’ve had quite a few posts about video games lately, and I’m guessing that you think we are either a.) nerds b.) totally missing the point or c.) geniuses for knowing where it’s at. Well, if you thought either a.) or c.), you’d be completely right. [...]
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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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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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