In 1993, The Washington Post unwittingly became tied to video game movie history. Emblazoned on the cover of the first video game movie's poster is a review, attributed to The Washington Post: " IT'S A BLAST! "
That movie was "Super Mario Bros." Laughed out of the box office at the time, the film still enchanted former Post staff writer Hal Hinson, who wrote those infamous words without irony in what would become a rare commodity: a positive review for a film based on a video game.
Quite a lot has been going on:
2020 PLASMA speaker series begins with a new approach to video games - The Spectrum
Assistant professor Cody Mejeur, Ph.D. lectures students on narrative video games involving the topics of gender and queer narrative to UB students Monday night at the Center for the Arts.
While social attitudes have been changing in recent years, LGBTQ+ representation remains limited in all forms of media, including video games.
But the unique qualities in video games may allow for representation even without LGBTQ+ characters, through "queer naratives."
Game development in Iran under sanctions means lack of tools, publishing woes - The Washington
"If I had a meeting with someone in Europe or if I wanted to release a game during that week I don't know what'd I do," he said.
Despite these roadblocks, a countrywide game development community has still managed to take form. Individual groups, as well as the government-run Iran Computer and Video Games Foundation, have hosted events like game jams — marathon game-making sessions — and the Tehran Game Convention, which saw 1,500 attendees the last time it was held in 2018.
Video Games Learn How to Take More of Your Cash
Expected later this year are the launches of Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 5 and Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox Series X, the next generation of video-game consoles (and potentially the last, as gaming shifts to the cloud). Traditionally, that would mark a pretty important stage in the business cycle for EA and its publishing rivals, such as Activision Blizzard Inc. and Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.; new consoles need new games, which means a big sales boost is on the way.
"Because of all that ancillary revenue, primarily from micro-transactions, games aren't as tied to console cycles as they used to be," Michael Pachter, an analyst for Wedbush Securities, said in a phone interview.
And here's another article:
Coronavirus causing spike in Chinese video game use | Fox Business
Gamer World News entertainment host 'Captain' Rob Steinberg explains why the spread of coronavirus in China has led to an increase in video gaming.
While coronavirus continues its deadly spread through China , for the video game industry, there may be a silver lining.
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“A very popular game in China known as 'Honor of Kings,' which made roughly $286 million a day in the past two weeks, was able to peak at $392 million,” Gamer World News entertainment host “Captain” Rob Steinberg told FOX Business’ Stuart Varney .
Video Games Were My Everything. Becoming a Father Fixed That. | Fatherly
More pragmatic parents talk about the need for better time management. These are the parents I admire and hope to emulate when baby Cleo, my first, arrives next month. But these are also the parents whose pronouncements trouble me because I know they're right and I know that my time is about to become more valuable, and I'll have to treat it that way.
For me and my wife, non-drinking homebodies in our late thirties, the transition won't be jarring save for the loss of my one lingering adolescent hobby, a vestigial if vivid part of my calendar, which will go by the wayside: video games (imagine that, for dramatic effect, sung-spoken in Lana del Rey's affected monotone ).
Video game risks every parent should know | 12news.com
PHOENIX — Mike Conway knew to warn his kids about stranger danger on the street. He told them to yell if someone they don't know approaches them in the front yard, run if someone tries to take them, and be wary of people they don't know.
"I never thought someone would come through my TV, come through my internet, and try to grab a hold of my kid," Mike Conway said.
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Mikey was playing Fortnite a few months ago when he got a weird message from a player he didn't know.
The Pursuit of Cheap Video Games Has Been Getting Switch Owners Banned - VICE
Most games cost $60 these days, and if you want to play a lot of them, that can add up quickly. It's one reason why many players turn to third-party online stores, where they can buy Nintendo games for cheap instead of buying them from Nintendo directly. Historically, Nintendo games rarely go on sale. But how many would go down that path if there was a chance that buying from these stores could result in all of your games being taken away?
This is exactly what's happened to a number of Switch owners. They bought a code for a Switch game from Gameflip , an online marketplace where anyone can sell codes and other digital items . Shortly after, they discovered that Nintendo banned their Switch account, preventing them from accessing not only the game they bought from Gameflip, but all previous purchases. When they contacted Nintendo's customer service department, users were told there was nothing Nintendo could do about it.
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