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Interview: Neil Wise, President & Founder UltraPrime Network |
This
is our dramatic recreation (and not necessarily an accurate one) of the
UltraPrime Network offices just before coming up with their latest
concept, The Evolvers:
"Here's a wacky idea: Let's make a massively multiplayer online RPG
mixed with an FPS. Sounds good, but not wacky enough. I have an idea:
Let's tie this MMORPGFPS to a television show and we'll have the game
influence the TV show, and the TV show will influence the game. Sweet!
Let's get lunch." To get to the bottom of these intriguing new ideas at
UltraPrime Network, we sent our man Aaron Stanton to talk with Neil
Wise, President and Founder of the company.
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whole scoop. |
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ARTICLE:
What's in a Game? A Linguistic History of "Videogame" |
Jeff
Luther takes us on a fantastic linguistical voyage through time and
space to track down the etymology of the word "videogame". His article,
What's in a Game? A
Linguistic History of "Videogame" will have you scratching your head
and winning bar bets faster than you can say "Gamen eft astah."
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Freedom of
Expression Policy Project Combats Notions About Violent Videogames |
A group of
thirty-three
scholars from various prestigious institutions have collaborated on a
rebuttal to the US District Court Judgment passed last Spring by
Judge John Limbaugh. Limbaugh determined that videogames could not be
classified as speech and are therefore not subject to protection under
the First Amendment. This is obviously an insane decision, and nobody
has rebutted it as good as the FEPP.
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more. |
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ARTICLE:
How to Get Your Significant Other to Love Gaming |
It's
a common problem for those of us of the videogame loving persuasion.
How can
you get your loved one to love games as much as you do? It's a very
practical problem, as games can take hours and hours to enjoy and love
or family life can take similar amounts of time. Our ever-helpful
mistress of the console box, Monica, delivers some useful guidelines for
sharing your loves.
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for the article. |
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