News 08-Sep-2006
How's the Weather Up There? (Wired News)Hypothetical, stereotypical Canadians respond to the spectre of global warming ... through song! In Table of Malcontents.
The Chronology of a teen?s business: MCC student hopes to make a name in the world of video games (Muscatine Journal)Editor?s note: ?Where Are They Now? is a Muscatine Journal series published on the first and third Mondays of the month. Former Muscatine Journal editor Gil Dietz is producing this feature and welcomes comments and suggestions.
WildTangent, Jagex's RuneScape Ink Deal (Mediaweek)WildTangent, one of the top publishers of casual, Web-based games, has signed a deal with the U.K.-based game publisher Jagex Ltd. to sell advertising within RuneScape, one of the most popular "MMOGs" - or Massively Multiplayer Online Games.
Home Depot Invasion (Wired News)What happens when 225 people enter a home-improvement store and start moving in slow motion? Someone creates a web page about it, of course. Plus: A cookie sings the blues. In Table of Malcontents.
Stick It to the Man (Wired News)In the game Ragdoll Avalance II, control the life of a very floppy stick figure with a low tolerance for falling blades. In Table of Malcontents.
Media Frenzy for JonBenet Ramsey Continues Online, with Search Activity Jumping 2,000% Over Past 72 Hours (SYS-CON Media)Lycos, Inc. (http://www.lycos.com/), an entertainment destination for creators and consumers of quality content, today announced the following information from The Lycos 50(TM), the 50 most popular Internet search results for the week ending Aug. 19, 2006. For a complete list of The Lycos 50(TM) and for in-depth text of The Lycos 50 Daily Report, go to http://50.lycos.com/. Readers of The Lycos
Opinion: Is It Possible to Surpass World of Warcraft? (Gamasutra) A new report from analyst group DFC Intelligence's David Cole looks at the unique path that gave rise to Blizzard's groundbreakingly-populated MMORPG World of Warcraft, including the myths behind its international impact, and the forecast for competitors hoping to break off a chunk of Blizzard's success. The full text of Cole's report, which was released on the analyst firm's official website
AGC: Koster Says Game Industry Dinosaur 'Doomed' (Gamasutra) Legendary MMO designer Raph Koster warned the Austin Game Conference on Thursday that the game industry was undergoing a radical shift that few game companies understood, and that game companies as we know them today would likely become extinct if they did not alter their business models to adapt, just as the dinosaurs died off when they could not adapt to whatever change it was that decimated
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