Still convinced, like a recently thawed ice man thrust into a new and scary world, that online gaming and subscription based pay systems will never be a) accepted by players or b) profitable for game makers? Well has The NPD Group got news for you!
Analysts at NPD have put out some very impressive numbers detailing […]
Chicks Hate Guys With Soft Guns!!
Play-Girlz Tipster Scarlett writes in with the following very important public service announcement: “What’s the point of having a big gun if it’s always soft? Projectile Dysfunction is a serious issue affecting millions.”
We all know them, the wusses camped out in the corner of a room hoping that you’ll blindly […]
You’re a game publisher. You launch a multiplayer setup for a game, say that game was Battlefield: Bad Company, and say, that despite the overkill of the both the franchise and the genre in general you actually had people interested in playing it.
Now put yourself into the shoes of a seasoned FPS multiplayer hero. You’re […]
Last week in the good old VGC (Video Games Channel for those of you not hip to the lingo…yo) was a busy one, despite the server’s display of teenage angst. In days gone by, I used to share my thoughts on some of the posts of fellow VGC members in a category called “Channel Surfing” […]
Think you’re the hottest thing to grace the PvP arenas since, well, evah? Maybe it’s time you put your money where your mouth is and join up for Blizzard’s first foray into the eSports realm: the 2008 World of Warcraft Arena Tournaments.
Beginning in April there will be two rounds of online qualifiers for each zone […]
For those of you MMORPG lovers out there - and I know I’m not alone - that haven’t heard of Second Skin, listen up. Or … read up, whichever. Second Skin is a documentary about MMOs which “takes an intimate look at computer gamers whose lives have been transformed by the emerging genre of Massively […]
Real-life celebs are a wealth of entertainment, with wardrobe malfunctions, forgotten undergarments, and fashion faux pas. If you want to bring some of this drama to your Second Life, it’s now possible to give your avatar a bit of Britney, a bit of Lindsay, or a bit of Paris, all with a a set […]
What’s cooler than a combination of retro games and world travel? Not much, which is why an online contest promoting Big Tom Spiced Tomato Juice has got me firing away despite its obviously marketing laced intentions.
In a take off Space Invaders, the makers of Big Tom have created Spice Invaders: Attack of the Insipid Liquids […]
Iris Ophelia’s on the hunt again, this time for the hottest, hippest, most fashionable male avatars in all of Second Life. The New World Notes fashionista polled the virtual population and has assembled a list of the 10 Hottest Male SL Avatars for 2007. Ophelia was looking for more than just a pretty face… the […]
Ever wanted to know what it would be like to be Hungry Like A Wolf? A game has come out that does just that, teaching ecological principles and the ins and outs of wolf behaviour.
Developed by the Minnesota Zoo and Eduweb, Wolf Quest even incorporates an online multiplayer version of the game, so that you […]
Play Girlz: Because guys aren't the only players.
Written by Ingrid Diaz [email], and Erin Harvey [email] for b5media.
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