简介：squinting critically at the transnational game industry, its popular image, and player culture

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Transnational gaming?

Games are global, like many other forms of media. I've argued in the past that one very interesting aspect of the games industry is that its origins were not dominated by western companies/designers/influences, but that instead, Japan played a pivotal role in the digital games industry being a hybrid of east and west. That's easy enough to see with conso... (312 天前)

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FFXI Census

Although it's often overshadowed by its larger cousins (coughWoWcough), Final Fantasy XI Online has been around for 6 years, and the developers have just released the results of their 7th census.It seems that population has held stable at around 500,000 players, which is great considering it's age and the churn that all MMOGs experience. Looking over th... (312 天前)

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Nintendo's (re)rising fortunes

The news surrounding the Wii keeps getting better for Nintendo. Several big videogame publishers in Japan are increasing their development plans for the Wii, and simultaneously cutting back their plans for sales on the PS3. Namco Bandai, Sega, and Capcom are all going to produce more games (titles and units per title) according to Variety Asia for the Wi... (312 天前)

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Cheating: Gaining Advantage in Videogames

Available now from the MIT Press site as well as Amazon, the book is a cultural history of cheating, exploring "how players choose to play games and what happens when they can't always play the way they'd like" as well as the development of industries that promote and constrain various behaviors defined as cheating in games. Here's the Table of Contents... (312 天前)

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Ludium 2

I got back yesterday afternoon from the second Ludium at Indiana University, hosted by Ted Castronova et al. This time around the game-based conference featured a politics-centric experience, dividing participants into districts and regions, which then vied to have their platforms and speakers chosen by all. For a list of our final statements, check here... (312 天前)

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Videogame heroines

Recently MSNBC.com ran a piece on their picks for the "Top 5 Video Game Heroines." It had most of the usual suspects, including Lara Croft, Princess Peach, Ms. Pac Man, Samus Aran and Joanna Dark. I guess Lara deserves a place, and the Princess, through sheer persistence, might fit in the top 5, but I have my doubts as to whether a dot with a bow qualifi... (312 天前)

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I knew it! Wait... what was that?

Have you ever talked on the phone with someone who you just knew was surfing the Web or checking email at the same time? You knew they were, because they had that semi-tuned out tone in their voice, or perhaps a response delay just a millisecond off. But we keep hearing, or at least I do, that "kids today" are so much better at multi-tasking, at doing ma... (312 天前)

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