Did you know that most gaming incorporates advertising within the game? It is hard to say whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. Targeting children with subliminal advertising is probably a bad thing. Not all games are for children, though. Advertising can help offset the price of the game (making it...
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Orbital Drop Shock Troopers (ODSTs) is a Bungie.net set to be released September 22, 2009. Halo 3: ODST (previously known as Halo 3: Recon) is a standalone expansion for the first-person shooter (FPS) video game Halo 3. Players take on the roles of human UNSC soldiers called, Orbital Drop Shock Troopers, during the time...
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Microsoft has unveiled a new project that allows a gamer to interact with the game console — “No Strings (or Controllers) Attached.” “Introducing Project Natal, a revolutionary new way to play: no controller required. See a ball? Kick it, hit it, trap it or catch it. If you know how to move your hands,...
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Perhaps one of the more recent first-person-shooters (FPS) to be released is Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The game came out about the same time as Halo 3 but sales for what people are now calling COD outshone the successful franchise that is Halo. Now the best selling shooter of all time, COD...
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Every Monday for two and a half years, Nintendo has introduced new downloadable games and applications for the Wii console. Today marks a milestone for the Virtual Console section of the Wii Shop Channel, home of some of the greatest titles in video game history. The classic The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask becomes...
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The worldwide community of gamers is like a nebula. Unlike the physical world, the gamers world is not well defined. Following are some examples of gamer communities. From Wikipedia A multiplayer game is a game which is played by several players. The players might be independent opponents, formed into teams or be just a...
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