Sharing with you a good article by business site Forbes.com
The story tells a tale about two top executives who started out as gamers. Among them is Elliot Noss, chief executive of domain name provider Tucows, and 20-something Stephen Gillett, a gamer who became chief information officer of Starbucks. Both have applied leadership principles acquired through their own video game experiences.
Leave to the Japanese to come up with off-beat and innovative marketing solutions for gaming.
More pics follow…
There are several common beliefs that I thought were true. About video games, that is…
With a little bit of Googling, surf-jacking and some online research, I found some nifty stuff that disputes these supposed “Myths”…
When it comes to gaming, it’s very easy to play a game that’s familiar to you.
More often than not, if I spot a new game, I’ll be comparing the gameplay to game X or the graphics to game A and the other features to game B. It’s very easy to adapt if you’re familiar with the content.
So, are game developers and designers reluctant to offer something drastically DIFFERENT to consumers for the fear that adapting to change is a definite gamble? But there are some experiments that turned out to be huge hits.
Let’s examine this paradigm shift in gaming after the break…
Get some creativity, game designers (or writers). You always (almost) use the same chessy words over and over and over again.
Here’s a cool list of the most overused words for videogame names. Check ‘em out and tell me what you think!
Here’s the Top 10 list for video games for the month of March 2009. This list is based on actual sales.
Leading the pack, of course, is new release Resident Evil 5. It’s got to be the great gameplay, the awesome graphics or the cool marketing ploys… whatever the reason, it’s a must play for every gamer.
Check out the full top 10 list coming up next…
Sometimes a simple idea will change the way we live (or play).
Imagine this – you either have a TV set or a PC (or Mac). Second, imagine that it’s an old PC or laptop – something slow and couldn’t possibly run games such as Left 4 Dead or Crysis.
Now, there’s a new technology that allows you play the games via a service called Onlive. Onlive claims that you don’t need all the processing power: RAM, harddrive or even video card juice, the Onlive services computes all the graphics algorithims in THEIR server and just streams it to you. Thus, you DO NOT need a fast computer or even the latest consoles such as the Xbox 360 or PS3 to enjoy all the games you wish to play. All you need is a (fast) Internet connection and an account.
If this becomes succesful, it WILL revolutionize the gaming industry.
Oh, did I tell you that downloads will also be kept at a minimum? Read on….
That’s right. In a recent survey, a staggering 1 out 3 British men said that they’d rather play a game launch rather than shag. 72% of them say that they love playing video games more. Sigh.
It’s confirmed! Broadway diva and international star, Lea Salonga is a full blooded gamer. Lea now writes regulary for the Inquirer under the Showbiz/Entertainment section. In her debut article, Lea shares her passion for video games especially handheld and console. Among her favorites are the Final Fantasy series and even God of War. She confessed on how her love for gaming began; ”It all started with a borrowed Nintendo Game & Watch in the early 1980s. It was a simple black-and-white screen in a dark blue plastic casing and all one had to do was catch the objects thrown in the air. The game’s speed would keep accelerating and once you hit 999 points, the game would start over from the beginning.”
Currently, she’s playing Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII on her PSP.
Read more about her favorite games next…
Posted in Blogging, Gaming, General, Musings, Uncategorized 
Tags: Blogging, Gaming, General, leah-salonga, Musings, philippines, psp, Uncategorized, video-gamesThis is a guest post by Kelly Kilpatrick
How often have you found yourself exasperated to the point of wanting to throw something when your boyfriend, spouse, son or any other male you know glues themselves to their gaming console and is oblivious to what you’re saying and to your very existence? Take heart, for you’re in the company of almost every other woman in the world. But if you’re hoping to get together for a good ol’ bitching session about the bad boys and their mean machines, you’re out of luck ‘cause the men were just given the most wonderful reasons possible to explain their addiction logically – we’re just genetically designed that way!
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