GameStop's Hubris Problem: Handicapping The Used Video Game Market

GameStop brought in about $2 billion in revenue from used-game sales last year, but those numbers will be far lower this year if Amazon, ... slices of the market by launching used-games programs. While Best Buy and Toys R Us' initiatives were trials, Amazon ( NSDQ: AMZN ) launched its games trade-in plan in full force. So who poses [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 19:19:54

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Community Service: A Street Fighter Retrospective

There was an unexpected notion that occurred to me during the early stages of my newfound Street Fighter IV addiction. You see, somewhere in the midst of being slapped hard in the face by the initial nostalgic sensation that the game exudes, my mind raced, regurgitating memories concerning my discovery of Street Fighter 2 back in 1991 [more...]

Date: 2009-03-08 17:49:05

England Cricketers Building Bridges Back Home

From an England cricket fans perspective, the test series in the West Indies has certainly been a mixed bag ... though, the series could have much wider implications on the English game. In the initial touring squad [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 15:22:57

News: Mets not first team to plan in Citi

According to a team press release, on March 29 at 1:10 p.m., St. John’s will take on Georgetown for the first game played in Citi Field. … i was initially disappointed to hear this, as it seems the Mets should be christening the ballpark… but, from what i can gather, this is like a test run for the building, before opening [more...]

Date: 2009-02-22 17:05:57

News: Mets not first team to play in Citi

According to a team press release, on March 29 at 1:10 p.m., St. John’s will take on Georgetown for the first game played in Citi Field. … i was initially disappointed to hear this, as it seems the Mets should be christening the ballpark… but, from what i can gather, this is like a test run for the building, before opening [more...]

Date: 2009-02-22 17:05:57

“After the town pays off the initial bonds required for the online gaming gadgets school,” said Demonte Wessendorf, “a very slight increase to local taxes will be added to fund operations”

“We’re excited to announce ground-breaking on our city’s newest project, ... by architect Wolle Aceves are approved by the online gaming gadgets school’s building and grounds ... to be operational next Spring, we will have plenty of space for people to recreate and enjoy team [more...]

Date: 2009-03-07 08:25:18

“After the town pays off the initial bonds required for the online gaming gadgets school,” said Tiell Lorenson, “a very slight increase to local taxes will be added to fund operations”

Citizen Quin Galbavy was happy that the online gaming gadgets project had begun as well ... qualified students the opportunity to enjoy classroom and on-the-job training. “This aspect ... plans by architect Delana Couts are approved by the online gaming gadgets school’s building [more...]

Date: 2009-03-04 08:05:15

Club Penguin Founder Lane Merrifield - Keynote and Q

Here we are at Austin GDC! First order of business was attending the Lane Merrifield Keynote, entitled “At Their Service: ... the player first, better customer support is natural follow through. But we also build better games ... he sent to his development team after Club Penguin initially launched amid the usual dev team chaos [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 18:25:29

9 games for non-gamers

Hi everyone, my name is Steven Mansour. Sascha and I work together on a number of projects and initiatives, ... - cross-posted at my own website at stevenmansour.com - about 9 games I recommend to my non-gamer ... . Getting to watch Mir laugh and stumble through building a lattice to make a bridge for a bunch of wobbly [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 19:59:10

Life After Retirement: Back to School?

Harvard has recently launched a new one year academic program to serve the growing number of retired professionals who aren’t ready to lead lives filled with early bird specials and afternoon golf games, but instead want to involve themselves with creating social change. The program, called the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 15:46:03

Corporate Training 2.0: Engage, Excite, Excel

Your employees are yearning to learn - but they’re tired of boring training manuals, long hours in the classroom and flat, ... the country are shifting their corporate training initiatives to use digital and social media ... is becoming the hot new trend and what you can do to launch your own internal games to train Email [more...]

Date: 2009-02-16 17:04:32

@15 Engaging Teens

@15 is an initiative , sponsored by Best Buy, to encourage teens to get engaged and use their ability to change the world ... they do on the site - registering, referring a friend, forum posts, games, etc. Four times a year, Best ... - posting on forums, playing games, and so on - and then letting them do so in a helpful way. We also [more...]

Date: 2009-02-19 20:59:40

Homeschooling Review: Rocket Phonics by Dr. Stephen Guffanti – Initial Thoughts

When our family received the opportunity to work through Rocket Phonics, my five-year-old daughter Kaelynn and I blasted off into a richly rewarding, fun phonics program.  Integrating fun games that reinforce phonemic awareness, treasure hunts (with included prizes [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 05:47:22

Linux Development Tools, Programming Linux Games

As an operating system created by computer geeks, Linux provides a particularly nice programming environment. Although it may be a bit intimidating and confusing at first, it provides a great deal of power after the initial learning curve [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 07:35:52

The 1° Initiative Leadership Training Workshop 2008

“Hiya, you’re green!” I remarked at the five feet stature with thirty-two teeth in front of me. “I know! It feels awesome! ... lame jokes, cheating at card games and occasionally, cackling syllables only they understood. I, being [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 16:32:19

Linux Development Tools, Programming Linux Games

Linux Development Tools As an operating system created by computer geeks, Linux provides a particularly nice programming environment. Although it may be a bit intimidating and confusing at first, it provides a great deal of power after the initial learning curve [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 07:35:52

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