5 Bowl Games With Peculiar Corporate Sponsors

College football’s bowl season is here, and with it comes the annual cavalcade of baffling sponsorship deals. For much of college bowls’ century-plus history, the postseason games carried humble monikers ... of the corporate magic that now permeates almost every bowl, here are a few of our favorite bizarre [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 14:30:42

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Obama Is Campaigning on Xbox 360!

From Gigaom: Last week we noted unconfirmed sightings of an “Obama for President” billboard in the Xbox 360 racing game Burnout Paradise ... ,” Holly Rockwood, director of corporate communications at Electronic Arts, the game’s publisher, told me via email, noting that EA regularly allows ad placements in their online games. “Like most [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 00:17:55

Warren Buffett Says Economy Has ‘Fallen Off a Cliff’ (Update4)

March 9 (Bloomberg) — Billionaire Warren Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway Inc ... when shareholders are already almost wiped out. Playing Games Companies used too much leverage and “played games” ... Corporate America has a lot of room to behave better,” Buffett said. The nation’s richest people don’ [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 14:39:04

Campaigning on XBox 360?!

First noticed by a Xbox 360 live gamer on his RoosterTeeth (JeffSon) forum page, and subsequently reported by GamePolitics and GigaOm ... to visit Obama’s webiste: voteforchange.com EA games’ director of corporate communications, Holly ... (in the US) who personally play games on PC/Mac or video game systems, 17 percent (or 29.58 million) of those [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 14:45:09

Another bailout for the fat cats

Your blogger’s most recent column for the dead tree edition of The Register says … “Once in a lifetime crisis” logic will back measures that prop up the fats cats – ailing corporations that played stupid financial games. Accounting tricks ... Sadly, we’ve reached a point of fiscal, monetary and corporate malpractice that we have few choices. We’ [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 03:00:35

Obama Campaigns On XBox 360

BARACK Obama is campaigning for XBox 360 players Last week we noted unconfirmed sightings of an “Obama for President” billboard in the Xbox 360 ... for in-game advertising in Burnout,” Holly Rockwood, director of corporate communications at Electronic ... in their online games. “Like most television, radio and print outlets, we accept advertising from [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 08:51:55

“Heidema Aina’s discussion was music to my ears,” cried Tammi Oberley, team coordinator at Wolle Aceves INC, “and I learned a lot of new things that I can try in our gaming stock photos strategies meetings”

Creating solid corporate wide gaming stock photos values also helps motivate employees to use best practices in their work, ... all the way to upper leadership and helps get rid of the dead wood.” Moreover, by creating a unified team [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 08:18:09

What to Do With $458 Million+, Part 1,684

What to Do With $458 Million+, Part 1,684 by Patrick Ruffini | October 14, 2008 at 6: ... 28 AM in advertising Barack Obama marketing Strategy TV video games http ... Rockwood, director of corporate communications at Electronic Arts, the game’s publisher, told me via [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 11:28:47

Behind the scenes of Windows 7 Enterprise

Behind the scenes of Windows 7 Enterprise Posted by Freeware Master on 8 March, 2009 No comments yet This item was filled under ... , and has stepped up its game to get the corporate world excited about its upcoming operating system ... principles to go by: Planning: Our team spent six months on planning Windows 7 in a “vision phase.” [more...]

Date: 2009-03-08 07:08:04

After 24 Years, Mike Tyson Is Finally A Playable Character

I know it seems unreal that one of the greatest boxers of all-time has never been a playable character in a video game, but it’s true. Mike Tyson’s “Punch Out” is one of the best video games ever but we were only able to control ... , and all-around ability to scare away any corporate entity…. game fans have been robbed of a chance to play [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 14:42:15

After 24 Years, Mike Tyson Is Finally A Playable Character

I know it seems unreal that one of the greatest boxers of all-time has never been a playable character in a video game, but it’s true. Mike Tyson’s “Punch Out” is one of the best video games ever but we were only able to control ... , and all-around ability to scare away any corporate entity…. game fans have been robbed of a chance to play [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 14:42:15

Fight Night 4 - Mike Tyson Playable!

About damn time! Tyson only made an appearance once in a video game that I know of ... . Mike Tyson’s “Punch Out” is one of the best video games ever but we were only able to control ... , and all-around ability to scare away any corporate entity…. game fans have been robbed of a chance to play [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 03:04:18

Avoiding the Chopping Block: Internal Networking

When people talk about networking, they are usually referring to something external ... force to apply. It’s not an on/off switch. I’m not talking about cheesy manipulation games. Let’ ... your corporate value. Some people may say, “I want my work to speak for me.” Make no mistake, your work [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 19:02:19

Wii update stops homebrew installs dead in their tracks

Filed under: GamingOh Nintendo, did you really have to go and crush the dreams of so many homebrew faithful? ... are unaffected) of anything fakesigned like the Homebrew Channel. Perhaps the increased corporate vigilance ... games. Regardless, this isn't the first time that homebrew developers have had to work around [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 06:13:32

The New Class Warfare

Except for David Anderson, I don't know any CEOs that I like. But I know lots of people I would like to be CEO ... that it's temporary because nobody is going to be buying new cars. He understands that's what corporate ... video games. All told it was about 80 bucks worth of stuff that nobody really needs, except [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 17:16:02

The Crisis of the Middlebrow Movie

Apropos of my exchange with Peter Suderman about the comic-bookification of the movies, Peter Bart has a piece (not online) in the latest Vanity Fair that's worth quoting: Hollywood's seasoned corporate moguls ... and video games, and to connect these projects to a maze of ancillary promotions - toys, cars, tie-ins [more...]

Date: 2009-02-17 16:02:44

Vodafone NL supports mobile start-ups with 100k at Picnic

Quite a late report about who won the Vodafone Mobile Clicks competition last night at Picnic, ... . Mi-i: offers an extra TV experience by providing context-relevant social games. Mobypicture: easy ... has corporate clients, paying customers, and a broad range of services also helped. Despite [more...]

Date: 2008-09-27 15:12:07

Heads rolling: EA axes 600 employees

EA Games - Image 1 Publishing giant and corporate overlord, EA Games, ... out whip: getting banned in forums gets you banned in games [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 23:54:41

Observing the Tennessean die is like watching the Titanic sink in super slo-mo

... on the road to cover the away games. (Sunday’s) sport section had AP wire reports for the Preds game ... for their corporate management could not sink low enough for me to believe such a rumor. However [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 22:00:46

Web Design Schools

Web Design and interactive media is a dynamic industry that covers computers as well as cell phones, kiosks, music players, and museum displays ... , corporate communications, education, electronic games, film, law, marketing, medicine [more...]

Date: 2009-03-07 12:11:14

Hewlett-Packard shuttering high-end Voodoo division? (pfblogs.org)

Filed under: Rumors, Products and services, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ)Although global PC sales leader Hewlett-Packard Corp. (NYSE: HPQ) ... to capture more profit from gamers who prefer expensive PCs used to play graphically-intensive games. As is standard in the corporate world, HP said "We continually assess and rebalance the size [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 22:30:53

Walmart Deals - Updated 2/15

Here's the deal-io at Wal-mart.... just remember it may vary a little from store to store. The prices aren't the same nationwide! And of course.. ... ! :) You may find it helpful to print out and carry a copy of the Walmart corporate coupon policy ... Tag system games on clearance for $9 - $10 each Use with the $4 off coupon HERE Final Price [more...]

Date: 2009-02-15 15:52:00

EA Getting Getting Into "Visceral Games"? [Trademarks]

Electronic Arts may have one more publishing sub-brand up its corporate sleeve, filing trademarks for the name " Visceral Games ... ," " Freestyle " and "BIG" on its brands, helping consumers figure out which games are right for them. But the majority of those have been designed to let serious video game sports fans that games like SSX [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 02:40:17

Consider Rewarding Your Finest Arena Performers with Ultimate Experiences...

Are you looking for new ways to build fan excitement during games throughout the season? Are you looking for new ways to reward fans? ... to incorporate new/existing corporate partners in a continuous in-game feature and generate interest ... like this at Philadelphia Soul games who also has a passion for both music and sports?  [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 01:37:20

Amazon takes shot at GameStop, starts accepting videogame trade-ins

March 5th, 2009 Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 9:31 amCategories:Amazon, GamingTags:Amazon.com Inc., GameStop, Games, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Marketing, Andrew NuscaAmazon said today that it would allow shoppers to trade-in used video games for store credit, a move that may [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 17:31:43

Games Arcade Website powered by WordPress

I have recently been working on a highly versatile premium theme for WordPress which is due for release soon ... default settings around a 'corporate magazine' look & feel, so I decided the games site would ... it's Options Menu that it could easily be styled to suit corporate sites such as recruitment, blue chip [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 05:41:47

Babies as Social Glue and other Edutweets

A history of Open Educational Resources, vis Open Education News: http://tinyurl ... /d2rxrn # What are the limits of knowledge? Here’s one theory: http://tinyurl.com/bknh32 # Online Games ... ://tinyurl.com/bwefo2 # Corporate Social Responsibility E-learning Course for Businesswomen [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 23:59:59

Anyone Can Purchase Group Space In PlayStation Home, Even You

PlayStation Home is open for business on December 11, tomorrow, worldwide. At last PS3 owners will be able to create a house, play Namco arcade games, and bask in corporate sponsored spaces. Any PlayStation Home user can get their own… [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 10:42:48

Team-Building Virtual Platform

Finnish company TeamingStream has developed a team-building, leadership training game targeted to the corporate learning industry that was launched in December of 2008, according to the Metaverse Journal. Novicraft is a collaborative game developed [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 12:00:00

Parenting is child’s play with new My Baby Games

Leading videogame publisher, SouthPeak Interactive Corporation has introduced a new, ... Girl and My Baby Boy encourage creativity, problem solving and responsibility and the nurturing ... exciting line of games that allow young children to experience the true joy of parenting [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 13:44:36

Emotions and Videogames

by: Eliane Alhadeff Via: Alternate Reality Existence - Will Videogames Become Better Than Life? Star Spider, who authors the Alternate Reality Existence Blog, is an Alternate Reality Event Planner. She creates interactive games and events for the corporate world, private clients and public [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 01:43:42

A day of noticing

Next month in Dublin, I'm running a workshop with Kay Scorah . We've called it our Day of Noticing and it's on April 3rd. Here's the blurb ( ... , to what others are saying and doing. We will share tools and games that we have ourselves found useful ... a corporate womb and feeling the chill winds etc etc. We've also slated 26 June for running [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 13:11:12

Overstock.com Covers Up Demise of Omuse

Gary Weiss submits: Don't expect this list of blank Omuse pages to last much longer More fun and games at my favorite corporate crime poster child, Overstock.com (OSTK [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 19:48:54

Is Activision Blizzard in a buying mood? Should it be?

According to speculation in various news outlets and blogs, Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI ) ... the company could take Mortal Kombat off the corporate hands of Midway Games. Okay, let me take [more...]

Date: 2009-03-07 21:40:00

Investigating Deripaska

Wow, Oleg Deripaska is having a rough month. First, the Kremlin's military adventures in Georgia and playful Cold War confrontation games with the ... , a nation with strict corporate secrecy laws, and couldn't be reached for comment. Russia's Deripaska [more...]

Date: 2008-10-10 16:37:35

New Mobile Gaming Developer Sets Up Shop

Vancouver-based Genius Factor Games has announced their first video game release for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. The company has also launched a new corporate Web site and gaming industry blog. [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 07:07:04

Writing.Trazzler.Rome

Awesome new site for planning weekend or month long vacation travel! ... these days. I wish I could say it is all fun and games , but quite frankly it is not. Corporate sponsorship [more...]

Date: 2009-03-08 03:04:26

Evan Bayh Is A Corporatist Class Warrior

The topic below was originally posted on my blog, the Intrepid Liberal Journal ... have shifted their focus to greasing corporate appeasers such as Evan Bayh. Accordingly, Bayh ... games during an economic calamity as well as increasingly disenchanted with Senator Harry Reid’ [more...]

Date: 2009-03-08 20:42:00

BeeCard

hikari A BeeCard is a memory card developed by Hudson Soft for use with MSX computers. BeeCards are the size of a credit card and were used for the commercial distribution of games ... BeeCard is derived from Hudson Soft’s corporate logo, which features a bee. leather jacket [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 15:43:01

Serious Games & Microsoft Futures

Serious Games changing the way we play Hrvoje Benko demonstrating a Microsoft projection system that lets people manipulate large video images with their handsOver the past week or so, I've come across some evidence that Serious Games be a relevant dimension of Microsoft futures. Corporate Governance REDMOND, Wash.–March 9, 2009– [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 22:51:25

The Quick 10: What 10 CEOs Were Doing Before Conquering the Corporate World

q10 Yeah, they’re making a bazillion dollars now, but even the corporate bigwigs had to start somewhere ... games. He designed the circuit board for the Pong-like game Breakout. 4. Mark Parker, CEO of Nike [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 05:47:31

Is Activision Blizzard in a buying mood? Should it be?

Filed under: Electronic Arts (ERTS) , Activision Inc (ATVI) ... : THQI ). Perhaps the company could take Mortal Kombat off the corporate hands of Midway Games [more...]

Date: 2009-03-07 20:40:00

Are Educational Toys Just Commercial Products In Disguise?

Filed under: Fun & activities , Development , Education The Scholastic Book Fair has stood the test of time ... is "using its classroom book clubs to push video games, jewelry kits and toy cars." The most irritating ... , corporate branding? Ads that appear before videos . Why are kids forced to sit through ads [more...]

Date: 2009-02-13 16:00:00

Sometimes a rose is more than just a rose

Once upon a time… There was a little girl with a "Pete's Back" ... . Simple. Descriptive. Logical. Makes people believe that all of this corporate nonsense is new ... .) The record was broken, more games were played, school grades increased, a World Series, a strike [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 17:59:00

Madness of Motherhood Show 058: Saving Money Dining Out

We are all in the saving mode lately and we’ve found a wonderful answer for you when you want to go out to eat with the family! ... that Julie’s “previous life” was in the corporate world, helping restaurants such as Darden’ ... have video games at each table so you can play as a family WHILE you wait!!! Wow! Gotta [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 21:45:46

The Morning Wrap

The Morning Wrap THE BILLABLE HOUR: The National Law Journal reports via Law ... in favor of alternative fee arrangements. The trend is clearest with large corporate clients ... such as the popular “Madden NFL” video games, from which only active players benefited. POSSIBLY A PRANK [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 14:35:59

Treknobabble #48: Relevance

Treknobabble is a continuing series of columns written by uber-Trekkie Reed Farrington in anticipation of the upcoming J.J. Abrams Star Trek movie ... up not making a difference with people of that generation ending up building corporate America and creating ... has an obvious bias against video games being culturally important, or at least thinks that [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:43:45

Obama Advertising within a Videogame

The virtual world within the Xbox 360 racing game "Burnout Paradise" ... billboard within the fantasy computer world. Holly Rockwood, director of corporate communications ... the television set, and put the video games away, and instill a sense of excellence in our children [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 15:04:59

links for 2009-03-06

Recruiting for Jesus Camp But problems arose earlier this week when a church delegate attempted to lure a Totem Middle School student into an evening church meeting with promises of rides, games, and espresso. The church maintains a youth ... in to corporate healthcare interests and completely shutting out advocates of single payer reform [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 10:15:45

Evan Bayh Is A Corporatist Class Warrior

Among my least favorite Democrats is Indiana Senator, Evan Bayh ... minority, corporatist predators have shifted their focus to greasing corporate appeasers such as Evan ... disappointed in Feingold for playing games during an economic calamity as well as increasingly disenchanted [more...]

Date: 2009-03-08 20:11:00

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