Nintendo's move into mobile gaming signals a shift in strategy, but one carefully articulated in order to—for now—maintain the company's gaming philosophy.
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Tags: games, Licensing, mobile gaming, Nintendo, Platforms, Satoru Iwata, video games
Posted in Games, Industry | Comments Off on Mario is Mobile!: Or (Nintendo’s Platform Panic?)
E3 begins this week and with it will come more news on Sony and Microsoft's new consoles. What might we learn and how will it change the entire gaming industry?
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Tags: e3, Microsoft, Nintendo, PlayStation, playstation 4, Sony, video games, Xbox, Xbox One
Posted in Current Events, Games, Industry, Industry, Technology, Technology | Comments Off on E3 Preview: Big Changes for the Gaming Industry
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: advertising, Apple, audiences, Blockbuster, digital music, Disney, Hollywood, independent film, internet, iTunes, MGM, mobile technology, Nintendo, piracy, porn, Samsung, Sony, Sundance, television, Twitter, video games, video on demand, Warner Bros., Xbox
Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? Jan 20-Feb 2
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Amazon, Apple, box office, children, China, cloud services, digital media, Disney, Dreamworks, DVDs, e-readers, gaming, Hollywood, internet, iTunes, music, Nintendo, Redbox, social media, streaming, television, UltraViolet, Wal-mart, Xbox
Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | 1 Comment »
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: advertising, Amazon, Apple, China, digital media, e-readers, Facebook, film festivals, gaming, iTunes, Lionsgate, music, newspapers, Nintendo, piracy, Reddit, Sony, Spotify, streaming, television, Twitter, UltraViolet
Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? Sept 2-15
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: 3D, Apple, Cannes, digital distribution, Facebook, film festivals, gaming, IMAX, independent film, Microsoft, music, Nintendo, piracy, SiriusXM, Spotify, tax credits, television, Tumblr, Twitter, YouTube
Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? April 15-28
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Academy Awards, books, broadband, digital music, distribution, e-books, e-readers, Google, independent, independent film, internet, iTunes, Lionsgate, movie theaters, music, Nintendo, social media, streaming, Sundance, television, Twitter, video games, video on demand
Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? January 15-28
A look back at the highlights of last weekend's Media in Transition conference.
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Tags: convergence, FCC, gaming, Nintendo, video on demand
Posted in Columns, Report From... | Comments Off on MIT7 Media In Transition: unstable platforms
As a games studies scholar, I risk my gamer credibility to admit that I have never played a single Zelda title.
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Tags: N64, Nintendo, Ocarina of Time, Zelda
Posted in Columns, Games, Late to the Party, Perspectives | 4 Comments »