While the lockout prohibits NHL players from lacing up for their teams, it has not prevented video game behemoth EA Sports from promoting its annual National Hockey League game.
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Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Amazon, Apple, digital distribution, distribution, Dreamworks, DVDs, e-books, Google, Hollywood, independent bookstores, independent film, internet, LGBTQ, magazines, music, Netflix, newspapers, Spotify, UltraViolet, video games, video on demand, YouTube
Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? April 1-14
It isn’t difficult to find feminist game studies, or feminist gamers. The reputation of misogyny in video game culture, lack of women and racial minorities in the industry, the perpetuation of player stereotypes in games marketing and the popular press, and the dearth of non-white, female, or queer characters in games has provided plenty...
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Tags: feminism, games, video games, women
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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
Your #1 source for Lions Gate news returns with ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Academy Awards, Amazon, Apple, Blockbuster, books, box office, digital music, DVD, e-books, e-readers, Facebook, file sharing, Google, independent film, internet, internet freedom, labor, Lionsgate, music, Netflix, television, Twitter, UltraViolet, United Kingdom, video games, Warner Bros.
Posted in What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? January 1-14
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Amazon, awards, books, e-books, Facebook, Hollywood, independent film, internet, Lionsgate, music, piracy, porn, Spoti, Sundance, television, UltraViolet, video games, video on demand, YouTube
Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? Nov 27-Dec 10
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Amazon, AOL, AT&T, cloud services, Facebook, film, film festivals, Google, Hollywood, internet, iTunes, movie theaters, music, Netflix, newspapers, social media, Sony, Spotify, television, Tribune Co., Twitter, United Kingdom, video games, video on demand
Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? Nov 13-26
Adrienne Shaw interrogates the stigma associated with the solitary gamer by applying queer theory to games studies, arguing in the process for a broader consideration of how these two scholarly approaches might work together.
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Tags: game studies, queer theory, video games
Posted in Games, Perspectives | 3 Comments »
The licensing process for the HBO series highlights the challenge of balancing a level of control over the quality of products related to the series with efforts to both monetize and expand its audience.
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Tags: Dark Horse, franchising, Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, HBO, Licensing, TV, video games
Posted in Games, Industry, TV | 6 Comments »
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? Oct 9-22
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: advertising, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Hollywood, independent, internet, iTunes, magazines, marketing, movie theaters, MPAA, music, Netflix, piracy, ratings, social media, Spotify, television, Tumblr, Twitter, video games, video on demand
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: 3D, Amazon, books, cloud services, digital media, Hollywood, independent, internet, net neutrality, Netflix, oscars, Paramount, porn, social media, Sony, Spotify, streaming, television, Twitter, UltraViolet, video games, Wal-mart, YouTube
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Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Amazon, books, China, cloud services, comic books, digital media, Disney, DVD, Facebook, Google, Hollywood, independent film, magazines, Miramax, mobile media, MP3, music, Netflix, Pandora, piracy, radio, social media, Spotify, streaming, television, Twitter, video games, YouTube
Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? August 14-27
A hunt for elusive video game silence and an investigation of its meaning.
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Tags: digital media, ludic experience, silence, video games
Posted in Games, Perspectives | 3 Comments »