Posts Tagged ‘Gaming’

Sam Raimi to Direct ‘World of Warcraft’ Adaptation: ‘Warcraft’ from Blizzard

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

With just a single announcement, a “World of Warcraft” movie went from an eye-rolling geek joke to something any film fan wants to see. What was that stroke of greatness? Sam Raimi!

“World of Warcraft” -WoW-is the most popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) out there, with more than 11 million subscribers. If you haven’t played it, the premise is simple: you’re a member of either the Alliance or the Horde, taking on a limitless series quests to defeat the other side. Users pay a monthly subscription fee to continue playing, and game developer/overseer Blizzard Entertainment keeps players on the hook with frequent content updates and a range of community features.

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9 Video Games Systems from the past

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

The Atari 2600 was released in 1977 and took home entertainment  to a whole new level. Home video game consoles became all the rage with it’s clunky pixel graphics and annoying sounds. Trying to capture the video game throne here are 9 game consoles that were hits and misses in the video game industry.

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Duke Nukem is Done.

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

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The company that has been producing the follow up to the hit game “Duke Nukem” has gone bust. The sequel “Duke Nukem Forever” has been in development for over 12 years and has been the ridicule of the gaming industry for the past 10. It’s the antithesis of vaporware with an extremely fitting title.

Goodbye Duke.

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