Tag: visionary-named
Own a patent application for a rock-paper-scissors video game for just $90,000
by misterandersonsik on Jun.29, 2009, under Gadgets, Media, Video Games
A visionary named Ivan Allen has broken ground in two ways: first, he has applied for a patent on an online multiplayer rock-paper-scissors game for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network, and second, he has put the application on eBay. He’s set up the eBay account “videogamepatentseller,” so it seems likely he’s planning to do this again.
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Guitar Hero World Tour sale: rock out in a financially responsible manner
by realiru on Jun.29, 2009, under Gadgets, Media, Video Games
Looking for another set of plastic instruments to fill that remaining spot of unoccupied floor space in your living room? Amazon has an offer that will help speed the total domination of your life by comically undersized guitars and drums. As its Deal of the Day, the site is offering the full band set of Guitar Hero: World Tour for just $89.98, a hundred bucks off the MSRP
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THQ: Quality of current titles enhanced by recent mass layoffs
by kosmetochka on Jun.29, 2009, under Gadgets, Media, Video Games
Danny Bilson, who is now the executive VP of Core Games at THQ following last week’s shuffle , says that shutting down several studios and dismissing 550 employees was necessary to create the “new THQ.” He explains to GI.biz that the surviving studios were given more money to enhance the “quality” (another buzzword around THQ lately ) of the titles in development. Bilson notes Red Faction: Guerrilla was given four extra months and millions in cash, which he believes was “worth every penny” — reviewers apparently agree .
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