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| | Learn more about Video game in the online encyclopedia. |
 | | A video game is a game played using an electronic device with a visual display. | | | The term "video game" is often not considered to include computer games and coin-operated arcade games, both because historically the games in these three categories were very different, and also because the activity of playing these three types of games is different. | | | Often "video game" is taken in a narrow sense to mean those games played on consoles for television and similar handhelds. |
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http://www.onlineencyclopedia.org/v/vi/video_game.html
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| | Computer and video game industry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The required budget for games is still inflating and, while the target audience for games expanded quickly in the 1980s and 1990s, it has now slowed significantly. | | | But game players continually demand higher graphic and technical quality in modern games, requiring game developers to hire even more experts and staff for each game developed. | | | However game publishers are faced with one inescapable fact: few people will pay more than US$50 for a game. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_industry
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| | NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Video game industry practices |
| | Consoles and arcade games are the main media for Japanese game design; PC games are nowhere near as popular. | | | Video game arcades are still relatively popular in Japan; for every arcade game released in the US, nine are released in Japan. | | | The Japanese video game industry is markedly different from the industry in the US and Europe. |
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http://pedia.nodeworks.com/V/VI/VID/Video_game_industry_practices
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| | For video game industry, violence is answer |
| | The average age of a video game player is 26, he stated. | | | Parents, retailers and people opposing the video game industry are finding more reasons to worry about the effects they have on game players of any age. | | | Before being released, each video game requires a rating from the ESRB and can be found on the front and back of any box. |
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http://www.gmtoday.com/news/local_stories/2004/July_04/07082004_10.asp
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| | Peacock Nine: Video Game Industry Archives |
| | Specifically, part of the reason that celebrities are attracted to video games, and media companies (and other firms) are eager to offer up their services or images to games has to do with the fact that video games offer a fantastic means to connect with that most elusive segment of consumers, 14-34 y/o males. | | | Young men dominate professional gaming, but that is bound to change, just as women broke into the previously male world of professional poker as the game became more popular and respectable. | | | However, as game technology continues to improve, and online gaming over broadband becomes more widespread--games such as Madden 2004, and several notable XBox games will be paid primarily over high-speed internet connections. |
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http://www.peacocknine.com/blog/archives/cat_video_game_industry.php
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| | CBS News Video Game Industry Gets An 'F' December 20, 2002 08:41:49 |
| | Its seventh annual MediaWise Video Game Report Card, released Thursday, is critical of increasing violence, often aimed at women; growing levels of video game addiction; inaccurate content ratings; the failure of many retailers to keep children away from Mature-rated games; and a lack of awareness by parents of the content of some games. | | | Today, video games are the entertainment of choice for many American children. | | | Doug Lowenstein, president of the Independent Digital Software Association, believes it's up to game producers to let consumers know what's in the games, and up to parents to decide what games should be in their homes. |
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/19/eveningnews/main533790.shtml
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| | Arthritis Issues - Video Game Victims |
| | The games in question include video game consoles that hook up to a television, with players using hand-held controllers to guide the on-screen action. | | | Game fans should also practice good posture while playing, Doyon said, sitting in a chair that provides solid back support and lets them comfortably rest their feet on the floor. | | | FRIDAY, May 6 (HealthDay News) -- Video gaming is more popular than ever -- an estimated eight games were sold every second in 2004, according to industry experts. |
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http://www.arthritisissues.com/ms/news/524215/main.html
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| | Video Game Industry Takes Aim at Censorship |
| | The games must also contain either "graphic violence" or "strong sexual content" in order to be declared "harmful to minors." Operators of video arcades were required to put up warning signs, separate the games by partitions and conceal the machines from open view. | | | The City ostensibly was concerned with the welfare of both the game players, and their potential victims. | | | Last year, the City of Indianapolis, Indiana, resolved that the way to combat the evils of violent and erotic video games was an ordinance limiting the access of minors to video games that depict violence or sex. |
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http://www.actiontrip.com/features/videogameindustry.phtml
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| | Use of a Game Over: Emulation and the Video Game Industry, A White Paper |
| | Emulation, however, addresses this problem by allowing users to play both new and old games associated with their video game system, as well as those games developed for competing video game systems. | | | For example, video game emulators allow a personal computer to function almost identically to a video game console or an arcade game system. | | | In general, demand for a suitable emulator for a game system correlates directly with the popularity of a video game console when it was available in the retail marketplace. |
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http://www.law.northwestern.edu/journals/njtip/v2/n2/3
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| | Wired News: Video Game Industry Plays L.A. |
| | Among the games drawing the biggest buzz before the show are the PC shooters Doom III and Half-Life 2, Sony's racing game Gran Turismo 4 and Microsoft's action title Halo 2. | | | Analysts agree that E3 is a catalyst for game stocks and the time to buy is now. | | | Video Game Industry Plays L.A. Page 1 of 1 |
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http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,58803,00.html
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| | It's a fun time for video game industry |
| | Video game players zoom down memory lane with recent releases | | | Sales of PC games and handheld games and hardware are showing signs of weakness. | | | Group will sue to block law that limits game sales |
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http://www.freep.com/entertainment/videogames/hedtip1_20020701.htm
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| | Video Game Industry Tapping Indian Creative Talent |
| | India's current value to the video game industry is its large, relatively cheap source of video game programmers. | | | Many video game companies, such as Sony, Codemasters, Atari, Microsoft, EA and more, have been utilizing the talent of India for art, programming and other duties related to game development because of the incredible cost savings of 40-50%. | | | The UK games industry looks set to spend an unprecedented ?60m on advertising and promotions in the run-up to Christmas. |
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http://biz.gamedaily.com/features.asp?article_id=10636&filter=
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| | Christian video gamers temper violence with virtue - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - July 10, 2004 |
| | Canadian game developer Mackenzie Ponech says the idea is creating an entertaining video that doesn't condescend to its non-Christian players. | | | But some in the industry question whether consumers will be as eager to embrace Christian games as they are to play secular versions. | | | Unlike some of their secular counterparts, Christian video games avoid "all that blood and guts and gore," said Ralph Bagley, chief executive officer of N'Lightning Games in Medford, Ore. |
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http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040709-104002-2303r.htm
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| | Video Game Industry Raises the Bar in 2001 |
| | Most people remain convinced the future of gaming lies in its incorporation of the Internet, and next-generation consoles are designed with the Internet in mind, although the real rewards of online gaming remain at least one year away. | | | It also predicts that online console gaming, a bonus feature of games in 2002, will become an assumed feature in 2005. | | | Just when you thought PCs were becoming the dominant gaming platform, new hardware leads to a renewed interest in gaming consoles, according to Jupiter Media Metrix. |
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http://www.clickz.com/stats/sectors/software/article.php/1301_973421
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| | GrepLaw Piracy in the Video Game Industry |
| | Some of the very first computer-based video games were for the Apple-II. | | | There is less piracy in video games, I think, because the copy-protection has been comparatively more effective than what RIAA or MPAA have done. | | | There has always been piracy in the video game world, and anti-piracy efforts. |
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http://grep.law.harvard.edu/articles/05/07/11/0246246.shtml
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| | WJLA - Women Make Inroads in Video Game Industry |
| | "Since making games is often entertainment and is fantasy, it caters to whoever the developer of that game is intended for," he said. | | | Many agree there needs to be more thought-provoking, story-driven games with more female lead characters and less carnage. | | | "The first game I played I pretty much took over someone else's computer playing it," she said. |
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http://www.wjla.com/headlines/0904/171820.html
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| | Memorandum on Video Game Industry |
| | According to the National Institute on Media and the Family's 1998 Video and Computer Game Report Card, only 40 percent of parents surveyed said they routinely checked the ratings of the games their children buy or rent. | | | Only 5 percent of parents could identify a popular mature rated game, "Duke Nukem," while 80 percent of junior high school students were familiar with the title. | | | But on the other hand, KMart says they have no intention of pulling these violent games off the shelf because they have no official restrictions. |
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http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~rh333596/esp/memo3.html
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| | Serf's Up in the Video Game Industry (washingtonpost.com) |
| | For avid players with professional ambitions to develop games, E.A. must appear to be the best place in the world. | | | But like any other business, cost-cutting and profits are "Mission No. 1," an indicator that the gaming industry might not be so hot on organized labor. | | | EA spokesman Jeff Brown told Stross that "'the hard work' entailed in writing games 'isn't unique to E.A.' He is correct; smaller studios demand it, too. |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3941-2004Nov22.html
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| | MSNBC - Video game industry seeking minorities |
| | Roughly 80 percent of video game programmers are white, according to preliminary results of an International Game Developers Association survey of some 6,000 in the industry. About four percent of designers are Hispanic, and less than three percent are black. | | | Organizers hope this early exposure will inspire a new generation to make minority video game characters that go beyond typecast racial roles. | | | "The problem with a bunch of white guys creating the games is that the story isn't being created with balance." |
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6448213/did/8837488
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| | Intellivision Classic Video Game System / Frequently Asked Questions |
| | Another game, an Intellivision version of the computer game Choplifter! | | | You can play the games from the Intellivision Lives! | | | As he explains, he couldn't write the operating system without having a game and he couldn't write a game without having an operating system, so he wrote them both at the same time. |
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http://www.astrosmash.com/bluesky/people/askhal/askhal.html
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| | GameRadar.com - Video Game Search Engine and Portal |
| | Genre and the Video Game - An analysis of genre categorization as applied to video games in contrast with books and film, with definitions and examples. | | | Gigex Games - Contains collections of demo and movie downloads sorted by popularity. | | | Kids and Teens: Games: Computer and Video (1,486) |
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http://www.gameradar.com
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| | Electric Artists : Gaming |
| | If you are not automatically redirected, please continue to EA Gaming |
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http://www.electricartists.com/gaming
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| | AWN Forums - video game industry |
| | I have developed a cartoon idea but want to look into getting into the video game industry and I was wondering how to get started in that industry. | | | If anyone can give me any directions to where to go I would appreciate it. |
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http://forums.awn.com/showthread.php?t=1040
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| | Your ticket into the Video Game Industry |
| | We hope that Video Game Times.com will become a place to go for relevant information on the video game industry, where one can go to experience the flow of valuable insight. | | | We are asking artists and developers in the video game industry, at every position and level, to come share their nuggets of wisdom. | | | Dreamworks, the makers of Shrek, are working on their next computer animated feature film entitled "Sharkslayer" to be released in 2004. |
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http://www.videogametimes.com
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| | WJLA - La. Trying to Lure Video Game Industry |
| | Video games, with graphics, music and story lines, have assumed new prominence in the entertainment industry. | | | WJLA - La. Trying to Lure Video Game Industry | | | Sherrod, director for game art and design at the Art Institute of California. |
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http://www.wjla.com/headlines/1204/197311.html
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| | 2001 Game Industry Sales Data & Graphs |
| | "What this sales and game genre data shows is that the computer and video game industry is strong and dynamic, offering a sweeping diversity of games that appeal to consumers of all ages and interests." | | | 2001 U.S. sales of computer and video games grew 7.9 percent year-on-year to $6.35 billion, the Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA), the trade group for the U.S. computer and video game industry, announced today. | | | "While most analysts had predicted flat year-on-year sales of computer and video games in 2001, especially after the September terrorist attacks, the industry defied these forecasts to post solid year-on-year revenue increases, and established a strong foundation for the explosive growth expected in the coming three to five years," said Doug Lowenstein, president of IDSA. |
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http://www.idsa.com/2001SalesData.html
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