GayGamers.net isn’t so gay lately. (Look, if you want me to avoid the gratuitous puns, you’re going to be severely disappointed.) The site was hate-hacked over the weekend.
China Puts Limits On Online Gaming
Kids are creative, so it’s difficult to enforce any rules without the smart little…minxes finding a way around them. You know that tone that only teenagers can hear and drives them crazy? They turned that around by making it a ring tone the teacher wouldn’t hear in class.
Americans Buy HDTVs For Gaming, Movies
Around 16 million high-definition televisions (HDTV) will sell in 2007 predicts the Consumer Electronics Association, bringing the total number of HDTVs sold in the U.S. to 52.5 million.
Thirty percent of U.S. households have an HDTV and the number is expected to increase to 36 percent by the end of this year. Among HDTV households, close to a third own more than one high-definition set, illustrating the healthiness of the market.
Mobile Gaming Revenue To Grow 50 Percent
As publishers release more content, worldwide mobile gaming revenue will grow from $2.9 billion in 2006 to $9.6 billion in 2011, according to Gartner, Inc.
Web Boosts PC Gaming
PC gaming had a drop off in revenue in 2005 but is rebounding, according to the NPD Group. Retail sales of PC games in the United States were over $970 million in 2006.
Web Boosts PC Gaming
Bloggers Gaming Google Finance
To gain added exposure for their stories, some bloggers have begun taking advantage of the way Google Finance incorporates content as part of a company’s information page.
Gaming Sites, Great; PR Sites, No
Public relations, an industry of professional communicators, not only scored at the bottom of all categories in the “Internet Standards Assessment Report,” but also apparently could not copywrite an effective flu shot campaign during an epidemic.
Gaming Sites Accuse Nvidia Of Shilling
Online gaming forums may have been hosts to shills paid by a guerilla marketing company to establish themselves in those forums and then post a marketing message delivered by Nvidia.
Internet Gaming Addictions
China just announced they are placing limits for playtime for their myriad online gamers. They’ve limited users to five hour periods after which they must take a five hour break. Internet gaming addiction is becoming a real problem in some places and people have died from this addiction.
AMD Continues To Dominate High-End Gaming
Superfast gaming computers from several niche manufacturers will get a new microprocessor from the chipmaker.