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When, in late September, rumors surfaced that Comcast was trying to buy NBC Universal from General Electric, Wall Street reacted with dismay. Grandiose attempts to combine media production and distribution — programming and plumbing — are nothing new in the entertainment business, but they almost always end in disappointmen (Read More)
: That’s one funny thing about the Internet: it’s an extraordinarily rich communications system, but as an information and entertainment medium, it encourages private consumption. The pictures and sounds served up through our PCs, iPods and smart phones absorb us deeply but in isolation. Even when we’re together today, we’re often apart, peering into our own screens.
GoNintendo:
- paid downloads hit tomorrow- Theater no Ma section allows access to movies, anime and more- download on a rental basis, paid with Nintendo Points- pricing/viewing period vary on the content- some content can be transferred to DSi- new search features: sort by genre, rating, and special feature- view free sample clips- new (Read More)
G4 TV - TheFeed:
My girlfriend isn't one of those people who likes to sit and watch other people playing video games. The moment the screen lights up and the controller pulses, sync complete, either she's flipped open her netbook, found a book between the couch cushions or simply left entirely to watch a recorded show in another room. But s (Read More)
GoNintendo:
Time for me to slip off to bed, just like a good little boy should. I’ve left you with some wonderful Monster Hunter 3 impressions from Cort. He was lucky enough to attend the opening class at Monster Hunter 3 University. I’m so happy to see our Cort accepted into such a prestigious school! You read up on that while I h (Read More)
Kotaku:
This morning, British publication The Guardian reports that Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) is going run ads in Xbox Live "including Call of Duty and Assassin's Creed, to attract quick-thinking 18- to 34-year-olds to its ranks." The Guardian goes on to report that the campaign will run for six weeks, using gam (Read More)
Kotaku:
As if the mall couldn't be any scarier this holiday season, Nintendo is setting a Nintendo Holiday Mall Experience for shoppers to try out mid-mad dash. The Mall Experience is intended to make "it easier than ever for holiday consumers to sample the year's most sought-after games" for the Wii and DS/DSi. Demo stations will (Read More)
Kotaku:
As if the mall couldn't be any scarier this holiday season, Nintendo is setting a Nintendo Holiday Mall Experience for shoppers to try out mid-mad dash. The Mall Experience is intended to make "it easier than ever for holiday consumers to sample the year's most sought-after games" for the Wii and DS/DSi. Demo stations will (Read More)
Kotaku:
You remember when "tournament" used to mean knights in armor and jousting and stuff? Of course you don't. Everyone knows "tournament" means "chess" or "video games" now. GameStop announced today that it would hold the "world's largest" Modern Warfare 2 tournament kicking off Nov. 20 both online and at 2,900+ US GameStop loc (Read More)
GoNintendo:
- developed by Nintendo and Intelligent Systems- shooting game- shoot at cans- story: Can Can Aliens are using cans from a recycling plant as vehicles, and it’s up to Ossan, a middle-aged man, to use the Recycle Canon on the cans in order to turn them into ‘GE’ energy.- Ossan rides on a moving vehicle which automatically ta (Read More)
Kotaku:
I'm sure opera, movies and cave paintings are fine forms of entertainment, but can any of them derive fun from such a mundane activity as directing traffic? After a several weeks of inactivity, the Art Style series hs returned to North America's DSiWare shop with Digidrive an abstract puzzle game about directing traffic tha (Read More)
Kotaku:
The recently announced Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 port of Wii game No More Heroes is now on the hunt for a new North American publisher. Ubisoft says it's passing. In a statement to G4, the French publisher said that unlike the original Wii game and its sequel No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle, No More Heroes: Heroes Parad (Read More)
Kotaku:
Activision sprung Jurassic: The Hunted on us only a month ago, barely giving folks time to see it, much less find out how it played. Perhaps an Xbox 360 demo will shed some light. Jurassic: The Hunted, developed by Cauldron HQ and released two weeks after it was announced on the Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PS2, is a (Read More)
GoNintendo:
The KISS three-song track pack is available today for Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii. The KISS Track Pack features an all-new track by the legendary rockers—“Modern Day Delilah,” along with “Lick It Up” and “I Was Made For Lovin’ You.”Also, as a special treat, Guitar Hero and KISS fans can c (Read More)
GoNintendo:
Playing by the Rules is an analysis of video games put together by a pair of Swiss organizations, Pro Juventute, a children’s rights group, and Track Impunity Always (TRIAL). The analysis’ goal is to “raise public awareness among developers and publishers of the games, as well as among authorities, educators and the media (Read More)