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Arcade games ( or coin-op) have been around almost one hundred years. Yes, you heard it right. The earliest "arcade games" were at the midways of amusement parks in the 1920s. Fortune teller games and ones that played mechanical music were very popular at places like Coney Island. In the 1930s, pinball machines were introduced giving way to the pinball craze of the late 1960s and early 1970s. The first-person shooter game … [Read more...]
Game Console World Orbit Slows Down in 2013 Gamers everywhere are a little impatient about the slow progress of the game console world. After all, the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 are both almost a decade old, and developers have already pushed them to their limits. PC games are rapidly becoming far more advanced than anything you can put on a console, and massive HD television sets are showing us that our games just … [Read more...]
David of Watch Mojo walks down the video gaming memory lane and looks back on the five most controversial video games of the 90s that captured the spotlights of media and one particular game even prompted the US Congress to start formulating the ESRB ratings system. It’s odd how people had hotly wrangled about these videos because of certain elements that can now be commonly found in today’s typical video … [Read more...]
It's all over. No more singing the same wrong lyrics over and over. No more beating your fake drum set with your authentic drum sticks. No more harmonious chords produced by pushing the blue and red button at the same time. It's all over. Activision Blizzard, Inc., makers of Guitar Hero, announced yesterday that they are pulling the plug on the popular video game series. The game, which grew to … [Read more...]
The casual flash game has become a favorite on the web as it is a form of entertainment that does not require committing a lot of time or spending money; you just sit back, relax and play games. There are many of these games available already and it seems like more a being added every day. Here are a few sites the have some really great games and some even have them available as downloads as well. RuneScape is works … [Read more...]
It is obvious that the rhythm/music games genre is getting bigger all the time and selecting the best ones from the increasing number is getting more difficult. The same holds true for the different movie games that are available to those that have seen the movie a thousand times and are ready to be “in it”. To follow is lists of both that people really seem to enjoy. When it comes to music games Rock Band 2, … [Read more...]
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The story goes that sometime during 1981 a global phenomenon began where children started daring one another to run out into traffic and try to avoid being hit. While this may or may not be true it may be no coincidence that a company in Japan produced a video game called Frogger; while based similarly to road kill it was a little frog trying to dodge traffic rather than kids. This game caught on quickly and you can … [Read more...]
So, you love to play games on the Internet, or just gaming in general, well you are not alone; here are a few little known facts about playing online games that may help you win a bar bet or something along the lines of the best useless information. 1. The average age of the game player is 33 and they have been playing for about 12 years. 2. In 2008 the sales of US video and computer software increased by 10% to … [Read more...]
