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Libraries hoping historical games increase curiosity about history

by Brian Allen on Nov 13, 2009 at 11:48 AM

As a Reuters story notes, there is big business in history for the game industry. One of this year’s most anticipated titles, Assassin’s Creed II, sees the game’s hero interact with a young Leonardo da Vinci and use his design for a flying machine. The first Assassin’s Creed was set… Continue Reading »

E3 2009: Assassin’s Creed 2 update

by Lucy Newman on Jun 9, 2009 at 08:33 AM

The Animus has been activated again at Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed 2 website and, let me tell you, it looks hot. During the E3 2009 conference attendees were given a glimpse of the sequel titled Assassin’s Creed 2. The only confirmed date is the US release date of November 17, 2009,… Continue Reading »

A brief history of Mac games

by Lucy Newman on Jan 31, 2009 at 05:55 PM

The Macintosh computer system has come along way in making a name for itself next to the more popular Windows-based PCs today. Here’s a “quick” look back at Apple’s history focusing on Mac-based games. “Byte into an Apple” The first Apple computer was created by Steven Wozniak on April 1,… Continue Reading »

Books about gamers for librarians, teachers

by Lucy Newman on Sep 9, 2008 at 06:27 PM

In the Los Angeles Times, writer Alex Pham reports that the San Fernando Library encourages youth to play video games and even invites them to be as loud as they like. “It lets teens be more comfortable with the library and become familiar with librarians,” San Fernando librarian Lydia Harlan… Continue Reading »

Comic Con 2008: Keeping it real without keeping it small

by Danielle Riendeau on Jul 25, 2008 at 10:11 AM

As we’re right in the middle of Comic-con, it seems appropriate that we take a little peek at the event’s history and current staus as a multimedia behemoth. Broadcasting & cable  has a very interesting feature up on how the show went from a comics-only event to a major convention… Continue Reading »

Metal Gear Memorial: Remembering the many years of the Snake

by Lucy Newman on Jun 10, 2008 at 02:34 PM

I can’t wait for my copy of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots but I don’t want to say goodbye to elite agent Solid Snake, whom we’ve grown to love while following his adventures. We pray that rumors of an end are not true and continue to pose… Continue Reading »

Film producer Adrian Askarieh discusses videogame-to-film adaptations

by Lucy Newman on Nov 11, 2007 at 11:59 AM

While releases for upcoming videogames just keep getting better, the list of movie titles based on videogames keep growing. Soon, Hitman, starring Timothy Olyphant as Agent 47, will join the list of live-action films based on a videogame. “I don’t go after video games because they are video games,” Adrian… Continue Reading »

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