In the farthest reaches of the Smithsonian, at the end of a dark corridor, was a large screen indicating the entrance to the Art of Video Games exhibit. On the large screen were snippets of video game cut-scenes from various video games, old and new, from Pac-Man to Heavy Rain. What really caught my eye …
Whether or not E3 is still the games industry’s foremost gathering, or whether that honor has been usurped by shows like GDC or PAX, one thing about E3 remains true every year: It’s nuts. Whether you’re an exhibitor or a reporter, you can expect to run yourself ragged, staying on your feet for hours on end, …
The recent rise of mobile as a key platform in the gaming space is accompanied by meteoric growth in asynchronous gameplay. Not what you typically envision when hearing of the latest “multi-player videogame,” asynchronous games do not require the two or more participants to be playing simultaneously; rather, players make turns at their convenience. Chart …
Last Friday, a few of us headed up to Boston for the Penny Arcade Expo. As a first-timer to the show, I was in awe at the sheer size at one of the biggest gaming events for consumers in the US. I could feel the excitement as soon as I walked through the door; I’d …
Social gamer, hardcore gamer, or both? TriplePoint at the MIT BIG Business in Gaming conference in Boston. Video game industry thoughts and opinions.
December’s NY Gaming Meetup hosted the NY Videogame Critics Circle to discuss the 2010 year in video gaming.
TriplePoint’s Rich Jones examines PlayStation Network hit Joe Danger, Hello Games, Sean Murray and the benefits of self publication in the downloadable games industry.
TriplePoint’s Rich Jones examines the advertising and marketing potential for gesture recognition systems like Microsoft Kinect.
The buzz surrounding CES 2010 in January was all about 3D technology – new TV sets, new Blu-ray players, games, mobile phones…. the list goes on and on. Also contributing to the 3D hysteria, films adopting the 3D format (one in particular that involved blue aliens and told a cliché storybook tale of love, courage …
Rich Jones reports back on the NYU Game Center Lecture Series, featuring Leigh Alexander of Gamasutra, Stephen Totilo of Kotaku, and Jamin Brophy-Warren of Kill Screen.
Players of massively multiplayer online (MMO) games have long known that working cooperatively and competitively within the game space has improved not only their leet gaming skillz but also real life abilities, including leadership, communication skills, creative thinking and adaptability. Lee Sheldon, assistant professor in the Department of Telecommunications at Indiana University, has taken the …
Rich Jones dissects the potentially-bright future of motion- and gesture-based controllers, and winds up yearning for more traditional innovation. More buttons!
At this week’s American International Toy Fair, the Mattel Corporation announced Barbie’s latest career as a computer engineer. Decked out in a binary-print tshirt, leggings and sensible(ish) shoes, Barbie sports a Bluetooth headset and carries a pink laptop (with “Barbie” written in ASCII on the screen, cleverly enough). The Barbie® I Can Be…™ Computer Engineer …
Rich Jones (TriplePoint) examines Capcom’s unique marketing strategy for Dark Void Zero, a retro DSi downloadable game released alongside the next-gen game Dark Void.
While the iPhone has taken the lead in attracting development for the mobile gaming genre, and development for the Android has been trailing behind, many folks are currently wondering if the Nexus One will be the device that truly changes the mobile game development market around in favor of the Android open source mobile operating …