Distraction Dodger Video Game Teaches Driving Skills
Yet another video game used to teach real-life skills, Distraction Dodger is a video game designed to remind drivers to keep their eyes on the road. In the game, players take on the character of a pizza delivery humanoid, who takes phone calls, runs social media, and uses a GPS system while on the road. They forgot shaving and applying makeup. The important thing is that this is just one more example of video games using their powers for good outside the entertainment niche. CBS Minnesota has the story.
The Internet Reviews Soul Calibur V
Soul Calibur V is the latest in Namco Bandai’s long-running fighter franchise. Like the previous version, Soul Calibur V has built itself around accessibility, being just as easy and interesting for a beginner as a fighting game pro. To test this theory, I found a review from the darkest pits furthest from the light of gaming. Here’s a review of Soul Calibur V. Hollywood Chicago has the story.
Harmonix Boss Major Contributor to Stephen Colbert’s Super PAC
Alex Rigopulos from Harmonix has recently been revealed as the major contributor to Stephen Colbert’s Super PAC “Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow.” His contribution came out to $9,600 of the human dollars, which is fair price for helping to fund the most incredible act of satire ever. Incidentally, that’s roughly what it would take to buy the entirety of the Rock Band DLC song catalog. IndustryGamers has the story.
RIFT Lite Offers First 20 Levels for Free
The MMORPG RIFT has just announced a trial version of the game called RIFT Lite. This preview version caps out at 20 levels, with limited access to the various cities of its virtual world. Trion, the makers of RIFT, also took the opportunity to note that they’re not going Free To Play anytime soon. Joystiq has the story.
Blizzard Releases World of Warcraft Patch 4.3.2
World of Warcraft patch 4.3.2 has recently be unleashed for their Cataclysm expansion. The big news involves joining raids with your Real ID friends, which I suppose is some use for that intrusive and unnecessary privacy invasion. Can you guess how Mages get stealth nerfed in this patch? Battle.net has the story.
White House Studies Video Games
Video games have an amazing potential outside simple entertainment. They’re excellent teaching tools, they’re good for socializing, and multiplayer games get players cooperating and working together with incredible speed. The White House has recognized the potential for video games in shaping the experience of our, and future, generations. So they’re brought on Constance Steinkuehler to investigate what video games can do for the nation. What does that mean for gamers? What does that mean for the world? USA Today has the story.
Going Online with the Nintendo Network
Nintendo has done a lot of things well over the past few years, but the gaping chasm they’ve never been able to cross has been online connectivity. Nintendo needs a gaming service that can step up to Xbox Live and punch in its teeth. They might have that in the Nintendo Network. 1UP has the story.
Tips for Investors — Buy Blizzard
As gamers, most of us have at least one Blizzard game in our closet, and probably a few more on our hard drives. Is there any reason to not have Diablo 1 and 2 installed? There’s another way to look at Blizzard, though, and that’s straight in the finances. Blizzard makes an amazing amount of money. Want a breakdown? Check out this investment report for Activision Blizzard. Market Leader has the story.
THQ Suffers More Layoffs
The game publisher THQ recently announced they’re reducing their workforce, again. This time, the axe falls on their licensed games for children. THQ did not say how many people were let go in the downsizing. You might recall THQ as the publisher behind Saints Row the Third, so it makes perfect sense they also did kid games. Gamespot has the story.
Near Field Communication Technology in Nintendo’s Wii U
Near Field Communication isn’t exactly a household word, but the products it enables are. Chances are good there’s some in your phone, and those Skylanders toys you’ve been stacking up? Yep, NFC. I wonder what gaming property Nintendo controls that might benefit from something like the Skylanders business model. Hmm, I wonder… Oh, wait, Pokemon. Gamasutra has the story.
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