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OmegaDog
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"More upcoming mainstr. news on video games"
, posted Tue 5 Aug 15:58:
For those of you that have access to the show -- apparently, this Wednesday (tomorrow or today, depending on when you read), 60 Minutes II will have a report on how the video game industry's main market consists now of adults.
I don't believe the report will actually cover games with deep storylines, though; a five-second teaser of the report first showed normal video game footage, then signalled the increase of age of the target market with live-action footage of a lady doing a provocative dance.
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Juke Joint Jezebel
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"Re(1):More upcoming mainstr. news on video ga"
, posted Tue 5 Aug 21:32
i think 60 minutes already did a report on adults as video games' new target. i wonder if this is a follow-up, or the same report. it was cool when they went to different (American) game companies' sites. pretty awesome just to see the buildings (i think EA had a hedge garden. or maybe it was someone else)
the report i saw wasn't too informative. a big portion of it just kept poking games (THAT WE ALL LOVE TO HEAR) like Grand Theft Auto 3, BMX XXX, and some random first person shooters. but it was a nice little introduction to games for all the non-gamers out there. they also explained that not all games are like that, and showed us games like the Sims. (there were other games they showed. my memory's not kickin' tonight)
i'll try to catch this if i can. thanks for the heads up!
quote: i think 60 minutes already did a report on adults as video games' new target. i wonder if this is a follow-up, or the same report. it was cool when they went to different (American) game companies' sites. pretty awesome just to see the buildings (i think EA had a hedge garden. or maybe it was someone else)
the report i saw wasn't too informative. a big portion of it just kept poking games (THAT WE ALL LOVE TO HEAR) like Grand Theft Auto 3, BMX XXX, and some random first person shooters. but it was a nice little introduction to games for all the non-gamers out there. they also explained that not all games are like that, and showed us games like the Sims. (there were other games they showed. my memory's not kickin' tonight)
i'll try to catch this if i can. thanks for the heads up!
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Juke Joint Jezebel
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"Re(3):More upcoming mainstr. news on video ga"
, posted Wed 6 Aug 17:47
it was the same report but it was nice to see it for a second time. again, the report would've amazed me if i wasn't a gamer. it showed what companies are capable of nowadays, and the growing popularity of games
ah yes, EA's place is such a beautiful environment. i'd love to visit it one day
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NO. i want to pull the testicles off the guy that made BMX XXX. goofy-ass shit-for-brains
, posted Wed 6 Aug 20:40
Yeah, I had to be out during that time, so I only caught the tail-end of it, with notes that the average player plays 20 hours a week.
I've skimmed the report in column form. Nice descriptions of technology -- but the featuring of BMX XXX was unfortunate.
quote:NO. i want to pull the testicles off the guy that made BMX XXX. goofy-ass shit-for-brains
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Radish
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"Re(5):More upcoming mainstr. news on video ga"
, posted Wed 6 Aug 20:51
I hate when chappy games that no one really likes like BMX XXX are suddenly representative of videogames as a whole. It's like watching Gigli and then saying that Stephen Speilburg is contributing to a crap industry.
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but it was nice to see it for a second time. again, the report would've amazed me if i wasn't a gamer. it showed what companies are capable of nowadays, and the growing popularity of games
