Monthly Archives: May 2009

Video Game Violence Goes To The Supreme Court

May 21, 2009 – 4:12 pm

I’ll keep the legal lingo in this post to a minimum, but this article caught my eye. California Attorney General, Jerry Brown, and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger are petitioning to the U.S. Supreme Court to have a law re-instated that bans minors from buying or renting violent video games. Apparently the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals [...]

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Spielberg On Video Games For The Family

May 14, 2009 – 10:16 am

“There’s not been convergence, [between video games and films] thus far. There will be. When it happens it will be dynamite” says director, Steven Spielberg in this Reuters interview. Concerned with the lack of games available for his family, Spielberg made his own; Boom Blox, for the Wii.
Given his film background, the question inevitably raised [...]

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Play Time: Blurst

May 13, 2009 – 8:19 am

Arizona based Flashbang Studios are creating a very unique set of games. Using a 3D plugin for Flash called Unity, their games feature vast worlds to explore in three dimensions, all from a regular browser window. I’m not usually one to get all wobbly-kneed at this kind of techy news, but just seeing the kind [...]

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Robert Iger Interview

May 6, 2009 – 6:44 am

Setbacks and struggles are part and parcel of succeeding in any career, especially in a field as competitive as the entertainment industry. Take heart in reading this super-insightful interview with the C.E.O. of Disney, Robert Iger.
My favorite quote…
“One of my bosses once said that just when you think nothing’s going to change, everything changes. And [...]

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An Awesome Book by Dallas Clayton

May 5, 2009 – 10:27 am

I’m labeling this one under inspiration, both in a traditional sense and the web 2.0 way.
Ladies and gentlemen, if you haven’t already, please meet Dallas Clayton. Dallas is a very interesting fellow who’s work I’ve been following for a month or two, after hearing about how awesome his Awesome Book is.
What I love about discovering [...]

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