Waterslidin' the 8 BITUBE!!

Toobin or not Toobin...

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Mmm... I bet they already pulled that silly joke decades ago.

Not enough blue pills for this, Neo

Ok, the console mainly has mediocre shooters, and this video is horrible.

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The rules of Shadow of the Colossus

Now you know why you love it.

Mirror's Edge : the "Poseidon" map

Your opinion? :)

Cultural resistance much?

Russian Government May Fund Patriotic Game Series

The Russian government has been asked to fund the bulk of a 720 million roubles ($24m / £16m) game project designed to boost the country’s international hi-tech image and increase patriotism among teenagers.

That’s according to Russian daily Vedomosti (via RIA Novosti), which claims that the country’s Communication Ministry wants to work with developer 1C to create a series of six flight simulator games.

1C is one of Russia’s biggest independent software developers and publishers. Outside of its home country, it’s perhaps best known for developing the IL-2 Sturmovik line of combat flight simulator games.

The Ministry has asked the government to allocate 520 million roubles ($17.5m / £11.6m) to the project, with 1C stumping up the remainder. It said that the series would work as low-cost educational and professional simulators for pilots and increase Russia's hi-tech exports.

1C CEO Boris Nuraliev is said to have demonstrated one of the titles to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, although the project has yet to win the backing of the government.

The report claims that the series would be expected to sell ten millions copies worldwide in four years, and help grow Russia's share in the games market to ten per cent.

It would be silly to dismiss the idea that governments would not try reaching plebes via video games. It is necessary for a balanced world to have countries boast their nationalism to some extent, if only to offer a vision that is free from the usual USA productions and the one sided Rambo depictions.

Small detail on mobile gaming

This one news is interesting. We'll see if it gets confirmed in the following months.

US Mobile Gamers Decline 13% - Study

A new mobile gaming study conducted by research firm ComScore suggests that the number of mobile gamers in the US has declined by 13 per cent over the past year.

This company says the overall decline was driven by a 35 per cent drop in mobile gaming among feature phone (non-smartphone) users, who represent approximately 80 per cent of the market.

However, it believes that heavy mobile gaming on smartphones like iPhone – the number of smartphone mobile gamers has leapt by 60 per cent in the past 12 months – means the market is poised for a turnaround.

“Although the number of mobile gamers has declined in the past year, there is reason for significant optimism about the future of this market,” said Mark Donovan, ComScore senior analyst and SVP of mobile.

“As the market transitions from feature phones to smartphones, the dynamics of gameplay are also shifting towards a higher quality experience. As a result, we can expect to see a profound increase in adoption of this activity, both in terms of audience size and overall engagement.”

According to ComScore’s study, 47.1 per cent of smartphone subscribers play games on their device at least once a month, compared to 15.7 per cent of feature phone owners. They are also more than five times as likely to play games almost every day.

Additionally, 27.3 per cent of smartphone users have installed at least one game on their handset, compared to just 5.6 per cent of feature phone subscribers. A third of smartphone subscribers with games have more than five titles installed, a total matched by less than one per cent of feature phone subscribers.

“Smartphones offer a more accessible and compelling mobile gaming experience that is enabling adoption of this behavior, even among consumers who have not traditionally been gamers,” added Donovan.

“Marketers and advertisers ought to be paying close attention to the opportunity this presents for reaching consumers in new and engaging ways in a cross-platform environment. The potential for highly creative marketing efforts is exciting.”

 Wait and see...