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IndieCade gets Walking Dead support to promote gaming’s undiscovered rock …PolygonSkybound Entertainment, the multiplatform entertainment company founded by The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman’s, is teaming up with IndieCade to create programs to bring more awareness to indie gaming projects and perhaps an online web series … …read more From:: Gaming News By Google News … Read more

Games Inbox: The end of gaming, Pokémon mobile, and Resident Evil …MetroThe future of the games industry though is set and I think that mainstream gaming has now effectively run its course for me. It’s sad in many ways but if the death of the old guard is what is needed to make games like … Read more

Exclusive: Valley breathing life to gaming industryazcentral.comThe valley is trying to breathe life into the gaming industry with a unique place you won’t find anywhere else around here. It is a unique place mixing experience with those still learning or wanting to learn. …read more From:: Gaming News By Google News Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham | … Read more

Gaming Oversight Committee to discuss competitive gambling marketThe Delaware County Daily TimesCHESTER >> The state House Gaming Oversight Committee will convene a public hearing Wednesday morning at Harrah’s Philadelphia Racetrack and Casino to discuss ways to keep Pennsylvania casinos competitive in the growing gambling market. …read more From:: Gaming News By Google News Zennie AbrahamZennie … Read more

Ori and the Blind Forest: A beautiful version of gaming’s good ole daysWashington PostFrom the early eighties, when kids flocked around arcade cabinets bustling with 2-D characters like Donkey Kong and Q*bert, until the mid-nineties when “Mario 64” revolutionized console gaming with its 3-D environments, platformers were all the rage …Podcast Unlocked 186: Our Most … Read more

Teachers Try Embracing Students’ Gaming InterestU.S. News & World Report“Gaming in education has been gaining steady popularity particularly with the proliferation of iPads in the classroom,” said Lee Graham, coordinator of Education Technology and associate professor at the University of Alaska Southeast School of Education.and more …read more From:: Gaming News By Google News Zennie … Read more

Urbana considers requiring special-use permits for new gaming hallsChampaign/Urbana News-GazetteURBANA — Entrepreneurs interested in opening new gaming halls in Urbana would first need a special-use permit from the Urbana City Council, under a zoning ordinance amendment council members are considering. While the Illinois Video Gaming Act … …read more From:: Gaming News By Google News … Read more

New Jersey Total Gaming Win Continues to DeclinePokerNews.comAlthough the state of New Jersey has reported a total Internet gaming win that is on the rise, overall casino gaming is down. This comes according to a note issued by the state’s regulatory authority, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (NJDGE).New Jersey Total Online Gaming Revenue … Read more

UK Retailer GAME Opens Marketplace to Sell Gaming Culture Goodies Such as …Nintendo LifeLike much in the gaming industry at present, the retail sector is facing continual challenges and a state of flux. For retailers there’s the challenge of boosting online sales while keeping bricks-and-mortar stores in business, while the shadow of …and more …read … Read more

Exploring the ZX Spectrum’s glorious rebirth as a gaming keyboardEngadgetI quickly learn that the keyboard is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum, an 8-bit personal home computer that relies on a cassette deck to load and save games. I played it off and on for a year, getting to grips with games like the The Hobbit and … Read more

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Gaming With Paula DeenKotakuDid you see the creepy commercial for Paula Deen’s new mobile game? The game itself is nowhere near as entertaining. Clearly the controversial celebrity cook needs our help. Having come under fire for her liberal use of butter and other words featuring …Paula Deen Trolling Us All With a … Read more

Razer Blade 2015 Review: Finally Living The Thin Gaming Laptop DreamGizmodo AustraliaRazer has spent years trying to build an impossible laptop — a powerful gaming portable with the facade of a thin business machine. It’s come close four times, but the Razer Blade has never quite managed to stick the landing. At least until now … Read more

SXSW Interactive Day 2: Geeks, Games and Community at the Gaming ExpoFlip the MediaFrom hard-core gamers to toddlers wearing Pokemon shirts, gamers of all types were out in force at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Gaming Expo. Of course the big guns were there, but what was more interesting than the booth babes and the … Read more

Leigh Alexander’s Gaming Site ‘Offworld’ Is An Exciting New Space For …BustleWhether it’s pervasive sexism in video game plots and characterization, or racism and cultural appropriation, it’s nice to be able to talk games with people who love them enough to be keenly critical, too. Well, here’s a place to check out: Leigh … …read … Read more

Life of Nemo: ‘I spend 3x more time gaming now than previously’ – tips on how …EventHubsDaigo spends about five to six hours on playing fighting games a day, while Momochi allegedly spends as much as 13 hours a day gaming (though not all of it is fighting games; he does play a lot of … Read more

My Favorite Sub-$100 Gaming Headphones: Meet The Kingston HyperX Cloud IIForbesWhen one of my gaming buddies ceaselessly recommended Kingston’s original HyperX Cloud headphones to me last year, I ignored him. Probably because I was content putting Kingston products like system RAM and SSDs in my computers, but didn’t …Hyper X Cloud II Gaming Headset reviewGaming … Read more

Nintendo’s future still lies in the glory days of gamingCNETNintendo has had to contend with an upswell in portable gaming alternatives on smartphones, a platform for which the company refuses to release its iconic games. Sarah Tew/CNET. “In this games business, the axiom is that software drives hardware, and …The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask … Read more

SXSW: Female gamers tell their stories in ‘GTFO,’ which tackles industry sexismLos Angeles TimesThere are so many offensive comments directed at women in the gaming community that the website fatuglyorslutty.com emerged to fight the phenomenon by collecting the comments and attempting to defuse their power with humor. “Every message is the … …read more From:: … Read more

Smartwatch Gaming Is Coming, But Will It Be Any Fun?Yahoo Tech“Wherever games exist, gamers will want to play them — including right on their wrists,” says Scott Steinberg, CEO of game consulting firm TechSavvy. “The beauty of smartwatches is that they allow games to travel with users wherever they go and enjoy …and more …read … Read more

Pa. Gaming Control Board seeks update on Lawrence County casino planPittsburgh Post-GazetteHARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has asked the developer seeking to build a racetrack casino in Lawrence County to send a representative before the board to discuss its progress on the project. In a letter sent March 10, R. Douglas …Gaming board … Read more

25 years of SNK’s Neo Geo video gaming platformThe RegisterAntique Code Show 1990s console gamers were curiously obsessed with the notion of game conversions being “arcade perfect”. Of course, such hopes were invariably dashed on the hard rocks of reality – hardly surprising when arcade hardware tended to … …read more From:: Gaming News By … Read more

Troy Baker: Gaming’s most recognizable voice is only getting startedPolygonIt’s a zen attitude to adopt, but karma seems to be on the good side of one of gaming’s biggest actors. Baker has been in the business for years, but it’s been key roles like BioShock Infinite’s Booker DeWitt, The Joker in Batman: Arkham Origins and … Read more

Gaming out Russia’s next move in UkraineMashableA Russia-backed rebel contemplates his next chess move at the most forward front line base, on the outskirts of Donetsk, Ukraine, Sunday, March 8, 2015. Image: AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda. Chrispress. By Christopher Miller 2 hours ago. KIEV, Ukraine — The …and more …read more From:: Gaming News By Google … Read more

Human Computer Interfaces: The Next Hot Innovation In PC Gaming?ForbesI spent the better part of last week at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), checking out a number of new gaming-related innovations poised to hit the market in the next few weeks, months, and (maybe) years. I’m particularly interested in PC hardware, … …read more From:: … Read more

Gaming Deals: Get Titanfall’s Map Packs for Free and MoreGameSpotGameSpot’s gaming deals posts always highlight the best deals we can find regardless of retailer. We also occasionally use retailer affiliate links, which means that purchasing goods through those links helps support all the great content (including … …read more From:: Gaming News By Google News … Read more

11 San Jose Vietnamese Cafes Raided in Illegal Gaming StingNBC Bay AreaThe raids dubbed “Operation Omni” are part of an illegal gaming investigation and were all held at 6 p.m. and which capped off a year and a half of investigation, authorities said. Police said they were trying to crack down not only on illegal … Read more

Casino debate could focus on expanded gaming at Woodbine racetrackToronto StarWith Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. now setting the stage to choose an operator of expanded gambling in the GTA, and other municipalities interested in hosting, it is “critical” that Toronto council lift the restrictions, said Woodbine president Nick … …read more From:: Gaming News … Read more

How Nvidia Plans to Be the Netflix of GamingMIT Technology Review (blog)Game consoles are hugely popular, but they rely on data stored on DVDs and computer hardware that can quickly become outdated. Nvidia’s new entertainment system, called Shield, uses several hardware and software tricks to deliver games run on remote …Why You Don’t Need Nvidia’s … Read more

Gallery: Celebrating gaming at PAX East 2015Ars TechnicaIn both San Francisco and Boston, I saw people coming together to celebrate the incredible diversity of experiences available in the modern gaming industry. I saw a surging indie gaming segment continuing its growth from a niche to a force that’s … …read more From:: Gaming News By … Read more

Gamers flock to computer and console gaming loungeSaukValley.comFor years, Molenda, 27, and Netsell, 26, talked about opening a business dedicated to serving fellow computer and console gamers with the latest equipment, games and a fast, stable Internet connection. They got the opportunity when Netsell decided to … …read more From:: Gaming News By Google News … Read more

C.V. council approves more gaming tablesU-T San DiegoIn addition to those changes, owner Harvey Souza asked the city to approve new owners who have a financial interest in the gaming operations and card room license and relocate the business to Bay Boulevard. Background checks were done on the new …and more …read more From:: Gaming … Read more

Gaming and Leisure goes hostile with bid for Pinnacle’s real estateReuters(Reuters) – Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc (GLPI.O), which buys real estate leased to casino operators, went hostile with its offer to buy Pinnacle Entertainment Inc’s (PNK.N) real estate assets due to the casino operator’s “failure to engage” in talks.Gaming and Leisure Offers to Buy … Read more

OpTic Gaming plays its most dominant tourney yetThe Daily DotAt MLG Columbus, the first major live Advanced Warfare event, OpTic won 62 percent of their maps, or 23 of 37 games. At UMG Orlando, where they won their first title, they bumped that number to 67 percent. The recent MLG Season 1 Playoffs saw OpTic … Read more

EXCHANGE: Gamers flock to computer and console gaming loungeFort Mills TimesCRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. — After opening a video gaming center in Crystal Lake last summer with longtime friend and business partner Jordan Netsell, co-owner Larry Molenda spent the first few weeks on the job trying to remember that he was at work. “It was …and … Read more

NASCAR Xfinity Series Boyd Gaming 300 resultsLas Vegas Review-JournalRace winner Austin Dillon (33) performs a burnout after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Boyd Gaming 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Saturday, March 7, 2015.(Josh Holmberg/Las Vegas Review Journal). image. At Las Vegas Motor … …read more From:: Gaming News By Google News … Read more