July 2008
10 posts
Sega's Quest For Cool - Forbes.com →
Sega: 'We Don't Want To Be Activision' -... →
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Who's left for the Dark Knight?
Christopher Nolan is screwed. Sure the Batman is blowing away the box office with opening sales toppling Spiderman 3 (some $155 million).
But that doesn’t mean Gotham is safe. We should be worried that Batman will have no new foes to face.
It’s no secret—with all the talk of a post-humous Oscar for Heath Ledger—that Nolan has set his Joker up as a recurring catalyst of...
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IPhone Apps Likely To Launch Thursday - Forbes.com →
I’m rarely one to get excited about news reporting (I’m a features kind of gal), but tracking down confirmations for this story was super exhilirating. Especially when the Times published at midnight EST and I could sleep knowing I’d wrecked what some have called “John Markoff’s hand-fed scoop.”
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“Mary Jane Irwin / Forbes: Netflix’s Online Movie Dreams — Can start-up...”
– Techmeme: Netflix’s Online Movie Dreams (Mary Jane Irwin/Forbes)
Oh Internet churn. I received a congragulatory email from a coworker today for hitting the top of Techmeme with a review of Roku’s Netflix player.
Somehow the Internet transformed a delayed story with no news peg into a...
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“In some ways, perhaps, the world of Mergers and Acquisitions is a massively...”
– Law Blog - WSJ.com : In Chandler Opinion, World of M&A Meets ‘World of Warcraft’ Video Game
“Infogrames SA paid Bonnell 3.0 million euros as part of his resignation...”
– Atari: Former CEO Of Struggling Atari Got One Hell Of A Golden Parachute
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““Diablo III,” completes the Blizzard trifecta. Within a relatively...”
– Blizzard’s Perfect Storm - Forbes.com
My arch-nemesis Chris Morris debuts as a Forbes columnist today. His premiere column (lamely named “Game On!”) discusses why Diablo III is a big deal.
(No, it’s not the rumored carpal tunnel-free gameplay).
Instead, Blizzard...
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“Mr Kotick, an urbane New Yorker who lives in Hollywood, doubts it. “I...”
– Guitar Hero firm Activision says computer games have wider appeal - Times Online
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“If we launch a game that is on 360 and PC simultaneously, we basically shoot...”
– Microsoft: If We Launch A Game On 360 & PC Simultaneously, We Shoot Ourselves In The Foot