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Cheat Sheet 6/13: Wii U 2012?, Fable mistake, Mario Party Forever
Mainstream videogame news can be tough to keep abreast of. Here’s some help: –Peter Molyneux laments his Fable E3 presentation. -Sega exec predicts Wii U launch for spring/summer ‘12. – A peek at Zelda tribute level in Super Mario 3DS. -Assassin’s Creed: Revelations teaser trailer takes a turn for t
June 12, 2011, 5:36 pm
PAUSE: A street art dog should get some Minecraft love. [Via]
Why everyone who loves sound in videogames should mourn Max Matthews
The Times has a lovely obit written by Luke DuBois for Max Matthews, the arch-father of computer music: When Max died in April at the age of 84 he left a world where the idea that computers make sound is noncontroversial; even banal. In 2011, musicians make their recordings using digital audio work
Learning to speak through play.
A videogame in development can be used by speech therapists in their rehabilitation work. It’s developed by Algoma Games for Health. Read about it here.
Men outspend women on virtual goods.
Not much else to say about this. The study conducted by MocoSpace found gender and time spent playing to be somewhat equal. But: However, it’s the virtual goods sales that show a major difference. 69 percent of men buy virtual goods, while only 31 percent of women do. In fact, MocoSpace found that 9
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