Beth Blecherman sur Twitter : ". @VirtuixOmni first ever multidimensional treadmill - enables 360 movement in #virtualreality #gaming #OmniCES2015. Beth Blecherman sur Twitter : "Best thing about #CES2015 is that we can take #gaming breaks while walking showroom floor... Beth Blecherman sur Twitter : "Welcome To Steam #XmasListIn3Words #teens #gaming #whatsaCD? @midnight... Ouya 16GB Launches At $129. ESRB and SF Giants: Dream Team To Help Parents Understand Gaming Ratings. When it comes to who has influence over my kids, sports idols rate very high. We are a SF Giants fan family – and my twins were lucky enough to play in 2 years of Little League where there team was called the “Giants”. So of course the SF Giants have a huge impact on my sons. Their dedication, hard work and teamwork are something I remind my sons to model in their own life. The ESRB is an organization that not only assigns content ratings for computer and video games, but also helps parents understand the content each game.
When I was invited to press event with the Giants and ESRB about a new PSA (public service announcement) campaign educating parents about the video game rating system – that was a “home run” event for me not only as press but as a parent. Patricia Vance welcomed everyone to press event with Buster Posey, Ryan Vogelsong and reps from Sony Computer Entertainment, UbiSoft, Entertainment Software Association and ESRB representatives: The official press release is below.
iPhone Generation Staying In Touch Via Social Gaming, Instagram. Seems like in this age of texting, IM, and Facebook messaging, the art of conversation has waned. We've even noticed friends now communicating regularly via chat features built into social games like Words With Friends as an alternative channel to keep in touch with friends and family, skipping communication apps altogether... Another friend mentioned none of her friends are really updating their Facebook profiles any longer, having migrated over to the photo-social network of Instagram instead, everyone keeping up to date on each others' lives via photo updates. Similarly, we've heard of cases where a person can be most easily reached using Zynga's Words With Friends app, which has a chat feature between players. There was an entire article in the New York Times about how some people can best be reached and respond the fastest to a chat on one of Zynga's games: What form of technology or media do you use the most to stay in touch with friends and family members?
(Images: 1. Windows Phone 7 Gaming: What We Know So Far. At a presentation for developers in March, Microsoft showed a single Xbox Live game running on three different platforms. First came the PC, then Windows Phone 7, and finally the Xbox 360, each one picking up where the last left off. Developing games for all three would be a breeze, Microsoft promised, and it seemed that by connecting the three screens, the company’s gaming strategy would go where the competition hadn’t. Five months later, Windows Phone 7 gaming is still somewhat of a mystery. Microsoft has missed a couple opportunities to show that Windows Phone 7 is a serious gaming platform. The phone was mostly absent from E3, a major video game industry trade show, and when several publications tested Windows Phone 7 prototypes in July, the Xbox Live section was an empty shell, with no actual games to speak of.
Microsoft still has until the holiday season to impress gamers with Windows Phone 7, but there are a lot of blanks to be filled in.