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I Just Want To Have Fun
Frustrated gamer Daph Sebot has a proposition for a game developer that’s game for something new. What does this means for the gaming world? Only time and greed will tell. Read the full story>>
Gamers Must Stop Eating Each Other
By Julianna Franity
How has it come to pass that gamers eating gamers has become an acceptable part of modern life? That our children and young adults (and increasingly people of all ages) are actively seeking to eat each other leaves me utterly perplexed and a bit frightened. When I was a child, we did not eat one… Read the full story>>
Why Game Journalists Will Lead The Way
By Anson McFlinton, The Times
As I watch my traditional newspaper staff dwindle on a daily basis–victims of a business model that hasn’t kept pace with the technological realities of modern life–I contemplate what this means for the future of reporting. Clearly, dissemination of the news will be completely electronic. Print no longer can compete for news: it’s… Read the full story>>
How Video Games Are Killing Christmas
For hundreds of years, Christmas has been a time of simple joy and excitement for girls and boys around the world. There was a time when a brightly-painted wooden horse was enough to elicit a smile on a child’s face. My many elves, whom I pay a standard living wage with benefits (which includes medical, dental, annual paid vacation, retirement and free reindeer rides), were experts at making dozens of toys from dolls to trains. It was a thriving business–good for Claus Enterprises Inc. and good for humanity, or at least those who enjoy deceiving children and utilizing bribery to promote “acceptable” behavior. Read the full story>>
Nintendo is more like Mario than Wario
IGNN pits two devilish wits in a debate concerning matters of critical importance and interest to gamers. This week’s resolutions is: Nintendo is more like Mario than Wario. Arguing for is Angelique while arguing against is Diablo–the Masked Debaters. Read the full story>>
- Rare Countdown to the End?
June 7, 2010 |Manworthing-On-Pebble, UK–Rare’s website is ticking off the days to some unknown and potentially catastrophic event that has kept the gaming world teetering on the edge of its seat for days. The Imaginary Game News Newtwork (aka Network) speculates as to the fate of gaming, mankind and a squirrel. Read the full story>>
- Ogelstomp To Rescue Games
March 24, 2010 |REDMOND, WA–Industry newbie, Marcus Oglestomp has a plan to save the gaming industry. Read the full story>>
- Nintendo’s Head Games
March 16, 2010 |KYOTO, JAPAN–Nintendo Co. Ltd. once again failed to confirm if the company has chosen to leapfrog the current generation of HD television sets for a future, higher definition technology that appears only in players’ minds. Read the full story>>
- Stock Game Investigated
March 15, 2010 |PROVIDENCE, R.I.–Start-up, OmniGood Games, has seen a meteoric rise in stock value of more than 10,000 percent over the past two months even though OGG hasn’t released anything except for upbeat press statements. Now the SEC wants to know what’s afoot. IGNN’s Nell Chase investigates. Read the full story>>
- Microsoft discovers idiot programmer
March 5, 2010 |REDMOND, WA–Protests of shock and dismay were heard throughout Microsoft today as the news spread that an employee in the Xbox group was actually an idiot. Is it possible that the Big M is a fool’s paradise? IGNN looks into charges of descrimination and drooling. Read the full story>>
- Graffitinauts Banned In 12 States Before It Is Even Announced
March 3, 2010 |SALEM, OR–Legislators across the country, seeking to stem the tide of reckless, society-changing videogame projects, have taken the unprecedented step of banning a non-existent game. IGNN has the reaction from both sides of the controversial decision. Read the full story>>
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