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07.24.2009 12:19 pm

MySpace admits defeat to Facebook, will become a gaming platform

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

MySpace, the once-hot, now-not social networking site, will undergo a face-lift in response to Facebook and Twitter eroding its audience.

Owner News Corp. plans to turn the site into a gaming venue, one of the company’s executives told news services.

Jonathan Miller told…

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06.06.2009 11:44 am

‘Tetris’ proves that simple is better

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Today, “Tetris” becomes old. Really old.

Sure, 25 doesn’t seem old — for humans. But think of this: We’re in a world with people who haven’t known life without the game.

And that world fairly reeks with titles, all of them created to…

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02.03.2009 6:42 pm

Amazon introduces new video game download service

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Starting today, the giant online retailer Amazon.com began offering digital downloads of casual games from its website.

The site has an inventory of about 600 titles selling from between $6.99 and $9.99 each. However, three games are being offered for free through…

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12.08.2008 11:44 am

Is Xbox 360 doomed in 2009?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

When Microsoft announced it was revamping the Xbox 360 dashboard, concern, not congratulations, was the first thing I thought of voicing to Microsoft.

The update promised better graphics, avatars, easier access to movie and TV downloads — in short, a more…

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09.07.2008 11:59 pm

Credit girls, older people for sales growth of games

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Yeah, Game Guy figured this had to happen. Sales of new games and technology are many times more than they were a couple of years ago, yet just about every pre-teen and teenage boy already has a console or two,…

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01.18.2008 12:44 am

Gaming boom of 2007 echoes into 2008

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

If you couldn’t guess, gaming had a great year in 2007 — one of its best ever.

The one-two punch of unquenchable demand for Nintendo’s Wii console and sales of Microsoft Corp.’s “Halo 3″ super-shooter sequel helped boost game sales to a record…

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