The Future of Video Games

The following article was originally published on ThatGaminSite on May 4, 2010. The entertainment industry has no plans to leave your living room anytime soon. The market for electronic games is expanding. Today’s games yield more realism than ever, which yields more fun, which yields more sales. But, what about tomorrow’s? What might an electronic game look like in the future after gaming has become a mainstream form of entertainment? What will the platform be like? What moral challenges will it present. Many have written about the future of gaming predicting which current hardware platform will prevail in the near

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Can Nintendo Win Their Hardcore Audience Back?

This following article was originally published in March of 2010 on That Gaming Site. Nintendo has long sought that new frontier of gamers – gamers who have never picked up a controller, who have never spent hours in front of a TV playing The Legend of Zelda or Super Smash Bros – but many of their longtime fans have struggled to stay faithful to the company and their new direction. The Nintendo DS and Wii did more than just usher in a new gaming generation. It changed the very idea of gaming. Later this year, with the release of Sony’s

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