Word: nintendos
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...thought of this recently when I got hold of Nintendo's new DSi ($169.99) handheld video-game player. My feeling of letdown was every bit as acute - perhaps because my anticipation had been unrealistically high. (See the top 10 video games...
...cool about drugs and murder?[....]Sometimes what’s cool is actually doing the not-cool thing.” In approaching these tropes honestly, Boice holds them to a light that transcends cliché.Grayson’s friends are obsessed with women, pot, music, Nintendo, and SAT-prep, and are constantly “teetering on the edge of a nervous breakdown because their hemp necklace might be gay.” Boice deftly illustrates the psyche of the teenager of 1998: totally self-absorbed, yet cripplingly self-conscious.Boice’s unapologetic bluntness renders these characters...
...less favorable stereotypes. “The boundaries of video games have expanded beyond just the typical hardcore gamer that sits in his basement and plays Halo,” Sweet says. “There are also people in nursing homes playing Wii Fit, sisters playing Nintendogs for Nintendo DS.”And indeed, musicians are not the only ones benefiting from the opportunities this kind of space can offer.“The video game industry draws lots of different kinds of students into it,” says Barrett, who teaches a class that explores writing...
Sony is hoping Home will breathe some life into its flagging video-game division, which, according to Business Week, lost about $3.8 billion over the past two years. It sure can't help Sony that the latest PlayStation console costs nearly twice as much as Microsoft's Xbox and Nintendo's adorable...
...troubles at finance and banking companies are pushing economics concentrators into Teach for America interviews. Yet video games are not only beating the market but booming. In 2008, game sales broke records despite the biggest economic downturn since the industry began. U.S. game sales have risen to $2.91 billion. Nintendo Wii sales doubled in November to reach 2 million...