Ricardo Morales - September 8th, 2009
Gamer Culture, Headlines
Comic lovers everywhere are worried over Disney’s recent $4 billion purchase of Marvel. Granted, other comic fans, far from scared, are excited or even indifferent — the whole spectrum of emotions comes into play with big news.
Nothing is concrete yet, but this merger’s possibilities are endless. Let alone odd mashups, it could change the way we view comics, for better or worse, or even spell a new era of Marvel movie madness. Here’s a look at just three things that could happen.
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Watson - February 4th, 2009
The Daily
Stephanie Flint - January 11th, 2009
Casual Games, Gamer Culture, MMORPGs, PC, Virtual Worlds
No longer able to ignore the rising success of games such as World of Warcraft, it looks as if Disney has finally decided to jump on the exponentially growing bandwagon that is MMORPGs. Joining up with the innovative talents of NetZero, Disney announced on December 2nd that they plan the release of Disney Fantasy Online in China this upcoming spring.
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Benjamin Cormack - December 17th, 2008
Business
EA has been known for absorbing the competition, but the absorption tables may have just been turned. According to the Wall Street Journal, Disney should look at buying Electronic Arts as a way to boost its video game avenues. As delicious as the irony sounds and as much as I hate EA’s sleazy business tactics, I’m going to have to say no to this idea. Here’s some advice for you, Wall Street Journal: Don’t give Disney any ideas!
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Benjamin Cormack - September 29th, 2008
Game Design, Politics
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another edition of Ben-talks-fighting-games. Only on the internet can a man like me have his thoughts heard on a subject he has no experience in creating, or relative success in playing. However, when it comes to picking characters to fight each other, I’m a natural. Don’t fight it. Let’s get ready to rumble!
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James LaPoint - August 12th, 2008
Movies
Shortly after filming began, Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer unexpectedly announced that the upcoming Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time movie has been given a little push back. And by little, I mean almost a whole year. Disney’s official reason: they want more time.
Can someone please get Disney a Dagger of Time?
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