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About James Higginbotham

Likes long walks through the rain forest of South America. Enjoys picnics and Unicorns. Was also voted the sexiest man in High School.
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AOL: Nintendo hit hard by credit crisis

Nintendo has been on a roll for over two years. A standard Wii video console still only costs $285, but add popular games and accessories for the new Wii Fit …
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THQ Closing Doors? (UPDATE)
17 years ago

THQ Closing Doors? (UPDATE)

Rumors are around that THQ will be closing the doors on five of their studies this week, 16 to 11; Paradigm, Helixe, Locomotive, Sandblast Games and Mass …
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Mario Is For Obama
17 years ago

Mario Is For Obama

Mario, did you not read my post about Obama and his views on video games? He is not a big fan of you my friend. …
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New Study On Violent Video Games

Maybe I should of posted this earlier. This is the study that caused the reaction from that researcher at Texas A&M. You can see his reaction below. When is this …
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GameStop: The Conduit Coming In May?
17 years ago

GameStop: The Conduit Coming In May?

If this turns out to be true, I think this is a little delay. If I remember correctly, The Conduit was supposed to be out …
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Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom Welcome Viewtiful Joe

Now I want this game even more!

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Wall Street Journal: Could EA be a target for Disney?

“Any entertainment company could be interested in EA given continued growth in video game sales, the potential for cross-fertilisation with TV and film storylines, and advertisers’ interest in buying space …
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Texas A&M Researcher Disputes New Game Violence Study

In the literature review the authors suggest that research on video game violence is consistent when this is hardly the case. The authors here simply ignore a wide body of …
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The Presenditial Candidates On Mini Golf Wii
17 years ago

The Presenditial Candidates On Mini Golf Wii

If the presidential campaign was waged out on a crazy golf course, who would putt the most balls? Who would manage to sneak past the windmill and ultimately take the crazy mini golf trophy? In Kidz Sports – Crazy Mini Golf’, you can create your character, grab your putter and prepare to lead America….. or just the golf course to begin with….!

Why not call a few mates round, grab your putters, choose your characters and aim for the entrance to the windmill in a multi-player game of Crazy Mini Golf?

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DECA SPORTS TAKES GOLD AT 2008 NATIONAL PARENTING PUBLICATIONS (NAPPA)

REDWOOD CITY, CA – November 3, 2008 – Hudson Entertainment, the North American publishing arm of Hudson Soft, today announced that its popular title, DECA SPORTS™ for Wii, has officially been named a Gold Award winner at the 2008 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Children’s Products competition.

Now in its 18th year, NAPPA is the most comprehensive awards program for Children’s Products and Parenting Resources. More than a seal of approval, NAPPA is a juried competition that helps parents make the best buying choices for their families. Their independent panel of judges are experts in their fields with extensive professional experience working with children and parents. They evaluate hundreds of products to select the most fun, appealing, safe, educational, age-appropriate and enduring products so that parents can make the best purchasing choices for their families.

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HUDSON ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF ALIEN CRUSH RETURNS FOR Wii

REDWOOD CITY, CA – November 3, 2008 – Hudson Entertainment, the North
American publishing arm of HUDSON SOFT, today announced that it has
officially launched Alien Crush Returns, available for digital
download on WiiWare for Wii. Alien Crush Returns is a sci-fi pinball
game based on the classic TurboGrafx-16 series from Hudson
Entertainment.

The timeless brand is reborn on WiiWare with an entirely new sci-fi
take on pinball including bonus stages and power-ups. Players never
know what kind of bizarre creatures will appear in the next board. In
extraordinary pinball fashion, the game offers gameplay spanning two
screens, providing players a lot of real estate to rack up points,
multipliers and bonuses. The game is played across multiple boards,
all of which feature an eerie sci-fi landscape with enemies that try
to prevent players from obtaining pinball perfection.
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WII-KLY UPDATE: TWO WIIWARE GAMES AND ONE VIRTUAL CONSOLE GAME ADDED TO WII SHOP CHANNEL

Nov. 3, 2008

Sometimes you feel like a pinball, bouncing from one thing to the other. Do you spend time blasting things in outer space or just spend a quiet …
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MTV Games and Harmonix Release AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack – Available This Sunday at All Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club Locations Nationwide

Cambridge, Mass. – October 31, 2008 – Harmonix, the world’s premier music video game development company, and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), announced today the release of AC/DC Live: Rock Band® Track Pack™, the video game that gives music fans a whole new way to experience rock’s hardest hitting act with access to 18 live recordings from AC/DC’s epic, live performance at Castle Donington.

AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack is available starting this Sunday, November 2, 2008, nationwide at all “AC/DC Rock Again” store areas within Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club locations for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and PlayStation®2 computer and entertainment system. In addition, the game will be available at the AC/DC Rock Band “pop up” stores in New York City at the MTV Store in Times Square and in Los Angeles at Hollywood and Highland, in partnership with MTV. AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack will be available in the U.S. on the Wii™ home video game console from Nintendo on November 16, 2008.

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