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Game Developer Debuts 2007 Salary Survey

All numbers are average, of course the bigger the developer the more you get paid.

  • Average game industry salary in 2007: $73,600 (2006, $73,316.)
  • Programmers: $83,383
  • Art & …
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Nintendo Moving House?
18 years ago

Nintendo Moving House?

Nintendo seems to be changing house. First they move part of their staff to San Fransisco California and New York. Now Nintendo is looking to consolidate what …
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How Fit Is Wii Fit?

These is a study done comparing Gym workouts and Wii fit workouts. All data is taken from 20 min sessions.

JOGGING

Calories burned: 168.

Peak heart rate: 158 beats per …
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A Brawl Proposal
18 years ago

A Brawl Proposal

I am surprised that it took this long for someone to do this. Congratulations to Brian Klima and his wife to be. Here is the story in …
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Top Ten Video Game Emotions

Based on the 1,040 responses to the DGD2 survey:

10. Bliss (3.26)

At the bottom of our Top 10, the feeling of utter joyfulness, which is probably …
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Why Do Good People Make Bad Games?

There are a lot of things that frustrate me about the game industry, and to read my monthly editorials you might think I dislike it. But I don’t, of course. …
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Time To Vote For Miyamoto
18 years ago

Time To Vote For Miyamoto

It is that time again, time to vote Mr. Miyamoto number one in TIMES magazine top 100 people. Come on guys lets vote Mr. Miyamoto to number …
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Steven Spielberg A Gamer!
18 years ago

Steven Spielberg A Gamer!

“I was actually pretty surprised to find out how much of a gamer Steven Spielberg is,” said Amir Rahimi, senior producer on the Boom Blox project told …
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Americans Offended More By Sex Then Violence

This is a recent poll done asking parents:

As a parent, which would you find most offensive in a video game?

I can not say I am …
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The Cloud Song!

I am going to leave you tonight with a little lullaby song. Thanks Thomas for the video.

The Cloud Song!

Which handheld is the most popular in Japan?

With the PSP beginning to pick up some speed in Japan. What hand held does Japanese actually like? Yes, I have really been wondering this for the past 19 days. …
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Freeloader May Still Work With Mario Kart Wii
18 years ago

Freeloader May Still Work With Mario Kart Wii

NCS claimed, “If you have a USA Wii with 3.1U firmware and the Freeloader, you will be able to play Japanese Mario Kart Wii.”

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10 forgotten features of Super Mario Kart

1. No full screen mode for single-player As Hideki Konno stated in a recent interview, the initial idea for the game came from wanting to take the single-player F-Zero experience …
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Top 100 selling games of the last 12 months (North America and Europe)

100. NHL 08 X360/PS2/PS3/PC 99. Ninja Gaiden Sigma PS3 Exclusive 98. Cooking Mama: Cook Off Wii Exclusive 97. Naruto: Ninja Council 3 DS Exclusive 96. NASCAR 08 PS2/PS3/X360 95. EA …
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