All Posts by: GamerNode Staff

The Flap Over the Wii Mystery Flap Is Answered

By GamerNode Staff, June 29, 2006 0 GN

With so little information coming out about the full capabilities of Nintendo,s Wii, it seems that even a little mysterious cover flap on the game console,s front can generate news. So the flap over the flap, so to speak, has… Read More »

Word of Mouth Advertising Dominates Over Traditional Ads

By GamerNode Staff, June 29, 2006 0 GN

The opinions “This game sucks!” or “This game rocks!” may carry more weight then first thought in regards to video game sales if a survey done by Marketing Interactive 6 (MI6) is correct. According to the study, the number one… Read More »

Study Shows Casual Gamers Are Not That Casual

By GamerNode Staff, June 29, 2006 0 GN

The term “casual gamer” has recently entered the language mainstream as a description of individuals who only game in an informal manner-they play games on their cell phones for a few minutes or log on to a video game site… Read More »

Sony President Hints At Higher PS3 Game Prices

By GamerNode Staff, June 29, 2006 0 GN

Kaz Hirai, president of Sony Computer Entertainment America, gave some rather interesting remarks on where he thinks the price points of PS3 games is heading-and that direction seems to be up. In an interview conducted by PSM, Hirai danced around… Read More »

Grand Jury Gunning For Grand Theft Auto

By GamerNode Staff, June 29, 2006 0 GN

Take Two Interactive announced earlier this week that it received grand jury subpoenas issued by the District Attorney of New York city requesting documents which relate to, "…production of documents, covering various periods beginning on October 1, 2001, including those… Read More »

Top Game Industry People Question High Game Prices

By GamerNode Staff, June 29, 2006 0 GN

Nintendo,s CEO, Satoru Iwata, was one of the first in the game industry to voice his opinion that next gen video game prices were getting too expensive. This minority opinion among game publishers was unique. But several other voices in… Read More »

"Cyrus" of The Warriors Sues Rockstar

By GamerNode Staff, June 29, 2006 0 GN

The Warriors, a movie made in 1979, and which has become a cult film classic as well as a video game produced by Take Two, is under fire by the actor who played “Cyrus,” the gang leader who gave the… Read More »

The Brain Behind Brain Age Speaks

By GamerNode Staff, June 29, 2006 0 GN

Dr. Ryuta Kawashima may not be a name recognized by many individuals, but he is the brain behind the popular selling DS game, Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day and the upcoming title, Brain Training: How Old… Read More »

Video Game Arcades: Will They Come Back?

By GamerNode Staff, June 29, 2006 0 Features

Video game arcades were once a hot spot for people of all ages in the 80,s. Literally, millions of quarters were spent daily throughout the nation as individuals tried to beat high scores on classics such as Pac Man, Galaga,… Read More »

Reservoir Dogs Banned Down Under

By GamerNode Staff, June 29, 2006 0 GN

The Reservoir Dogs game, (which is in no way in the same category as a Nintendogs game), has been refused a game rating by the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) board in Australia, according to APC magazine. There… Read More »