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unusual facts about Gamer


NG-Gamer

NG-Gamer gained some international fame due to its lengthy interview with Randy Pitchford about Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway, an interview that was spread out over three articles.


360 Gamer

360 Gamer is a UK-based video games magazine dedicated to the Xbox 360 console, published since 27 October 2005 by Uncooked Media (which previously published its sister PlayStation 3 magazine, Play Gamer, as well as the current titles FSM and Neo).

Australian Gamer

Outside of Australian Gamer, Yug is one of the founding creators of The Mana Bar; an Australian cocktail bar and video gaming lounge in Brisbane, Australia.

Bad Samaritans

Prior to community service, he had no real ambition in life other than to be a professional gamer and become wealthy overnight like Mark Zuckerberg.

Cutscene

Director Steven Spielberg, an avid video gamer, has criticized the use of cutscenes in games, calling them intrusive, and feels making story flow naturally into the gameplay is a challenge for future game developers.

Dan Schreiber

Before playing poker full-time, he played StarCraft in South Korea on Team Hexatron as a professional gamer.

Douglas Thomas

His recent article, co-authored with John Seely Brown, "The Gamer Disposition" was named a Harvard Business Review Breakthrough Idea of 2008,

Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters

The film integrates a fair amount of Tetris gameplay footage and strategy with the stories of the individual gamers and also features interviews with Tetris developer Alexey Pajitnov, Former Twin Galaxies Senior Referee Mr. Kelly R. Flewin, multi-platform champion gamer Chris Tang, and a special appearance by The Tetris Company CEO Henk Rogers.

Elliott Kalan

Along with comedians Dan McCoy and Stuart Wellington, Kalan co-hosts The Flop House podcast, on which the hosts discuss and mock major movies that received poor reviews from critics, such as Gamer and All About Steve.

Eurogamer

It is operated by Gamer Network Ltd. with headquarters in Brighton, which was formed in 1999 by brothers Rupert and Nick Loman.

Game Sauce

Like other programs from gamer.tv, this has aired on American television networks G4 and GSN (under their GSN Video Games block, along with gamer.tv).

Gashapon

The gashapon concept is taken to the next level in SD Gundam Gashapon Wars, a game based on the SD Gundam television series, in which a gamer can activate extra characters from the game by buying certain series of SD Gundam gashapon toys in real life, namely SD Full Color STAGE:61, then use the password bundled with the toy to unlock the corresponding character in the video game.

Graphic adventure game

The graphic adventure genre has seen a rebirth with the introduction of new video game hardware like the Nintendo DS, and Wii, that allows the gamer to interact with the game similarly to using a computer mouse.

Greg Mathis

A self-confessed "major gamer", Mathis is currently working on a video game entitled Mathis: Detroit Street Judge with filmmaker Matty Rich.

Hardcore Gamer

Although usually focusing on specialty games, Hardcore Gamer has featured cover stories for larger releases such as Dead Space and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.

J. Todd Coleman

March 2011, named the #1 Most Influential person In the Massively Multiplayer Online game industry by Beckett Massive Gamer Magazine, a Beckett Media publication.

May 2010, named the 15th most influential person in online gaming by Beckett Massive Gamer Magazine, a Beckett Media publication.

May 2009, named the 6th most influential person in online gaming by Beckett Massive Gamer Magazine, a Beckett Media publication.

Jens Pulver

Pulver is an avid PC gamer, who continues to play World of Warcraft.

Neveldine/Taylor

In 2009, Neveldine and Taylor wrote and directed Crank: High Voltage, a sequel to Crank, and Gamer, a science fiction action thriller starring Gerard Butler.

Peter Molyneux

He has been repeatedly interviewed for shows that include GamesMaster, Games Wars, Gamezville, Bad Influence!, Gamer.tv, and Games World.

Podtacular

JVB was selected as the new co-host because of his previous gaming community backgrounds, such as being on Seatag, Gamertag Radio, Uncle Gamer, and Controller Freaks.

Spencer Halpin's Moral Kombat

The trailer was uploaded to YouTube on December 27, 2006 and was met with overwhelming concern and dismay from gamers around the globe who felt it sensationalized the topic and serves as a rhetoric piece for anti-games and anti-gamer activists and political figures.

TrackMania

Due to the success of the TrackMania series, Guinness World Records awarded the games six world records in the Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2008.

Yukinori Taniguchi

As a child, Taniguchi became an enthusiastic arcade gamer, spending much time on early arcade games such as Space Invaders.


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