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Scott Tweedie would host Prank Patrol, while Hannah Wang and Mitch Tomlinson were named as co-hosts of Rush TV and Stephanie Bendixsen and Steven O'Donnell were hosts of Good Game: Spawn Point a spin-off of the Good Game TV series, for younger gamers, which shows every Tuesday on ABC2.

Battle.net

A group of gamers reverse engineered the network protocol used by Battle.net and Blizzard games, and released a free (under the GNU GPL) Battle.net emulation package called bnetd.

Benjamin Reichert

In 1997, he founded the clan SK Gaming (named "Schroet Kommando" back then) with his brothers Ralf and Tim Reichert and several other gamers, among them Musa Celik.

Bill Budge

Budge's name became well-known among gamers, because of EA's "rockstar" promotion of game designers (other designers who received similar treatment were Dan Bunten, Anne Westfall, and Jon Freeman).

Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool

The instruction manual contains a popular Engrish that is recognized by many gamers, "As is Chester Cheetah way, is one-person play."

Chip butty

The chip butty made appearances both as a power-up in the video game Earthworm Jim 2 and as a house in the PC game The Neverhood, introducing the dish to foreign gamers.

Crysis 3

After Crysis 2 received some criticism from many PC gamers because of the apparent design sacrifices made due to the limitations of the older console hardware, Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli stated that the PC version of Crysis 3 will figuratively "melt down PCs" due to its highest image quality system requirements.

Dan Hsu

Much of the interview focused on these issues, as well as other various complaints by some gamers over limited backwards compatibility with original Xbox games on the 360 and a possible lack of improvement in graphics and game play over previous console generations.

Dragon's Gate

Ken St. Andre wrote in Computer Gaming World in 1992 that "gamers who like medieval fantasy ... will positively love the Dragon's Gate experience".

Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters

It recounts the development and rise of Tetris as one of the most-played video games of all-time, the role it has played in shaping the lives of the gamers it chronicles, the mystery surrounding the whereabouts of former Nintendo World Champion Thor Aackerlund, and the conception & execution of the first ever Classic Tetris World Championship by gaming enthusiast Robin Mihara.

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.

Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks

Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks (full title: Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms) is a book by author Ethan Gilsdorf and a work of travel literature, memoir and immersion journalism that explores fantasy and gaming subcultures.

Furthermore, the product description for this book also says: "In this enthralling blend of travelogue, pop culture analysis, and memoir, forty-year-old former Dungeons & Dragons addict Ethan Gilsdorf embarks on a quest that begins in his own geeky teenage past and ends in our online gaming future. He asks, Who are these gamers and fantasy fans? What explains the irresistible appeal of such "escapist" adventures?

Free-to-play

For example, with its Free Realms game targeted to children and casual gamers, Sony makes money from the product with advertisements on loading screens, free virtual goods sponsored by companies such as Best Buy, a subscription option to unlock extra content, a collectible card game, a comic book, and micropayment items that include character customization options.

Groove zone

They talk about everything from ancient Chinese ceremonies, to the overzealous gamers in the Taipei internet cafes.

Harlequin Games

Harlequin Games was winner of the Gamers' Choice Origins Award in 2004 for the play by email game Legends (PBM).

HT Omega

HT Omega has a dedicated research & development division, creating equipment based on Dolby Digital and DTS technologies, marketed towards gamers and home entertainment enthusiasts.

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix

In January 2013, Jesse McCartney, the voice of Roxas, posted a picture on Instagram showing Roxas clearly displayed on a screen in a recording booth, along with the caption, "For all you ‘Kingdom Hearts‘ Fans. Recording the next chapter, #KingdomHearts #Roxas #Gamers."

Michael Schacht

2003: Industria (Queen Games, Gamers Choice Awards: Multiplayer Nominees 2004)

Napoleon's Campaigns in Miniature

Napoleon's Campaigns in Miniature:War Gamers' Guide to the Napoleonic Wars, 1796-1815 is a book written by Bruce Quarrie.

Physynth

The software was developed by two brothers at Simian Squared as part of an ongoing effort to bring new experiences to app users and gamers alike by merging the two fields.

Shawn Fanning

In December 2006, Fanning developed Rupture, a social networking tool designed to handle the task of publishing gamers' individual profiles to a communal space and facilitating communication between World of Warcraft players.

Silliwood

This was spurred on in large part by the success of CD-ROM games like Myst, and as a result gamers were given such quality productions as The Horde (starring Kirk Cameron), A Fork in the Tale (starring Rob Schneider), the infamous Night Trap (starring Dana Plato) and several games starring Tim Curry.

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.

Star Wars Miniatures

Among several other supported tabletop games the VASSAL Engine provides a module that allows playing the Star Wars Miniatures game online with gamers around the world.

Star Wars: Dark Forces

Steven Kent of The Seattle Times believes that the general aspects of the game appeal to most computer gamers, not just Star Wars fans.

System 15000

Advertisements for System 15000 challenged gamers to "Beat It", in reference to the Michael Jackson hit from 1983.

Tim Reichert

In 1997, he founded the clan SK Gaming (named "Schroet Kommando" back then) with his brothers Ralf and Benjamin Reichert and several other gamers, among them Musa Celik.

Tomb of Horrors

Wayne MacLaurin of SF Site describes the module as "a classic" and a "must have" for gamers, saying that when he played the game in high school, most of his group's characters quickly died.

Vladimír Chvátil

2006: Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization winner of 2007 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player


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