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Game Inventor Kim Vandenbroucke Talks Design Process, Board Game Renaissance

When it comes to goofing off, Kim Vandenbroucke is a pro. As a board game and toy inventor, she has developed products such as Cranium Party Playoff for Hasbro, Barbie Mini Kingdom for Mattel, and Scattergories Categories for Winning Moves. READ»

Don't Have Time To Haggle Your Daily Deals? oBaz Can Help

Daily Deals sites are still raging, but typically you only get what you're offered. So what would happen if a company listened to a group of consumers and tried to arrange a deal based on what they want? That's what oBaz--launching today--is trying to do.READ»

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Use Foursquare to Check In and Get Inspired Like CEOs of Our Most Innovative Companies

We rounded up 100 places around the globe that rouse the people behind our 2011 list of Most Innovative Companies--no blasé corporate headquarters allowed. Here's how you can visit.READ»

Storytelling and Influence: Learn How to Get What You Want

Many great ideas fail because the person who presents them cannot sell them effectively into their organization, investors, employees, etc. You must now think strategically about how you will communicate so that your idea builds support.READ»

Venture Capitalists Explain Foursquare's Juiciness, Join Sharing Revolution They've Funded

Foursquare has, as rumored, raised a chunk of venture cash that'll let it expand its business significantly, and fast too. But what exactly is so hot about this hot-topic location-based game tech? Unusually we have VC insight on the ...READ»

More Plaintiffs Allege Extortion in Yelp Lawsuit

The legal pressure on Yelp is mounting: New plaintiffs have joined the case which alleges the social media review site offered to remove bad customer reviews of a business if that business bought advertising space on Yelp ...READ»

Using Crowds to Predict Outcomes at Predictify

Predictify is an interesting new service that predicted the correct outcome of almost every playoff football game, among other things. How? By using you playing a game on its service. Here we get the scoop from Mike Agnich, co-founder ...READ»

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New Advertising Network for Casual Games

The casual gaming market is taking off, with dozens of new games invented every day on sites like Kongregate.com. But how will those game developers make money? Well, Jameson Hsu, CEO of MochiMedia has the answer with his new ...READ»

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Making The Art in Dead Space

Dead Space is a new video game from Electronic Arts that is shaped on horror films. Here we talk with art director Ian Milham about the process of making the art in the new game.READ»

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Producing Dead Space

We spent the day with Electronic Arts’ Dead Space team to learn how video games are made. Here we interview the producer, Rich Briggs, and he shares with us some of the behind-the-scenes details behind this scary new game.READ»

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Demo of World Golf Tour Online Free Golf Game

Here Chad Nelson, President of World Golf Tour, gives us a tour of its free golf game that you play online against other people. Pretty cool technology and unique game play because they use actual photography of actual courses, along ...READ»

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Tapulous ships second version of best-selling iPhone game

Tapulous is one of the most popular app development companies for the iPhone and tonight they shipped the second version of Tap Tap Revenge. Here CEO Bart Decrem introduces the team, talks about the latest news (millions of users!) ...READ»

Nano-Tech Japanese Aqua Drop Game

You've no doubt heard about how nano materials are going to revolutionize our existence on earth... but frankly we've seen none of the microscopic robots and superconductive microprocessors we were promised. Fortunately Bandai Japan ...READ»

New Business Brings You Golf Game for Free Online

Golf games are a big business, but usually you need to buy a game console or, at minimum, some expensive software. But a new company, World Golf Tour, had a better idea: make it run in the browser and make it free. ...READ»