Topic: Atari Inc.

Infographic of the Day: The Evolution of Video Game Controllers

The British design agency Cxpartners has a nice little infographic showing the phylogeny of video game controllers since those prehistoric days of Odyssey and Atari. The diagram maps key design transformations, from wireless ...READ»

Finally, "Paperboy" and "Airwolf" Maker Brings 8-bit Games to iPhone, iPad

The ZX Spectrum Elite App, from the company that kicked off the 1980's home computer revolution, reinvigorates the 8-bit games rage for the Apple generation.READ»

Game Over: The Apocalypse in "Pixels"

A new short film by Patrick Jean is the end-of-the-world scenario worth dying just to see.READ»

What the iPad Taught Us

After a weekend of Apple selling its newest offering in the order of $150 million in revenue, I was inspired to ask, "What do these other players — IBM, Warner Brothers, and Microsoft have in common — that we can all learn from?"READ»

Modern Warfare 2 Expansion and Project Natal Coming to Xbox This Year

The blockbuster video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is about to get bigger. Microsoft announced an an exclusive expansion pack for the Xbox 360 at CES this evening, and also confirmed that the Project ...READ»

Undead Tech: Apple's Magic Mouse Has Trackball Bad-Assitude

Until we can harness our brain-power for desktop pointing, Apple's Magic Mouse will remain one of the most innovative (and polarizing) clickable rodents on the market. But it definitely isn't new. In fact, if you look at ...READ»

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Like Life, Branding Needs Vision Too

Do the Beatles, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and the invention of the radio have anything in common?READ»

Knowing (Your Audience) Is Half The Battle

I am in Seattle this week for Casual Connect, what the Casual Gaming Association (who hosts the event) calls 'the most anticipated conference for the casual games industry in the United States."  Among other things, I am here to ...READ»

Corporate Creation Myths, and Why We Need Them

Why do Americans need to attach creation myths to everything, including the origins of our most visible business ventures? We idealize the lone inventor over the company man, the garage over the office space. We tell the story of ...READ»

Microcelebrity Is the Key To Success In Today's Freebie World

"How would you make money if you owned Twitter?" Venture capitalist and CEO of Alltop Guy Kawasaki asked Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson at the closing keynote of SXSW. "That was one of the questions I was ...READ»

Next Generation Interaction: Are Virtual Worlds Waiting in the Wings?

About: This is the revised transcript of the Fast Company.com Call-In titled, Next Generation Interaction: Are Virtual Worlds Waiting in the Wings? that took place on November 2008. Portions of the dialogue have been re-written ...READ»

Does the White House Have Wi-Fi?

Is the White House more of a museum than a working office? Does it even have WiFi? MSNBC has reported that on their first day on the job, Obama's White House staffers suffered from downgrades on every front. During the campaign and ...READ»

Women in Tech: The Gamers

The 5 most influential women in electronic entertainment.READ»

• The Most Influential Women in Technology
• Women in Tech: The Executives
• Women in Tech: The Entrepreneurs

Can LittleBigPlanet Save Sony's PS3?

To inject life into the flagging PlayStation 3, Sony is banking on a charmingly weird new game called LittleBigPlanet, from a scrappy UK startup called Media Molecule. LBP -- and its hero, an endlessly customizable little character named Sackboy -- brings social networking and user-generated content to console gaming. Meet the visionary geeks behind it.READ»

• LittleBigPlanet's Little Big Scandal
• Will Wright: The Simemperor
• The Rise of Corporate Games

TechCrunch50: Yammer.com, the "Twitter for Companies"

I am following TechCrunch50 (TC50), the event for startups put on by popular tech blog TechCrunch. A friend of mine, Ryan Coleman, engaged me in discussion about Yammer.com by asking me what I thought of it. What is Yammer? ...READ»

Spare No Expense

Even the staunchest budget "hawk" understands that you can't cost-cut your way to growth.READ»

The New Culture of Gaming

We've come a long way since the Persians first played checkers, reportedly the world's oldest game, some 5,000 years ago. The first major shift in gaming came with the introduction of electronics, which is credited to William ...READ»

The Myth About Creation Myths

Introducing our new column exploring how and why ideas succeed or fail. This month: the power and perils of a great backstory.READ»

Scenes from the Culture Clash

Companies are just now waking up to the havoc that the newest generation of workers is causing in their offices.READ»

Can TiVo Go Prime Time?

TiVo Inc. has what every young company dreams of: smart executives, a killer product, famous (and fanatical) customers, a huge potential market. But is it a business? Will it ever be? And if a company as savvy as TiVo can't break through, who can? A case study in the promise -- and perils -- of innovation.READ»

More Than a Game

TV advertising is tired. Internet banners have stopped clicking. What's next? Play the "advergame." America's addiction to video games is leading the way to a brand-new advertising platform with astounding click-through rates, play times, and peer-to-peer potential.READ»

Tom Peters's True Confessions (Continued)

To read the beginning of this article, please click here. My seventh confession: Search was perfect. There are no mistakes in it. None, none, none. The eight basic principles that I wrote down on that pad of yellow paper in May 1980, ...READ»

Tom Peters's True Confessions

On the 20th anniversary of In "Search of Excellence," Peters admits, "I had no idea what I was doing when I wrote 'Search.' "READ»

Hollywood's New Game

Technology and entertainment can mix -- if you combine the right strategy with the right kind of organization. That's the lesson behind the rise of Sega GameWorks. Although the company is based in Hollywood, the model is pure Silicon Valley.READ»