GameDailyBiz has a piece up looking at what episodic content is, and what it means to the future of the games industry. From the article: "
More Funny Games News
50 worst videogame names ever FunnyGames, July 3, 2006From Dick Butkus to Hootie and the Blowfish to Lake Titicaca, bad names for games have been with us forever. But thanks to the inevitable collision of reclusive nerds, bizarre artists and painfully unhip marketing execs, the video game industry enjoys some of the worst game names of all.
The following game name list was compiled after hours of lively debate, pages of exhausting science and one actual geek fistfight. During this laborious process, we decided to set up a few basic rules:
1. All games must have been wide releases for legitimate, popular platforms.
2. We tried to avoid games heavy on the Engrish. Translation errors are just too easy.
3. So are educational games and ...
View the list at:
www.gamerevolution.com
Poker king Hachem wins in Vegas FunnyGames, December 20, 2006Aaustralian poker king Joe Hachem has pocketed nearly $3 million after winning the world's second biggest poker tournament. His victory at the Bellagio Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, earned him US$2.2 million ($2.8 million), reports The Australian newspaper.
He's very emotional, very humble and over the moon, brother Tony Hachem said.
The 39-year-old from Melbourne shocked the poker world last year by winning the main event of the World Series of Poker, pocketing $10 million.
He's a true-blue Aussie and everyone wants to take him on, his brother said.
But he's beaten the best players in America, some of whom have playing the game for 40 years.
He will play in the $US10 million Poker Stars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas next week before returning for the Australian World Series at Melbourne's Crown casino.
Random FunnyGames list
|
Disc Golf
Play a game of disc golf. Your target: hit the flag.
|
|
Crazy Monkey Games
When a crazy monkey pops up, click on the little monkey to make him dive. Time it right with the waves and wind and your...
|
|
Free Kick Challenge
Hark back to yester-year in this old school challenge. Great game : )
|
|
Most Popular FunnyGames list
|
Toss that Frog (2 plays)
Click once to make him jump, then again to fire, click again to reset
Shoot too soon and he will go too high and crash,...
|
|
Dress up games (2 plays)
Dress up a Robot from alot of wacky parts! Lots of nice features, you can rotate and scale objects with the arrow keys o...
|
|
PacMan Arcade (2 plays)
As you know it, cood old classic retro arcade PacMan game!
|
|