Video games for the masses

Videogame companies Activision and Vivendi, who owns Blizzard, are merging. The New York Times has a pretty interesting article about the expansion of video games from caffeine-driven teenage-boy wonderland into some thing that everyone can enjoy.

The Wii, World of Warcraft, and Guitar Hero have all made games open to everyone. I personally think WoW is about the nerdiest game around, but it has over 9 million subscribers! That’s more than double the population of South Carolina.

Anyways, check out the link:   Evidence of How Much the Gaming World Has Changed

(via nytimes.com)

2 Responses to Video games for the masses

  1. [...] have an influence over game reviews. Big publishers like EA, Eidos, and the new behemoth Activision/Blizzard spend a ton of money on sites like Gamespot and IGN, making me a bit skeptical over whether or not [...]

  2. [...] have an influence over game reviews. Big publishers like EA, Eidos, and the new behemoth Activision/Blizzard spend a ton of money on sites like Gamespot and IGN, making me a bit skeptical over whether or not [...]

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