Professional Gamers Get Rich And Famous Playing Video Games
...If you think your kids are spending too much time playing video games on their Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii, xbox 360, PC or PSP (Playstation Portable) consoles then you may have a reason to be concerned, but not worried. Before you tell your child to put down the game remote and pick up a text book you should consider this fact; there is a professional video game circuit out there with professional gamers who earn thousands, even millions of dollars.
South Korea has a genuine passion for playing video games. This is a video game obsessed nation. The electronic gaming events in this country can draw up to 100,000 spectators at a single event. Their cyber-athletes make hundreds of thousands of dollars playing in tournaments that are televised nationwide. Some of them are so popular they cannot go out in public without body guards to shield them from adoring fans. They even date movie stars and get their faces on the covers of newspapers and magazines.
Recently there was an electronic gaming tournament held in Seoul, South Korea at Jamsil Indoor Stadium. This event was the equivalent of our Superbowl. The game of choice for this event was StarCraft, which is a web game that is played on PCs. This event was nationally televised and broadcast on the Internet. The audience of 1.78 million who viewed it on television and online were glued to their seats as they watched the daylong event unfold. They came to watch the most popular gamer in their country strut his stuff.
His name is Lim Yo-hwan, he is 27 years old and he is the Mick Jagger of e-sports in South Korea. This young man has made quite a name for himself playing StarCraft, the only game that matters on the video game circuit in this country. His fans wanted to see him put on a show, and he did, winning the event easily with a take home prize of $20,000. Lim Yo-hwan has w...more
xbox 360 Forum - Why Should You Join?
...ning the game totally. You need the knowledge of people who actually have experience playing the game and succeeded in finishing it too. You need a totally different power you need the power of online forums.
Yes, online forums are great sources of information for gamers and game developers alike. For gamers, online forums serve as an avenue where they can share their experiences and angst on a particular game or game consoles. It is a great place to acquire tips and techniques in advancing certain levels of a game. You'll be able to find great plug-ins and links to great downloads of game support and updates. From time to time you can also get great cheat codes for those gamers who want that easy way to finish the game. There can be two types of xbox 360 forums.
The first one is the official forum site where the g...more
Are Home Consoles Killing Arcades?
.../p>Somewhere along the lines, things have changed. It really became obvious when the past "next-gen" consoles (XBOX, PS2) came out. It was first time people could unequivocally say that home video games could compete with arcades. The sounds and graphics were razor sharp.
The popularity in arcades had been dropping previous to that time, but this was one might have been the last nail on the coffin.
Add that to the fact, that the days of 25 cent games have been dead for quite a while. It used to be that you could just walk into an arcade with $5 and you knew your afternoon was set. But due to the higher cost of games, arcade owners needed to be somehow be reimbursed at a faster rate than ever before. So the newer games cost 50 cents, 75 cents, 1 dollar per play.
People, now could get that similar experience at home without...more
Interested in a New PS3 for X-mas? Better Get in Line Now
...Sony has finally announced the launch date for the new PS3, which is November 17, 2006. Soon after their big announcement at E3, Sony also dropped a bombshell; the prices. At $499 for the stripped down version, the PS3 becomes one of the most expensive gaming platforms in history. Did I mention this is the stripped down version? If you decide you need the top level PS3, be prepared to shell out $599 for it.
There are some very notable differences between the two systems, besides the $100 price point, which include an extra 40 gigs of memory, and an HDMI port. While the $499 20 gig system is fine for the vast majority of the TVs in households right now, can the same be said for two or three years down the road? Sony knows the future ...more
