The National Endowment for the Arts traditionally supplied monetary aid
to select artistic projects in music, film, dance, education,
literature, etc. A recent expansion of the agency now rolls video game
grants into the philanthropic fold.
According to NPD’s The Online Gaming 2011 report almost half of complete
game downloads are purchased on mobile platforms. A poll by the NPD
reveals that mobile game purchases took up 47% of total downloads.
Since late 2010 PS3 and 360 owners have been watching in envy as all the cool kids play with their uDraw GameTablets on the Wii. Nintendo’s exclusivity with THQ’s gaming tablet is about to end.
We picked the brain of Peter Ong, DreamRift co-founder and the game's creative director, about the game’s touch screen-enhanced painting
mechanic, sidequests, and his personal love for Castle of Illusion.
Holding up remastered versions of classic games to the original is a
hallowed pastime of video game enthusiasts. Now you can partake in this
nerdy exercise by comparing The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’s
original intro to the new 3DS remake.
