Friday’s Resource Roundup

Keira Peney

Posted on Fri 25 Apr 2008 by Keira Peney under Community .
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I’ve been reading Daniel Primed’s Gamer Blog for a while now, and come across some great posts. Daniel is that rare thing among gamer bloggers - a thoughtful analyst. His posts are packed full of insight and value, and I’d like to link to some of my favorites.

The 12 Best “Non Gamer” Games for the PSP

Hardcore gamers are actually quite a small audience. Far bigger are the people who play games only casually, and they tend to prefer puzzles, music and ’small’ games that can be picked up and put down. This is the market the wii has captured so successfully, but this post highlights some great games for the PSP that you can use to persuade your non-gaming friends and family to check out.

Gaming Analysis: Video Game Sequels

Once you’ve got a successful game, the next thing is to produce a successful sequel. Somehow you have to branch out, capture new audiences, whilst simultaneously remaining true to the spirit of the series and please the original fans. Its a hard task. This post looks at some of the ways sequels have built upon their predecessors.

Video Game Retailers and Game Classification Attitudes

The one thing that follows the video game around like dirty laundry is the controversial issue of video game violence and underage kids. Because there is a cultural association of video games with kids, enforcing age restrictions can often be problematic.

Put on Your Game Face

The latest article talks a little about the rift between ‘gamers’ and everyone else. Should we really be compartmentalizing people?

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One Response to “Friday’s Resource Roundup

Daniel Primed Says:
April 25th, 2008 at 10:22 pm

Hey Keira, thanks again for the huge plug.

Its very reassuring to hear your kind words because when writing these sorts of articles I hold a lot of uncertainty as to whether people will enjoy and understand my angle. I feel that I have gotten caught into a great blogging rythmn. Thanks for your thoughts.

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