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POPSRage Against the Machines June 2008 | 147 » Modern video games mean big business, and big controversy. Yet most of the charges levelled against games—that they stunt minds and spark addiction—are based on an outdated understanding of what gamers do when they sit down to play Tom Chatfield
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POPSRockstar paid $100,000 for the voice of Niko Bellic "Had this been a television program, a film, an album, a radio show or virtually any other sort of traditional recorded performance, Mr. Hollick and the other actors in the game would have made millions by now," writes Schiesel -- and important sentence cut out by Clipmarks. Essentially the theory here is that videogame companies need to offer royalties to all the voice actors in the game. The problem, however, is figuring out where to draw the line once you start paying royalties. Is a voice actor more important than an animator? This is one of the concerns facing EA in the possible acquisition of Take-Two: The Houser brothers receive generous royalties from Take-Two that, if acquired, might cause insurrection within Electronic Arts' other studios.
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POPSGTA IV Sales Top Half A Billion If there's any doubt about the relevance of video games in our society, consider this: Last weekend's number one movie, Iron Man, earned $101 million -- a fifth of what GTA did.
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POPSSelling Music From INSIDE a Game This is a smart and creative move that doesn't even sound like it will distract from the game play which is key. I'm going to be very interested to see what kind of listens this generates and sales.
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POPSGrand Theft Auto IV So it's been a while, that's for sure. But last week we went back to Rockstar once again for our lengthiest look at the game yet - a rear-aching ninety minutes of GTA IV, no less.
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POPSThe GTA Place The GTA Place brings you the latest Grand Theft Auto news and information about GTA4, San Andreas, Vice City, GTA3, Vice City Stories, Liberty City Stories, GTA Advance, and all the classics.
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