July 2012
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The Dark Knight Rises soundtrack is streaming...
We just published a post with an embed of the entirety of The Dark Knight Rises soundtrack streaming for free over at The Interactive. The stream is courtesy of Empire magazine, a popular film rag.
It’s distributed with Brightcove, a video distribution platform for the web that is attractive to marketers because of its detailed metrics and analytics, among other things.
First off, check...
June 2012
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Sony VP Scott Rohde on PS3 digital downloads:...
One of the most interesting conversations I had with video game industry folk at E3 — and boy, did I have a lot — was with Sony Senior Vice President Scott Rohde, who manages Sony’s first-party game development studios in the U.S., like the God of War team and so on.
The full interview will go up on The Interactive on Monday, but we just published one of the most interesting tidbits this...
May 2012
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The Elder Scrolls Online: Can it match the spirit...
The Elder Scrolls games have always presented absolute freedom as a video gaming philosophy; Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim each place the emphasis on the player’s freedom to customize is or her character and wander where he or she wants, doing whatever task he or she wants.
Now a massively multiplayer online game (MMO) based on the franchise has been announced — The...
April 2012
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Sid Meier’s Pirates! for iPhone docks at the App...
The iPhone is second only to the PC as a platform for gamers who love the oldschool classics. That was proven once again when 2K Games released Sid Meier’s Pirates! for the iPhone today for just $2.99 — a far cry from the full box price the PC re-release originally cost back in 2004.
I have a theory that a generation of now-30-something PC gamers have all largely moved on from gaming...
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Get your James Bond fix on Kindle, but not iBooks...
Among the most interesting news items today is the revelation that Amazon has signed a 10-year exclusive deal to republish all 14 of Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels.
That means if you have a Nook, you won’t be reading those books digitally any time soon — though obviously iPad owners will be able to just use the Kindle app.
One wonders if this kind of fragmentation will lead folks to...
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The Casual Vacancy: J.K. Rowling announces her...
What’s the biggest news at The Interactive today? Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is writing her first book for adults: The Casual Vacancy. We have plot details and a release date!
I’m actually very confident that Rowling will make the transition to books for adults well. Most Harry Potter fans are technically grown-ups anyway, right? It looks like she’s playing to her...
