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Zynga Files For $1 Bilion IPO

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Business Insider - By Jay Yarow - Jul. 02 (News Report) - Zynga has just filed with the SEC to go public. The company is on pace to generate well over $1 billion in revenue this year, and earn over $36 million. It's a pretty slim profit margin considering reports were circulating that Zynga was earning $400 million on $800 million in revenue earlier this year. It wants to raise $1 billion from the IPO, and it already has $1 billion in cash on hand.

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ARTINFO: 'Jeff Koons Must Die!!!' & 4 Other Art Video Games You Can Actually Play

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Artinfo - Apr. 23 (News) - In Hunter Jonakin's "Jeff Koons Must Die!!!" the player must destroy the artist's work with a rocket launcher. / Courtesy of the artist With the Smithsonian set to crown video games the latest institutionally-ratified art

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Raising a healthy gamer: seven tips for parents

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Ars Technica - By Ben Kuchera - Jul. 02 (Special Report) - Parenting is always a tough job, and video games are a tricky subject in today's families. Don't worry, we have you covered. Ars offers a no-BS guide to dealing with gaming and your children, and our advice is simple: you know your children better than anyone else.

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Rage against the machines

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Prospect - By Tom Chatfield - Jun. 05 (Special Report) - That the media stumbles and gropes when discussing video games is an old story. More dismayingly, however, similar failings are to be found in a new book by Susan Greenfield, renowned neuroscientist and head of the Royal Institution.

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A User-Friendly Computer Virus

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Utne Reader - By Brian Vastag - Feb. 28 (Special Report) - It took Blizzard Entertainment, the Irvine, California, company behind the game, nearly a week to stop the virtual plague. At that time the online Tolkienesque world of swords and sorcery boasted 4 million subscribers (it now has more than 9 million). The company's programmers had created Hakkar the Soulflayer--a monster so strong that players would have to band together to kill it--to enrich the game. They expected his blood curse to remain localized. But they hadn't accounted for human behavior.

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