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Game Publishers Move to Avoid GTA 6 (Rob Fahey)

Games Industry.biz (GIb) is a news website which covers the video game industry (surprise!). I have had GIb in my feed collection for a couple of years, and it has informed two NLJ articles in Provocative Out-Of-Context Headlines (GiB was responsible for the "context" rather than the headline) and AI Game Worlds and Humane Games. I usually do not think of GiB in terms of authors, but I decided to look into Rob Fahey after reading his report/opinion piece titled September becomes a pile-up as […]

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/game-publishers-move-to-avoid-gta-6-rob-fahey/

[Like] Game Publishers Move to Avoid GTA 6 (Rob Fahey)

Sharing an interesting report/opinion piece by Rob Fahey for Games Industry.biz about big game publishers trying to avoid releasing at the same time as GTA 6.

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Nicholas A. Ferrell Apr 1

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 04-01-26

Today is April 1. It is both April Fools and the first day of Passover (happy Passover to any Jewish readers!). I do not have a new April Fools joke prepared, but maybe there will be something April Fools-related in this edition of Pook-Emu Bee, Links from around the web 1. Israel halts all defence purchases from ‘anti-Semitic’ France (Carl Deconinck for Brussels Signal. March 31, 2026.) France has finally achieved what it has been passively aggressively working toward since October 7, […]

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-04-01-26/

[Note] Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 04-01-26

Seven links around the web for April 1, 2026, covering topics including disputes between Israel and France, email lists, late 90s video game April Fools jokes, and more.

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Nicholas A. Ferrell Mar 31

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 03-31-26

They say that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. That is true in terms of whether (looks nice out), but not in terms of your regularly-scheduled Pook-Emu Bee links. 1. OneTaste ‘orgasm cult’ boss got surprising letters of support – including from CNN personality (Ben Kochman for the New York Post. March 31, 2026.) Letter of support rom Richard Schiff, who is described as having been an actor on West Wing: I do not know Nicole personally beyond brief interactions, […]

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-03-31-26/

[Article] Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 03-31-26

Seven links for March 31, 2026, covering topics including, but not limited to, AI in schools, AI in work, sumo wrestling rankings, and video game April Fools jokes.

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Count_ZeroOr Nov 29, 2025

NextGen #46 (October 1998)

https://countzeroor.com/2025/11/29/nextgen-46-october-1998/

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Count_ZeroOr Sep 6, 2025

NextGen #45 (September 1998)

https://countzeroor.com/2025/09/06/nextgen-45-september-1998/

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NextGen #45 (September 1998) - Breaking it all Down

We are approaching the final hurrah for Sega’s consoles. Cover Sega’s last console hurrah, the Dreamcast, is coming. Intelligence No industry interview kicking off the issue this time. Instead we’re talking about industry efforts against software piracy, particularly for-profit piracy for systems that are currently for sale. On the one hand, I can’t be too…

Breaking it all Down

Count_ZeroOr Sep 3, 2025

Nintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 141

https://countzeroor.com/2025/09/03/nintendo-power-retrospectives-part-141/

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Nintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 141 - Breaking it all Down

We’re back for August of 1998, and a bunch of N64 games.

Breaking it all Down

Count_ZeroOr Aug 30, 2025

NextGen #44 (August 1998)

https://countzeroor.com/2025/08/30/nextgen-44-august-1998/

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Chris Chapman Aug 27, 2025

New scan! MCV #67 from Christmas Eve 1999.

• The Review of the 1990s: they pick their Publisher, Developer, and Cock-up of the Decade, among others.
• PS1s are now in 25% of British households. Seems high!
• Top of the all formats chart this week: Tomb Raider 4: The Last Revelation, FIFA 2000 and Tomorrow Never Dies.
• Trivia quiz, page 17. I scored a paltry 5.5/20.

Blog post: https://savestate.site/mcv-issue-67-24-december-1999/

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MCV issue 67 (24 December 1999)

MCV's review of the 1990s! They pick their Publisher of the Decade, Developer of the Decade, and Cock-up of the…

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Fernando Briano Aug 6, 2025

The Video Game History Foundation has acquired the rights to Computer Entertainer, one of the first American video game magazines:

We’ve digitized the entire run of Computer Entertainer for the first time and released the magazine into the Creative Commons, allowing anyone to use it for research, publication, or any other purpose.

https://gamehistory.org/computerentertainer/

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