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http://gamasutra.com/view/news/164922/GDC_2012_How_Valve_made_Team_Fortress_2_freetoplay.php

Valve’s experiment in their store purchased items increased their revenue twelvefold.    They anticipated the “Pay-2-Win” criticisms by allowing all weapons to be easily acquirable for free and made it simple and easy to join.  Read the article for more details on how their experimental business strategy succeeded… Continue reading

A Blizzard community manager has told gamers to lower their expectations for the upcoming Diablo III hack and slash RPG, a surprising comment that might cause some fans of the Diablo series considerable concern.
http://vr-zone.com/articles/blizzard-tells-gamers-to-lower-expectations-for-diablo-iii/14997.html

http://games.slashdot.org/story/12/02/25/0011254/inventor-of-the-modern-pinball-machine-dies-at-100

The creator of the 2 flipper pinball machine, which was video games before video games actually existed, died at 100. A moment for the great pioneer of the 20th century, giving us the start of the arcade… Continue reading

Submitted by Shikaku

Submitted by Shikaku

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/sopa-livesand-mpaa-calls-protests-an-abuse-of-power.ars

I am making this post to highlight the fact that SOPA is not dead, and that Vinesauce will not “black out” in protest (we may only cover the banner again).

Do your part and consider writing a letter to your representative, by mail, email, anything:
https://action.eff.org/o/9042/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8173

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Looks pretty boring, but never judge a book by its cover. Continue reading

I want people of Vinesauce to try to register and post a comment in the comments below.  Note that you need to be registered to comment, because there was a lot of spam I cleared earlier due to leaving the comments open.

You can log in using the Login to the left using your Steam or Google account.  Email required, and should match your steam account in the case… Continue reading