watercoolergames.org - 2/23/2009
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Tony Giallourakis announces the launch of Advergames.com, a website that aggregates advergames from around the web. There are already a number of games on the site; since it intends to function as an aggregator, you can expect many more to be added over time (new and old, I presume). What's ...
joystiq.com - 2/17/2009
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joystiq.com —
Capcom has announced its own branded, pre-paid Visa
cards, the first run of which will feature artwork
from Street Fighter IV , Resident Evil 5 and Bionic Commando . The Capcom Unity Card will be available online beginning February 17 -- ...
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M. Buy Some Stuff: Capcom launches own pre-paid Visa
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Advergames get a home
Technology: Games blog | guardian.co.uk —
... aggregates the good, the bad and the ugly of viral games that seemingly every marketing team implemented a few years ago to make their websites 'sticky'. Over on watercoolergames, Ian Bogost asks if there's an audience for this site, and I would leap to say (perhaps a little sadly) yes. As ...
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