Free HTC Smartphone with Modern Warfare 3
Heads up, gamers: electronics big-box retailer Best Buy is giving away an HTC smartphone to everyone who buys Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, scheduled for release on Tuesday. Gamers can choose from the Evo 4G for Sprint Nextel, the Incredible 2 for Verizon Wireless, or the Inspire 4G for AT&T. Signing up for a two year contract with either of the three carriers is required to take advantage of this deal.
read moreHacking Sony: Bad Ideas
Could bad things happening to our game creators affect the games we play? PSN was hacked and as it was, Sony’s stock prices fell drastically. If their stocks fall their revenues fall and they no longer want to fund that amazingly innovative game that they would have before…so could attempts at Sony have a negative impact on all Sony gamers? It seems likely that it may. Studies show that when a company is threatened it is less likely to take risks that may make it money but may not live up to expectations.
read moreWorld of Warcraft Addict
Have you ever played World of Warcraft and noticed the time slipping away from you like so many sands through the hourglass, as it were? Of course not! Because you’re busy playing, not watching the clock. Still, most of us relegate only certain times of the day to our alter-egos in the realms and still manage to maintain our professional and social relationships, get enough sleep, and keep ourselves fed.
read moreStatistics of Gaming
Well all love to play video games here at Draagon.net, and we know you do, too. Video gaming has been happening since before most of us were born, so to most people still alive today, gaming has been part of their lives in some way or another. Sure, some of the very elderly people still living in the world may have escaped the influence of games during their youthful days, but it is unlikely that their children, or grandchildren, have lived a gameless week since they were born.
read moreGame is but a Dream
Alright, so this morning I woke up after having a really incredible and vivid dream about an idea for a new game. I know, it takes a lot of bravery to share an idea publicly on the Internet, but that’s half the point of Draagon.net’s existence, so I’m going to get over myself and just share. Here is what the dream was like: it was a kind of take on the Old West, with a cowboy named Oatie as the hero. He’s made entirely of oatmeal — plain oatmeal at first, but over the course of the game he gathers various additions that make him stronger
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