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Not all fun and (video) games
Big Huge Games in Timonium closed last May, taking nearly 100 jobs with it. Nine months later, a local studio that was launched from the ashes of the video game-maker shut down, too. And Zynga, which created FarmVille and Words with Friends, closed its...
Tags: FarmVille, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Timonium, Gaming, Baltimore County
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Zynga closes Timonium video game studio in broader consolidation
Zynga, the video game maker best known for FarmVille and Words With Friends, has closed its Timonium office as part of a broader corporate consolidation, company officials said Monday. The company also made changes at three other offices, closing and...
Tags: Employees, Zynga Inc., FarmVille, Gaming, Timonium
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Retailers test new formats during holidays
At GameStop Kids at White Marsh Mall, shoppers will find plush Mario book bags and Angry Birds hats mixed in with the Lego Star Wars and other kid-friendly video games, a mix meant to attract both serious "gamers" as well as those who've never played...
Tags: Toy Industry, National Retail Federation, Electronics, Gaming, GameStop
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Shoppers grab final gifts, supplies on Christmas Eve
When snowflakes began falling Monday afternoon, the commotion near Mondawmin Mall slowed. Children pointed to the sky. Shoppers, their shoulders previously hunched against the cold, stood to take in the scene. Inside, shoppers buzzed through stores...
Tags: Christmas, Toy Industry, Electronics, Gaming, Religious Festivals
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Let's not let NRA's LaPierre misdirect us with ignorance, lies about media
The Baltimore SunWhat an ignorant, dishonest and pathetic response to Sandy Hook today from the National Rifle Association. As a media critic, I will limit myself to the disingenuous attack on the media from Wayne LaPierre, chief executive of the organization. Of course,...Tags: Research, Gaming, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), University of Maryland, College Park, The Wire (tv program)
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Harford reactions mixed to Black Friday early openings
The Friday after Thanksgiving, known as "Black Friday," is typically the first day of the holiday shopping season. Traditionally, people got up early Friday morning to line up at their favorite stores so they can take advantage of special sales and rare...
Tags: Toy Industry, Gaming, Wii, Thanksgiving, Employees
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Logo artist files copyright lawsuits against Ravens, NFL
All Frederick E. Bouchat says he wanted years ago was recognition for his idea for the Ravens team logo.
Since the South Baltimore resident first sketched a flying raven clutching a shield with a "B" and faxed it to the Maryland Stadium Authority 16...Tags: Electronics, Justice System, Gaming, Companies and Corporations, Jonathan Ogden
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Defunct Big Huge Games goes on the auction block
Hundreds of computers, monitors, office furniture and digital design tools were auctioned Tuesday in Timonium to raise money for creditors of defunct Big Huge Games and its Rhode Island parent company, 38 Studios LLC.
Traces of a one-time creative...Tags: Gaming, Timonium, Companies and Corporations, Bankruptcy, Baltimore County
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Gameocracy in America: Predictions and observations
For the past six months, I have had the incredible opportunity to consume mountains of gaming-related information and regurgitate on Game Cache the things I thought were interesting. In that short time I got to see the warm and fuzzy side of the industry...
Tags: Xbox 360, Redbox, Gaming, Microsoft Corporation, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Five questions with Deb Tillett
Deb Tillett has been around the world, pursuing a career in technology that started a few decades ago in the suburbs of Baltimore. She learned the ropes of the video game world while working at one of the local companies — MicroProse — that...
Tags: Electronics, Gaming, The New York Times, Game Playing, EA Tiburon
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Baltimore County police seize sweepstakes game machines
Some of those who came to play at Hot Spot Sweepstakes in Towson on Wednesday afternoon walked away disappointed. Some seemed stunned. Finding the door locked, they peeked into the tinted storefront window to see a dark room and tables and chairs, but...
Tags: Laws, Electronics, Justice System, Baltimore County, Towson
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Big Huge Games' computers, desks, other items to be auctioned
Computers, desks, chairs and other office equipment and items that belonged to the now-defunct Big Huge Games, a Timonium-based video game maker, will be auctioned Tuesday as part of the company's Chapter 7 bankruptcy and liquidation. Big Huge Games...Tags: Financially Distressed Companies, Gaming, Timonium, Curt Schilling, Companies and Corporations
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