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Spoilers, A Marketing Strategy

SimplyXbox writes, "The word spoiler usually carries a negative connotation. One of the quickest ways to make someone hate you is to spoil the ending to a big movie or TV show. It’s probably happened to you at some point, probably by accident. It can be very frustrating. We hate spoilers because we love surprises, and those two contradict each other. It might seem that nothing good can come from spoilers.

But some would disagree. Spoilers have been said to increase ratings in TV shows, sales in movie tickets, and sales in copies of video games. Marketers know how to get us excited about things. They give us exactly what we crave in the information age: information."

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Indie hit Dredge is getting its own movie adaptation

Rob Webb of KnowTechie writes: We're still waiting on the details, but this video game adaptation promises to be seriously creepy.

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The INDIE Live Expo 2024 event is to feature over 100 game titles

INDIE Live Expo, Japan’s premiere online digital showcase series , will debut never-before-seen games & content updates across more than 100 titles on May 25th.

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Comedy Central New Animated Series Based on Golden Axe

Get the scoop on Comedy Central's exciting new cartoon show inspired by the iconic Golden Axe video game

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Knightofelemia4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Golden Axe is a great game I enjoyed it on the SMS, Genesis and in the arcade. Great game but it truly was a quarter eater back in the day. I wish Sega could get the rights to the arcade port of Moonwalker another great arcade game I enjoyed. Collect so many monkeys and become Robo Michael lol.