Ypulse Essentials: RockStar's Beaterator, Young Familes Love Gadgets, Colleges Ranked By Social Good
Posted by meredith on 09-03-2009
Rock Star and Timbaland launch Beaterator (Guitar Hero for aspiring DJs? Also Warner Bros experiments with video album art in lieu of the death of cover art. And Xbox holds a vote for three children's hospitals to receive a gameroom makeover) (Fast Company)
- GTA settles 'Hot Coffee' scandal (for $20 million. Ars Technica looks back at the incident and the major changes it brought in the ratings system for video games.)
- Young families love gadgets (leading the pack with the most entertainment devices per household according to Forrester. Also Microsoft discontinues all current models of Zunes in anticipation of the Zune HD, an iPod Touch competitor. And YouTube may take a cue from Netflix and start offering movie rentals) (Variety) (NewTeeVee) (Wired)
- How will Sulake and Summit Entertainment (gauge the success of their "New Moon" campaign in Habbo? Check out the comment from a reader critiquing Habbo's environment and vampire culture. Plus "Twilight" stars debut another exclusive trailer for "New Moon" at the VMAs. And Hollywood finally recognizes fan girls) (Variety) (MTV News) (Newsarama)
- Does MTV turn teen moms into celebrities? (Questions about the glamorization of young moms are raised with the announcement of MTV's "Labor Day" marathon of "16 and Pregnant" where moms from the show will be in the studio and the announcement of the spin-off "Teen Mom," which will follow four teens previously featured through their first year of motherhood. Also MTV pulls "House of Jazmin" and "Making His Band" from its lineup) (Baltimore Sun) (Variety) (reality blurred)
- More PSAs for BTS (from President Obama and the US Army as part of the "Boost Up" campaign to prevent high school dropouts)
- Colleges ranked by social good (in Washington Monthly Magazine. Also is a college education worth the debt?) (New York Times, reg. requied) (NPR)
- Barefoot run across America (to raise money for homeless youth. Pretty cool idea.) (Transworld News)
- When Gen Y entitlement (leads to entrepreneurship. Also a Canadian columnist argues that the generation gap is a myth) (True/Slant) (Macleans.ca)
- Fashion Playtes (another player in the tween DIY virtual design space. Also coverage of this weekend's Supergirl Jam on TheWB.com)
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September 3rd, 2009 at 12:44 pm
RE "YouTube may take a cue from Netflix and start offering movie rentals."
That's good news.
I've already watched streaming videos at Netflix and Amazon.
More competition will hopefully mean more choices and keep the price low.