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Rockstar North:

Type - subsidiary of Rockstar Games [New York]

Industry - interactive entertainment, computer and video games

Founded - 1988 [as DMA Design]

HQ - Edinburgh

Website - www.rockstarnorth.com

Rockstar North (formerly DMA Design) is a British video game developer based in Edinburgh, best known for creating the Grand Theft Auto [1997] and Lemmings [1991] franchises in its earlier guise as DMA.

Since 1999 the company has been a part of the multinational company Rockstar Games, owned by Take-Two Interactive [New York]. It is the primary developer of the Grand Theft Auto series [1997] as well as working alongside other Rockstar Games studios on titles such as Red Dead Redemption [2010].

Modern games:

Red Dead Redemption [2010] - Xbox 360, PS3 - with Rockstar San Diego

L.A. Noire [2011] - Xbox 360, PS3, PC - with Team Bondi [Australia]

Max Payne 3 [2012] - Xbox 360, PS3, PC - with Rockstar Vancouver

Grand Theft Auto V [2013] - Xbox 360, PS3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockstar_North

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Media Molecule:

Founded - 2006

HQ - Guildford, Surrey

Employees - 47

Website - www.mediamolecule.com

Media Molecule is a British video game developer based in Guildford in Surrey. The studio was founded in 2006 by former Lionhead Studios employees Mark Healey, Alex Evans, David Smith and Kareem Ettouney. Before starting the company, the founders from Lionhead Studios worked together on Healey's independent game Rag Doll Kung Fu [2005] while still at Lionhead. In 2010, Sony Computer Entertainment announced that it had acquired Media Molecule.

Games:

LittleBigPlanet [2008] - PS3

LittleBigPlanet 2 [2011] - PS3

Tearaway [2013] - PS Vita

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Molecule

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Game Boy [1989]:

Manufacturer – Nintendo [Kyoto]

Type – Handheld game console

Generation – Fourth generation [late 1980s-mid-1990s]

Media – Game Boy cartridges [Game Paks]

Best-selling game – Tetris [1989]

Predecessor – Game & Watch [1980s]

The Game Boy is an 8-bit handheld video game device developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in Japan and North America in 1989 and in Europe the following year. It is the first handheld console in the Game Boy line, and was created by Gunpei Yokoi [1941-97; Japan] and Nintendo Research & Development 1 - the same staff who had designed the Game & Watch series as well as several popular games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Redesigned versions were released in 1996 and 1998, in the form of Game Boy Pocket, and Game Boy Light (Japan only), respectively.

The Game Boy is Nintendo's second handheld system following the Game & Watch series introduced in 1980, and it combined features from both the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game & Watch. It was originally bundled with the puzzle game Tetris.

As part of the fourth generation of gaming, the Game Boy competed with the Sega Game Gear [1990], Atari Lynx [1989], and the Turbo-Express [1990]. Despite these other technologically superior handheld consoles, the Game Boy was a tremendous success. The Game Boy and its successor, the Game Boy Colour [1998], have both combined sold over 118 million units worldwide. Upon its release in the US, it sold its entire shipment of one million units within weeks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy

Best-selling Game Boy games:

Tetris [1989] – Bullet-Proof [USA], Nintendo

Pokemon Red & Blue [1996] – Game Freak [Japan]

Super Mario Land [1989] – Nintendo

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins [1992] – Nintendo

Pokemon Yellow [1998] – Game Freak

The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening [1993] – Nintendo

Kirby’s Dream Land [1992] – HAL [Japan]

Dr. Mario [1990] – Nintendo

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 [1994] – Nintendo

Kirby’s Dream Land 2 [1995] – HAL

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Philip DeFranco [b.1985; USA]: Occupation - YouTube personality, SVP of DeFranco Networks Notable works - The Philip DeFranco Show, SourceFed, co-founder of Maker Studios Style - current events Political party - Libertarian Religion - atheism YouTube channel - Philip DeFranco [est. 2006]

DeFranco is an American video blogger and YouTube celebrity. He is most notable for The Philip DeFranco Show, a news show where DeFranco presents a news article, and then gives his opinion about it. His videos are centered on current events, sex, politics and celebrity gossip in which he gives his opinion, usually presented in an ironic manner and with frequent jump cuts to create a fast-paced feel. He has over 1 billion views, and over 3 million, and is within the top 100 most subscribed YouTube channels as of 2013.DeFranco started his YouTube channel in 2006. DeFranco also created three other YouTube channels: PhilipDeFranco, a personal vlog-style channel, SourceFed, an original and Google-funded YouTube channel and ForHumanPeoples. SourceFed spawned a spinoff channel, SourceFedNERD, as well. In 2013, DeFranco sold his channels to Discovery Digital Networks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_DeFranco

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Cinemassacre/Angry Video Game Nerd – Top 10 Most Unfair Gaming Moments – AVGN Clip Collection [2013]

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James Rolfe [b.1980; USA]

Alma mater – University of the Arts of Philadelphia; Philadelphia

Occupation – actor, comedian, director, producer, writer, editor

Cinemassacre/Angry Video Game Nerd – Top 10 Hardest NES Games – AVGN Clip Collection [2013]

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Big Beat Mario - Triple SSS [2009]

Terrible material recycled into new creative use!

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Snoop Dogg [b.1971; USA]

Pharrell Williams [b.1973; USA]

Beautiful [2003]

Hip-hop, west coast rap

Takes me back to PS2/Xbox/GameCube/Game Boy Advance generation!

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Hotel Mario - Ultimate Bloopers - The Mysterious Pirate [2012]

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I hope she made lotsa spaghetti!

Luigi - Hotel Mario - CD-I [1994]

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"Where there's smoke, they pinch back"

Mario - Hotel Mario, CD-I [1994]

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The Grand Budapest Hotel [2014]

Wes Anderson [b.1969; USA] - film director, screenwriter