Net Revolution, Inc., a California corporation, was founded in April 1996 by Duke Ferris as a holding company and as the publisher of the GameRevolution website. Ferris served as president of the company until it was acquired in 2005 stock purchase by Bolt Media, Inc. for an undisclosed sum.
E3edit
The staff of GameRevolution are annual judges at the E3. Duke Ferris is a returning Judge for the 2010 show. Perhaps the most influential year for GameRevolution at E3 was in 2000, where they invited Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik of Penny Arcade to attend.[3] They also bestowed Black & White the Best of E3 award.[4]
Purchase by CraveOnlineedit
Following the bankruptcy of Bolt Media, Inc., continuing to be frequented by hundreds of thousands of visitors, GameRevolution was purchased by the men's entertainment site CraveOnline (a division of Atomic Online),[5] for another undisclosed sum. It has since been integrated as part of the CraveOnline community while continuing to stand alone as a popular site. The purchase was announced February 25, 2008.[6][7] CraveOnline itself was renamed to Mandatory in March 2018.[8]
Featuresedit
The feature section commonly includes articles about important gaming events as the Nintendo Summit,[9] and other developers' personal and public congregations and displays. For a number of years, it has also contained the GR Awards for Best,[10] and Worst,[11] of a year in gaming, as well as having buying guides for the Holiday Season.[12] There are also a number of bizarre and unique articles describing phenomena in the gaming community, or simply, interesting news for gamers.
Jack Thompson controversyedit
Sometime in August 2005, Jack Thompson contacted Lou Kerner of GameRevolution and requested he remove an "offensive" AIM buddy icon from an affiliate site of GameRevolution known as Bolt.com. Kerner complied and had the offending icon removed immediately. Thompson saw the removal as an admission of guilt and contacted the NYPD to have Kerner arrested; however, no such action was taken. Duke Ferris, another employee of the site, wrote an article on the matter and humorously pointed out the ridiculousness of the entire situation. To drive home this point, he even chose to present a primitively drawn image which had Thompson being devoured by a crocodile, and then challenged Thompson to go ahead and have him arrested.[13]
Referencesedit
^"Game-Revolution.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info – DomainTools". WHOIS. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
^"WarnerBros.com – Movies, TV Shows and Video Games including Harry Potter". Midway.com. from the original on June 22, 2008. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
^. Archived from the original on August 29, 2008. Retrieved June 19, 2008.
^. Reuters. February 25, 2008. Archived from the original on April 15, 2009. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
^"Evolve Media Announces CraveOnline Has Been Renamed Mandatory". EContent. March 27, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
^"Nintendo Summit 2008". Gamerevolution.com. from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
^"GR's Best of 2007 Awards". Gamerevolution.com. from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
^"Worst of 2007 Awards". Gamerevolution.com. from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
^"Holiday Gift Guide '07". Gamerevolution.com. from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
^"You Don't Wanna Know Jack". Gamerevolution.com. August 10, 2005. from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
External linksedit
Official website
January 01, 1970
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GameRevolution formerly Game Revolution is a gaming website created in 1996 Based in Berkeley California the site includes reviews previews a gaming download area cheats and a merchandise store as well as webcomics screenshots and videos Their features pages include articles satirizing Jack Thompson E the hype surrounding the next generation consoles and the video game controversy Cameo writing appearances include Brian Clevinger of 8 Bit Theatre and Scott Ramsoomair of VG Cats The website has also participated in marketing campaigns for video games including Gauntlet Seven Sorrows 2 GameRevolutionType of siteVideo gamesOwnerMandatoryCreated byDuke FerrisURLgamerevolution wbr comCommercialYesLaunchedApril 26 1996 28 years ago 1996 04 26 1 as Net Revolution Inc Current statusActive Contents 1 Company history 1 1 E3 1 2 Purchase by CraveOnline 2 Features 2 1 Jack Thompson controversy 3 References 4 External linksCompany history editNet Revolution Inc a California corporation was founded in April 1996 by Duke Ferris as a holding company and as the publisher of the GameRevolution website Ferris served as president of the company until it was acquired in 2005 stock purchase by Bolt Media Inc for an undisclosed sum E3 edit The staff of GameRevolution are annual judges at the E3 Duke Ferris is a returning Judge for the 2010 show Perhaps the most influential year for GameRevolution at E3 was in 2000 where they invited Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik of Penny Arcade to attend 3 They also bestowed Black amp White the Best of E3 award 4 Purchase by CraveOnline edit Following the bankruptcy of Bolt Media Inc continuing to be frequented by hundreds of thousands of visitors GameRevolution was purchased by the men s entertainment site CraveOnline a division of Atomic Online 5 for another undisclosed sum It has since been integrated as part of the CraveOnline community while continuing to stand alone as a popular site The purchase was announced February 25 2008 6 7 CraveOnline itself was renamed to Mandatory in March 2018 8 Features editThe feature section commonly includes articles about important gaming events as the Nintendo Summit 9 and other developers personal and public congregations and displays For a number of years it has also contained the GR Awards for Best 10 and Worst 11 of a year in gaming as well as having buying guides for the Holiday Season 12 There are also a number of bizarre and unique articles describing phenomena in the gaming community or simply interesting news for gamers Jack Thompson controversy edit Sometime in August 2005 Jack Thompson contacted Lou Kerner of GameRevolution and requested he remove an offensive AIM buddy icon from an affiliate site of GameRevolution known as Bolt com Kerner complied and had the offending icon removed immediately Thompson saw the removal as an admission of guilt and contacted the NYPD to have Kerner arrested however no such action was taken Duke Ferris another employee of the site wrote an article on the matter and humorously pointed out the ridiculousness of the entire situation To drive home this point he even chose to present a primitively drawn image which had Thompson being devoured by a crocodile and then challenged Thompson to go ahead and have him arrested 13 References edit Game Revolution com WHOIS DNS amp Domain Info DomainTools WHOIS Retrieved September 1 2016 WarnerBros com Movies TV Shows and Video Games including Harry Potter Midway com Archived from the original on June 22 2008 Retrieved October 28 2013 1 Archived October 3 2010 at the Wayback Machine 2 Archived July 1 2008 at the Wayback Machine 3 Archived February 12 2009 at the Wayback Machine Mens Entertainment Site CraveOnline Buys GameRevolution Archived from the original on August 29 2008 Retrieved June 19 2008 CraveOnline Acquires GameRevolution Reuters February 25 2008 Archived from the original on April 15 2009 Retrieved October 28 2013 Evolve Media Announces CraveOnline Has Been Renamed Mandatory EContent March 27 2018 Retrieved August 28 2020 Nintendo Summit 2008 Gamerevolution com Archived from the original on February 14 2012 Retrieved June 30 2012 GR s Best of 2007 Awards Gamerevolution com Archived from the original on October 29 2013 Retrieved October 28 2013 Worst of 2007 Awards Gamerevolution com Archived from the original on October 29 2013 Retrieved October 28 2013 Holiday Gift Guide 07 Gamerevolution com Archived from the original on February 14 2012 Retrieved June 30 2012 You Don t Wanna Know Jack Gamerevolution com August 10 2005 Archived from the original on February 14 2012 Retrieved June 30 2012 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title GameRevolution amp oldid 1182757800, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
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