My real issue with this series is how it is championed by the game industry as the high ideal of mainstream gaming.
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In the mainstream gaming world, the lack of the ability to use the same mark in a sequel would probably be pretty devastating.
The 3rd Gen Intel i7 processor has up to twice the HD Media and 3-D graphics performance and delivers stunning visual experiences from mainstream gaming to HD video editing.
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The Call of Duty franchise is currently the biggest mainstream brand in gaming.
But Comic-Con has become such a huge press event that it allows game companies to unveil new games to both the media (both mainstream and core gaming) and public at the same time.
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While Major League Gaming has attracted mainstream brands like Dr. Pepper, Stride and Bic, the hardcore PC audience that follows League of Legends and StarCraft II makes sense for a modding company.
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And just as Gatorade and gel-cushioned trainers moved from the racetrack into the mainstream, so yesterday's cutting-edge technology, like graphics cards or online gaming, will filter down to the mainstream market.
If gaming is becoming more mainstream, it's only fitting that it should have its child prodigies too.
Play in the form of social and mobile gaming has become a mainstream activity, but it has the potential to be so much more.
Hank Jeong runs World Cyber Games, an annual tournament he hopes will one day be to gaming what the Olympics is to mainstream sport.
That would probably be wrong: gaming has made great strides towards mainstream acceptance in recent years, and the current transition is, in fact, milder than previous examples.
But the runaway success of the Wii highlights some trends that will be very important over the next decade, as the gaming industry matures and becomes more mainstream.
Nintendo started the mainstream push into glasses free (autostereoscopic) 3D gaming with its Nintendo 3DS system earlier this year.
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The phenomenon of pro gaming, especially as it seems headed more mainstream, is celebrating game makers as much as it is the best gamers in the world.
While mainstream reporters are painting this picture as the potential end for console gaming, the reality is that these cable providers may have little chance of being successful.
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Pro gaming still has managed to fly under the radar as far as mainstream coverage.
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