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National Geographic Getting Into Video Games

Posted by Soulskill on from the turning-yellow-borders-into-fun-for-the-family dept.

penguin_dance writes "The AP is reporting that National Geographic is getting into video games. National Geographic Games, a subset of the parent company, will 'work with game publishers to turn its material into games for PCs, consoles and handheld devices.' The first title is out for the PC and iPhone. It's a hidden-objects game called Herod's Lost Tomb, and is built around their program on King Herod and an article in the magazine. They also plan to publish and distribute games for the console market, including PS3 and Wii, and the handheld market as well. 'The games will be drawn from a broad range of content and themes across National Geographic's properties.' National Geographic: Africa will be out next month, from Sony. Other upcoming titles include Rain Forests and Greencity. Also available this month will be National Geographic: Panda for the Nintendo DS."

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  1. I hope they don't use DRM by Voyager529 · · Score: 1, Insightful
    I've never seen an issue of National Geographic that was less than 15 years old. If they use Spore-like DRM and Wal-Mart runs the activation servers, no one will ever get to play it.

    Joey

    1. Re:I hope they don't use DRM by philspear · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I can't remember the last time I saw something about videogames posted to slashdot in which DRM issues didn't become the focus. Here we have a game that is not released yet, and the first post is "Will it have DRM? Because that sucks. Spore and walmart suck because of DRM."

      Why always fixate on DRM? Do people here actually play games, or is trying to defeat DRM everyone's preferred entertainment?

  2. stick to what you know-Bashing reality. by Ostracus · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "having looked at the screen shots for Herod's Lost Tomb, and having played History Channel's Great Battles of Rome, i have to say i'm not too impressed with these TV-based educational games. educational games are simply a bad idea in the first place. aside from Oregon Trail, i can't think of any other educational game that delivers on its promises of making learning fun."

    What? You never played Rome:Total War? There's even a reality mod for the thing.

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  3. Just Imagine... by Mastadex · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...a FPS game based on the National Geographic articles that depict the mating habits of gazelles. Edumacational!

    The ESRB people are going to have a field day.

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