USED VIDEO GAME
Circuit City tests used video game sales CNN Money The hot-button topic of used video game sales is moving toward center stage once again, as Circuit City has begun selling previously-owned titles online and in select stores. Circuit City Tests Used Game Market Gamasutra In his latest investor note, Lazard Capital Market's Colin Sebastian brings word that retailer Circuit City is testing the waters of trade-ins and used game sales both online and in select stores. Sebastian notes that the current pre-owned sales on Circuit City's site are limited compared to that of online auction house eBay, with, on our check, just 20 PS2 and PS3 titles, seven PSP titles, 18 States wising up? Video game bills drop like flies CNET Also: Hitachi shows off powder-size RFID chip. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra. Surgeons With Video Game Skill Appear To Perform Better In Simulated Surgery Skills Course Science Daily In a study involving 12 surgeons and 21 surgical residents, video game skill was correlated with laparoscopic surgery skill as assessed during a simulated surgery skills course, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Will Video Ads Evolve? Forbes Porting TV ads to the Web doesn't seem to work. What will? Software supports video customer service. ThomasNet Supporting VoiceXML 2.1, CCXML, SIP, and MRCP Standards, VoiceGenie v7.1 enables service providers to offer applications such as video voicemail, video conferencing, video-enabled music and games, and video call-recording. Self-service platform also helps organizations improve customer service by allowing them to proactively contact customers, inform them of critical events, and solicit action. It's Going To Be Chaotic! Launch Of Highly-Anticipated New Multi-Platform Trading Card Game Set For May 16 SYS-CON Media Kids everywhere are marking their calendars for May 16. That's the day Chaotic, the highly-anticipated new multi-platform trading card game from 4Kids Entertainment and TC Digital Games launches online and at retail. The announcement was made today at New York Comic Con by Alfred R. Kahn, Chairman and CEO, 4Kids Entertainment, the children's entertainment powerhouse that turned Pokemon and It's not a game CNN Money Last November in Beijing, IBM gathered 2,000 employees, with 5,000 more watching on the web, to unveil a series of global initiatives on digital storage, branchless banking, and the like. During the presentation, CEO Sam Palmisano walked up to an onstage PC, logged onto the online three-dimensional virtual world called Second Life, and took command of the cartoon-like "avatar" that represents him Circuit City dabbles in used games GameSpot Analyst points out preowned games on retailer's Web site, says it's not a significant near-term threat to used specialist GameStop. Analyst: Circuit City Putting Limited Pressure On GameStop Gamasutra Following up on yesterday's news that Circuit City is entering the used game market, analysts from Stern, Agee & Leach have agreed that any pressure put on GameStop will "dissipate in the near-term." Though news of a "competitive threat" in the used business market has typically resulted in what the group calls a "knee-jerk reaction" in GameStop shares, the analysts point out a number of
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