''GameRevolution'' (formerly ''Game-Revolution'') is a

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website created in 1996. Based in

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, the site includes reviews, previews, a gaming download area, cheats, and a merchandise store, as well as

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s, screenshots, and videos. Their features pages include articles satirizing

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, E³, the hype surrounding the next-generation consoles, and the video game controversy. Cameo writing appearances include

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of '' 8-Bit Theatre'' and

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of ''

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''. The website has also participated in marketing campaigns for video games, including '' Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows''.

Company history

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.

E3

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. They also bestowed ''

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'' the Best of E3 award.

Purchase by CraveOnline

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

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(a division of Atomic Online), 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.

Features

The feature section commonly includes articles about important gaming events as the Nintendo Summit, and other developers' personal and public congregations and displays. For a number of years, it has also contained the GR Awards for Best, and Worst, of a year in gaming, as well as having buying guides for the Holiday Season. 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

Sometime in August 2005,

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.

References

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* {{Video Game Critics Video game news websites Video game Internet forums Internet properties established in 1996 Companies based in Berkeley, California