Thomas and Cola are on-site at the 2008 Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco this week. This is a special year for us at the GDC, because KidConfidence is getting access to a lot of larger media companies than we’ve had in the past.

In fact, with all the video interviews and special events that Thomas and Cola are covering, they are starting at 7:00am and wrapping up around 11:00pm every night! I talked with Thomas last night and he said he doesn’t even have time to download all the video he’s shooting before starting the next day.

We’ve got some great interviews coming with executives and designers from: Nickelodeon, Neopets, Sony, Electronic Arts and many more.

Stay tuned!

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Cola and I have been gamers since we were kids. We are both born in 1977 and therefore blessed to have experienced the rise of the video games in the US (Cola) and Germany (Thomas). We also belong to the first generation of parents that actually has grown up with computer and video games.

Initially founded to develop and publish videogames that are both fun and have a learning value, we utilized the KidConfidence domain and our small team of amazingly talented individuals to create a computer game, video game and virtual world review website, blog and community. We set out to create compelling content that is easy to understand and appropriate for the entire family – no prior video game experience necessary.

We are very pleased to announce that we will cover the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco in the coming week. We will report on exclusive product premieres and announcements, in addition to conducting interviews with most prominent individuals from the interactive entertainment industry.

Being a small and independent company allows us the freedom to explore what we (and you) deem worthy. Leave a comment or contact us directly with your questions and topics you would like to see covered.

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We made these videos for an internal KidConfidence project, however parents (you) may find these informal write-ups and video clips about Club Penguin, Webkinz, Whyville and Neopets interesting as well. Take a look:

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CLUB PENGUIN
Club Penguin is an online game developed by New Horizon Interactive, which was bought by Disney for 700Million Dollars.

Using cartoon penguin avatars, players can walk around, chat, play minigames with or against other members, and participate in other activities such as environment puzzles in a snow-covered virtual world.

After beta-testing, Club Penguin was made available to the general public on October 24, 2005 and has today an estimated 800,000 paid subscribers and 14 million activated users, primarily in the U.S. and Canada.
Club Penguin shares similarities with (more…)

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Dear Friends and Fellow Americans,

My high school coach sent me this Bill Gates thing for kids and I was sudden overcome to write my first blog. Please forward to any ‘American’ parent. (more…)

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Green Tip of the Day: Telecommuting

Internet-enabled capabilities like telecommuting, e-commerce, teleconferencing, and distance learning that have been around for decades are expected to play an increasing role in cutting energy consumption–reducing air travel and the need for warehouses, trips to the mall, and even malls themselves. The American Consumer Institute projects that telecommuting alone will cut CO2 emissions by more than a half million tons over the next decade. (more…)

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