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January 25, 2011

[SSJ: 6501] Fri. Feb. 18, 2011, ICAS Book Talk Dan Sloan: Playing to Wiin: Nintendo and the Video Game Industry's Greatest Comeback

From: Eriko Kawaguchi (erikok@tuj.ac.jp)
Date: 2011/01/25

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Book Talk: Dan Sloan "Playing to Wiin:
Nintendo and the Video Game Industry's Greatest Comeback

Date: Friday, Feb. 18, 2011
Time: 7:00p.m. (Talk will start at 7:30p.m.)
Venue: Temple University, Japan Campus, Azabu Hall
206/207
2-8-12, Minami azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo (access:
www.tuj.ac.jp/maps)

Speaker: Dan Sloan
Moderator: Robert Dujarric
Admission: Free (Open to general public)
RSVP: icas@tuj.ac.jp

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Outline

Just 10 years ago, Nintendo was struggling with a run of poorly selling consoles and faced nagging questions about how it would avoid becoming a video game industry also-ran, as well as who would lead the Kyoto giant. In his book "Playing to Wiin: Nintendo and the Video Game Industry's Greatest Comeback", Dan Sloan details the key people and products that pushed the "House of Mario" back to the No.1 spot. In a multi-media presentation at Temple, Dan will discuss the book, the state of the industry, and the prospects for Nintendo, which will release its hand-held 3DS console later that month. Will it be another Wii-like game changer or part of a 3D deluge leaving consumers and gamers confused?

Speaker

Dan Sloan is a senior correspondent at Reuters covering business and economic news; he is a former president of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, and a frequent television commentator for international and domestic media. Sloan is a graduate of the University of Virginia and the Columbia Graduate School of
Journalism.
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Director
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Associate Director
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Coordinator

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