Videogames Come of Age

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COLOGNE, GERMANY It’s an adolescent boy’s dream.

In hall after hall at the videogames trade fair GamesCom here, you can slay dragons, score tournament-winning goals and blast the hell out of hordes of Nazis/aliens/orcs/demons. All while being attended to in real life by beautiful women dressed as geishas, Amazon warriors and short-shorts-wearing soccer hotties.

In the business, this is known as playing to your base.

But with the videogame industry facing a 20 percent revenue drop this year, it’s clear that the geeks are no longer enough.

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