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Games aren't always directed straight at the young, and video games are no exception. If anything, the age ratings prove this. But that doesn't mean that titles and children aren't strongly rooted together, and, as part of the family, video games come to share their load of the weight. The holidays are... |
9 November 2009
06:26 GMT |
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Sometimes, people try to bite more than they can chew and then complain about the sore jaw. One such person could be Alexander Stern. The gamer suffers from a visual impairment and yet insists that he not only play video games, which is a God-given right to anybody, but that Sony make its games more accessible for th... |
9 November 2009
05:41 GMT |
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Video games have been considered a blight on society by many individuals, scattered more or less evenly around the globe. The interactive and immersive nature of the violent titles, along with the explicit gore, led some to voice out their strong belief that these games had a direct impact on the mind of the young, d... |
6 November 2009
03:20 GMT |
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For about two weeks, previously unsubstantiated rumors about a reduction in the price of the Nintendo Wii home gaming console have been getting clear proof. Wal Mart talked about a price rollback for the device, without mentioning the new price. Then, a Toys R Us ad was leaked to the press showing that the price woul... |
19 September 2009
10:21 GMT |
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Activision Blizzard is big. And, more importantly in this tough economic times, it is turning to profit just as the video-game business is hardly hit by the economic downturn, with the NPD numbers for August showing a 16% decline when compared to 2008. The one man who seems to be directly responsible for this is Bobb... |
17 September 2009
17:41 GMT |
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Video games are becoming part of our daily lives more and more and, as such, they turn into something that almost everyone can relate to. This is exactly why the president of the United States, Barack Obama, uses video games in many of his speeches. Granted, usually he doesn't put them in a positive light, as h... |
23 July 2009
02:40 GMT |
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Video games are getting larger and larger every day, slowly evolving and becoming a part of our daily lives. This doesn't end with normal people, as even celebrities and athletes have admitted that they like to unwind by playing a game. Given the fact that gaming is a worldwide hobby and that a lot of people ar... |
21 July 2009
03:18 GMT |
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As you all know, a few weeks ago, the world lost one of its most iconic superstars, the legendary King of Pop, Michael Jackson. Since then, we've been flooded with information about the famous singer, in regard to how he impacted the whole world through his actions. We've even seen famous gaming company Se... |
15 July 2009
02:40 GMT |
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Politics and video games barely have anything in common, except for a few simulators that put the players in charge of their own countries. But it seems that, at least in real life, politicians have seen gaming as a widespread phenomenon and, instead of trying to comprehend it and endorse both video game developers a... |
10 July 2009
15:11 GMT |
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Video games have been blamed for a lot of things over the years, especially those that featured violence as they were believed to influence young people and teach them that violence was actually fun and could be sustained in real life, not only in the virtual realm. Even though studies have infirmed such things, it ... |
9 June 2009
16:41 GMT |
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50 Cent has evolved from the status of underground rapper to one fully fledged business man, managing to get his own brand or that of his entourage, G-Unit, into almost everything we see around today. Of course, video games couldn't escape from the ambitions of the artist, as he already has two titles under his ... |
13 May 2009
13:11 GMT |
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The gaming industry is slowly, but surely, beginning to become more and more mainstream and an integral part of our everyday lives. Thanks to the current console generation, the market has devices for every type of consumer, be it casual or hardcore, experienced or new to the whole concept. But, even though a lot of... |
11 May 2009
02:22 GMT |
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By now, a lot of people, especially gamers, have heard of OnLive, a service that promises to take the concept of cloud computing and adapt it to gaming, making it possible for people with even the lowest end-computer connected to the Internet to run high-end video games. Since its announcement, the opinions found in... |
6 May 2009
02:37 GMT |
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Japan has been one of the central points on the world map in terms of technology for the last few decades. This has also been true in terms of video games, as a lot of consoles and titles have appeared from the Land of the Rising Sun and have gone on to gain critical acclaim across the whole wide world. But, lately,... |
5 May 2009
02:19 GMT |
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Unless you were born quite recently, you know about Mr. T, the actor who played characters such as B. A. Baracus from the 1980s cult-series The A Team, or boxer Clubber Lang, from Rocky III. Besides giving birth to such famous characters, the actor is also well known for his flamboyant style and for the humanitarian ... |
30 April 2009
02:47 GMT |
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Hollywood is representative of the movie industry and of all of the good and bad things it has done to society since the birth of movie-making. For some time now, it has developed a relationship with video game companies, which have created both game-based movies and movie-based games. But while this collaboration b... |
30 April 2009
02:28 GMT |
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Video games are becoming an incremental part of our daily lives, and as such have gained the attention of quite a lot of researchers who have indulged in numerous studies to show just what kind of influence they can have on us.While a lot of them were very biased and set out to show that violent games would turn chil... |
6 April 2009
02:58 GMT |
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We've already seen quite a lot of celebrities endorse video games, whether it was part of a new contract between them and a company from that field, or even because they just wanted to show their love for certain titles that they play in order to unwind after a busy day. The latest famous star to openly talk ab... |
23 March 2009
16:01 GMT |
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We've heard a lot about piracy in the last few months. From Nintendo highlighting the most pirate-friendly countries to the ELSPA scoring a big victory with a UK tribunal, convicting a video game pirate to one year in prison. But although you would expect the PC Gaming Alliance, a non-profit organization create... |
19 March 2009
03:37 GMT |
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Piracy is a very important issue nowadays due to the relative easiness with which illegal copies of games or software can be distributed over the Internet and various other Peer2Peer networks like Bittorrent. But even though such actions do only harm for games or software developers and publishers, there are some wh... |
18 March 2009
14:01 GMT |
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The gaming industry is getting more and more attention as time goes by, because a lot of people turn to video games in order to satisfy their entertainment hunger, realizing that they get a much better value for their money, which could've gone to buying movie or concert tickets. As such, we're seeing more... |
17 March 2009
12:11 GMT |
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Parents haven't always been very understanding with their children, but ever since video games have started to play a bigger and bigger role in the latter's lives, the former have been somewhat reluctant to let them play. A study recently presented by the British Board of Film Classification, the organizat... |
9 March 2009
02:05 GMT |
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It would appear, scientists say, that video game addiction is beginning to exhibit a series of unexpected side-effects, of which skin disorders are the most surprising. Even though medical books are filled with descriptions of various conditions of the skin, none of them has any explanation for the painful red lumps ... |
25 February 2009
04:03 GMT |
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The long-term effects of prolonged Internet exposure are subject to debate these days between Taiwanese and American researchers. The former say that teens who are addicted to surfing the Web are more likely to engage in aggressive behavior, and so they need monitoring from parents and teachers. On the other hand, th... |
24 February 2009
06:29 GMT |
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Video games don't exactly have the most decent reputation, and a lot of people tend to fear that they are becoming a more and more mainstream form of entertainment. This concern, coupled with protests against video games led by some groups, deems them dangerous to children, teaching them violent behavior among o... |
5 February 2009
13:01 GMT |
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In a new study, published in the January 23rd issue of the Journal of Youth and Adolescence, researchers at the Brigham Young University in the US have identified that playing video games regularly may have very serious repercussions on a gamer's personal life, as far as relationships with peers, friends and fam... |
23 January 2009
03:21 GMT |
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According to a new scientific research, the satisfied expression on the faces of those who just blasted a virtual opponent out of the screen in a video game doesn't come from them satisfying their blood-thirsty instincts, but from the fact that they are satisfied for mastering the challenge the game placed befor... |
16 January 2009
10:44 GMT |
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In an attempt to address an ever-decreasing number of new recruits strengthening America's forces in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other parts of the world, the US Army is currently adopting a new way of recruiting young men and women for active service. In northeast Philadelphia, it has set up a new experimental recru... |
14 January 2009
02:22 GMT |
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A 24-year old man in Oakland, Florida, was convicted to 15 months in prison and is forced to pay $415,900 for pirating and distributing at least 76 video games, most of them belonging to Nintendo. Kifah Maswadi developed an online business and used to sell "Power Player" consoles to which he added a "present" - at le... |
18 August 2008
11:31 GMT |
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We usually hear about game-related studies only when some organization wants to prove how bad they are for the mind and the body of a human being. However, there are people who want to do more than criticize video games - use them to help patients with cancer, for example. And they not only try to do that, they'... |
5 August 2008
04:23 GMT |
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In the second quarter of 2008, video games, consoles and game-related accessories were Americans' favorite items when it came to online shopping. This industry developed the most, the growth rate being of 73%, which is 60% more than the total increase of online purchases. Americans also proved that they had take... |
1 August 2008
03:58 GMT |
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Over at Macworld they're asking "will iPhone games lead to more on the Mac?" Some developers think so. Others don't quite see it happening without a distribution service like the iPhone's App Store.Glenda Adams, director of development for Aspyr Media, agrees that developing for the iPhone may lead to ... |
16 June 2008
17:06 GMT |
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And, once again, "evil video games" should be blamed for everything! This time, for a strange and sudden sword-attack that happened in Switzerland: on a Sunday morning, a 19-year-old teen was playing his favorite video games and, after a few hours, his mother told him to stop. He considered that so enraging that he t... |
4 June 2008
12:06 GMT |
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The game industry keeps growing, making us, the real gamers, some of the happiest people in the world. Analysts predict that this growing process will never stop, that soon the game industry will be bigger than music or movies - the biggest form of entertainment, actually. Still, there might be a long way before our ... |
17 May 2008
03:41 GMT |
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Digital River, provider of global e-commerce solutions, has announced signing an e-commerce deal with Aspyr Media regarding the launch of an online store to support the sale and digital delivery of select Macintosh and PC Aspyr titles in North America. The service will be dubbed "Game Agent", just like Aspyr's f... |
12 May 2008
16:31 GMT |
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A few days ago I decided to put an end to my most disgusting habit: smoking and, as expected, most of my friends have rushed in to congratulate me. But the idea for this weekend's reading came after one of my oldest friends (and, at the same time, a guy that never played a video game in his life) told me somethi... |
9 May 2008
19:46 GMT |
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In light of Apple's iPhone SDK release, the co-founder of Widget Monkeys and founder of Widget Monkey Games, David Janik-Jones has announced the launch of the Cocoa Touch Games web site. Four Cocoa Touch titles are already advertised on the site, as the group focuses on games for Apple's iPhone and iPod tou... |
13 March 2008
10:50 GMT |
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Earlier this week, news broke out about the 100,000 SDK downloads, garnered in no more than four days since the kit's official release on March 6. It has recently been confirmed that big names such as THQ, PopCap, Namco NetSuite and more, are eager to bless iPhone users with their products.Apple's March 6 e... |
13 March 2008
07:00 GMT |
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With Apple finally releasing the long-craved iPhone SDK on March 6, also using video game demonstrations to show what can be accomplished with the kit, people started wondering if Apple indeed isn't focusing quite a bit on games lately. Still, neither Steve's speech, nor Phil Schiller's showed a tenden... |
10 March 2008
04:11 GMT |
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To say it short and begin as no news should, here is the conclusion: video games make you dumb. Loud and clear, that is what some German scientists from Kriminologischen Forschungsinstituts Niedersachsen (KFN) have found out. And, yes, I will always be fascinated by the results of these studies. Then laugh for a whol... |
18 February 2008
08:12 GMT |
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Following news of Apple prepping to release an SDK for programmers, enabling them to develop better apps for the iPhone, an interview with Roger Ehrenberg of Information Arbitrage sheds more light on the possibility of seeing an Apple gaming handhled released soon.Although Apple filed to protect their trademark in re... |
14 February 2008
04:07 GMT |
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There were reports that hit games like Guitar Hero or Rock Band are boosting the sales of artists featured in the game, and that seems to be a natural thing, having in mind that there are indeed some great songs featured in the game. Still, I am really surprised when I hear that other games that are not especially fo... |
12 February 2008
03:38 GMT |
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In what could be the scientific breakthrough of the millennium, a Stanford University researcher basically claims that men like playing video games more than women do. Duh! I am completely shocked by this, I never ever, ever thought that men could like video games more than women do or, even worse, become game addict... |
6 February 2008
08:16 GMT |
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Not that this isn't another unnecessary piece of news standing as a reminder that porn mixes with just about everything and it so happens that it goes great with video games, but here's a question for you: Aren't porn stars people too? Porn stars aren't any different that me and you? (don't t... |
15 January 2008
06:06 GMT |
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You'd never believe it but the video games eventually proved to be more analgesic than drugs. A study carried out by Diane Gromala, associate professor at SFU's School of Interactive Arts and Technology has revealed that "subjects who are distracted in fully immersive virtual reality (VR) environments feel ... |
8 January 2008
08:14 GMT |
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It's been a full year for everyone involved with video games, from developers to publishers, to peripheral manufacturers and, ultimately, to gamers. Now we can finally look back and remember the many events that have further shaped a continuously expanding industry, which touches entire generations using a conce... |
31 December 2007
09:59 GMT |
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We know this is not the kind of news you'd like to hear, especially now, during the holidays, but that is what Doctor Chou Yuan-hua, from the department of Psychiatry of Taipei Veterans General Hospital claims to happen if you play video games. Actually, he says that gamers risk to damage their brain functions a... |
27 December 2007
04:16 GMT |
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Don't you just love video games? Of course you do, that's why you read gaming news, but isn't it that sometimes you're so proud of your gaming system and the titles you play on it that you just want the whole world to know? Everyone's thankful for something in gaming, but someone in particula... |
17 December 2007
03:09 GMT |
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Six members of the European Game Developers Federation, founded just one year ago, have signed a "Video Game Manifesto". With this, they are hoping that the government ministers all over the European Union will understand the cultural impact video games have nowadays and allow tax credits to be given to game companie... |
10 December 2007
02:42 GMT |
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Do you love to grab a rocket launcher and blow some monster's head off? Do you like Manhunt's gameplay? Or maybe you are thrilled when you sneak behind somebody and cut their throat open with a knife? Well... psychotherapists in Germany say that's not right. Of course, for the few that didn't real... |
4 December 2007
04:14 GMT |
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