Are Sports Video Games Worth Reviewing Any More?

Are Sports Video Games Worth Reviewing Any More?
Kotaku
... details delivering the authenticity a sports gamer prizes. Problem is, that's not a feature, it's an expectation. That's the "roster update" slur, hurled predominantly by people who have no intention of buying or even playing sports video games. ...
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer details revealed
Telegraph.co.uk
By Tom Hoggins, Video Games Editor The reveal, to a packed aircraft hangar in Los Angeles, was the first time that Activision and Infinity Ward have shown Modern Warfare 3's multiplayer modes in public. For many, the multiplayer is the main reason to ...
This week in video games: 'Dead Island' and the not-so-dead releases
Dallas Morning News (subscription) (blog)
However, keep in mind that the Warhammer 40k series of tabletop games, books and video gamesset the standard for space marines long before Gears of War was a blockbuster hit. This game is more about making the player feel powerful as he or she mows ...
G Styled: Alienware M18x Is The Gamer's Laptop
LAPTOP Magazine (blog)
As anybody who knows me will tell you, I'm an extreme gamer. So needless to say, when I got to test out the Alienware M18X, I was pretty excited. There's no doubt, this is not a small laptop that can be easily toted around. With a full HD display that ...
Alpha Protocol Review - A Look Back
GoozerNation
Obsidian Entertainment is no amateur when it comes to video games, especially featuring role-playing elements. Most PC gamers will know them from the Neverwinter Nights 2 and Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, but their most recent ...
Hands-On: MW3 Survival Mode
DeltaGamer
A preface: Activision showed the game only on the Xbox 360, and as a PC gamer I have some serious trouble with controllers in my FPS games. That being said, I was paired up with a friendly, knowledgeable teammate who'd been around the Call of Duty...
Sid Meier's Civilization V
Pocket Gamer
All too often on Pocket Gamer you'll encounter reviews slamming games for being too simplistic. On the flip side, there's Sid Meier's Civilization V, which would give the PC version a run for its money in terms of features but over-extends itself in ...
Playing to our own strengths
WatertownDailyTimes.com
I have a photo of our oldest son, barely 1 year old, holding an unplugged paddle as he reverently watches my husband play video games. He never tired of it, and he would bring his favorite games over to my husband, tugging on him to play for him. ...
The making of a McFarlane Halo figure makes us feel old
Joystiq
by Jordan Mallory on Sep 4th 2011 3:30PM Video games are great and all, but most of us at Joystiq HQ still harbor a penchant for action figures, born from youthful days and being forced to play outside now and again. As we've matured, however, ...
Competitiveness of video games linked to aggression
Edmonton Journal
By Derek Abma, Postmedia News September 4, 2011 Video games can lead to aggressive behaviour, but it's their competitive aspect rather than violent content that leads to this, new Canadian-led research suggests. A study published on the website of the ...
Electronic Theatre Sunday Special: Top Ten Dead Island Survival Tips
Electronic Theatre
By Kev J. (online) Every gamer worth his or her salt has a zombie survival plan. Whether it be stashing away cans of beans or making sure there's always a shovel nearby, it's helps to have a contingency plan prepared in the event of an outbreak of ...
Guest Writer: History
TheSixthAxis
I'm not the most “hardcore” gamer about, I find it hard to play a game for more than one or two hours at a time; not because I have a short attention span, but I'd rather not exhaust a game to the extent that it becomes a chore to play. ...
The Videogame History Museum needs your help
Destructoid
I'll start: Yeah, we met the shit outta that goal. so they are just going to use this money to buy a bunch of video games then? the strong museum of play in Rochester nY has a dedicated video game museum. they rotate exhibits etc and have 1000's of ...
LINDA GITTLEMAN: Burglars had time for a snack
The Morning Sun
One man told me that when his place was broken into, the thieves played his video games and fixed themselves some hamburgers. The story I heard from one couple who live out on a country road is one of those. They were broken into twice. ...
Ashlee Adams – Crush of the Day
KOWB
What you might not know is this two-time Penthouse Pet is an avid gamer, and if there's anything sexier than a girl that will shoot you in the face, its one who taunts you afterwords in an Australian accent. When not kicking your ass in the latest ...
TA Community Interview - Maxoplata
TrueAchievements
Things worked out there because my roommate was a bit of a gamer and outside of gaming we got along pretty well too. My girl isn't a big gamer but she likes to play Left 4 Dead , Dance Central and Your Shape: Fitness Evolved . ...
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Oye! Times
Their web site lists the following "top 10" facts: * Consumers spent $25.1 billion onvideo games, hardware and accessories in 2010. * Purchases of digital content accounted for 24 percent of game sales in 2010, generating $5.9 billion in revenue. ...
Bass instincts: Blast your PC through the sound barrier
Daily Mail
When my mother last ventured down to her local PC store to buy a machine for word processing, the helpful assistant sold her a top-end gamer rig that could run a nuclear defence system, plus a trolley full of accessories such as PC speakers ...
'Zombie Massacre' is another gaming film from Uwe Boll
Joystiq
If boxing has taught him anything, it's "don't let abysmal critical and box-office performance keep you from purchasing the rights to video games and makin' movies about 'em." Also, "punch dudes." The latest intellectual property to climb in the ring ...
TOPIC: "ax to the saw to"
When Saturday Comes
2 o'clock yesterday afternoon incident, the scene is said that Lee was still room to sleep unawakened female, yellow in the living room to open the computer playing video games, sleeping woman is noisy wake Lee, King Tong reduce noise machine to play ...
Pirates of the Black Cove Review | bit-gamer.net
Pirates of the Black Cove Review. Read ARRR review of Paradox Interactive's take on the pirate sim.
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Advertise in violent video games results in poor recall, negative ...
ScienceDaily (September 3, 2011) – Integration of advertising in video games causes violent down recall of the brand and the brand of negative attitudes suggests advertisers should think twice, including such advertisements in the media ...
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Competitiveness, not violence, the culprit in video games ...
By Juanita M
Published September 4, 2011 Uncategorized Leave a Comment. A new study from Brock University, reported in Medical News Today suggests that the level of competition in video games is more a factor in generating aggression in players ...
Canadian School Psychology Blog
Game Design Expo 2012 Dates Announced » Village Gamer
By Tami
Game Design Expo Vancouver Film School has announced the dates for the 2012 version of its annual Game Design Expo. Day One of the expo, known as Industry Day, will be held at the Vancouver International Film Centre on Seymour on ...
Village Gamer
Pickpawcket review - iPhone, iPad reviews | Pocket Gamer
Pickpawket is a neat little puzzler with some big ideas, and while it won't set the world alight it's still well worth picking up.
www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Multiformat/.../review.asp?c=3259...

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