The Japan Times: The 10 video games you must see at this year's exhibition

The 10 video games you must see at this year's exhibition The Japan Times As more video games pander to casual gamers, it's good to see a Japanese developer with some fight left in it. Dragon's Dogma: Rumored to be the most expensive game Capcom has ever made, "Dragon's Dogma" is a sprawling epic set in a fantasy world. ...

Be A Fly on the Wall of Gaming Families Wired News By Andy Robertson Family Gamer TV takes you into the homes of families starting to play video games. Be a fly on the wall with us as Tim and Vanessa's continue their journey with Kinect. We also take the chance to talk about new games like Insanely ...

How To Get A Job In Video Games: Your Career Resource Guide G4 TV (blog) So you want to make games, but you don't know where to start? Want to start up a studio, work for your dream developer, or strike out on your own as an indie? Not sure about any of that, buy you're dying to work in games?You've come to the right place. ...

Chugging into video games Kidscreen CBeebies series Driver Dan's Story Train is moving forward with a new interactive Nintendo DS game. Consumer software developer Avanquest Software will use Driver Dan imagery, branding and content to create and publish a Nintendo DS and PC activity ...

Portal Is Free Until September 20 GamerFront If you're a PC gamer and you haven't yet played Portal, you need to stop what you're doing and go play it now. What's that? You haven't bought it yet? Money is tight, so I get that. Well I'll let you in on a little secret. Go to Steam now, ...

Burglary suspect caught with trunk full of video games WZZM They say they found Hathaway sitting at the trunk of his car, sorting through hundreds of video games that completely filled the car's compartment. Detectives are now sorting through the stolen material to identify who it was stolen from, ...

Retro Gamer Celebrates LucasArts' Maniac Mansion NowGamer Maniac Mansion, LucasArts' superb graphic adventure, is the subject of an excellent article in issue 94 of Retro Gamer magazine. Created using the now fabled SCUMM, co-creators Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick explain the creation of the legendary game. ...

The University of Utah's Engineering, Arts and Entertainment Program Can Teach ... G4 TV (blog) But not many people go to college to play video games and even fewer get paid to study video games. At the University of Utah's Entertainment Arts and Engineering program though, students do just that. Now I want to clarify that I graduated from the ...

How I Got Haxored and What Microsoft Did About it RipTen As a gamer, I'm sure your gamer tag is important to you. Whether it's your Xbox livegamer tag, your pen account, or even your Wii friend code, it's your online id and how much of the world knows you. Coming up with that perfect name, building up a rep ...

Preview: All Zombies Must Die! Santa Rosa Press Democrat (blog) is a game for anyone who's ever lamented the death of same-couch co-op modes in modern video games. (You know who you are.) The game, which I got a peek at recently, is a downloadable, twin-stick shooter set for release this fall for PC, ...

Madden 12: Aaron Rodgers and 3 Big Ratings Bumps for Week 2 Bleacher Report Video games, specifically sports video games, have come an incredibly long way. It wasn't long ago that you had to manually edit a player's ratings in Madden if you wanted to make them better or worse. Now, with Madden NFL 12, all it takes is a quick...

Where the boys are Kidscreen New research from Nickelodeon's Brand and Consumer Insights department reveals that video games, sports and a sense of humor are what today's boys are made of. Here at Nickelodeon, we went boy crazy with our most recent Kaleidoscope project. ...

Black & White & Gray DePauw University How do video games promote ethical positions? Can they enhance our ethical sensibility by simulating real world dilemmas? Game industry insiders and academics from around the country will address these questions during Ethical Inquiry through Video ...

Strangest sex game ever? Lazygamer There aren't many video games that revolve around sex, no matter what Fox News tries to tell you, and the ones that do exist are normally useless as they've been created with virtually no budget and a miniscule market. So when a game comes along that ...

10 of our favourite sports video games MSN Philippines News With FIFA 12 and F12011 launching this September, MSN Sports takes a look at some of the biggest titles in sports video games today. The inconvenient truth? Most of us will never have the opportunity to beat Sebastian Vettel into a corner, ...

Weekly Wrap-Up 9/16/11 GameZone by David Sanchez, September 16, 2011 After a long week, there's nothing quite like sitting in front of your TV or computer and playing some video games. Of course, reading about video games and watching original gaming content is also a lot of fun....

5 Ways To Tell You're Getting Too Old For Video Games VGChartz Add in gamer shit-talk from emotionally stunted teenagers, and suddenly most modern gaming is about as fun as being held down by a bully and repeatedly slapped with your own hand until you black out. And if you don't live up to your teammates' ...

Talking Philosophy | Are Used Video Games Theft? By Mike LaBossiere After all, one stock argument against the digital piracy of video games is that the piracy is costing the companies money via lost sales. ... As a gamer, I can attest that there are games that I have bought used that I would not have bought new. ... Talking Philosophy

New Study Tackles Old Research on Video Games | GamePolitics By james_fudge New Study Tackles Old Research on Video Games. September 15, 2011. New research aims to debunk the long-held theory that first-person shooters boost perceptual and cognitive abilities. A new paper published this week in the journal ... GamePolitics blogs

Portal goes free on Steam | bit-gamer.net Portal goes free on Steam. Valve has made Portal free on Steam until September 20th. bit-tech.net Feed

The Weekly Gamer 9.16.2011 | GUY.com By Stewart Smith The Weekly Gamer 8.5.2011. The Supreme Court speaks out about a recent ruling regarding video games, an update on a possible Mirror's Edge sequel and Nintendo responds to early adopters angry about the 3DS price drop. sony 3d visor ... GUY.com

'Phantom Sensation' Device Being Developed To Improve Sense Of ... 'Phantom Sensation' Device Being Developed To Improve Sense Of Realism In Video Games [Video]. By Emma ... TAGS: kajimoto research group, phantom sensations, realism, University of Electro-Communications, vibrations, video games ... PSFK

Video games are a hot medium - Related Stories - IAB SmartBrief Video games as an advertising channel are emerging unscathed from the economic downturn, with marketers anticipating that they will ramp up their worldwide ... www.smartbrief.com/news/iab/storyDetails.jsp?...

Hardcore gamer kids tend to have low opinions of parents: study ... If your kids play a lot of video games, does it say something about you as a parent? It might ...Hardcore gamer kids tend to have low opinions of parents: study ... digg.com/.../hardcore_gamer_kids_tend_to_have_low_opinio... Research Contradicts Claims That Video Games Improve Cognition Medical News Today During the past ten years, several investigations and news media reports have indicated that actionvideo games such as Medal of Honor or Unreal Tournament enhance a wide range of perceptual and cognitive abilities. However Walter Boot an assistant ... Today in Research: Video Games Don't Hurt; Arsenic in Apple Juice The Atlantic By The Atlantic Wire Today in research: video games don't help or hurt, the "return trip" effect, an apple juice inquiry and, yes, SpongeBob redux. Maybe Apple juice is scary. Maybe it isn't. TV personality Dr. Oz says yes it is, because his research ... Nissan creates gamer reality show to find next professional race car driver Torque News Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA), in is teaming up with Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC (SCEA) and Polyphony Digital Inc., to premier GT Academy USA. This is a dream come true for gamers, for it is a reality show that takes 16 Gran Turismo 5 ... When Video Games Are Grasshoppers Kotaku Grasshopper Manufacture's Goichi Suda loves movies, he loves wrestling, he loves t-shirts, and he loves churning out video games. This week in Tokyo, Grasshopper Manufacture has been showing off a whole host of titles, from iOS to Kinect to portables ... Family Gamer TV 1.2 YouTube This week in Family Gamer TV the Pestridges go deeper with Forza, try Kinect Sports and Adventures while the Robertsons play From Dust together (and Andy stays up late to play Limbo). Video games offer challenges, opportunities for Catholic families Catholic News Service And it's not just the kids who are playing: The average gamer is 37 years old, with 29 percent of them over age 50. Though gaming numbers had skewed heavily male for most of the industry's existence, by 2010, 48 percent of its audience was female. ... Local video gamer going for world record Fort Frances Times “It was hard at first because I had to find someone that wasn't family or a friend, and who would come by to watch somebody play video games,” Gervais explained. “Luckily though my brother (Dallas) is a pretty big gamer as well, so he told a few of his ... CVG's Heroes and Villains of the Week Computerandvideogames.com And the video games industry in the week commencing Monday, September 12 is no different. Yes it's that time again, when we name our heroes and villains. It's a dreaded day for some and a joyous celebration for others. We hope, however, it's both ... Cash, video games stolen in burglary TribLocal By Brian Slodysko TribLocal reporter Today at 1:19 pm More than $1300 in cash and video gameswere burglarized from a Prentiss Creek apartment while the residents were at work, Downers Grove police said. In total, two Xbox game systems, ... How a Gamer Commutes to Work, Freddie Wong-Style Walyou Freddie Wong's latest special effects-laden short film shows us the morning routine of the gamer, filled with plenty of nods to various video games. The majority of the references are from the Grand Theft Auto games, but can also be glimpsed in a wide ... ESET Security 5 adds gamer mode, updates cloud protection BetaNews Also new to version 5 of both products is Removable Media Control, which prompts the user to scan a removable drive when it's plugged in, and Gamer Mode, which reduces ESET's system footprint and suppresses all pop-up windows. ... Viral Video Watch: Gamer Commute brandchannel.com Trending on YouTube today, notching over 5.5 million views since launching less than a week ago, is FreddieW's video "Gamer Commute." The video features a man on his way to work, but with a little twist — it appears he's in a video game. ... GameCity announce the first GameCity prize Telegraph.co.uk By Tom Hoggins, Video Games Editor The GameCity prize can be awarded to any game released in the last 12 months, regardless of budget or genre. A shortlist of seven games was chosen by industry experts, and the award will be judged by a 'non-games' ...