Netflix Splitting into Two Companies, Adding Video Games to Mix Gaming Bus Additionally, Qwikster will offer the ability for users to add a video games upgrade option, similar to the already-existing upgrade option for Blu-ray, for those who want to rent Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360 games. Analysis: I'm not a Netflix customer, ... | ||
Play video games all day for charity Salt Lake Tribune The Extra Life Marathon was created in honor of the late Victoria Enmon, a 15-year-old fan of video games who died after her battle with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. "As the largest children's hospital charity, treating one in nine kids in North ... | ||
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Gamer from Harrow wins TV in queue for new shoot-em-up Harrow Observer A COMPUTER games enthusiast from Harrow won a new TV and a pile of goodies after being first in line for a new shoot-em-up game. Jon Aston was at the head of the queue at GAME in Oxford Street at midnight on today for the release of 'Gears Of War 3'. ... | ||
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When To Buy Video Games Lazygamer Regardless of what category a gamer may fall into, buying video games on release date may not be the best way to get the most value from the product. Patience is a virtue and in today's society where instant gratification is the norm rather than the ... | ||
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Editor's Selections: Video Games and Arrogant Humans Scientific American (blog) By Jason G. Goldman | September 20, 2011 | A post by Bradley Voytek on Oscillatory Thoughts about an article by Mo Costandi in Natureabout a paper by Dan Simons and colleagues, about research methodology and video game studies. Voytek writes, “It amazes ... | ||
Iran to Sell Video Games in Europe Spong By Michael Fox Where do you think of when you consider the great hubs of game development? Japan of course. The US is pretty massive too. The UK has a solid base, as does Australia... but how about Iran? Yes, Iran. A gentleman by the name of Behrouz ... | ||
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Film Subsidy Bucks Buy Video Games: Does Hollywood Glitz Still Shine? Michigan Capitol Confidential Michigan taxpayers have given two companies a combined $1.3 million in tax subsidies to make three video games. In August, the Michigan Film Office awarded Scientifically Proven Entertainment $411650 to make “Ghost Game.” The state also gave BH Golfing ... | ||
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F1 2011 released, launch trailer races in slow motion PC Gamer Magazine It's like a slow motion waltz around the track, which is decidedly unlike the high speed nature of sport itself, but makes for a very pretty video. Our review of F1 2011 will be in PC Gamer UK 232, which arrives in stores on the 28th of September. | ||
Do active video games increase food intake? Am J Clin Nutr (subscription) In the July issue of the Journal, Maddison et al (1) showed that active video games have a small but definite effect on BMI in overweight and obese children. In this 6-mo randomized controlled trial, 322 overweight and obese children, who were current ... | ||
And in other PC gaming news… PC Gamer Magazine PC Gamer's Tom Francis has been making an indie game called Gunpoint, and here are the first proper screenshots. DICE's Karl Magnus Troedsson tells Eurogamer he wants DICE to work on other games besides Battlefield, although that doesn't mean he's ... | ||
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Child Education Game Engine 'Games Unpacked' being supported by BAFTA and ... Metrowny.com Parents worry that their children play too many video games. Maybe parents should be more concerned that their children aren't making their own video games. The Abertay University located in the UK has developed a video game creation engine tool geared ... | ||
Plugged In Mail Tribune Loomis will be the only US gamer featured in a documentary on the life of professional gamers.Bob Pennell By NICK MORGAN A Medford man is being featured in a documentary about the life of professional gamers produced by a national video game software ... | ||
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Gamification: games businesses play Financial Post (blog) Game playing is moving out of the animated world of video games and into mainstream business. Gamification – the use of games to address business problems or opportunities – is an innovative form of consumer and employee engagement that translates ... | ||
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Radical Rethink: How 100 Rogues Begat Auro Gamasutra The problems as I see them with roguelikes are issues that face most video games: over-complexity, unfocused game design, and temporal inefficiency. Before video games, there were still games, of course; board games, card games, sports, word games, ... | ||
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Engadget Eliminates Review Scores, I Disagree FleshEatingZipper I told him that I loved the PC Gamer percentile system and that over the course of several years, I had built up this spectrum of how the magazine felt about games and I was able to make better judgments about games because I had learned their system. ... | ||
Hands-on with Shadowgun Appolicious Gears of War 3, the final installment in the third-person, cover-based shooter series for the Xbox 360 that has helped define this generation of video games, hit store shelves at 12:01 am this morning. But next week, iOS and Android users are going to ... | ||
Children's Miracle Network Hospitals to Launch 24-Hour Video Game Marathon to ... MarketWatch (press release) Tori's battle inspired the Sarcastic Gamer Community to send her video games and gifts to keep up her spirits despite numerous hospital stays. Following Tori's passing later that year, an annual Extra Life Marathon was launched and is now an official ... | ||
Softway Solutions Partnering with Blazing Forges Games Sacramento Bee It focuses on creating classic gameplay that the nostalgic gamer desires while integrating innovative and modern gameplay. With a dedicated team actively engaged in expanding the quality of its downloadable content, BFG has been able to quickly release ... | ||
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Court signals 'game over' for ban on sale of violent games to minors Georgia Bulletin NEW YORK (CNS) -- The vexing issue of violence in video games had its day at the Supreme Court this summer. In a 7-2 decision, the majority ruled that video games are protected speech under the first amendment, striking down a California law that ... | ||
Using a Wiimote to Simulate Getting Impaled Geekosystem The device, which is being called a “phantom sensation device,” is being developed primarily to further the level of immersion in video games, but one would also assume the sex toy market is the other likely candidiate for this type of device. ... | ||
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Netflix Splitting, Adding Video Games to Mix
