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The Future of Video Games Could Look a Lot Like Television
The Atlantic
By Yannick LeJacq Two unusual things happened last month in entertainment. First, RuPaul's Drag Race shocked viewers when the titular and historically autocratic host decided to put the season finale to a vote, rather than crown America's next drag ...

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Wheelies: The Gamer Edition
New York Times (blog)
By THE NEW YORK TIMES • Lucas Ordoñez, the winner of the 2008 Sony PlayStation GT Academy and current driver for the Greaves Motorsport team in the LMP2 class, was named to the test squad for the DeltaWing, the racecar prototype that had its debut in ...

New York Times (blog)

Video Game Review: Prototype 2
New York Daily News
LOVED IT: Heller's moves are fun to pull off, deathly effective action controls, underrated — if somewhat trite — story HATED IT: Strange inconsistencies in story and gameplay, entire experience lacks difficulty GRAB IT IF: You enjoyed the Infamous ...

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New video game releases
Kansas City Star
Free Sample of Mrs. Dash: Each day, they will be giving away 30000 free samples. Just visit them on Facebook at 7 am every day for a chance to get one. Petco Pals can get a free roll of Natural Balance Dog Food. Just print a coupon and show that with ...

Walking Dead Game Departs From Zombie Clichés
New York Times
11 America, no matter the medium. The zombie subgenre is nearly as popular in novels and films as it is in video games. What's distinct about the video gamestrain of the infection is that “zombies” and “Nazis” are usually interchangeable concepts.

New York Times

Students use video game to explore engineering concepts at Alexander Dawson
Las Vegas Review - Journal
The video game places students in a scenario where they are in the Alaskan tundra following a devastating earthquake and must use science and engineering concepts to survive and construct a model shelter. Alexander Dawson is one of 12 schools to be ...

Rise of Branded Entertainment in Video Game Marketing Tops Agenda Today at Los ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Titled "The Consumer Courtship: Building Desire," the invitational summit is gathering experts to discuss the growing role of branded entertainment content in video game marketing. More than 40 major game companies are represented at the event kicking ...

Video Game Quick Hits 5/8/2012
Big Shiny Robot!
Activision's Executive VP, David Oxford, said that “Fans of Family Guy will love that we've taken some of the series' most iconic and memorable moments and built them into an impressive and uncensored video game Anyone who watches the show will ...

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"Ridge Racer Unbounded" video game review: Running on fumes
Longmont Daily Times-Call
The "Ridge Racer" games once sat atop my list of racing favorites. I enjoyed the arcade-style exaggerated physics, the amusement of drifting around corners and edging out the competition in a close contest. Unfortunately, in recent years the formula ...

Oh My Glob! This is Legendary! D3Publisher and Cartoon Network Enterprises ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Why'd you steal our garbage?!, a video game based on the popular Cartoon Network series, Adventure Time. This is the first Adventure Time video game that will release on the Nintendo 3DS(TM) hand-held system and Nintendo DS(TM) hand-held system late ...

The First Official Adventure Time Video Game Talks Trash This Fall
Kotaku
Pendleton Ward's quirky cartoon sensation Adventure Time makes its video game debut this fall in Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?! for the DS and 3DS. I'm so, so happy. Created by the 2D masters at Wayforward Technologies with ...

Meet The Awesome Russian Housewife Who Conquered a Video Game Made for Men
Kotaku
She only started playing video games three years ago, after getting treated for leukemia. She'd been depressed. TV didn't help. Video games did. "My husband was playing King's Bounty: The Legend then," she said, through a translator in an e-mail I ...

Company of Heroes 2 first screenshot is exploding with detail
Computerandvideogames.com
The game was first revealed last week in the latest issue of PC Gamer, which shared info on a new version of the Essence engine, a gameplay mechanic called 'True Sight' and much more. "Company of Heroes 2 is a true successor, introducing a new front, ...

Since When Does Brookings Make Video Games? - By Michael Peck
Foreign Policy
A sequel to the 2010 blockbuster "Call of Duty: Black Ops," the latest iteration of the video gamecontinues the saga of American and Russian operatives immersed in a complex 1960s Cold War plot. But much of the sequel takes place in 2025, ...

New Video Game Releases for the Week of 5/8: Crafty Games Edition
MTV.com (blog)
The spiritual successor to Warhawk goes space Western in this vehicular and ground-based action shooter. Unlike Warhawk, which had the feel of a space-based Battlfield, Starhawk has added RTS elements, along with an full single-player campaign.

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Activision to publish Family Guy video game
News10.net
"Fans of 'Family Guy' will love that we've taken some of the series' most iconic and memorable moments and built them into an impressive and uncensored video game," said David Oxford, Executive Vice President, Activision. "Anyone who watches the show ...

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Blockbuster launches gamer reward scheme
Videogamer.com
VIP Gamer to provide gamers with reward points on purchases, trade-ins and trailer views. Blockbuster has announced their new reward scheme, Blockbuster VIP Gamer, which will offer customers the ability to earn money off purchases both in store and ...

Crime Map: Man Bathes in Fountain; Woman Steals Video Games
Patch.com
Police responded to NewPark Mall after a Sears employee reported that a Newark woman who had stolen video games from Sears then traded them for cash at a nearby store had returned around 8:15 pm Sunday. Mall and Sears security members kept close watch ...

Blockbuster UK Reveals VIP Gamer Reward Program
Game Politics
Blockbuster UK has launched a rewards program specifically for gamers called "Blockbuster VIPGamer" and just by signing up members receive 2500 points. The idea of the program is to earn these points that can then be used for a variety of perks ...

Video Game Deal: Fallout 3 & Oblivion Double Pack For $20
Geeks of Doom
Part of Amazon's weekly video game deals this week is the Fallout 3 & Oblivion Double Pack for Xbox 360 for only $19.99 (that's 33% off the list price of $29.99). Limitless Freedom, explore both immersive environments in 1st or 3rd person.

Geeks of Doom

My Hot Electronics to Carry Classic Video Games and Consoles
Broadcast Newsroom
My Hot Electronics, a leading online retailer of electronics, announces that they are turning back the clock and will carry video games, consoles and accessories from the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. For video game fans, having an outlet for older video ...

Xbox discounted with Microsoft subscription
Telegraph.co.uk
Microsoft is experimenting with a new mobile phone-style contract to sell its Xbox 360 video games consoles. By Matt Warman, Consumer Technology Editor The pricing strategy is currently only available in 17 Microsoft stores in America and offers the ...

Telegraph.co.uk

Lack of sunlight is one reason for near-sighting: study
New York Daily News
Snubbing the outdoors for books, video games and TV is the reason up to nine in ten school-leavers in big East Asian cities are near-sighted, according to a study published on Friday. Neither genes nor the mere increase in activities like reading and ...

New York Daily News

// Top 8 Video Game Soundtracks
411mania.com
From Bioshock and Mario to Parappa the Rapper and Final Fantasy, 411's David McGregor counts down his Top 8 Video Game Soundtracks! Welcome to another edition of the 8 Ball, I am David McGregor and I am back! Before I start I have to thank Jericho ...

Check Out the Perfect Strangers Video Game
Houston Press (blog)
So imagine my joy when I found out that Jason Oda, a game designer who specializes in viral webgames for marketing purposes, had put together a Perfect Strangers video game called Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now in his spare time. While delightful, it does ...

Blockbuster unveils VIP Gamer reward scheme
MCV
by Ben Parfitt Called Blockbuster VIP Gamer, the retailer boldly claims its new loyalty program will “provide gamers with the most rewarding experience in the gaming market”. Unlike other schemes this new offer doesn't just reward consumers for ...

MCV

Opinion: Paying for games isn't the future. The only way to save games is to ...
Computerandvideogames.com
Paying for games isn't the future. The only way to save videogames is to give them away By Tim Edwards for Xbox World Magazine Subscribe now! The next generation is going to be hard. Hard on developers, who'll have to spend more money than ever on ...

Sega launches the Toylet, a video game powered by pee
By Zach Epstein
Sega exited the video game console business in 2001 after stiff competition from Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo forced the struggling company to shift ge. ... Tags: bar games, Gaming, Japan, Sega, Tokyo, Toylet, urinal games, video games ...
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What the Lump!? Adventure Time Video Game Hits Stores This Fall ...
By RawmeatCowboy
LOS ANGELES – May 8, 2012 – Ready for a mathematical, algebraic, radical time? D3Publisher (D3P), a publisher and developer of interactive entertainment software, and Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE) today officially announced the ...
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Giggidy, It's a New Family Guy Video Game - Push Square
Fox's incredibly popular Family Guy series is getting another bite of the gaming apple this year with Activision's Family ...
Push Square | Latest Updates

Blockbuster announces new reward scheme, Blockbuster VIP Gamer
By Stephany Nunneley
The Blockbuster VIP Gamer initiative will provide members with 100 points for every £1 spent in-store and online on gaming products. They will also receive points for trade-ins as well as watching the latest trailers, “rating their favourite games” ...
VG247

Video Games Reviews In Brief
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Video Games Reviews In Brief. This is a thread to post some quick one paragraph reviews of new films. This is an informal quick blast of your thoughts on new films. It'll also be a good place to discuss these opinions, if one feels the need.
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The Dorkly Weekly: Video Game Real Estate Agents Have It Rough ...
By Mike Fahey
Filled with rusty meet hooks, jumping snakes, and the odd retractable bridge over a pit of bubbling lava, video game real estate isn't exactly b...
Kotaku Australia

Sega Launches Urine Powered Video Game For Urinals [Video]
By James Johnson
Sega has not built a video game console since 2001 after Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony pushed the former gaming console giant out of that part of the gaming.
The Inquisitr

Amazon U.S., and U.K. Top 10 Bestsellers in Video Games 05/08/12 ...
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For Daily Video Game News & Reviews Follow Me At ... 3 (Xbox 360) – EA. Sales data taken from Amazon.com bestsellers in PC & Video Games for the US, and UK websites. May 8th, 2012 | Tags: Amazon.com Sales | Category: Sales Data ...
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Somalia video games boom dents al-Shabaab recruitment | World ...
Somali boys play video games at a shop in Mogadishu. ... boys, though, were not in class. They were staring at a small TV and tightly gripping video game controllers. .... Blockbuster announces new reward scheme, Blockbuster VIP Gamer ...
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