Video games could ID security threats

Video games could ID security threats
Chicago Tribune
The government is spending millions of dollars to determine whether video games can be designed as instructional tools for intelligence analysts, who help compile reports that US officials use to identify potential threats from emerging foreign powers.

What Disney's $200 Million Marvel's The Avengers Record Opening Means For The...
Forbes
“This is the first in a much larger effort to support the Avengers franchise across not just one but multiple video game touch points. The Avengers are bigger than just one game, and we're planning to allow consumers to enjoy The Avengers regardless of ...

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Seattle makes beautiful music - for films and video games
The Republic
The result could someday wind up in a commercial, a video game or even a feature film, bringing an emotional dimension to an otherwise flat, visual experience. "Writing music for movies is the ability to bring out what you can't actually see," said ...

Parenthood in the Hills: Video Game Invasion
Patch.com
When my daughter was born I told my husband that we would never have any Playstations, Xboxes, Junkboxes or whatever you want to call them—no video games. I knew exactly how addictive they could be and I would not allow my daughter to be seduced by ...

Gamer Roulette: "Paper Bees" Review
Neon Tommy
So if you have an iPhone, iPad, or some form of iOS useable device, chances are that you often think to yourself, “I sure could use a game to idle my time away and steer me clear from the path of boredom and/or productivity.

From video games to apps: Waldo County's Ryan Linn turns love of hiking into a ...
Bangor Daily News
The former video game kid started to take a new path. He hiked the Appalachian and Pacific Crest trails and put his computer away. However, he recently combined his passion for the outdoors with his old love of computing to develop new iPhone apps that ...

Austin video game studios find a lifeline through Kickstarter
Austin American-Statesman
Last week, Austin video game publisher Replay Games raised more than $650000 for a remake of the bawdy 1980s hit game, "Leisure Suit Larry." And another local outfit, Stoic studio, recently raised more than $720000 for their strategy game, ...

NHL 2K11 for Wii -- Fast-Pace Fun: Sports Video Game Review
Yahoo! Sports
Contributor Network – 12 hours ago For a fast-paced sports video game, look no further than NHL 2K11 from 2K Sports. I am only a casual hockey fan, but I will try most any sports video game. This one peaked my interest. In the latest version of the NHL ...

Amazing Spider-Man Video Game Preview says it is part Prototype, part Arkham City.
Comic Book Movie
News has been that the new Spider-Man game will be like two of the most amazing Superhero games of all time read more below. Throwing yourself off skyscrapers never looked this good. Spidey's delicate animation, the way he twists as he tumbles and the ...

Comic Book Movie

VIDEO GAMES: First 30 minutes of GAME OF THRONES RPG
Comic Book Movie
Releasing on May 15th, The game of thrones video game, narrates the journey of two characters, Mors Westford a veteran ranger of the Night's Watch and Alester Sarwyck a red-robed priest of R'hllor who returns home after a 15 year absence.

Do games have to be fair to be fun? I don't think so.
Computerandvideogames.com
The Psychology of Video Games blog (read it: it's good) recently talked about the Dunning-Kruger effect: the tendency for average gamers to believe they're more skilled than they actually are. It's why online gaming can be a shock: you go in cheerful ...

Xenoblade Chronicles – Video Game Review
Primary Ignition
By Steve By Stephen McCarthy Xenoblade Chronicles has finally been released, after a tremulous journey from Japan to our store shelves here in the states. After Europe got the game well before us and campaigns to get Nintendo of America to do the ...

Primary Ignition

New Amazing Spider-man Video game preview
Comic Book Movie
Releasing next month, the amazing Spider-man video game is the third spidey game developed by Beenox, yet the first to implement free roam. Prima games published a preview for the game, check it out. "The idea of open-world exploration is huge for ...

Stay-at-home dad turns businessman, buys into mobile video game truck franchise
Akron Beacon Journal
By Paula Schleis | Beacon Journal staff writer Scott Beskid sits inside the Game Truck, a truck filled with high definition TVs and video games. The truck, which is available to rent, can hold up to 30 people and is the first business venture for the ...

Akron Beacon Journal

The Avengers Video Game Might Be Made
Just Push Start
THQ Australia was originally tasked with developing a video game based on the mega blockbuster movie known as The Avengers. The project was unfortunately cancelled and no game was released. A new domain name registered suggests a new video game is now ...

Forcella: Parents clueless about brother's addiction
Daily Democrat
I believe my parents are allowing him to socially retard himself with video games. If he gets good grades and does his chores, they feel he can spend his time how he likes. How can they be this clueless? He has no social life whatsoever because his ...

Maybe There will be an Avengers Video Game After All
Kotaku
Those who want to play an Avengers video game must wait until Zen Studios The Avengers table set arrives for Pinball FX2 and Marvel Pinball. Fusible notes the speculation that an Avengers game adaptation "may have been delayed, cancelled, ...

Avengers: Battle for Earth domain points to Ubi tie-in
Computerandvideogames.com
By Mike Jackson for computerandvideogames.com Everybody's banging on about the Avengers movie at the moment, which makes it kind of weird that there isn't some rushed-together video game tie in making easy millions for some some third-party publisher.

Gaming industry becomes creative force in Austin
Austin American-Statesman
The studio has taken off since launching its first game, mirroring widespread growth in the rest of the video game sector. Richard Garriott helped establish Austin as a gaming city. KingsIsle Entertainment, where Evan Calderaro worked on character ...

Austin American-Statesman

Revisiting Lana Del Rey's Born To Die — without the Internet snark
CultureMap Austin
The build-up to Born To Die was a weird, Internet-wide discussion of concepts like authenticity and integrity, with most critics — many of whom were initially attracted to the lo-fi, found-footage-style video for Del Rey's debut single, “Video Games” ...

CultureMap Austin

Long boyhood hours spent playing games could pay off
The Nation
People stereotype kids who play video games as being geeks or nerds - or even losers - because if you play video games, you must have no friends. As we have been told to do the things we love and love the things we do, have you ever wondered how such ...

The Nation

Can Johnson avoid curse?
Toledo Blade
BY DAVE HACKENBERG Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson holds a large print of the cover of the Madden NFL 13 video game. The honor seems to bring some bad luck with it. ASSOCIATED PRESS Enlarge The Madden NFL cover curse is no imaginary thing, ...

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Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed rolls out later this year
TG Daily
If you're a gamer that has been around for any respectable length of time, you'll certainly recognize Sonic the Hedgehog. This fast little blue guy has been in a number of classic titles spanning years of gaming and even starred in his own cartoon show ...

RipTen Dojo: Five Life Lessons I've Learned From Fighting Games
RipTen
While I'm far from the first person to present the idea that video games can lead to benefits in real life, I wanted to share some important life lessons I've learned from certain aspects in fighting games. With that, I've listed five things that can ...

Seattle has become a go-to place for film scoring
The Columbian
SEATTLE (AP) -- Thanks to a film scoring program at the Seattle Film Institute, plus local labor and cost considerations, Seattle has become a hotbed of film and video-game scoring. Scoring is the process of composing music for all manner of media, ...

Avengers: Battle for Earth could be the name of the Avengers video game
Bitbag
Previously, there was suppose to be an official Avengers video game played in first-person but it was reportedly to have been cancelled. Currently, the closest you can get to an Avenger gaming experience is the Avenger table for Zen Studios's pinball...

Bitbag

Xseed announces two new PlayStation Vita titles
Examiner.com
Video game publisher Xseed Games has today announced two new games, “Orgarhythm” and “Ragnarok Odyssey”, which will both be available later this year for the PlayStation Vita. “Orgarhythm” is developed by the Japanese game studio Acquire in conjunction ...

Ubisoft Could be Preparing Avengers Tie-In
PlayStation LifeStyle
A recent domain registration of 'Avengers: Battle for Earth', is points toward Ubisoft preparing a video game tie-in based on the recent movie release. According to whois data (via Fusible), a domain for Avengers: Battle for Earth was recently ...

May 5, 2012: Final Heroes Revealed for "Young Justice: Legacy" Video Game
Superman Homepage
However, if you visit the video game site, you will notice that we've still left the final villain unrevealed. Unfortunately we can't say anything more about them until after the game has launched in February next year. That villain is a major part of ...

Little Kitten – Marching Band Half-Time Video Game Show | Token ...
By Kylie Sturgess
One of my favourite (and yes, I've had the inaccuracies in it pointed out to me, but it's still fun) music films is a little known work called Drumline. These guys aren't quite doing Drumline with their formations. But they sure seem to like Pong, ...
Freethought Blogs

Violent Video Games Linked to Brain Changes | FYI BeHealthy
30, 2011 (Chicago) — Playing violent video games might produce temporary changes in areas of the brain that help control emotion, preliminary research suggests. Brain scans showed that 11 young men who shot at video game characters ...
FYI BeHealthy

Leapin' Leprechaun leaps from iPad to iPhone ... - Pocket Gamer
Faith and beggorah!. Click to read the full 'Leapin' Leprechaun leaps from iPad to iPhone, becomes 69p/99c in the process' news article. For more Leapin' Leprechaun news and Multiformat news, visit PocketGamer.co.uk.
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Sustainable Perspectives on Video Games – A TEDx Talk (GeekDad ...
By GeekDadKen
GeekDad's own Andy Robertson gives a wonderful talk at TEDxExeter on exploring new ways to think about videogames. This article,by Ken Denmead,was originally published on Wednesday. By GeekDadKen on May 6th,2012 | Category: ...
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Colbox Game Info - Smiley Gamer
Description: Flood all boxes with one color within the allowed steps starting from the top, using the colored buttons on the bottom. When you change your current area color, every adjacent box with the same color also changes, that way you ...
Newest Puzzle from Smiley Gamer

Voice actors speak highly of video games in 'I Know That Voice', a ...
By RawmeatCowboy
Voice actors speak highly of video games in 'I Know That Voice', a voiceover documentary. May 05, 2012 by RawmeatCowboy · Direct link here. Categories: Consoles, Portables, Media. Tags: Rating: Thumbs Up Thumbs Down +0. Discussion ...
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Most Popular Video Games Are Dumb. Can We Stop Apologizing for ...
To use the words of Brainy Gamer's Michael Abbott-who has even launched a .... The video game, as a creative medium, has the potential to provide us with ...
kotaku.com/.../most-popular-video-games-are-dumb-can-we-s...

Sustainable Perspectives on Video Games - A TEDx Talk (GeekDad ...
Photo: Philipp AntarSo, I am proud to announce that as of May 2 I am now officially a geek dad ...
www.wired.com/.../sustainable-perspectives-on-video-games-a...

TEDx Talk Bridges Non-Gamer Divide | GeekDad | Wired.com
This is why video-games can become so important to gamers. Playing avideo- game gives us ...
www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/05/tedx-video-game.../1

Gamer Poop - Mass Effect 3 (#3) - YouTube
Gamer Poop: Skyrim #3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gawughIGjK0Gamer Poop ...
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