Mobile video games find a home on the couch

Mobile video games find a home on the couch
USA TODAY
Video games on smartphones and tablet computers were meant to be played on the go, but have become a formidable gaming platform at home, a new survey suggests. The most likely place to play mobile games was on the couch, according to 69% of ...

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Joystick or Leash, It's All About Love
New York Times
In that sense, pet ownership (or pet guardianship, to hand-wavingly use a politically correct phrase in a halfhearted effort to stave off a raft of letters) has more than a little in common with video games, which I write about regularly. Playing a video game, much ...

New York Times

Video Game 'Spec Ops: The Line' Is a Dark Action Game
The Ledger
I had only approached the game — a nondescript-looking military shooter — after reading some of the critical praise for its story, and to be sure, it is a memorable one. But I can't recall ever feeling so exhausted and disturbed after playing a video game, ...

London 2012: The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games
PC Magazine
The London 2012 Summer Olympics will captivate the world in a matter of days, but the officialvideo game tie-in is already here, courtesy of Sega. The lengthily named London 2012: The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games puts players in the position ...

What's Next for Video Game High School?
Houston Press (blog)
Yours truly spent nine glorious Thursdays completely immersed in the Video Game High School web series created by Matthew Arnold, Brandon Laatsch and Freddie Wong. In case you somehow missed my ever-present gushing over the show, it basically ...

Video game exec: Nintendo is becoming a software company
Wii U Daily
According to video game industry veteran Bing Gordon, who spent 10 years as Chief Creative Officer at EA, Nintendo is on its way to become a software-only company. Gordon compares Nintendo to SEGA in late 1990s, with the failure of the Dreamcast.

Wii U Daily

Gearbox co-founder: gaming is filled with stealing
Examiner.com
Video games have become a piggy-back industry where a single idea that has not been seen before debuts and it has success, everyone else then quickly jumps on the same topic and creates a game that stems from the original. Anyone who is involved in any matter with the industry knows this to be true and the most egregiously unoriginal genre ... Steven Ruygrok, Denver Video Game Examiner. Steve Ruygrok, a ticket sales representative for a major league baseball club and a former sales clerk for Best Buy, is a ...

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Colorado cinema massacre shooter: Guitar Hero obsessed
Examiner.com
Just recently, a report from TMZ uncovered the fact that the shooter was indeed a fan of video games; however, the video game he was obsessed with was the highly popular music title Guitar Hero. Last week CNN's criminal profiler Pat Brown said he thought ...

Examiner.com

Mojang Studio sued for copyright violation
Examiner.com
Video Games · Summer of Arcade · Xbox Live · PC Gaming. Advertisement. For those gamers, like myself, who have spent hours playing ... Scott Baker, ColumbiaVideo Game Examiner. Scott Baker is a USC alum and sports fan who has been golfing across ...

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The Expendables 2 video game to launch first on PS3 as part of 'PSN Play'
GameZone
As part of PSN Play, which offers gamers discounts when purchasing multiple PlayStation Network games, Sony has announced they are now accepting pre-orders for The Expendables 2 video game. The Expendables 2 game, a tie in to the blockbuster film ...

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Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends Video Game Review
Car and Driver (blog)
The cars have enough detail to please the weekend (video game) warrior, but when put side by side with Forza 4, Test Drive's shortcomings are apparent. Cars' details seem to get lost and shapes are somewhat flattened. Test Drive®: Ferrari Racing Legends ...

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Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Storytelling official Disney trailer
Examiner.com
Wolfman explains the writing differences between comic books and video games. While writing comics, he says that he controls everything. When writing a video game, he has to take into account that the player is affecting things. He had to remember to give ...

Video Game Quick Hits 7/24/12
Big Shiny Robot!
Video Game Quick Hits 7/24/12. Tuesday, July 24th, 2012 at 6:26 am Category: News, Video Games. It's still summer, but not near a major event like E3 or SDCC, so the news is a little thin this week. I spent a good part of the weekend finishing up my Bub ...

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Apps, video games bring Olympics home
Toledo Free Press
Keep up with Olympic events with several recent apps and have fun with related video games. The free London 2012 Official Results App includes Olympic news, schedules and results in a single place, easily accessible from your iPhone, iPad, or Android ...

Many students now learning while having fun with video games
StarNewsOnline.com
They've already had the same success, LaGarde said, something she attributes to the nontraditional learning method that video games cultivate. Students can get immediate feedback from a video game, and whether that feedback indicates success or failure, ...

Video games helped Els eye victory
Canada.com
Ernie Els chose golf over rugby union as a teenager, but as a 42-year-old his enduring fixation with the oval-ball game helped finally deliver a second Claret Jug after a 10-year wait. A chance meeting with a female performance coach with the Springboks, ...

How Does A 'World War Z' Video Game Sound? (Hint: It Sounds Great)
Bloody Disgusting
Thankfully, that's not all that's cooking, because we also now have the possibility of a World War Z video game. This news comes from a trademark filed by Paramount Pictures that covers downloadable electronic game program, electronic game software, and ...

Bloody Disgusting

'Portal 2' Space: Video Game Robot Launched Into 'Actual' Space
Space.com
The Most Influential Video Games of the Last 50 Years ... An American video game company has revealed there is an unauthorized stowaway on board the Japanese spacecraft now in Earth orbit on its way to the International Space Station (ISS). "Wheatley ...

Mobile Games Survey: Half of US and UK Mobile Gamers Choose Mobile ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Half of U.S. and U.K. mobile gamers favor mobile devices as their primary home game platform, according to a new survey released today by PopCap Games, a division of EA and maker of some of the world's most popular video games. Part of an extensive research project ... VP of Worldwide Publishing at PopCap. "If you add the fact we are seeing a deluge of new gamers coming in through mobile, we believe mobile gaming is invading the last bastion of video gameconsoles and personal computers: the home." ...

Mobile Games Survey: Half of UK and US Mobile Gamers Choose Mobile ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Part of an extensive research project that projects a 125 million mobile gamer population in the U.K. and U.S, the survey reveals that mobile gaming doesn't necessarily mean "gaming on the go," with many mobile gamers stating that their favourite place to play mobile games is at home on the couch or while laying in ... "If you add the fact we are seeing a deluge of new gamers coming in through mobile, we believe mobile gaming is invading the last bastion of video gameconsoles and personal computers: the home.

Pocket Gamer Court: Should developers offer in-app purchases with paid apps?
Pocket Gamer
Metacritic · GameRankings · Pocket Gamer on NewsNow · GamesTracker · dx.net · UK Mobile Pages Directory · Skinflint Price Comparison. MULTIFORMAT FEATURE. Pocket Gamer Court: Should developers offer in-app purchases with paid apps?

Pocket Gamer

PSA: Today's Amazon Gold Box Sale Features "Max Payne 3", "WWE 12", and ...
Complex.com (blog)
Now Amazon is getting in on the summer video game sale bandwagon with another day-long Gold Box sale for video games. If you've never seen a Gold Box sale on Amazon, here's how it works: Amazon puts a single game on sale all day long, but also runs ...

How Curt Schilling's Video Game Company Was Doomed From The Start
Deadspin
How Curt Schilling's Video Game Company Was Doomed From The Start Boston magazine has a lengthy post-mortem of the late, lamented 38 Studios, which went under earlier this year amid unpaid employees and defaulted loans and federal investigations ...

Kids who play interactive video games have better motor skills
Medical Xpress
(Medical Xpress) -- Deakin University health researchers have found pre-schoolers who play interactive video games, such as Wii, have better motor skills. The researchers, in collaboration with a colleague from the University of Wollongong, conducted a pilot ...

Are video games the last p.c. free zone? My NEW Taki's piece
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Sound Shapes, A New Music-based Video Game Entitled Sound ...
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Leo Howard & Olivia Holt: Video Game Battle! (Exclusive Pics ...
By Just Jill
Leo Howard and Olivia Holt suit up for the ultimate video game battle in this exclusive behind-the-scenes pic from Kickin' ...
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Profiling the Facebook gamer: Who's buying what and how often ...
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GamesBeat covers stories about the evolving video game industry, from disruptive social game companies such as Zynga and CrowdStar, to the established giants such as Electronic Arts, Activision Blizzard, Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo.
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