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This week in video games: Playing football with 'Madden NFL' Dallas Morning News (subscription) (blog) For awhile there we were worried that Madden NFL '12 would be the closest thing to real football fans would get this year. Thankfully that's not the case, but you can still find the newest Madden title on just about any gaming platform under the sun ...

When Playing Video Games At The Office Is Good For Business Worldcrunch Companies are increasingly turning to specialized video games to train their employees on how to sell, manage and lead. It is largely taking the place of now outdated “e-learing” By Thomas Monnerais PARIS - What if video games turned out to be just the ...

2 grants may help extend life of game center collections The Daily News Online Two grants, totalling more than $600000, have been given to the center, which collects, preserves and exhibits video games. Excellus BlueCross BlueShield recently announced a $500000 grant to the Center. "This grant will accelerate ICHEG's already ...

Man, 24, arrested for stealing seven video games Petaluma Argus Courier A Petaluma man was arrested on Friday night after stealing seven Xbox video games, worth around $145, from a local store. After receiving a report of a shoplifting at Kmart, in the Plaza North Shopping Center, police officers searched the surrounding ...

5 Emerging Technologies Soon to Hit the Government Market Government Technology When future historians look back on 2011, they'll certainly conclude that we were a society obsessed with video games, minicomputers masquerading as phones and an endless supply of online distraction. But in a few years, many technologies developed in ...

Technology: Should Google censor a dogfighting game? Los Angeles Times If you believe violent video games should be censored because they dehumanize people, you've got your work cut out for you. For starters, the Supreme Court is decidedly not on your side; see, for example, the decisions in Brown v Entertainment ...

Twister(R) Reimagined for the Digital Generation MarketWatch (press release) Majesco Entertainment Company is a leading developer and publisher of video games for the mass market. Building on more than 20 years of operating history, the company is focused on developing and publishing a wide range of casual and family oriented ...

Fun but pricey new way to play MiamiHerald.com Sifteo Cubes exist in that rare but intriguing realm between digital video games and hands-on-toys. Richard Drew / AP By BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press I am sliding three little cubes around my desk. My goal is to help a penguin named Booker collect ...

Hillis hands out Madden game to teammates The Morning Journal For the first time in the history of Madden video games, a Browns player will grace the cover — the likeable and humble Hillis, who won a fan vote on espn.com for the right to be on the cover. The Browns running back beat out Eagles QB Michael Vick. ...

Gaming Project Helps Inspire Disaffected Teens Back into Education through ... GamePro.com An ambitious project in Rotherham, UK aims to inspire disaffected teens back into education through the use of video games. by Pete Davison "The Frag" is a life skills course which runs in Rotherham, UK. It was set up by a priest named the Reverend ...

LG thinks auto-converting 2D games to 3D ones will sell 3D phones DVICE It sucks for movies, it sucks for video games and it sucks for slapped together 3D photos. LG's special 2D to 3D converter for 3D smartphones can't be good for 3D as a format. 3D is only as good as its content, that's why Avatar still remains the king, ...

The 30 Dumbest Video Games Ever Made It is now estimated that almost 40% of gamers worldwide are women. This means the probability of marrying a hot brunette girl who wears glasses and likes ... superbooyah.com/.../The-30-Dumbest-Video-Games-Ever-Ma...

[Updated] Did OnLive coupon dustup earn gamer good will? | Crave ... OnLive may have earned itself some points with skeptical gamers after a controversy involving retailer GameStop and a coupon for Deus Ex: Human Revolution. news.cnet.com/.../updated-did-onlive-coupon-dustup-earn-ga...

The 13 Greatest Comedy Bits About Video Games (So Far) 3 Demetri Martin on Violent Video Games Added by: John Barryman ... 4 Dara O' Baird on Being a Middle-Aged Gamer, Music Games, FPS Crouching Added by: ... www.ranker.com/list/the-13-greatest..._/john-barryman

News: Fable 4 arriving in 2013 ... - Computer and Video Games Computer And Video Games - The latest gaming news, reviews, previews & movies. Sign up to .....4 comments 3544 plays; PC Gamer Diary Day 5 3308 plays ... www.computerandvideogames.com/.../fable-4-arriving-in-201... New This Week in Video Games 8-29-11 Attack of the Fanboy Madden NFL 12 - (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PS2) Madden NFL 12 continues the rich tradition of the storied franchise by bringing fans closer to the NFL than ever before. Featuring all 32 teams, stadiums, and your favorite players, Madden NFL 12 is True ... Competitive Video Games May Lead to Aggression PsychCentral.com As part of the research, investigators compared a series of experiments in whichvideo games were matched on competitiveness, difficulty, and pace of action. In review, researchers found video game violence alone did not elevate aggressive behavior. ... Sony on 3D Video Games: Gamers Want 3D Done Right 3D TV Earlier this month, another rep from SCEE revealed that using 3D technology on video gamesdoesn't require much direct overhead. Sony doesn't have the pressure to sell “millions more games” because of the large investment in 3D. ... Madden 2012 Reviews: How to Create the Ultimate Gamer Kit Bleacher Report With the release of Madden 12, every gamer is looking to get a leg up on their friends. Here are some pieces to consider when creating the ultimate gamer kit to put you ahead of the competition. Liebl didn't enjoy Madden 11, which makes his review all ... Petroglyph® Taps Live Gamer to Drive the Virtual Economy in Rise of Immortals™ Gamasutra New York, August 30, 2011 - Live Gamer ( www.livegamer.com ), the world's first combined digital commerce and advertising platform for the interactive entertainment industry, announced today that it will power the virtual economy in Rise of Immortals ... Latitude Studies the Gamer of the Future Walyou According to the data, the “new gamer” plays games on their smartphone, with 81% saying they do. Games like Angry Birds are cheap and easily accessible to both experienced gamers and people who might not even consider themselves gamers. ... Advertising in Violent Video Games Results in Poor Recall, Negative Brand ... University of Texas at Austin News AUSTIN, Texas — Embedding advertisements in violent video games leads to lower brand recall and negative brand attitudes suggesting advertisers should think twice about including such ads in a media campaign, according to researchers at The University ... UK video game chart 30 August 2011 Telegraph.co.uk By Tom Hoggins, Video Games Editor Zumba Fitness's reign is finally over. After ten weeks of claiming the top spot for its own, the Wii fitness title was fast becoming the Love Is All Around of the video games chart. But this week the equivalent of ... Razer Blade: portable gamer computer with SwitchBlade Generation NT (US) Benefitting from an aluminium shell that is only 2.24 centimetres thick, weighing 3.16 kilograms and with the brands black and green colour scheme, this 17.3 inch laptop computer is powered by a 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7-2640M processor paired with 8 GB of ... Rugby World Cup 2011 review Telegraph.co.uk By Tom Hoggins, Video Games Editor I don't know. You wait four years for a rugby game and two show up at once. What are the chances? What could possibly cause such a long cycle? As in 2007, it's taken a world cup for the video game industry to have a ... Soon, learn the art of video games in Mohali Times of India MOHALI: The Union government is soon going to set up a centre of excellence in animation in Mohali through public private partnership (PPP) mode for providing skilled workforce for the flourishing industry. The centre for excellence would offer ... VIDEO GAMES: Behind The Scenes Featurette For X-Men Destiny! Comic Book Movie "X-Men Destiny" allows gamers to control the fate of one of three brand-new mutant characters forced to choose between saving humanity or ensuring its destruction. Players are able to customize the path, powers and development of their character and ... Playing Games So You Don't Have To: Leather Goddesses of Phobos 2 Autostraddle These are a few things that plagued some of the “adult” video games that popped up in the late '80s and early '90s. “Adult” might not be the right word for it — it's more like “filled with innuendo and illustrations of fully-covered boobs that only a ... Facebook wants to offer real video games, soak up your spare time Tecca by Mariella Moon | Last updated 10:15PM EDT on August 29, 2011 There might come a time when the Facebook gaming experience isn't dominated by casual games like The Pioneer Trail, FarmVille, or FrontierVille. Facebook's head of game partnerships, ... Otoy's cloud tools can render stunningly realistic games and films (exclusive) VentureBeat Otoy's tools can be used to render extremely realistic “path tracing” scenes for modern video games or films. Otoy will roll out four different tools this year and next for game developers and filmmakers. For consumers, the result will be some ... Record-holding Xbox 360 gamer aims for million achievement points Pocket-lint.com This hasn't dissuaded gamer Raymond Cox, also known as Stallion83, who currently is sitting at over 600000 points and aiming for the million. His efforts have earned him the right to have his name added into the Guinness book of records, ... Nintendo's Early Christmas Presents Gamer UK Moffitt had this to say about the lineup: “Nintendo has something for you this fall, no matter what type of gamer you are, no matter what Nintendo system you're playing,” said Moffitt. “Whether you're looking for a world-spanning epic like The Legend ... Ready Player One: The best game you've ever read Globe and Mail (blog) But the novel's soul is retro video games. Set a few decades hence, the world is a dangerous, overpopulated, energy-deprived hell. The primary escape for most of the population is the OASIS, a virtual reality that's all but indistinguishable from the ... Big Games of 2011: Ubisoft Offers Assassin's Creed Revelations Walkthrough GamerLive.TV Recognized for having some of the richest, most engrossing storytelling in the industry, Assassin's Creed has transcended video games, branching out into other entertainment experiences including comic books, Facebook games, novels, short films and ... Confirmed: Commander Shepard Will Be Leaving Us After Mass Effect 3 GamerFront In an interview with PC Gamer, BioWare's Ray Mazyka stated, “After this, Commander Shepard's story is complete.” There's no information on just how Shepard will be leaving the series, which leaves the door wide open to speculation. ...