15 best real world locations in video games

15 best real world locations in video games - Telegraph Following on from the recent Driver: San Francisco, we take a look at some other games inspired by real-world locations. - Driver: San Francisco. www.telegraph.co.uk/.../15-best-real-world-locations-in-video... Negative, nagging parents cause kids to play video games more, not less Deseret News By Sara Israelsen-Hartley, Deseret News Nagging your child repeatedly to stop playingvideo games may actually be fueling his desire to play them, according to a new Michigan State University study. Interviews of more than 500 middle school students ... The Constitution and You: Video Games and the First Amendment New York Times (blog) As The Times's Adam Liptak reported, in June a divided United States Supreme Court took seven months before deciding – on the very last day of its 2011 term — that teenagers have a Constitutional right to buy and watch video games. ... Global ad spending in video games to top $7.2B in 2016 VentureBeat The global market for ads in video games is expected to grow from $3.1 billion in 2010 to $7.2 billion in 2016. Market researcher DFC Intelligence said that advertisers are spending more money in games via in-game ads, around-game ads, and advergames. ... What's Left Behind When a Gamer Dies Kotaku In today's very special installment of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Mark Vincent N. Cocjin waxes eloquently on the ghostly digital echoes left behind when a gamer passes on. It's a very difficult question where people's beliefs vary according to their ... Aging and Aging Well: The Use of Historical Context in Video Games Criticism PopMatters This is especially the case with video games. The exponential advancement of technology that the gaming industry piggybacks on means that a video game's shelf life as a testament to the medium is very short at best, no more than a couple years. ... Top 10 Unscheduled Video Games That Could Set 2012 on Fire International Business Times Here is the list of the Top 10 unscheduled video games that may arrive in 2012. Halo 4: Undoubtedly one of the biggest games that will arrive in the fourth quarter of 2012, Halo 4 is expected to be the first of a new trilogy of Halo series games, ... Video Games Killed the Video-Game Star Grantland What I did not expect from Dead Island — and what it doggedly, depressingly, and finally infuriatingly provides — is an experience woefully bound up in a concept that only recently leapt the transom of academic gamer discourse and is now being ... Should War Video Games Keep Ignoring Civilian Casualties? Care2.com (blog) by Sam Taxy In light of the recent Supreme Court case on violence in video games — and the shocking scientific evidence that showed that violent games cause users to become more violent — people have started to become much more aware of the dangers ... Checklist for the modern LAN gamer MyBroadband Derrick joined MyBroadband in 2011 as a junior journalist with a strong background in computer hardware and gaming. He is also regular columnist and hardware... Have you ever seen that guy rock up to a LAN? The one who arrives and proceeds to unpack 4 ... Should game makers include civilians in military video games? Dallas Morning News (subscription) (blog) I wrote an article back in 2009 about how video games were embracing a patriotic, pro-military stance that the movie industry has stepped away from, unlike in past eras when the US was at war. But whether you consider that stance "propaganda" or not ... Freddie Wong video shows the possible future of video games Coolest Gadgets by Mark R - on September 13th, 2011 Perhaps you have never heard of Freddie Wong before, but he is the winner of the World Series of Video Games in 2007. He is also a filmmaker with two very popular YouTube channels, and he makes some pretty awesome ... Best Buy Profits Down On Weak Demand For TVs, Video Games Huffington Post Best Buy Co Inc reported on Tuesday a lower quarterly profit on weak demand for televisions and video game products. The world's largest consumer electronics chain said its net profit fell to $177 million, or 47 cents a share, for its second quarter ... Schoolchildren can now create video games easily Myona News These schoolchildren did not have to learn in-depth coding knowledge to use the tech, and it is hoped the editor will attract children to enjoy creating their own video games. The tech has already won a lot of influential people in the industry backing ... Maroon and Gamer: Investigating LA Noire's Development The State Press By Spencer Fawcett September 12, 2011 at 5:12 pm Print This Post In May, Team Bondi developed a game called LA Noire in which the player interacts in the 1950s as an upstanding detective named Cole Phelps. This is more than a period piece as gamers ... Our exclusive look at Bloodline Champions Patch 2.0: Dawn of Relics PC Gamer Magazine PC Gamer: How extensive will the Traits system be? What level of customization will players have, to differentiate/specialize their stats to enhance their favorite bloodline? Players will be able to modify things like damage output, max health, ... If you enjoy reading this site, you might also want to check out these UBM ... Gamasutra Cubic Motion launches new capture-free animation service at just $200 per minute, democratizes production of high-quality content in video games. [This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game ... How To Get To Work, With the Laws of Video Games Dangerously in Full Effect Kotaku Using life lessons learned from Frogger, Grand Theft Auto and countless video games in which normal traffic laws simply do not apply, Mr. Wong commutes in the most fashionable and death defying way possible—even apparently stealing a car from a ... Game review - NHL 12 Examiner.com Even though NHL 12 has some downsides, it is still worth buying, unless you already have NHL 11 and/or do not care about hockey video games. For those who don't fit those qualifications, this game is perfect for you and can be purchased here in St. ... Press X to Not Die: Fox News should keep mouth shut about video games LSU The Reveille The most recent attack came last week, when a segment hosted by Clayton Morris claimed video games are promoting a "liberal agenda." The main game under attack was "Sim City: Societies," a game in which players build a society from scratch — like any ... Hispanics and Blacks Missing in Gaming Industry New America Media The pixilated elephant in the room of the multi-billion dollar gaming industry: African Americans and Hispanics play and purchase video games more than any other ethnic group in the US, yet the overwhelming majority of characters in games are young ... Cashed- up Aussie kids spend $1.5b on fun Herald Sun Kids of the "screen generation" enjoy video games, TV and computers. Source: The Courier-Mail CASHED-up Aussie kids are being handed more than $1.5 billion to spend on enjoying themselves every year. The "screen generation" is devoting less time to ... New video games guidelines for GB writers' guild Develop by Craig Chapple | Email a friend | Print The Writers' Guild of Great Britain has published a new version of its video games guidelines. The trade representatives say the new document was prepared after consultation with a large number of writers and ... Are Video Games 'Cinema 2.0′? movieScope (blog) Someone who does know a thing or two about video games is award-winning games writer Andrew Walsh (Prince of Persia, Ubisoft), and he's certain the two industries can exist in harmony. “It's a changing market and people want different things from each ... Xenonauts Dev Diary #2 PC Gamer Magazine PC Gamer routinely features Developer Diaries: tales of what goes on behind-the-scenes in the development studios making your favorite games. In this entry, Xenonauts Project Lead Chris England talks about the evolution of the look and feel of indie ... Pay Attention! Gamespy.com For now, we can only guess at the true relationship between video games and ADHD. Nicholaus Noles is a dad and avid gamer. He writes about psychology, games, and the psychology of games. Nicholaus received a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from Yale ... GameStop to Launch Its Own Android Gaming Tablet in 2012 TIME By Matt Peckham on September 13, 2011 Your next Android tablet may well be dedicated to video games, and the company behind it's arguably the one you'd least expect: GameStop. That's right, the monster-sized video games retailer we'd probably have long ... Nintendo seeks to rev up 3DS popularity with array of holiday games Washington Post By AP, TOKYO — Nintendo is readying an array of video games for the holidays in an aggressive attempt at catch-up for lost time from the sales delay of the 3DS portable machine last year. Nintendo Co., which makes the Wii home console and Super Mario ... Business Insider Research Morning Call 9/13/11 Business Insider The amount of ad  revenue flowing into video games currently pales in comparison to other media, considering that video games account for a huge share of leisure time. But video game advertising is expected to increase as more games go online and the ... Here's What We're Looking Forward to at This Year's Tokyo Game Show Kotaku If you're a gamer, though, this year's TGS is a bright spot. Here's what we're looking forward to this week at the 2011 Tokyo Game Show. Nintendo held its 3DS Conference earlier today. How will Sony respond at its pre-TGS press conference? ... GameStop to Begin Offering iOS Devices TMC Net By Oliver VanDervoort, Contributing Writer As more and more gaming purchases are moving out of the brick and mortar stores, one of the last brick and mortar businesses devoted solely to video games is trying to adapt. GameStop has announced a couple of ... Moving Online Will Help Video Games Capture More Ad Revenue By Paul Noglows Market expected to double in next 5 years, from $3 billion to $7 billion. SAI Do Video Games Make You Smarter? Maybe Not. - Association for ... But a new study suggests the jury is still out on video games. In a paper recently published as Do Action Video Games Improve Perception and Cognition? in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, psychologists Walter R. Boot, Daniel P. Blakely ... Association for Psychological Science Techmeme: Rich Tax Breaks Bolster Makers of Video Games (David ... The web's technology news site of record, Techmeme spotlights the hottest tech stories from all around the web on a single page. www.techmeme.com/110911/p9 Ethics in Video Games | N4G More controversial material is also making its way into video games with a lot more sensitive material than before. I get games need to change along with the ... n4g.com/news/841907/ethics-in-video-games