A Gamer's Glory

A Gamer's Glory Argus Press Eden has been interested in video games since he was young and still owns his Atari 2600, which was released in 1977... and it still works. After pouring more than $100000 into a 38-foot trailer — fully equipped with six 42-inch flatscreen HDTVs on ...

We're Going Halfway Around the World to Play More Video Games Game Revolution Hey there, fellow Revolutionaries, miscreants, and social deviants. How are you? Me? I'm doing good, but I'm in the middle of packing and getting my things together for a long plane ride (ok, I'm not packing yet because I always wait until the very ...

Lazy eye? Playing video games might help CNET (blog) Participants in the UC Berkeley study who spent at least 40 hours playing off-the-shelfvideo games throughout the course of the study enjoyed better visual acuity and 3D depth perception scores than prior to playing the games. (Don't get too excited; ...

Activision Blizzard's Bobby Kotick ready to keep pace with explosion of social ... Telegraph.co.uk Abandoning his degree may have left Kotick rustier than he otherwise would be on the French Impressionists, but it encouraged him to pursue an enthusiasm for a fledgling video games industry that some were dismissing. "In the mid 1980s video games as...

Competition, not violence, linked to aggression Victoria Times Colonist Video games can lead to aggressive behaviour, but it's the competitive aspect of them rather than violent content that leads to this, new Canadian-led research suggests. A study published on the website of the journal Psychology of Violence, ...

PC Gamer US Podcast #286: Jurassic Remark PC Gamer Magazine Sometimes, only a classic documentary about the resurrection of dinosaurs can help you explain your thoughts. Join us for this week's velociraptor-themed podcast, with special guest Ian Hardingham of Mode 7 games, makers of the excellent ...

Happening Saturday: Call of Duty XP Los Angeles Times Call of Duty XP This fan event celebrating the military-themed Call of Duty video game franchise has transformed a nondescript hangar into a gamer's paradise, complete with previews of Modern Warfare 3, a $1-million tournament, live paintball in a ...

Mass Effect vs L.A. Noire OMGN Call me a bad gamer if you want, but I had just seriously immersed myself in video games and needed a breather to experience other things in life — like getting back into my groove at Job No. 1, maybe catching a couple movies, and making friends at ...

Bodycount just doesn't add up on PS3 TheChronicleHerald.ca By NEIL MacFARLANE THE PLAYER I like to keep an open mind about video games, but there are two kinds of games that I loathe more than any other. The first are the ubiquitous Nintendo Wii "waggleware" titles, where all you do is shake a controller for a ...

A Short Primer for the Modern Gaming Parent GamePro.com Here's how not to be a shitty parent but still be a gamer. by Steve Watts At 29 years old, I'm starting to feel my age; all my friends are getting (or are already) married, and I'm feeling ready to have kids of my own. Of course, any parent can tell ...

Poster for Uwe Boll's "Zombie Massacre" Video Game Film WorstPreviews.com Uwe Boll is still adapting video games for the big screen, actually the direct-to-DVD market. DreadCentral has learned that he's now focused on a little known 1998 video game called "Zombie Massacre," which was somewhat similar to "Doom. ...

Call Of Duty XP - first person paradise Metro The Call Of Duty games may be the best-selling video games of all time but outside of the living room or game shop it's visibility to the wider world is surprisingly low. There are no Call Of Duty TV shows or films, little in the way of obvious ...

Gaming laptops nearing mainstream viability MyBroadband A gaming laptop is on the wish list of almost every gamer out there, and for good reason. A small all-in-one package that allows gamers to move around between home LANs without lugging around an entire PC; there is little wonder why such devices are so ...

Google's too-loose leash Boston Globe THE VIDEO game industry cheered earlier this summer when the Supreme Court struck down a California statute banning the sale of excessively violent video games to minors. In effect, Brown vs. Entertainment Merchants Assn. gave teeth to what gamers have ...

Weekend Hot Topic, part 1: Being your favourite game hero Metro For this week's Hot Topic we wanted to know who in the video games world you envy in terms of their physique, job or standard of living? We also asked which character you would definitely not want to swap places with, even if they're the hero of a ...

Bleach: Soul Resurrección (PS3) Review Toon Zone (blog) But now for the first time, Bleach seeks to establish a greater presence in video games with its first entry for next-generation consoles: Bleach: Soul Resurrección. Released exclusively on the Playstation 3, Soul Resurrección is endearing, ...

Gaming: Less Inclusive Than Ever TheSixthAxis Although I'm not a particularly heavy online gamer, recent trends have made it very difficult to avoid the network completely. I can't play most of my Ubisoft PC games because they won't launch without querying their DRM servers, even though they've ...

Doom ban lifted by Germany after 17 year restriction Product Reviews The classic shoot 'em up, Doom is one of the video games that helped revolutionize the industry and shape the FPS games we see today. It was one of the first of its kind mixing action, adventure and blood, gore and violence all into one pot. ...

Playing Games May Improve 'Lazy Eye' Symptoms, Suggests Study Gamasutra by Frank Cifaldi [Serious, Design, Business] There are very few treatments to help adults combat amblyopia, commonly called "lazy eye," but new research coming out of UC Berkeley suggests off-the-shelf video games may help. ...

I game, therefore I am (a gamer?) | Esperino By Jess This has been helped in no small part by casual games. A new study by Latitude˚ Research looks at why smartphone users play games, how the stereotypical view of a gamer has changed, and how games are connecting more with real life. Esperino

Maroon and Gamer: Deus Ex, Human Business Practices | ASU ... By Spencer Fawcett Maroon and Gamer: Deus Ex, Human Business Practices. By Spencer Fawcett September 3, 2011 at 12:01 am Print This Post. To give a little background information “Deus Ex: Human Revolution” is a critically acclaimed game that proposes, ... ASU News | The State Press |...

Advertising in Violent Video Games Results in Poor Recall, Negative ... By admin 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 ... Sandiego Health Directory

Gamer Spotlight: Fraggs0821 - Xbox.com Send us a nomination email (nominating yourself or someone else) at xlmail@ microsoft.com with the subject "Gamer Spotlight." You don't need to have a certain ... www.xbox.com/en-US/Community/.../0826-Fraggs0821

Video Games Being Used to Treat Adults with Lazy Eye - Joystick ... It looks like video games might be the key to treating lazy eye. ... Doing It Wrong: Are Game Reviewers Bad At Video Games? 2 ... www.joystickdivision.com/.../nintendo_3ds_ambassador_gam...

Video Games in the Bible | N4G Video Games in the Bible. Joseph from GAMElitist.com: Gaming is becoming wide spread enough for it to have a theological impact. Sorry guys, but video ... n4g.com/news/832730/video-games-in-the-bible Study: Video games may improve eyesight for adults with lazy eye Digitaltrends.com A small UC Berkeley study has found that playing video games could be used to treat adults with lazy eye. Video games are fun to play, but can they heal as well? That's what researches from the School of Optometry and the Neuroscience Institute at UC ... Three Contrarian Bullish Plays In Video Games Forbes By Andrea Kramer Like the rest of the broader equities market, most video-game stocks took a turn for the worse in early August. However, digging deeper into the sector, we find there are a few stocks that have attempted valiant rebounds in the past ...