Gamer stampede as Modern Warfare 3 set to smash records
Sydney Morning Herald
It is important to note that the $1.7 billion video games figure only includes sales from hardware, gaming peripherals and traditionally boxed software sold through retail outlets and excludes revenue generated from online retail sales, ...
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Do video games make kids more creative?
The Week Magazine
By the numbers Kids who play a lot of video games tend to be more creative than kids who don't hunker down in front of their PlayStations, a new study finds. Photo: Jamie Grill/Tetra Images/Corbis SEE ALL 38 PHOTOS Do video games invigorate kids' ...
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Coming soon: The video games of 'Thrones'
USA Today
By Mike Snider, USA TODAY The Game of Thrones is moving from books and television to computers and popular game consoles. 'Game of Thrones' is moving from books and TV to computer screens and popular gaming consoles in 2012. 'Game of Thrones' is moving ...
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Video games get tested for hours before release
abc7news.com
But they don't just get to sit and play the video games all day. "You're never actually playing the game, you're testing it," Shalvoy said. "Instead of even having a house, you would just have a couple objects, and you would try out all the ...
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One Female Gamer Records A Warfare in Words
Kotaku
The latest Call of Duty's out today and there's going to be lots of trash talk and cuss words among the many fans who'll be cutting class, calling in sick and otherwise shirking their duties to play the latest entry in Activision's best -selling FPS ...
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The father of video games thinks modern gaming is "a disgrace"
MCV
by Ben Parfitt The man who is credited with fathering the modern video games industry has delivered a damning verdict of the modern games market. Ralph Baer, who in the '60s designed the prototypes for went on to become the world's first console, ...
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Video games - zapped by statistics?
Significance Magazine
Can statistics destroy a business? Well, some people think it can. Furthermore, some people think statistics can destroy an entire industry. And they are not complaining about complicated econometric models or government surveys. ...
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Video games assist ICU patient recovery
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
Who would have thought that the same video games played in the common room at college could have positive effects on the health of patients battling critical illnesses? A recent study conducted by Hopkins researchers suggests that these interactive ...
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New Bearded Gamer Show: Episode 2: The Lost Locke & Key Pilot
VGChartz
by Chris M. Arnone 7 minutes ago, 0 views So the switch is official and the new site for The BeardedGamer Show is up and running. To go with it, there's a brand-spankin' new episode to go with it! Here's what's inside: The Pull List looks at Avenging ...
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30 great developers: Epic Games
Computerandvideogames.com
Chances are, it was powered by the Unreal Engine, arguably Epic Games's most influential contribution to the video games medium. But beyond the software it licenses out to other developers for the best Triple-A titles you're likely to play this year, ...
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Kevin Butler Dances In Honor Of PSN Gamer, It's Butler Time
GamerFront
Kevin Butler, the spokesman for PlayStation, decided to take some time to shine the light on a PS3 gamer who gave his all during a match of Killzone 3. The gamer, Legit_Btness, wasn't having the best day while participating in this particular match in...
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Amazon's November 8, 2011 Gold Box is filled with games again
Gamertell
Amazon wants your money gamers, so the site is discounting the things you love the most - video games. There is one deal of the day and a total of seven lightning deals, which means there is a really good chance you'll find one thing you might like. ...
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How video games can ruin marriages
The National
... caused by the addiction to video games of one partner. While some may question this figure, I find it completely plausible, because I'll readily admit that I was once a hopelessly hooked gamer, and my relationship was sorely strained by this habit. ...
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Tennis: The Unlikely Testing Ground for New Video Game Tech
Mashable
Some of the most popular and beloved video games of all time are tennis games. That's a weird sentence, considering the sport is far less popular than others, in the US and around the world. More people watch soccer (football), basketball, ...
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'Call Of Duty' Gamer Escapes Run-In With Would-Be Robber
KMBC Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Charges could be filed Tuesday against a man suspected of trying to rob another man after he drove home with the latest "Call of Duty" video game. According to a Kansas City police report, a 27-year-old told police that he went to ...
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Gamer psychology expert shows where Facebook games win and fail
Games.com News (blog)
by Jenny Ng, Posted Nov 7th 2011 7:20PM More than two hundred million players check in every month to play Zynga games, and yet, those and other Facebook games are often derided as exploitative "Skinner boxes", their appeal reduced to sinister ...
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Retro video games become action-packed modern warfare
CBS News
(CBS) - Let's continue our trend of video game viral videos today with this retro, action-packed play upon arcade classics. Check it out and, depending on your age, perhaps take a trip down memory lane. Ah, the memories... I still remember the joy of ...
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Violence Without Meaning in Games
PopMatters
Recently, the University of Queensland conducted a study on the dehumanizing effects of violent video games (Brock Bastion, Jolanda Jetta, and Helena Radke, “Cyber-Dehumanization: Violent video game play diminishes our humanity”, ...
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Dark Souls
Lazygamer
you'll say, tough, old-school gamer that you are. “I've beaten Mega Man 2, Ghosts and Goblins and even Battletoads…Hell, I can still breeze through Contra without up-up-down-downing my way to 30 lives. I'm not afraid of anything,” you'll eagerly ...
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Review: The Greatest Video Game Music (Album)
Examiner.com
Video games are one of the few forms of media that bring so many different forms of other content together to form a cohesive; if not beautifully artistic example of what creative minds can set forth into the world. Visual, literary, narrative and ...
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Ken Levine still doesn't think next-gen is necessary
Lazygamer
I as a gamer am not aching for the new machines yet.”Citing some recent games, he said “You look at Arkham City, Uncharted and Gears of War and you're starting to see that these games don't look old to me. They look very current. ...
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Ads For Products From Video Games
By Zeon Santos
This is what advertising would look like if we lived in the fantasy worlds we enjoy vicariously through video games. Products would be marketed towards adventurers and heroes, and the magical would be mundane as ad agencies try to ...
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Alan Wake 2 May Be Downloadable Game - Video Games Blogger
By Meg
Video Games Blogger Logo · Assassins Creed Promo Image Assassin's Creed Film Deal With Sony Grants Ubisoft Creative Control · Alan Wake Screenshot Alan Wake 2 May Be Downloadable Game · Syndicate Promo Image Syndicate 2012 Preview .... E3 2011 Favorite Trailers · Gamer Habits 5: Hoarding · Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 Preview · Let's Talk: Beyond Good & Evil · Silent Hill: Downpour Dialogue Chat · Star Wars: The Old Republic Preview · Video Game Music Scores ...
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Analog Atari Video Games from McDonalds | The Retroist
By Patrick J. Doody
So, due to that, it took you a few trips to McDonald's to get it right. To add even more confusion to this, your parents already didn't understand how REAL video games worked. Now, you've added another layer to their befuddlement. Tweet ...
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Habbo Hotel - News - Gamer's Corner
Check into the world's largest virtual hotel for FREE! Meet and make friends, play games, chat with others, create your avatar, design rooms and more…
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The Father of Video Games Calls Current State of the Industry a ...
By Sakinah
While today's gamers sit in front of their televisions with our eyes glued to the screen and hands affixed to their controller we may forget just how video games all started. Long before PlayStation and the Xbox become house hold names in ...
PS3 Blog and Community | PS3Blog.net... |
Kids who play video games are more creative - Holy Kaw!
A study of nearly 500 12-year-olds found that the more kids played video games, the more creative they were in tasks such as drawing pictures and writing stories. In contrast ... My 11yo is a totalgamer and is pretty witty and creative. I know ...
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Dark Souls Review (PS3) - The Average Gamer
By Dan Crawley
The Average Gamer - Video games news and reviews from the UK · Home · Ads/PR · Contact Us · Gaming Terminology · Shopping · Subscribe Now · About Us · What is an Average Gamer? Consoles/Platforms · Accessories · DS · 3DS ...
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Gearbox Immortalizes Gamer in BORDERLANDS 2, Earns Fan ...
By Brandon Johnston
Gearbox Immortalizes Gamer in BORDERLANDS 2, Earns Fan Appreciation for Life. Monday, November 07th, 2011. Tweet ... Photos From Tonight's New Episode · News · Borderlands, Borderlands 2, Claptrap, Fan Appreciation, Video Games ...
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Why Might Playing Video Games Help Develop Creativity in Kids ...
By Heather Wax
Why Might Playing Video Games Help Develop Creativity in Kids? That is now the 64000 dollar question. I can only speculate. Consider the experiences you have in the virtual world—color, motion (sometimes impossibly fast), multiple objects ...
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Review: Batman: Arkham City | GGS Gamer
By Krista Hiner
But perhaps more importantly to the average gamer, the ability to cruise around the alley from baddy to baddy makes it easier to increase your multiplier. (This essentially eliminates the only combat-related problem I noticed in Asylum, which ...
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It's Not All Fun and Video Games « Gamertag Radio
By David2SLY
I just want to preface this with I'm not trying to sound whiny or like I'm complaining. This isn't even for garnering pity or attention. After all, myself and others choose to do this. I can only speak for myself when I say I do this to entertain and inform ...
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