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Video games help combat obesity Montreal Gazette Once criticized for luring kids away from the playground and onto the couch, video games are now being touted as a possible solution to the rising level of obesity among children. This change of heart is related to the transformation of video gaming ... | ||
OnLive brings console video games to Android, iOS Mobiputing OnLive is a service that lets you play video games by streaming them over the internet. We're not talking about dinky Flash-based games here though. We're talking about console-quality games that you'd normally need a Playstation 3 or Xbox 360 to play. ... | ||
Video games of Shigeru Miyamoto CBS News Shigeru Miyamoto revolutionized the video game industry. His first big success came with Donkey Kong in 1981, a game that involved a gorilla and carpenter fighting over a girl. That carpenter, originally named Jumpman, went on to inspire Super Mario ... | ||
Video games The Economist But today a gamer is as likely to be a middle-aged commuter playing “Angry Birds” on her smartphone. In America, the biggest market, the average game-player is 37 years old. Two-fifths are female. Even teenagers with imaginary rayguns are more likely ... | ||
VIDEO GAMES: Warner Bros. Montreal Tease Upcoming Superhero Project And The ... Comic Book Movie Warner Bros. Montreal are hard at work on an unannounced video game featuring a well known DC superhero, and reveal the involvement of Geoff Johns and Jim Lee as well as discussing the fading popularity of the cheap movie tie-in's. ... | ||
Geek Guide: Pro gamer Julia Childress' holiday gift picks Canada.com Next is Julia Childress, a professional video gamer from Vancouver. Childress earned her gamercred when she became the first woman to play Starcraft 2 on the main stage at a Major League Gaming competition this year. Childress also hosts an online ... | ||
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Microsoft brings My Xbox Live gamer app to Apple's iPhone Fiercemobilecontent Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) launched the My Xbox Live application via Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) App Store, for the first time extending features of its gaming network to Apple's iOS mobile operating system. While the free My Xbox Live does not offer actual ... | ||
This Moron Shrink Says Siri Is As "Toxic Psychologically" As Drugs And Video Games Cult of Mac Over at Fox News, a psychiatrist is claiming that Siri is just as damaging psychologically to kids as “violent video games!” WHAT?!?! Heaven forfend! The claims are being made over at Fox News' website by Dr. Keith Ablow, an accredited graduate of the ... | ||
Family Gamer TV Tests iPad Gaming Wired (blog) This week on Family Gamer TV Tobi tries iPad gaming as we introduce him to the new Bang! card game. Along the way we also talk about Real Racing HD , Fruit Ninja and Plants vs Zombies . While many core gamers, myself included, often complain at the ... | ||
Research centre to explore the benefits of technology on mental health Herald Sun Source: AP VIDEO games, smartphone apps and Facebook may be the next big things in the fight against mental health problems for youth. A game to train mental fitness and others to help engage the disabled and mental health sufferers in practising life ... | ||
Top 6 Most Frustrating Video Games Houston Press (blog) By Jef With One F By Craig Hlavaty By Craig Hlavaty By DL Groover By Jef With One F By Olivia Flores Alvarez By Brittanie Shey By Jef With One F Thu., Dec. 8 2011 at 7:00 AM If you're anything like Art Attack you've gotten so mad at a video game that ... | ||
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2011 Gamer Girl Gift Guide IGN We didn't include consoles specifically because hardcore gamer girls most likely already own their system of choice (and if they don't, you probably already have a good clue what they want). But we do mention some lovely co-op games you can fire up and ... | ||
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30 in 30: Bungie Computerandvideogames.com It was a partnership that would go on to spawn one of the biggest franchises in the video games industry. While Jones remains relatively camera shy, Martin 'Marty' O'Donnell has garnered more widespread recognition for his role in the Halo series' ... | ||
EA Sports Challenge Series launching with $1 million purse GameSpot Want to be a professional gamer, but don't have the stomach to drive across the country, lodging in shoddy motels and consuming unhealthy amounts of beef jerky and Red Bull, only to be knocked out in the first round? Virgin Gaming may have an answer ... | ||
Voting Opens for Family Gamer of the Year 2011 Gamasutra The Family Gamer Awards FGA suggests ideal games for different family age-groups: Infants, Juniors, Students, Workers, Parents and Seniors. These awards complement PEGI's age-appropriate ratings by suggesting games each age group will enjoy. ... | ||
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This week's video games Arizona Daily Star A plodding horror role-playing game with a distinctively Japanese look and feel, "Corpse Party" is something of a "Choose Your Own Adventure" in video game form. Eschewing traditional "game over" roadblocks for poor choices, you instead see how your ... | ||
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The importance of fun Homo ludens The Economist In revenue terms, video games already dwarf radio. They are twice the size of the music business and by 2015 will be worth more than the newspaper industry. Just before the recession the games industry was growing by 20-25% a year. ... | ||
Capcom Teases Next Dead Rising Complex.com (blog) Considering the timing of the tease, it's possible that more information may pop up at the VGAs this week, if not in the near future. If Capcom does announce the game there, Complex's Video GamesEditor Tina Amini will be on hand at the VGAs to bring ... | ||
Dear Abby | Don't ignore concerns about boy Kansas City Star The boy plays violent video games and is obsessed with guns to the point that we can't leave the house without him bringing a toy gun along. The video games he plays (unsupervised) are violent and gory and rated M (17 and over). ... | ||
One Day, Video Games Will Beat Climate Change : TreeHugger By Brian Merchant Can good game design inspire real-world behavior change? Critics are increasingly arguing that they can. Latest Items from TreeHugger | ||
Video Games the Focus of New Melbourne Research Center ... By james_fudge Video Games the Focus of New Melbourne Research Center. December 8, 2011. Games designed specifically to help improve mental fitness and to help the disabled and mental health sufferers to practice life skills are being explored by the ... GamePolitics blogs | ||
VIDEO GAMES: Warner Bros. Montreal Tease Upcoming DC Project ... Warner Bros. Montreal are hard at work on an unannounced video game featuring a well known DC superhero, and reveal the involvement of Geoff Johns and Jim Lee as well as discussing the fading popularity of the cheap movie tie-in's. Comic Book Movie | ||
Turtle Beach sending Kiwi gamer to Iraqi | Gamefreaks By Gamefreaks Turtle Beach is going to ship a 24-year-old Kiwi gamer named Phil deep into the heart of a real live warzone. Gamefreaks | ||
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generation Release Date ... By Meg Video Games Blogger Logo · Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations Screenshot Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generation Release Date Announced · Mario Kart 7 Review Artwork of Yoshi Mario Kart 7 Review (3DS) ... Video Game Walkthroughs, Video... | ||
True Gamer of the Week: Jim Girgenti | GamerFitNation.com By Brittanyf Jim tells us a little about himself. I am an avid gamer who has worked for numerous gaming sites and been the industry of gaming blogs/sites for nearly 4 years. GamerFitNation.com | ||
SOE Gamer of the Month – December 2011 « By SOE SOE Gamer Banner. By: Aimee “Ashlanne” Rekoske. It's that time of the month again; time to meet the SOE Gamer of the Month! The SOE Community Team would like to introduce the December SOE Gamer for 2011, Clancy, in EverQuest II. Get to know her better. Sometime in the near future you may hear questions answered that she ... Question: How many hours a week do you play video games. Answer: Does some quick calculations… I would say 20-30 hours a week give or take. ... | ||
2011 STACK Holiday Video Game Gift Guide: Fighting Games ... By Brandon As we gear up for the holiday season at STACK Gamer, we are breaking down the different video game genres to help. STACK Blog | ||
Played video games? Red Cross says you might be a war criminal ... By James Trauben Well, folks, it's official. Some delegates at the 31st International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent have begun to consider extending the reach of. Pixelated Geek |