Video Game Review: Resistance: Burning Skies

Video Game Review: Resistance: Burning Skies is on target with first-person ...
New York Daily News
LOVED IT: Solid controls balance touchscreen and dual-stick mechanics; decent visuals, weapons feel powerful and impressive. HATED IT: Weak protagonist ... and even weaker enemies GRAB IT IF: You NEED a portable first-person shooter They said it ...

New York Daily News

Laywer: Video game makes No Doubt into 'goons'
OCRegister
By EUGENE W. FIELDS / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER A Superior Court judge's ruling will allow a lawsuit filed by the band No Doubt against a video game publisher to proceed to a jury trial, set to begin in October. No Doubt filed a fraud/breach of ...

Jury to hear No Doubt's claims against video game giant Activision's "Band Hero"
CBS News
(CBS/AP) LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for Gwen Stefani's band No Doubt can argue to a jury that the rock group was misled by gaming giant Activision Publishing Inc. about how its likeness would be used in the video game "Band Hero," a judge ruled Tuesday.

Video Game Tech Helps Coordinate Satellite Docking
LiveScience.com
On Earth, in people's living rooms, the Kinect system detects the movements of people standing in front of it for body-controlled video games. The company, Surrey Satellite Technology in the UK, hopes that in the future, their small satellites could ...

Schilling Shifts from Video Games to Blame Game in Rhode Island Loan Disaster
Reason Online (blog)
In the fallout from the complete and utter mess that has become of Rhode Island's investment of taxpayer money in a new video game studio with no publishing history, company founder Curt Schilling is trying to lay the blame on the state's governor for ...

Reason Online (blog)

University of Utah video game school publishes first title
Salt Lake Tribune
By Vincent Horiuchi The first graduating class of the University of Utah's video game master's program has already published its first game, an action title about a robot caught in a futuristic pinball machine. "Robot Pinball Escape" was the group's ...

Video Game Review: Max Payne 3
California Literary Review
Frankly, it works because it's the ugly truth behind not just Max Payne, but mostvideo games that appeal to our inherent lust for violence. It also works well with the theme of redemption Rockstar's put into their last few protagonists, ...

California Literary Review

E3 2012: Where We'll Be, What's Next for Video Games
Newsarama
Once a year, tens of thousands of journalists, retailers, and video game makers descend upon Los Angeles, CA and watch, play, and talk about the games to come over the next several months or even years. From the hardware moguls like Sony, Microsoft and ...

Newsarama

Video game review: 'Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier'
NorthJersey.com
BY LOU KESTEN AP Military video games have never been known for their subtlety, but over the past few years they've become increasingly bombastic, culminating in the flamboyant pyrotechnics of the mega-selling "Call of Duty" franchise.

NorthJersey.com

Las Vegas' Machine Gun Craze? Blame Movies & Video Games
Forbes
According to Mark Cole, owner of Guns and Ammo Garage, Hollywood and video games are to blame – or thank – depending on your perspective. “It's the video game industry that really got us going. Ranges used to cater to gun enthusiasts.

Forbes

E3 Preview: Tomorrow's Video Games, Briefly Teased Today!
SPIN (blog)
The eyes of video game fans turn to Los Angeles each spring for the Electronic Entertainment Expo. Better known as E3, this trade show, running June 4-7, is a launchpad for new video games, game consoles, and accessories, and is anchored by news-making ...

No Doubt Suing Video Game Company
PopCrush
Let's just say if you've played a video game it's more than likely you've played an Activision game. The aforementioned lawsuit is over the use of No Doubt's likeness in the video game 'Band Hero,' one much like 'Guitar Hero' or 'Rock Band.

Cyberpunk Video Game Announced by CD Projekt
WebProNews
By Sean Patterson · 1 hour ago · Leave a Comment Polish developer CD Projekt, the development studio behind The Witcher series of games, has announced it is developing a new “AAA” roleplayingvideo game based on the pen and paper RPG Cyberpunk.

Video game simulation predicts Los Angeles win in six games over Devils
Montreal Gazette
That's the word from the NHL 12 simulation engine, the video game developer said. In the simulation, Kings goalie Jonathan Quick continued his stellar post-season play. The 26-year-old records a shutout and does not allow more than two goals in a game ...

Witcher developer turning classic pen-and-paper RPG Cyberpunk into video game
VentureBeat
The studio is working on a video game adaptation of the classic pen-and-paper role-playing game Cyberpunk. CD Projekt RED made the announcement today during its annual Summer Conference. It claims Cyberpunk “will not be a game for everybody.

VentureBeat

Apple CEO Tim Cook Tackles TVs, Video Games, and Facebook at All Things D
Latinos Post
Among the main topics that he covered were Apple TVs, Video Games, and even Facebook. In his speech, Cook was reserved in what he wanted to reveal stating that he has "never been as amazed by all 'the things I cannot talk about today.

Latinos Post

Man withdraws lawsuit against video game maufacturer
Carlisle Sentinel
A central Pennsylvania author has withdrawn his lawsuit against the manufacturer of one of the world's most popular video games. John L. Beiswenger, a research engineer and novelist from Strasburg, filed suit April 17 alleging 35 instances of copyright ...

No Doubt sue video game company
Monsters and Critics.com
No Doubt have gained the right for their lawsuit filed against a video game maker to go to trial. The group fronted by Gwen Stefani, 42, was happy to hear that their complaint against Activision for allegedly exceeding group members' contractual ...

Monsters and Critics.com

Jury To Hear No Doubt's Video Game Row
Sky News
Gwen Stefani's band No Doubt have won the latest stage in their battle against video games publisher Activision and their portrayal in Band Hero. They have been given the right to go before a jury to say they believe they were misled by the video ...

Sky News

The Witcher devs making pen-and-paper classic 'Cyberpunk' a video game
The Verge
By Brian Crecente on May 30, 2012 01:22 pm 9Comments The developers behind popular role-playing game The Witcher are working to turn cult classic pen and paper role-playing game Cyberpunk into a triple-A video game, the developers said today.

Video Game Review: 'Resistance: Burning Skies' Expands Hit Franchise to ...
HollywoodChicago.com
CHICAGO – The “Resistance” franchise never gets enough respect. 2011's third chapter was one of the most underrated games of last year and critics already seem to be picking apart the Vita debut of the series, “Resistance: Burning Skies.

Video game art: Into the Pixel 2012
msnbc.com
Take a peek at Into the Pixel's 2012 video game art collection, which will be displayed at E3 in Los Angeles from June 5-7.

In a Previous Life, This Video Game Executive Made Awesome Movies
Kotaku
If all you do is sit around reading video game news all day, and not much else, when someone mentions the name "Danny Bilson", you probably think "Oh, the guy who's captained THQ to the bottom of the ocean". And you'd be right!

This week in Video Game Criticism: From time limits to Proteus
Gamasutra
Straight from the best of game criticism, theory and commentary, it's This Week inVideo Game Criticism! "This argument about cloning being ok is mindless. It has nothing to do with cloning. This is about being turned against one another by mutual ...

Gamasutra

Storytelling in the Age of Screens
Huffington Post
Though there are many different parenting styles, many of us seem to share one common, overriding concern: how to limit the addictive influence video games can hold on our children's lives. My kids and their friends call me the "Story Dad," because I ...

Now, video games to battle cancer
Times of India
CHENNAI: Fighting cancer is not a child's play, but oncologists in India will soon hand over video games to young patients for better adherence to treatment protocols. The video games would pit the player against virtual cancer cells in a series of ...

'Video game on steroids' helping treat PTSD
ksl.com
By Colleen Williams, NBC News LOS ANGELES — Researchers in California have come up with a way of using virtual reality to treat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in combat veterans. It plays out like a video war game on steroids.

BBC mistake video game logo for United Nations Security Council symbol
TODAYonline
LONDON - The BBC mistakenly aired the logo from a video game rather than the United Nations in what seems to be an example of when a Google search goes wrong. In a News At One bulletin about the United Nations Security Council, the channel accidentally ...

Choose The Top 5 Video Games Of All Time - G4tv.com
By sjohnson
To celebrate X-Play's upcoming "Top 100 video games of all time" shows, we want you to pick your own personal five must-have games, so we made an app. Here's how it works: Log...
G4 TV - TheFeed

Video Games Do Not Cause Violence - Video Games - Memebase
By Cheezburger Network
video game memes - Video Games Do Not Cause Violence.
Video Games - Memes, Captions,...

Video Game Fireplace Art | dwellinggawker
By hiconsumption
Liven up that decommissioned fireplace with this 8-Bit Fireplace Art.
dwellinggawker

Video Games: Link Auditore da Firenze - Memebase: Rage Comics ...
By Cheezburger Network
Video Games: Link Auditore da Firenze. x. Share. video game memes - Video Games: Can't Wait to Break Pots in This. Get Over Here and Play a Video Game · Incorrect source or offensive? assassins's ...
Memebase: Rage Comics, Forever...

WWE 13 video game release date, current roster and other details ...
By Geno Mrosko
Get complete details on the WWE '13 video game, including the release date, the current game roster and much, much more.
Cageside Seats

Video Game Reviews | Ghost Recon: Future Soldier | RotoRob
By Herija Green
Unique controls with superb gameplay pacing make Ghost Recon: Future Soldier a game well worth owning, Herija writes.
RotoRob

Tom Hall '86: Video Game Innovator « On Wisconsin
By kent
Two days bear special significance for video-game designer Tom Hall '86. On June 9, 1980, his parents brought home an Apple computer. “I lived on that thing,” he recalls. The second milestone occurred three decades later, on April 13, 2010.
On Wisconsin

The demise of guys: Video games and porn? : Vicki Courtney
By admin
Last week, I read an article that addresses this topic on CNN.com entitled “'The Demise of Guys': How video games and porn are ruining a generation.” The article highlights a new book (under the same title) by two psychologists who have ...
Vicki Courtney

Top 10 Best Selling Video Games Ever » Design You Trust – Design ...
By mahamrani
Games are the most favorite part of kids life but teen ages also love to play some games in their life .Some one wants to play that kind of games which will maintain their Physic he and the other way to enjoy is to sit in front of your computes ...
Design You Trust - Design Blog...

Gamer Mom Walkthrough Guide, Review, Discussion, Hints and Tips at ...
Gamer Mom Walkthrough Guide and Review: Gamer Mom, by Mordechai Buckman and Kyler Kelly, is a unique text adventure about a Mom trying to convince ...
jayisgames.com/archives/2012/05/gamer_mom.php

Follow @sobeq

Video Games Live To Feature Diablo III, Skyrim, and WOW During Special E3 Performance

Video Games Live To Feature Diablo III, Skyrim, and WOW During Special E3 Performance
Side Mission
In addition to all of the big gaming news and brand-new media, those attending this year's E3 (or anyone in or around LA for that matter) can also look forward to enhanced edition of Video Games Live. Basically, Video Games Live Creator/Executive ...

Side Mission 

Kickstarter Helps Video Game Developers Reboot Old Titles
NOLA.com
Using it to fund video games seemed like a bit of a stretch. "I kinda pooh-poohed it at first," Schafer explained, speaking by phone from his San Francisco office. "Kickstarters have generally been a lot smaller — averaging $5000 per project.

Curt Schilling says video game company was hurt by broken RI promises ...
Washington Post
PROVIDENCE, RI — Curt Schilling is blaming Rhode Island economic development officials and the governor for much of the financial troubles facing his video game company. The former Red Sox pitcher tells The Providence Journal (http://bit.ly/KNg40H) ...

Video game orchestra strikes nostalgic chord
CBS News
Instead, it was arrangements for video games like "Sonic the Hedgehog." It was all part of the largest dedication ever by a major museum to the art of video games. Joel Guttman, who plays trombone for the University of Maryland's Gamer Symphony ...

CBS News

Are video games art? Kids speak out
Washington Post
Dev Patel, 8, Reston Video games are like a painting on an electronic screen. The controller functions as your paintbrush, while the screen serves as your canvas. In order to make a video game, you have to think of something original to reach your ...

Rhode Island Owns Defunct Video Game Firm
KRDO
The story of 38 Studios has everything: sports stars, political incompetence, government bailouts, taxpayer outrage and -- the kicker -- big-budget video games. The storm began nearly two years ago, when the Rhode Island Economic Development ...

Schilling blames Rhode Island for video game firm's troubles
SouthCoastToday.com
By NEWSCORE PROVIDENCE — Former star pitcher Curt Schilling lashed out today at Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee, blaming the state for his video game company's desperate financial situation. In his first public comments on the near-collapse of 38 ...

Video game developer's conference marks maturing of an Ottawa industry
Ottawa Citizen
By Vito Pilieci, The Ottawa Citizen May 29, 2012 10:16 AM OTTAWA — The capital's video gamedesign industry has finally grown up — and it's throwing a big party on Tuesday to prove it. In what organizers hope will be the first of many annual Ottawa ...

Hyper-Realistic Video Game Car Crashes Coming Soon
Motor Authority
Read More Building on the work of the geniuses at CryTek, creators of the new CryENGINE3 video game engine, BeamNG has found a way to model vehicle crashes with incredible realism--within the world where your character hacks, slashes, shoots, ...

Video Game Quick Hits 5/29/2012
Big Shiny Robot!
The last edition for the month of May. This one was quick and eventful. What do we have to look forward to in June? E3 for starters, which means you'll want to keep a Big Shiny Robot! tab open at all times as we've got several people headed to LA for ...

Big Shiny Robot!

Schilling, Chaffee Each Disputes Other's View Of Video Game Woes
CBS Local
He said that shortly after those comments, a video-game publisher pulled out of a $35-million deal to finance a new game. “The governor is not operating in the best interest of the company by any stretch, or the taxpayers, or the state,” Schilling told ...

CBS Local

Certain Video Games May Be Beneficial to Health, Improve Disease Outcomes
Medical Daily
Playing video games may significantly improve a variety of health outcomes, especially those associated with psychological and physical therapy, according to a new study. By Christine Hsu | May 29, 2012 Playing video games may significantly improve a ...

Medical Daily

Video Game High School: Rock O'Clock is 3:32
Houston Press (blog)
By Jef With One F Tue., May 29 2012 at 6:00 AM Video Game High School continues to be one of the greatest things on the Internet in last week's episode. I'm always a big fan of dream sequences, having been weaned on red rooms and the dancing dwarf in ...

Video Game Review: 'Max Payne 3' is Gaming as Cinematic Immersion
HollywoodChicago.com
CHICAGO – So what's Max Payne been up to since we last saw him all those years ago? No, not since the horrendous 2008 movie. The movie just doesn't exist folks. Take a deep breath. It's been nine years since the last gaming incarnation of Payne.

HollywoodChicago.com

The Lego Batman 2 Video Game Might Know What Kids Want Out of Comics Better ...
Kotaku
The next Lego Batman game comes packed with superheroes. Enough to form a Justice League, even. And that's great for the adults who already know those characters and will be playing with children. But if I were a seven-year-old kid playing the ...

London 2012 video game preview and interview - hyper sports
Metro
But London 2012: The Official Video Game Of The Olympic Games, to give it it's full title, is something we understand. A direct descendant of retro classics such as Track & Field, Daley Thompson's Decathlon, and Epyx's Summer Games, it aims to be the...

Metro

Video Game Designed To Help Physicians ID Substance Misuse Issues
iHealthBeat
Researchers are in the final stages of testing an interactive video game designed to help physicians identify the warning signs of substance misuse among patients, the New York Times reports. According to Michael Fleming at the Northwestern University ...

The “real” science behind five video game items
VentureBeat
In the video game universe, health regenerates, swapping out a weapon clip before it's empty does not typically decrease one's total ammo supply, and many characters can jump while they're jumping. With all of this craziness going on, it's no wonder ...

VentureBeat

Galaxy S III - has it won over the Pocket Gamer crew?
Pocket Gamer
by Will Wilson The rumours and the waiting are finally over - Samsung's latest flagship Android handset, the Galaxy S III, is available now across Europe. Packing in a quad-core processor, a massive 4.8-inch screen, and more extra bits of software than ...

Game Over for GameStop and Video Game Retailers?
ReadWriteWeb
The same week, though, video game retailer GameStop announced a worse-than-expected quarter of falling revenues led by plummeting in-store sales. Together, those two facts signal a massive re-alignment of how games are sold.

New Desperate Poverty Video Game Blamed For Urban Violence
The Onion (satire)
Add special collections of Onion Radio News to your playlist that have been hand-selected by the editors. The Onion Radio News has been the most highly regarded broadcast news source in the world since visionary Onion publisher T.Herman Zweibel made ...

Is "All This Violence" Really What Video Games Are Made Of?
Kotaku
Now it is absolutely, unequivocally true that not all video games rely on sex and violence; more on that in a moment. But in our AAA, blockbuster extravaganzas, the major method through which stories are told is combat. Consider: BioShock is routinely ...

Video gaming isn't just child's play
FierceHealthIT
University of Pittsburgh researchers say video games as a powerful tool for improving patient health, according to a study just published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. It's not a comprehensive endorsement--the study finds there are ...

FierceHealthIT

Syracuse University students' video game draws crowd at conference, attracts ...
Syracuse.com
By Dave Tobin / The Post-Standard Frank Ordonez/The Post-Standard, 2011Dave Chenell (left) and Eric Cleckner, Syracuse University graduate students, stand behind computer monitors displaying images from the website for their computer game graFighters, ...

Syracuse.com

Epic: We have not declared our Wii U strategy
Computerandvideogames.com
Earlier, video games journalist Geoff Keighley suggested that Epic Games had confirmed that Wii U would not host games built on Unreal Engine 4, adding that the information had come from Epic Games president Mike Capps. @DavidKalpakis No, at GDC Mike ...

There is an Awesome Game of Thrones Video Game. You Can Play it Right Now.
Kotaku
And it is already pretty much the perfect Game of Thrones video game. I mentioned in my review of Crusader Kings II earlier in the year that the systems put in place by developers Paradox seemed ideally suited to George RR Martin's fantasy universe.

Tim Schafer's $3.3 Million Kickstarter Adventure Could Level-Up The Entire ...
Fast Company
BY David Holmes | 05-29-2012 | 8:00 AM This behind-the-scenes interview with the brutal legend of video game design proves that listening to your customers can pay off in unexpected ways. "We want playing our games to entertain people on many different...

Fast Company

Schilling Blames Rhode Island, Chafee For Video Game
By KC Downey
Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling blames broken promises by Rhode Island and Gov. Lincoln Chafee for the financial trouble his video game company is in.
CBS Boston

Video Game Trains Doctors to Fight Prescription Drug Abuse | The ...
By Join Together Staff
A new video game helps doctors learn how to determine if patients asking for painkillers truly need them. The game is part of an effort at Northwestern University in Chicago to help physicians fight prescription drug abuse. The game trains ...
The Partnership

Mario No Le Gusta - Video Games - Memebase
By Cheezburger Network
video game memes - Mario No Le Gusta. ... Video Games - memes, game lols, captions,. I Can Has Cheezburger? FAIL Blog · Memebase · The Daily What · Know Your ... Create or find a funny Video Game Meme? Make sure to submit it here!
Video Games - Memes, Captions,...

New video game releases - Entertainment Wire - The Olympian ...
The following games are among those scheduled for release this week, according to Gamestop.com:
The Olympian Online -- Entertainment...

What was the first video game system you owned? - DVD Talk Forum
By Sub-Zero
The first video game system that I owned was the original Nintendo Entertainment System (the one that came with two controllers, the light gun and the Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt game pak). At the same time I also received the original ...
DVD Talk Forum - Video Game Talk

Masters of the Universe The Power of He-Man Video Game : Poe ...
By Poe
While reading through the entire run of the 1980s Vigilante comic (don't ask…), I came across the ad below on a back cover. Now, as I kid my family actually owned an Intellivision, so given my love of He-Man it's unclear to me why we never ...
Poe Ghostal's Points of Articulation

First Look at Ron Gilbert's New Video Game 'The Cave' | Top Hat ...
By Tim Briscoe
One of my favorite all-time video games is the 1987 adventure puzzler Maniac Mansion. I devoured hour-upon-hour of that game on my Commodore 64. Th.
Top Hat Sasquatch

Video Games Remade For The My Little Pony Fans | Gamma Squad
By RoboPanda
Stay ahead of the curve and get the best mixture of web culture and entertainment delivered straight to your in-box. Recommended Posts. [image]. Video Games What if Important Historical Events Were Reviewed by Video Game Reviewers?
Gamma Squad

Video Game Car Crashes Have Never Looked This Good | Kotaku ...
By Luke Plunkett
This is what happens when you plug the physics system of truck sim Rigs of Rods into Crytek's CryEngine3: car crashes so nice you can watch them...
Kotaku Australia

Are video game soundtracks the new concept albums? - The Guardian
Are video game soundtracks the new concept albums? ... "Everything has to loop indefinitely," says the band's bassist and resident gamer, John Famiglietti.
www.guardian.co.uk/.../video-game-soundtracks-concept-albu...

Tues. preview: Music to a gamer's ears - CBS News Video
CBS News video: Tues. preview: Music to a gamer's ears - The Gamer Symphony ... video gamehits, and explains how they're striking a chord with audiences.
www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7409976n

Follow @sobeq

Learning to sim with Tropico (video)

Try something new: learning to sim with Tropico | VG247
By Brenna Hillier
Try something new: learning to sim with Tropico. Even veteran gamers need to stretch themselves sometimes. We sent Brenna on the adventure of a lifetime to master both a new genre and a tiny tropical nation.
VG247

38 Studios: Broke Rhode Island now owns a video game company
CNN
By Ken Sweet @CNNMoneyTech May 28, 2012: 11:24 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Rhode Island owns a video game company. That wasn't supposed to happen. Taxpayers in the small, financially stricken New England state are on the hook for tens of millions of ...

Pro Gamer SK.MC Crowned StarCraft II Champion At Inaugural Red Bull ...
Forbes
With fans driving hours, crossing state lines and international borders, Austin, Texas became an eSports epicenter Memorial Day weekend, at the first ever Red Bull Battlegrounds invitational pro-video game tournament.

Forbes

video game review
Youngstown Vindicator
Military video games have never been known for their subtlety, but over the last few years they've become increasingly bombastic, culminating in the flamboyant pyrotechnics of the mega-selling “Call of Duty” franchise. So I was a little surprised the ...

Video Games Positively Impact Variety of Health Outcomes
Doctors Lounge
Although additional rigorous clinical trials are warranted, the literature suggests that video gamescan be useful in improving a variety of health outcomes, particularly those in the areas of psychological and physical therapy, according to research ...

Are video game soundtracks the new concept albums?
The Guardian (blog)
"Everything has to loop indefinitely," says the band's bassist and resident gamer, John Famiglietti. "We recorded it all while watching video captures of gameplay – everything we did we put up against that footage and said, is this working?

The Guardian (blog)

She Tried To Make Good Video Games For Girls, Whatever That Meant
Kotaku
Millions of little boys across the country were highly visible within video game culture, making them the primary demographic for game development companies. Studies continually pushed the idea that women just didn't like technology—or games.

Can These Video Games Help You Make Better Life Choices?
Mashable
The World at Work is powered by GE. This new series highlights the people, projects and startups that are driving innovation and making the world a better place. Big Idea: WILL Interactive develops Virtual Experience Immersive Learning Simulations ...

Video Game Review: League of Legends a hit
WHTC
Like most people in their 20's I was born with a video game controller in my hands. From Atari to PS3 I've sampled a little bit of every system along with PC games. In these coming articles I'll give you a brief overview of the games I've been playing ...

Vote for The Greatest Video Game Music
IGN
Last year, The London Philharmonic Orchestra recorded The Greatest Video Game Music, an album of game classics reimagined by some incredible musicians. Now, they're set to record a sequel, and IGN readers have a chance to pick one of the songs.

The Bum in the Unlocked Bathroom: How Bad User Interfaces are Ruining ...
Kotaku
Over the last several years, I've done a lot of different tasks in my effort to vampire-suck-extract a stomach-full of hot, thick information from the neck of the video game industry. The ultimate idea is to make video games with my own studio.

Boy makes wish, plays video game with Joe Mauer on scoreboard
KARE
Sunday Grant played a baseball video game with Twins catcher Joe Mauer on the 57' x 101' Target Field scoreboard. "We found out he loves to play video games and what better place to play then here?" asked Mauer. The catcher first became aware of Grant...

KARE

Demand high for game developers let go by 38 Studios
Boston.com
Luckily, he is in the video game industry. Dozens of game companies are lining up to hire castoffs like Kole from 38 Studios LLC, Curt Schilling's failing video game maker. “They are pulling us out of the fire,'' Kole said, “and we really appreciate ...

Boston.com

UK Video Game Chart: Ghost Recon Future Solider takes top spot
Videogamer.com
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Solider has entered the UK All Formats All Prices video gamechart at No.1, toppling Max Payne 3. Future Soldier achieved the best week one sales in the Ghost Recon series, but previous entries haven't debuted on all ...

Pocket Gamer is heading to E3 2012
Pocket Gamer.Biz
by James Nouch The bloated extravaganza that is the Electronic Entertainment Expo is just days away, and this year the Pocket Gamer team is staging a mass exodus to gaming's promised land. Editor-in-chief Kristan Reed, Steel Media MD Chris James, ...

Job outlook bright for 38 Studios staff
Boston Globe
By Michael B. Farrell Animator Michelle Bartlett, 24, of Norton handed her resume to John Lindemuth, director of art for Turbine Inc., at a job fair for video game developers in Providence last week. Nicholas Kole just lost his job.

Boston Globe

Melbourne man morphs into video game
Herald Sun
At least that's how Carlton North man Hamish McGregor is looking at his inclusion in hit video game, Max Payne 3. Mr McGregor became one of eight people around the world, and the only Australian, to have his likeness included as one of the characters ...

New Video Game Releases – May 29 – June 4
RipTen
After the last two weeks, it's nice to have a bit of a breather. The big news is that PC gamers will finally get their hands on Max Payne 3. Based on my play through of the Xbox 360 version, I can safely assure that you you're in for a treat.

Guy Disaster Mode! Video Games and Porn are Killing the Modern Man
Spong
Video games are destroying mankind! This is the desperate-sounding conclusion from a recent report penned by Stanford University psychologist, Dr Philip Zimbardo, who believes that the "overuse of video games and pervasiveness of online porn" is ...

Spong

Get Started Learning Japanese With This Little Video Game
Kotaku
Still, that's where you need to start when learning Japanese, so starting with chiptunes and a video game is better than starting with a book. While it gets repetitive in parts, that's also the point: it's trying to hammer home knowledge, ...

Stabbing shows how mental health workers are at risk
Statesman Journal
I'ma confessed video game geek, so my ears perked up when I heard about an article in Governing magazine titled “6 Ways Governments Are Using Video Games.” The article notes how games are used to help train first responders, educate soldiers on ...

E3 2012 predictions
Videogamer.com
The Wii U is going to be there in force (well, at least it should be or else I expect Nintendo will be in a bit of trouble), and I want to see some proper gamer's games. It'd be nice to see a proper demo of Zelda on Wii U, but I expect that game is ...

Launch Pad: The Dark Knight returns
USA TODAY
By Brett Molina, USA TODAY Want a sign this is a slow week for video gamereleases? The highlight is a title that was originally released last October. On the bright side, PlayStation Vita owners finally have something new and notable.

USA TODAY

Be a creator, not just a gamer
mydigitalfc.com
By Payal Dhar May 28 2012 Who doesn't like a spot of monster-shooting, zipping through space taking down enemies or pitting their wits against a physics puzzle? But guess what could be even more fun — creating your own game.

E3 2012 Preview
IGN
A sneak peek at all the E3 video game hotness including Wii-U, Tomb Raider, Assassin's Creed 3 and more. by IGN's E3 Strike Team With mere days to go until the Electronic Entertainment Expo opens its doors on June 4th, the biggest video game event of ...

Video games positively impact variety of health outcomes
(HealthDay) -- Although additional rigorous clinical trials are warranted, the literature suggests thatvideo games can be useful in improving a variety of health outcomes, particularly those in the areas of psychological and physical therapy, ...
Medical Xpress - latest medical...

Can Video Games be Blamed for Acts Committed by Norway's ...
By Sidrah Zaheer
People who maintain prejudice and convert that negative feeling into extreme hatred for other people exist everywhere. They are not exclusive to any caste, class, creed, culture, religion, philosophy or place. The shootings that occurred in ...
Pak Tea House

VIDEO GAMES DON'T MAKE KIDS VIOLENT - Very Demotivational ...
By Cheezburger Network
demotivational posters - VIDEO GAMES DON'T MAKE KIDS VIOLENT. ... Snail Cyborgs Set to Takeover The World · Video Games - Video Game Memes · There's a Problem When Batman Can't Login · See all 59 Cheezburger Network Sites » ...
Very Demotivational - The Demotivatio...

Porn, video games, the Internet, anxiety, boredom, and the death of ...
By Michael Bates
Moreover, these addictions foster the seemingly opposite vices of passivity and hyper-aggression. The porn addict becomes a lecherous loser, with one-flesh union supplanted by masturbatory isolation. The video game addict becomes a ...
BatesLine

Joey Logano Races Video Games Into Victory Lane - Features ...
By Matthew Kato
We talked with Joey about his video game paint schemes and his gaming habits while at the track and when he's at home. ... xMarvell commented on mojomonkey12's post about re: Joey Logano Races Video Games Into Victory Lane.
Features

Video games and movies become lifelike with AV Video glasses
By Radhicka S Saxena
Video games and movies become lifelike with AV Video glasses. By Radhicka S Saxena /3 hrs ago... Put on these AV Videos glasses whenever you want to watch a movie or a video game. You won't be a spectator anymore but instead a part ...
Designbuzz

Video game section for RiotACT? | The RiotACT
By Myles Peterson
Would readers be interested in a Video Game section on the site under Entertainment? ... Video game section for RiotACT? TAGGED. computer games, games, video games. By Myles Peterson 28 May, 2012 30. Would rioters be interested in ...
The RiotACT

1st-ever Jesus video game launched
By -NO AUTHOR-
(OREGONFAITHREPORT) — Journey of Jesus: The Calling — the first-ever video game based on Jesus — launches today from Lightside Games, makers of the popular Journey of Moses. Interestingly, also launching today: Diablo III, the ...
WND

23 Instructional Signs That Must Exist in Video Game Worlds ...
The vast majority of video game characters we come across are only on screen for a few seconds. In that time they often behave in surprising ways that would suggest they're receiving instructions we're not privy to. We asked you to show us ...
Cracked: All Posts

Wunderkind Pictures Inks Strategic Deal with CBS Interactive for Video
By John Gaudiosi
'The Avengers' Get Video Games from Ubisoft · Activision Aims for the Funnybone with 'Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse' Video Game. Blake Freeman hopes to change that with his August release, noobz. Wunderkind Pictures has entered a ...
Tech

Hideo Kojima: video game drop-out – interview part 1 - The Guardian
I felt like the world was waiting to see what video games could be, what they could ... MGS4 was more film than video game, so it's not much of a surprise. ..... and more, all rolled up into agamer's game, which is what this man was born to do.
www.guardian.co.uk/.../2012/.../hideo-kojima-interview-part-...

Social Media Helps Laid-Off Video Game Makers Survive a - Good.is
38Studios, a video game development house in Rhode Island run by retired baseball ... “I write about video games professionally, so it's a pretty big deal when a ...
www.good.is/.../social-media-helps-laid-off-video-game-make...

A List Of Good Things About Video Games - News - www ...
We hear about the supposed negative effects of video games often, but the Internet's Frugal Dad ...Filed under: News, Gamer Culture, gaming is good for you ...
www.gameinformer.com/.../a-list-of-good-things-about-video-...

Follow @sobeq

Q&A with video game producer Jason Villa

SHOOTING THE BREEZE: A Q&A with video game producer Jason Villa
North County Times
When Villa began studying high tech management at Cal State San Marcos, video games were the farthest thing from his mind. But after three years working as a tester at Sony in San Diego, Villa began a career in the video game industry.

Video Game Review: Minecraft XBLA Edition
California Literary Review
by Laura Buttrick As a long time player of the PC edition of Minecraft, it was difficult for me to go into the xbox360 rendition of the faux 16-bit world without immediately noticing everything that was different, that was missing and that was inferior ...

California Literary Review

VIDEO GAMES: First Trailer For 007 Legends Reveals 'Moonraker' Mission
Comic Book Movie
And a great sign we could have another good James Bond video game adaption on our hands. Personally, I think the James Bond video games work better as third-person shooters. Skyfall will a play part in the game as one of the playable missions or as ...

Local video game tournament draws global talent
YNN, Your News Now
"You're in the booth, you can't hear anything but you can see the crowd, you know there's thousands and thousands of eyes on you,” professional gamer Chris Ostojic said. “You're streamed over the internet and people are going to be critiquing all of ...

YNN, Your News Now

Mind over matter: Can video games improve mental agility?
The National
Computer games seem to get a continuously bad press.They're often blamed for the increase in the numbers of sedentary, overweight and antisocial children and adults. Even the rise of the more active Wii Fit has been laughed off by some experts, ...

The National

Weekly Video Game Trailer Roundup: May 25
Game Rant
We're wrangling up all the trailers this week that slipped through the cracks. From dragons to vampires, Penthouse Pets to Planeswalkers, and the Dark Knight to Agent 47, we've been given a very generous offering of trailers this week.

Game Rant

Amazon Holding “Dads and Grads” Video Game Sale
PlayStation LifeStyle
But before they do, it's time to unwind with some video games. Same goes for all of those hard-working Dads that put their families first year-round. They both deserve some good old R&R, a cold beer, and some games. Luckily Amazon.com has you covered ...

PlayStation LifeStyle

Super-cool minimalist video game art posters — which one is your favorite ...
VentureBeat
We love video game fan art here at GamesBeat, but we don't get to share it out as much as we'd probably like to. It's usually just an internal email or Facebook post saying, “Hey, look how cool this is!” But there's times where we have to break the ...

VentureBeat

Technology entrepreneur Curt Shilling fires entire staff of his video game company
allvoices
By wendyzachary 38 Studios founder Curt Shilling fired all of his employees on Thursday in the wake of an acute financial crisis. Workers were informed of the non-voluntary and non-disciplinary layoffs through an email, which also stated that the ...

Call of Duty: Black Ops II Ruining Gaming's Rep with Oliver North
The Gamer Access (blog)
One of such groups was the Contras (the video game is in no way related to the group) in there fight against the Sandinistas in Nicaragua. Because the Sandinistas were a communist government, we opposed the Sandinistas and the Contras were trying to ...

Radiohead's 'Kid A' and 'OK Computer', Now in 8-Bit
TIME
Ever wanted to hear two full albums of Radiohead music, rerecorded in the style of early video gamesoundtracks? You're welcome. By Erik Hayden | @Erik_Hayden | May 27, 2012 | + There's something undeniable about a good 8-bit cover.

Zadzooks: Max Payne 3 review (Xbox 360)
Washington Times
Max flies through the air with the greatest of ease in the video game Max Payne 3. By Joseph Szadkowski Shoot first and keep shooting in the video game Max Payne 3. The resurrection of a beaten down ex-New York police detective comes to disturbingly ...

Washington Times

Video game helps doctors detect drug abuse
Geeky gadgets
But now doctors at the Northwestern Memorial Hospital are using a video game to help them identity signs of drug addiction. The video game, based on a previous research from Dr. Michael M. Fleming of the Northwestern University Feingberg School of ...

Geeky gadgets

'Modern Warfare' creators vs. Activision
Tucson Citizen
27, 2012, under USA TODAY News Jason West and Vince Zampella may not be household names, but as the creators of first-person shooter video games such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, they are true celebrities in the $25 billion game industry.

Call of Duty and Halo Teams Join for Next Industry Shattering Franchise ...
The Gamer Access (blog)
When news broke out that Bungie would be teaming up with Activision as a developer of a whole new video game franchise, gamers began salivating as speculation erupted. With two of the industry's most successful video game franchises of all time under ...

Bruce Boxleitner Talks TRON: UPRISING, the Longevity of TRON and His Career ...
Collider.com
Now, you can't go anywhere without some kind of device, and that's related to this. Animation certainly reflects that. Look at how early video games looked, and then look at the video game world now. We're making movies based on video games.

Collider.com

Weekend Hot Topic, part 2: favourite developers
Metro
GameCentral readers name their favourite video game developers and discuss whether the right people are getting the credit for top games. The subject for this week's Hot Topic was suggested by reader Sam, who asked simply who is your favourite video ...

Metro

My Hot Electronics Seeks Funding to Grow e-Commerce Business on 40billion.com
PR Web (press release)
Myhotelectronics.com is one of the leading online retailers for tablets, PCs, video games, and more. Growing up, I have always had a passion for gadgets and sports. I would love to put different things together and know the capabilities that various ...

CNN Reports Video Games & Porn Are Destroying Men | Health ...
By Oretha Winston, Lead Editor
Men and video games ruining them are now the hot topic of discussion. ... Video game and porn addictions are different. They are “arousal addictions,” where the attraction is in the novelty, the variety or the surprise factor of the content.
Health Advice, Inspiration &...

Curt Schilling's 38 Games & Video Game Subsidies
By Emmanuel
It was supposed to be an All-Star lineup: three-time World Series champion Curt Schilling was an avid role-playing gamer who brought together Elder Scrolls III and IV lead designer Ken Rolston, illustrator Todd McFarlane of The Spawn fame ...
International Political Economy Zone

Just What I Needed… - Video Games - Memebase
By Cheezburger Network
Video Games - memes, game lols, captions,. I Can Has Cheezburger? FAIL Blog ... Create or find a funny Video Game Meme? Make sure to submit it here! Feel free ... Just What I Needed… x. Share.video game memes - Just What I Needed.
Video Games - Memes, Captions,...

Oh No They Didn't! - "Top 10 Most Terrifying Video Game Characters"
"Top 10 Most Terrifying Video Game Characters". source. TAGGED: computer / video games · creepy post · list · Leave a comment · Post to Facebook · Tweet this · Send by e-mail · Remember...
LiveJournal | Ratings

Front Towards Gamer Radio, Episode 104: Tony Money from ...
By Shanghai Six
Look at these filthy vagabonds that Shanghai Six has linked up with! Shifted2U.com founder Tony Money comes on the show this week to tell his amazing tale of creating a job in the Hollywood television production industry by simply being at ...
Front Towards Gamer

New Zone of the Enders Project in the Works | Online World Gamer
By admin
What more could we need? Where will you be able to play it? When will you be able to play it? Are we even right in assuming that this is a video game? Those are questions that I imagine Konami will officially answer over the next few weeks.
Online World Gamer

Mega Ran In Language Arts - The Official Video Game Soundtrack
By @Chad_Swedberg
For the past 2 months, indie developers Lunar Giant Studios have been working on a video game that would effectively encompass Random, aka Mega Ran's main loves: education, hip-hop, and Mega Man. So here it is, version 1 of Mega ...
Donuts & Milk

PC Gamer US – May & June – 2012 | Skidrow Games - Crack - Full ...
By Moderator
The magazine features news on developments in the video game industry, previews of new games, and reviews of the latest popular PC games, along with other features relating to hardware, mods, “classic” games and various other topics.
Skidrow Games - Crack - Full...

Free Gamer - Open Source Games: DNT 0.9: Map Editor, Art Asset ...
By qubodup
Version 0.9 has been released not long ago, which on the gameplay-side appears to mainly bring new models and audio. We have missed quite a few versions here on Free Gamer though. See the changelog for a complete list of versions ...
Free Gamer - Open Source Games

Follow @sobeq