This Week in Video Game Criticism

This Week in Video Game Criticism: From hair politics to boycotting Atlus
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This Week in Video Game Criticism: From hair politics to boycotting Atlus by Kris Ligman [Console/PC, Design]. Post A Comment. Share on Twitter · Share on Facebook · RSS. July 31, 2012. This Week in Video Game Criticism: From hair politics to boycotting ...

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Director Scott Waugh on Adapting 'Hawken' Video Game for the Big Screen
Hollywood Reporter
Director Scott Waugh has played video games his entire life for fun. Now he's set to helm back-to-back big budget video game adaptations of Electronic Arts' Need for Speed racing franchise for DreamWorks and Meteor Entertainment's sci-fi Mech shooter ...

Hollywood Reporter

Star Wars: The Old Republic video game players slump
BBC News
Electronic Arts has revealed that the number of people paying to play its onlinevideo game Star Wars: The Old Republic has dropped below one million. The title is the US firm's biggest investment to date. Launched in December, it initially attracted more than ...

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If video games could read your diary...
Gamasutra
If video games could read your diary... We're all very much used to having branching story trees in video games based on responses you give and the way you act. Most recently the Mass Effect and Fallout franchises have shown the levels of immersion that ...

The Coming Video Game Distribution Platform Wars
Forbes
It was only about five years ago that Netflix started streaming video content via the Web, changing the way we watch movies and TV shows. They weren't the first mover; Apple has offered video via iTunes store since 2005. But Netflix has found the most ...

Jay-Z To Executive Produce And Curate NBA 2K13 Video Game
Myspace (blog)
In addition to being a rapper and entrepreneur news has now broken that Hova will be the curator and executive producer of the upcoming video game NBA 2K13. . According to Billboard Jay-Z worked with developers on the actual game, Jay-Z is including a ...

Rapper Jay-Z serves as executive producer for coming 'NBA 2K13' video game
Washington Post
ATLANTA — Jay-Z is taking another step into the pro basketball realm: The Grammy-winning rapper and minority owner of the Brooklyn Nets will serve as the executive producer for the coming “NBA 2K13” video game. 2K Sports announced the partnership with Jay-Z on Tuesday. The rapper, who ... “This has been a unique opportunity to collaborate with 2K Sports and be a part of one of the best sports video games in history,” Jay-Z said. “NBA 2K13 will be the next evolution in sports and basketball culture, and I'm ...

Baron Davis' First Video Game Can Now Be Played
Dime Magazine
Video Games / Aug 1, 2012 / 3:00 pm. Baron Davis' First Video Game Can Now Be Played. By Andrew Greif. Where some might see an athlete starting a video game company as a bad idea in the wake of former pitcher Curt Schilling's doomed 38 Studios, Baron Davis has never been shy to take what some might call a low-percentage shot. The former Knick guard who blew out his knee this spring and former 15-year Electronic Arts staffer Sean O'Brien have started 5 Balloons Interactive to break into mobile gaming, ...

VIDEO GAMES: MARVEL HEROES Will Be At PAX And NYCC
Comic Book Movie
VIDEO GAMES: MARVEL HEROES Will Be At PAX And NYCC. While the new Marvel MMO, Marvel Heroes, wasn't able to appear at the SDCC, they have just updated their site confirming they will be able to appear at the PAX and the NYCC. Make the jump ...

Jay-Z gets into video game business as 'NBA 2K13' executive producer
TheCelebrityCafe.com
“This has been a unique opportunity to collaborate with 2K Sports and be a part of one of the best sports video games in history,” the rapper said in a statement. Jason Argent, vice president of marketing for 2K Sports, added that the move will help the game ...

Gaming isn't the boys club it once was; almost half of all gamers are female
BGR
Video Game Demographics 2012. The stereotypical gamer is often thought of as a young male who possibly lives in his parents' basement. In reality, this isn't the case. According to research published by the Entertainment Software Association, nearly half of ...

Reviews for the Lazy Gamer: Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
Houston Press (blog)
The Tron: Legacy world in particular you'll want to get to as fast a possible for the light cycles and fresh, beautifully rendered sci fi environment. Plus, how often do you get to talk to Jeff Bridges in a video game? It's just Frederick Tatasciore doing a Jeff Bridges ...

Dear ESA, We're Going To Need You To Define "Gamer"
PSX Extreme
It's all sorts of interesting to say that 47% of all "gamers" are female (which, as all the avid gamers know, absolutely is not true), and that the average age of a "gamer" is 30 (which probably is true). Such numbers promote intriguing discussion. I'll go with that. ... Tags: esa, game industry, esa stats, video games, gamers. 8/1/2012 12:25:44 PM Ben Dutka. Put this on your ... Just as long as you play any thing that is considered to be a "video game" once in a while. Which could range from several times a day to once a ...

Sega announces 'Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed' bonus edition
Examiner.com
Today Sega announced a bonus edition of their upcoming video game "Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed" for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita. ... He has been addicted to video games since he jumped on his first Koopa at the age of five.

Video games under development to treat ADHD
eMaxHealth
Two new start-up companies are developing video games to treat ADHD. Akili Interactive Labs Inc. of Boston, Massachusetts, which was created by start-up-creating firm PureTech Ventures, and Brain Plasticity Inc. of San Francisco, California are seeking ...

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See Classic Video Game Characters Turned Into Traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e ...
In the Air, Art+Auction's Gossip Column (blog)
What would Super Mario have looked like if video games had existed hundreds of years ago? A duo of artists and craftsmen are melding contemporary Japanese culture with the country's traditional's heritage, creating ... Henry retrofits the video game characters to the signature ukiyo-e style of elongated figures, thin outlines, and flat colors while Bull carves the blocks needed to print the drawings. The result is a reimagined video-game universe that also harkens back to the ukiyo-e posters' original purpose: to ...

In the Air, Art+Auction's Gossip Column (blog)

In Colorado shooting, a lesson lost
Baltimore Sun
In fact, the maniac in Norway who murdered tens of children admitted he used violent video games to practice his targeting. Regardless of whether it really plays a role in triggering real-life violence, the video game industry needs to be more sensitive to this ...

Nintendo Will Release Andrew Lloyd Webber Video Game, With Voices of ...
Playbill.com
... Michael Crawford and More. By Michael Gioia 01 Aug 2012. "Andrew Lloyd Webber Musicals: Sing & Dance," the upcoming video game allowing fans of the Tony Award-winning composer to sing and dance through Webber's classic tunes, will be released Sept. 14 for Nintendo Wii, according to published reports. ... and Sarah Brightman (The Phantom of the Opera), who "sing" alongside the gamer. Lloyd Webber won Original Score Tony Awards for his work on Evita, Cats and Sunset Boulevard. He is currently ...

What has happened to the gamer demographic?
Digitaltrends.com
Until this year, non-gamers were removed from answering the survey using a screening question that asked “Do you have a video game console in your home or do you have a PC that's used primarily to run video games?” For the 2012 survey, the definition ...

Mario Tennis Open for Nintendo 3DS | Video game review
Time Out Chicago Kids (blog)
TOCK teen video game reviewer (and serious tennis player) Carson Burke puts the new Mario Tennis Open for Nintendo 3DS game to the test. As a tennis player and fan of the Mario video game legacy, Mario Tennis Open for Nintendo 3DS immediately ...

Time Out Chicago Kids (blog)

The 10 Scariest Video Game Music Tracks
Bloody Disgusting
And there you have it – ten disturbing pieces of music in video games. But there's a wide world of content out there and it's a certainty you've heard something even creepier. Let us know what we missed, and keep an ear out for more. You never know where ...

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Companies Petition FDA To Allow Video Games as Treatment for ADHD
iHealthBeat
Boston-based Akili Interactive Labs and San Francisco-based Brain Plasticity began investigating video games as a mental health therapy after the release of studies touting the games' ability to boost concentration. Brain Plasticity has launched clinical trials ... Douglas Gentile -- a developmental psychologist at Iowa State University who has studied the effect ofvideo game play on adolescents -- suggests that playing such games is associated with greater attention problems. He said, "The biggest problem is that we ...

New Video Game Releases For the Week of 7/31: Sora X Orcs X Zombies
MTV.com (blog)
New Video Game Releases For the Week of 7/31: Sora X Orcs X Zombies. Posted 1 hour ago by Charles Webb in 3DS / DS, News, PC, PS3, Video, Xbox 360. As Kingdom Hearts turns 10, we get another handheld sequel to the beloved RPG, plus an HD ...

MTV.com (blog)

New statistics reveal the face of Australian gaming
Sydney Morning Herald (blog)
There were lots of strong arguments for an adults-only rating, but nothing said "games are not just for kids" than that oft-cited statistic: the average Aussie gamer is 30 years old. Bond University has conducted its Digital Australia survey every two years since 2005, and it has just released its findings ... 83% of parents reported playing video games, and of those 88% play them with their children. In a good sign for healthy game classification, 79% of parents said they are always or usually present when their children buy ...

How gaming's demographics reverted back to 2005
Ars Technica
That's a distinct change from the 2005 report [PDF], which showed an average gamer age of 30 and counted a full 35 percent of gamers as minors. The changing numbers gave the distinct impression that the game ... Up through 2011, the ESA screened out the non-gamers from its annual questionnaire by asking each respondent, "Do you have a video game console in your home or do you have a PC that's used primarily to run video games." In 2012, that screening question was expanded to also include play on "a ...

'Level Up' video game band showcase planned for Aug. 10 at Smoke & Barrel
Fayetteville Flyer
Five bands that play their own unique versions of tunes from classic video gamesare planning to perform at a one-night only show entitled “Level Up” on Friday, Aug. 10 at Smoke & Barrel Tavern, thanks to local video game music heroes The One Ups.

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What Crazy Video Game Dreams Would You Realize if You Had All ...
By Featuring Mr. Allspark
What Crazy Video Game Dreams Would You Realize if You Had All the Money? In today's dream-fueled episode of Speak Up on Kotaku, amazingly-named commenter Mr. Allspark wants to give you all of the money in the world, hypothetically.
Kotaku

The Consumerist » Video Game Publisher/Seller Valve Now Forcing ...
By Chris Morran
Valve, the makers of popular video game series like Portal, Left 4 Dead, Half-Life, and Team Fortress, as well as the operators of the Steam online marketplace for games, have surprised fans this week by changing the Steam terms of service ...
The Consumerist

Original-Gamer.com - Capcom to announce new game at Tougeki ...
Multiple players in the U.S. have begun their journey to Japan to compete in one of the most prestigious tournament in the world, Tougeki Super Battle Opera(SBO). One player who's there for support and business is Arcade UFO owner, and ...
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The Average Gamer Is 30 Years Old | My Nintendo News
By alba
According to the ESA (Entertainment Software Association), the average American gamer is 30 years old – 32% are under 18, 31% are between 18 and 35, and 37% are over 30. Fifty-three percent of American gamers ... Fifty-three percent of American gamers are male, while 47% are female, and the average U.S. household owns at least one video game console. In 2011, American consumers spent $24.75 billion on video games, hardware and accessories. Do any of these statistics ...
My Nintendo News

Cool Fan-Made Video Game Movie Poster Art - News - GeekTyrant
By Joey Paur
There's so many awesome video games out there that have yet to get their big screen debut. Unfortunately most video game movie adaptations suck, there's only a handful that have been made that are actually decent. Maybe that's why we ...
GeekTyrant

Rich Chinese Gamer Books the Whole Game Booth for Private Use ...
By Star Chang
During last week of Chinajoy 2012, the China's biggest gaming and digital entertainment exhibition, a young and rich Chinese gamer had spend a huge amount of money to book the whole game booth for private use, just to quietly test out the ...
M.I.C. Gadget

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ESA: Average gamer age is 30, adult women more lucrative than ...
By Brenna Hillier
There are plenty more interesting statistics in the friendly-looking PDF, which you can download here, including details of what activities we're giving up on in order to game; how online games are growing; how parents view video games; and ...
VG247

405 Video Games: Top 10 Horror Video Game Music Themes | The ...
By The 405
Whether you love or loathe the latest generation of horror games, we can all agree that the genre lays claim to some of the most atmospheric and genuinely adrenaline-rushing soundtracks. Check out our Top Ten.
The 405

Why making a truly unique video game is terrifying - IndieGames ...
By John Polson
Throughout her presentation, Santiago worked to help developers overcome those fears by discussing a number of tools and techniques studios can use to create high-quality, cohesive games that reach audiences that video games haven't ...
IndieGames.com - The Weblog

SQUARE ENIX ANNOUNCES FIRST LAUNCH TITLE FOR OUYA ...
By Gamer Syndrome
About the Author. The term used to describe the increasingly evident case of severe video gameaddiction. Coined by our resident expert Dr. Chang who can often be seen killing zombies or casting fireballs.
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Companies Petition FDA To Allow Video Games as Treatment for ...
By Admin
Akili Interactive Labs and Brain Plasticity are petitioning FDA to approve video games as a treatment for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. However, some experts say thatvideo games are associated with other attention ...
US Health Crisis

Punisher Star Creates Video Game Kickstarter - IGN
Continue to Punisher Star Creates Video Game Kickstarter - IGN » ... video "Dirty Laundry"), but his latest venture aims to take him into the realm of video games.
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This Week In Video Game Trailers - Digg
This Week In Video Game Trailers · complex.com. Save; Bury. This Week In Video GameTrailers. 2 Comments. Who Dugg This? Comments. Best; Oldest First ...
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