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Articles tagged "video games"NewsVideo-game companies pulling the plug on industry associationby Victor Godinez [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)][13.May.08] :. At a time when video-game companies are raking in record sales, it’s odd to think that the industry’s main trade association is collapsing. But it sounds as if that’s exactly...  News‘Sims’ chief marks a virtual victoryby Tamara Chuang [The Orange County Register (MCT)][16.Apr.08] :. “Of course, there are schnoodles,” Nancy Smith exclaimed. “I said, `We’re not shipping `Sims Pets’ without schnoodles!’” And that’s how schnoodles, a...  NewsVideo game fan asks court to ban real sloth and greed from World of Warcraftby Jon Burstein [South Florida Sun-Sentinel (MCT)][10.Apr.08] :. He wants justice in the mystical world of Azeroth, protecting warriors, warlocks and rogues from what he calls a conspiracy threatening their way of life. Antonio Hernandez plays “World of...  NewsIndie developers get in on the actionby Benjamin J. Romano [The Seattle Times (MCT)][28.Feb.08] :. Like big-budget movies, video games can cost tens of millions of dollars and take years to produce. Top game studios have strict, high-pressure deadlines, large development teams and lots of... NewsLatest BioWare game carefully crafts a universe for role playingby Justin Hoeger [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][30.Nov.07] :. Expectations for the science-fiction role-playing game “Mass Effect” have been formidable. BioWare Corp., the company that made “Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic” and...  NewsRock star: Music video games let you sing and play like a proby Bill Hutchens and Ernest A. Jasmin [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][30.Nov.07] :. Lessons? We don’t need no stinking lessons. With today’s music video games, you don’t need to know a single chord to express your musical ideas. You can create music from scratch,... ‘Blue’ draggin’: Japanese game doesn’t life up to its promiseby Justin Hoeger [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][24.Sep.07] :. “Blue Dragon” arrives to great expectations. The game was developed by a Japanese studio founded by “Final Fantasy” creator Hironobu Sakaguchi. The characters were designed... ‘Halo 3’ promos troublingby Brier Dudley [The Seattle Times (MCT)][19.Sep.07] :. Microsoft is saying its upcoming “Halo 3” video game “will make entertainment history.” I wonder, though, if the company will make another kind of history by releasing a... Latest ‘Metroid’ entry puts Wii Remote to the testby Justin Hoeger [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][10.Sep.07] :. Many heroes have a dark side. But for Samus Aran, it’s a bit worse. Her dark side is literal, born from the bubbling remains of a terrible enemy, the creature called Metroid Prime. This Dark... Casual games attracting more women to industryby Troy Wolverton [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)][29.Aug.07] :. SAN JOSE, Calif. - You might think that the face of one of the hottest areas in gaming right now is a young male in his 20s who owns the latest supercharged gaming system from Microsoft or Sony - or... Video-game ratings and artistic freedomby Victor Godinez [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)][31.Jul.07] :. Artistic freedom just ain’t what it used to be. After the Entertainment Software Rating Board slapped the upcoming Manhunt 2 (a game in which you could use a pair of pliers to tear a man... “Technology for the Masses”: An Interview with Nolan Bushnellby Ryan Smith[27.Jul.07] :. "The games got too complex and violent. The complexity lost the casual gamer, and the violence lost the women." Is video-game addiction a psychological disorder?by Mike Antonucci and Troy Wolverton [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)][22.Jun.07] :. SAN JOSE, Calif. - Some doctors believe video-game addiction has become enough of a risk to children and adults to classify it as a mental disorder. Despite an admitted lack of proven research, the... Gamer Theory by McKenzie Warkby Vince Carducci[5.Jun.07] :. Gamer Theory concerns itself with more than just the interpretation of video games; it's about gaming ambience -- that is, gamespace -- as the kinetic field within which game players exist. Video games now starring strong female charactersby Mike Kerwick [The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) (MCT)][13.May.07] :. Nobody told her. And Phaedra Boinodiris never noticed. Insulated by a family of controller-wielding women, encouraged by female cousins who were weaned on Atari and ColecoVision, Boinodiris... |
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