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Pushing the PC gaming boundaries
Video Games – These machines are desktop behemoths; near supercomputers in a box that are delivering game experiences beyond the wildest dreams of console owners.
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(news.bbc.co.uk)
Voted for on November 18, 2007 09:43pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 26 votes / No sinks
Study: Violent Video Games Don't Make Kids Violent
Video Games – LONDON - Players of violent video games believe they are just "exhilarating" escapism which does not desensitize them to real-life mayhem, according to a new survey of one of the entertainment industry's fastest growing sectors. However, gamers do concede that people "who are already unhinged in some way" may be pushed over
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(foxnews.com)
Voted for on May 22, 2007 01:45pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 21 votes / No sinks
3 new studies on violent video game effects on youths
Family – New research by Iowa State University psychologists provides more concrete evidence of the adverse effects of violent video game exposure on the behavior of children and adolescents.
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(scientificblogging.com)
Voted for on May 22, 2007 01:45pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 14 votes / No sinks
Aggression vs. Anger: The Violent Video Game Conundrum
Video Games – Commentary about whether violent video games trigger violent behavior in the real world never seems to die down, but lately it's hitting a fever pitch.
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(tech.yahoo.com)
Voted for on May 22, 2007 01:40pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 15 votes / No sinks
Counterfactual Historian Loves Making History With Games
Video Games – What if the great events in history had turned out differently? How would the world today be changed?
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(wired.com)
Voted for on May 22, 2007 01:40pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 14 votes / No sinks
Why We Need More Boring Games
Video Games – In his latest Persuasive Games column, Ian Bogost argues that what the industry needs right now is "games that would demystify the medium", citing clothing designer Marc Ecko's "insightful and ironic" observations - and how does this apply to serious games?
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(gamasutra.com)
Voted for on May 22, 2007 01:40pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 20 votes / 2 sinks
Interviewing Two of the Most Hated Game Creators Alive
Video Games – Ryan Lambourne, creator of V-TECH RAMPAGE and Dan Ledonne, of Super Columbine Massacre RPG!, sat down with Destructoid to talk about their school shooting "simulators." The interviews are insightful, but frequently shocking as well: Lambourne unrepentently calls himself a "heartless bastard" and admits he made the game just to o
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(destructoid.com)
Voted for on May 22, 2007 01:38pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 23 votes / 2 sinks
Makers Of Violent Video Games Offer Rare Defense Of Their Work
Video Games – At PlayStation Gamers Day, usual tactics of silence and defensiveness are abandoned for some frank talk.
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(mtv.com)
Voted for on May 22, 2007 01:38pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 11 votes / No sinks
Game turns moviegoers into human joysticks
Video Games – As part of a multimedia campaign to get people more involved with its Web news content, MSNBC.com has launched a game, called NewsBreaker Live, that plays in movie theaters. A motion-sensitive camera in the front of the theater measures how the audience is moving its arms and then translates that collective motion to an onscreen paddle.
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(news.com.com)
Voted for on May 18, 2007 02:28pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 16 votes / No sinks
Best Buy To Feature Ratings From Common Sense Media
Video Games – Retailer Best Buy announced yesterday that its website will henceforth feature video game ratings from watchdog group Common Sense Media at its online store.
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(gamepolitics.com)
Voted for on May 18, 2007 02:28pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 20 votes / No sinks
PSP Hardware 'Refresh' Coming This Year
Video Games – Those endless rumors of a newly-spec'ed PlayStation Portable are finally about to come true, with an analyst from Lazard Capital Markets reporting that Sony has in fact copped to just such a device at its Gamer's Day gathering in San Diego.
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(engadget.com)
Voted for on May 18, 2007 02:28pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 5 votes / No sinks
Half Life 2 - What They Didn't Intend for You to See
Video Games – It's as a narrative that I find Half-Life 2 most interesting. Nevertheless, I was able to find one part of the game, where they allowed the player more choice than even they suspected. The result is a scene that they didn't intend for you to see.
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(danielhaggard.com)
Voted for on May 13, 2007 03:44pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 6 votes / No sinks
New Wolfenstein Game Revealed
Video Games – Local Company Takes Video Games To Next Level reveals that Raven seems to be working on a new game in id Software's Wolfenstein series (thanks Ant and Planet Wolfenstein). This follows a comment from John Carmack earlier this year saying, "The company is pursuing Wolfenstein, Doom and Quake franchises with other partner developers."
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(bluesnews.com)
Voted for on May 13, 2007 03:44pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 7 votes / No sinks
Microsoft lifts shroud off Halo 3 to mixed reviews
Video Games – Microsoft staged previews in New York and San Francisco on Friday in advance of the public test, or "beta," of the game, which goes live next Wednesday.
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(yahoo.reuters.com)
Voted for on May 13, 2007 03:43pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 9 votes / No sinks
Counter-Strike on Windows Vista - Windows XP/Windows Vista comparison
Video Games – Of course, some of you love Counter-Strike and can apply a lot of tips and tricks to optimize the settings and get improved performance, but for a beginner user, Windows XP is the recommended platform for games.
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(news.softpedia.com)
Voted for on May 13, 2007 03:43pm
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