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  • September 2008

    • Gaming Scientists: 'Spore' Misleading But Fun

      New York Times  |  Sep 2, 08 12:44 PM CDT

      Gaming Scientists: 'Spore' Misleading But Fun

      (Newser) - Scientists are raving about Spore, the hyperanticipated new game from Sims impresario Will Wright, the New York Times reports. But that’s mostly just because it’s a fun game, not because it’s scientifically accurate. On that score, the game, which allows players to evolve a creature from a single-celled organism into an interstellar traveler, offers a misleading, intensely simplified view of biology. More »

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      video game  • computer games  • Will Wright  • Spore  • The Sims

  • August 2008

    • British Game Companies Target 25K Downloaders

      Times (UK)  |  Aug 20, 08 4:53 PM CDT

      British Game Companies Target 25K Downloaders

      (Newser) - A group of five of the world’s top computer-game makers are getting tough on illegal downloaders, the Times of London reports, demanding settlements of about $555 from 25,000 people across Britain. Those who refuse to settle will be taken to court, the companies—Atari, Topware Interactive, Reality Pump, Techland and Codemasters—are threatening. More »

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      piracy  • Britain  • computer games  • Atari

    • Spore Spawns Sims -Sized Expectations

      CNET  |  Aug 4, 08 8:40 PM CDT

      Spore Spawns Sims -Sized Expectations

      (Newser) - Spore will face scary expectations when the one-of-a-kind computer game goes on sale next month, CNET reports. Electronic Arts has poured untold millions into it; fans of Will Wright's last all-new creation, The Sims —the best-selling game of all time—hungrily await a new diversion; and analysts ask if gamers will glom onto the premise of Spore , which offers five games in one. More »

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      Electronic Arts  • computer games  • Will Wright  • Spore

  • July 2008

    • Gamers Vie for World Title

      NPR  |  Jul 28, 08 7:52 AM CDT

      Gamers Vie for World Title

      (Newser) - Video gamers, get ready: Tonight will determine your world champion as Los Angeles hosts the finals in the Championship Gaming Series. The evening will be broadcast globally—complete with a breathless play-by-play announcer, NPR reports. Players, all of whom are paid for their efforts, will compete in a variety of genres, including racing, fighting, and shooting, in their quest for the prize. More »

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      Los Angeles  • video game  • computer games  • championship

    • Laptop Ban Cuts Into Bhutan MPs' Computer Gaming

      BBC  |  Jul 1, 08 11:58 AM CDT

      Laptop Ban Cuts Into Bhutan MPs' Computer Gaming

      (Newser) - Bhutan's parliament has banned members from bringing laptops to work in an attempt to keep lawmakers focused on government business, the BBC reports. "I have seen many of our lawmakers playing computer games when others are debating serious issues," said the speaker of the new democracy's National Assembly. Most MPs accept the ban, but they deny they were goofing off. More »

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      computer games  • Bhutan

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • New Game Plays Off Miley's Midriff

      TMZ  |  May 20, 08 11:28 AM CDT

      New Game Plays Off Miley's Midriff

      (Newser) - Thinking of becoming a paparazzo? AddictingGames.com hosts an animated paparazzi game called Miley Naughty Pics, where the object of the game is to catch Miley Cyrus in varying degrees of undress, TMZ reports. You get “money” based on how much flesh you “snap” of the moving animated 15-year-old, and you lose if dad Billy Ray Cyrus gets into the frame. More »

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      Internet  • paparazzi  • Miley Cyrus  • computer games

    • Dell Gets Behind Alienware for Gaming PC Push

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 13, 08 11:48 AM CDT

      Dell Gets Behind Alienware for Gaming PC Push

      (Newser) - Dell is dumping its popular XPS line of gaming PCs so it can focus exclusively on the once-hot Alienware brand it acquired in 2006, the Wall Street Journal reports. The PC giant is in the midst of a full turnaround push, having fallen behind arch-rival HP, so it’s hoping the overdue-but-risky move will once again vault Alienware to the top of the $12 billion gaming-PC market. More »

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      video game  • Dell  • gaming  • computer games  • personal computers  • desktop computers

  • February 2008

    • Wii Points to Gaming's Future

      Forbes  |  Feb 11, 08 3:56 PM CST

      Wii Points to Gaming's Future

      (Newser) - The upset Nintendo has secured against Microsoft and Sony as its simple-but-innovative Wii continues to dominate their processor-heavy rival consoles portends much for the future of gaming, writes Michael Noer for Forbes . Expect much more casual gaming and gamers, Noer writes, as low-time-commitment experiences and Wii-like intuitive controls snag demographics beyond the young male diehard. More »

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      video game  • Nintendo Wii  • computer games  • Xbox

    • Profits Burnout at Electronic Arts

      Associated Press  |  Feb 1, 08 1:08 AM CST

      Profits Burnout at Electronic Arts

      (Newser) - Video game sales are at an all-time high but the world's largest independent publisher of them has reported a third-quarter loss, reports the AP. Electronic Arts says the loss is down to restructuring and accounting changes. Revenue was up 17%, but the company saw its share of the market slip in Europe and North America and could face a difficult 2008. More »

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      Wall Street  • video game  • Electronic Arts  • computer games  • quarterly results

  • December 2007

    • TV Nets Hope Games Will Hook Viewers

      Wall Street Journal  |  Dec 7, 07 2:51 PM CST

      TV Nets Hope Games Will Hook Viewers

      (Newser) - TV networks are using scavenger hunt-style games to attract viewers to their shows. Hundreds of players searched for clues online and offline, including on billboards in San Francisco and Minnesota, to crack a game linked to the CBS show "Numb3rs" last month. The network plans to promote more shows with games and hopes to sign up sponsoring advertisers. More »

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      television  • advertising  • computer games  • free online games  • CBS television stations

  • November 2007

    • Computer Junkies Go to Rehab

      New York Times  |  Nov 18, 07 7:54 PM CST

      Computer Junkies Go to Rehab

      (Newser) - Internet addiction is such a big problem in the obsessively wired country of South Korea that the government has launched an “Internet Rescue” camp for young men, The New York Times reports. At the tuition-free Jump Up Internet Rescue School – which could be the first of its kind in the world – campers can’t use computers for their 12-day stay. More »

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      Internet  • South Korea  • addiction  • computer games

    • PC Gaming World Contracts

      CNET  |  Nov 18, 07 3:41 PM CST

      PC Gaming World Contracts

      (Newser) - The PC gaming industry is on the defensive, with sales of PC games down substantially over the past five years, as less expensive gaming consoles have become more powerful. The Wii, Xbox, and PS3 have lured away casual gamers, leaving the PCs to hardcore gamers playing, first-person shooters and complex role-playing and strategy games, CNET reports. More »

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      video game  • Nintendo Wii  • video game console  • computer games  • PlayStation 3  • Xbox

    • New 'Call of Duty' Offers Players Modern Combat

      Reuters  |  Nov 9, 07 5:19 PM CST

      New 'Call of Duty' Offers Players Modern Combat

      (Newser) - "Call of Duty 4: Modern Combat," released this week, takes players on the missions of elite modern fighters like the US Marines or British SAS, a departure for a video game series that previously focused exclusively on WWII. The game is set to be this holiday season's biggest seller, reports Reuters . More »

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      video game  • computer games  • multiplayer games  • Activision  • Call of Duty  • war games

  • October 2007

    • Video Games Get Serious

      Der Spiegel  |  Oct 13, 07 2:40 PM CDT

      Video Games Get Serious

      (Newser) - One game is set in the Guantanamo Bay prison camp; another invites players  to oversee famine relief efforts on a fictional island; a third game, called "Darfur is Dying," pits refugees against militias. These three are part of a new trend: serious computer games that aim to raise the political awareness of players, Der Spiegel reports. More »

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      computer games

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