Pull out the Robaxacet! Video games lead to violence, desensitization, obesity and…back pain.
The New Zealand Manipulative Physiotherapists Association will be addressing the issue of back and neck problems in teenagers at an upcoming conference, mentioning the influence of “passive entertainment systems such as PlayStations that encourage further inactivity and prolonged sitting posture in the […]
It’s time for your weekly dose of Second Life, and one of culture at the same time. Don’t tell me I never try to refine the uncouth masses. If you’re the art gallery or museum type, and love wandering around loooking at baffling objects beyond sane comprehension, you’ll be glad to know that […]
If you’re a fan of the Spiderwick Chronicles, then lots of goodies are in store for you come 2008. February 2008, to be more precise, is the launch of the Spiderwick Chronicles video game, which is coming to a Wii, DS, and PS2 near you in and around the same time that Paramount Pictures and […]
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Experience the psychadelic high of LSD without ever touching the drug, simply by watching the intro video to Beautiful Katamari, the follow up to the surprisingly popular Katamari Damacy.
Please don’t watch this if you’re seizure prone, I’d hate to for something awful to happen. And yes, it really is that bad.
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Operation Straight Up, an evangelical group that sends care packages to U.S. soldiers overseas, has apparently decided that controversial video game Left Behind: Eternal Forces might not be appropriate to send to the troops. The organization, with the full endorsement of the U.S. Defense Department, planned to send socks, snacks, baby wipes (?) and […]
I’m not sure whether to be excited, or apprehensive. I’m a board game freak. We were one of those abnormally normal families when I was little, that actually did sit around the kitchen table and play Monopoly, Yahtzee, Sorry, and cards. Mind you, the idealism ended there, what with the viciously vindictive […]
Gamasutra has a wicked look at gaming with the perspective that all games can be broken down into a series of systems, which, if examined and codified, could be used to create effective techniques for game design. It’s quite the substantial read, but the progression from the current “alchemy” based methods, where the basic […]
Microsoft is nothing if not ambitious. The company has its goals set high for the Halo 3 release. Not only does it want to beat its Halo 2 first day sales record, it wants to knock it out of the ballpark with a staggering goal of $155 in a single day.
Can they do it? Probably. […]
It’s not just the pornographers, politicians, and panderers who are enjoying the new frontiers of Second Life. With the freedom, customizability and ever-growing population of the game, some religious scholars are looking at the MMO as a newly emerging audience for religious teachings.
Some, like Jesuit priest Antonio Spardaro, see the game’s vast landscape as […]
Wow, not WoW, just wow, the usual expression of amazement. It’s been almost two years since Ingrid first posted about the possibility of a World of Warcraft movie and we’re still only at the “details surface” stage in the game. I figure after another two years we might actually have an inkling […]
Play Girlz: Because guys aren't the only players.
Written by Ingrid Diaz [email], and Erin Harvey [email] for b5media.
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