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Ouya: Doubts from a console gamer’s perspective

Ouya: Doubts from a console gamer’s perspective

Ouya is a new video game console powered by the Android platform. Developers of Ouya are seeking an open gaming...

160-inch curved screen has everthing but the wind in your face for F1 gaming fanatics

160-inch curved screen has everthing but the wind in your face for F1 gaming fanatics

Most gamers would agree the size and quality of the display plays an important role in both the competitive capabilities...

Civilization V: Not your grandfather’s Civ game

Civilization V: Not your grandfather’s Civ game

There hasn't been as much excitement about a Civilization game since the first sequel. Civilizations V: Gods & Kings Cultivate...

E3 2012: Video game design blows minds with Sphero

E3 2012: Video game design blows minds with Sphero

You may expect that the Electronic Entertainment Expo would have some innovative ways of playing video games, but this one...

First person shooters then and now

First person shooters then and now

Gaming technology has evolved over the years to make the graphics and interactivity better, but some have concluded that the...

Can Nintendo turn things around?

Can Nintendo turn things around?

Recently, game maker Nintendo reported it's first ever yearly operating loss.  Will it continue the downward trend, or does it...

How game difficulty has evolved over the years

How game difficulty has evolved over the years

Hardcore gamers and fans of the latest video game reviews will be very excited when they read this article. Over...

Social networking ties gaming as #1 mobile activity

Social networking ties gaming as #1 mobile activity

For the first time in 40 months, gaming has a partner at the top of the charts for time spent...

With aging hardware, Nintendo posts first yearly loss of $460 million

With aging hardware, Nintendo posts first yearly loss of $460 million

The next console needs to get here quickly for Nintendo. The game hardware company announced its first annual operating loss...

Fan-made Pac-Man movie short puts a unique spin on the gaming classic

Fan-made Pac-Man movie short puts a unique spin on the gaming classic

When you mention "classic games" to anyone over the age of 30, there's a good chance that the first thing...

Psychologically speaking, gaming may be good for you

Psychologically speaking, gaming may be good for you

We've all heard the horror stories about how hardcore gaming makes us anti-social and possibly even homicidal. There are politicians,...

Will The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones make TV-based games “a thing”

Will The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones make TV-based games “a thing”

Movies have been made into video games since Atari, while video game have been turned into movies for nearly as...

Neurologically speaking, gaming is very good (and bad) for your brain

Neurologically speaking, gaming is very good (and bad) for your brain

The debate has raged for decades as many politicians, scientists, and educators believe that gaming contributes to such things as...

The Steam Store: How Valve’s ingenious digital store has taken over gaming

The Steam Store: How Valve’s ingenious digital store has taken over gaming

If you ask a non-gamer about steam, they'll describe boiling water or the stuff that comes out of an iron....

This cake is not a lie

This cake is not a lie

We normally don't look at cooking as a way to generate tech discussions or exemplify geek awesomeness, but this sort...

90s kids in 45 years

90s kids in 45 years

If you ask older people today, many would use phrases of disappointment akin to "weeping for the future" or "I...

Link’s Love Nest

Link’s Love Nest

Ah, young love. It warms the heart to see young gaming characters finding each other after a long quest and...

The major video game companies may be off the SOPA list but they still support it

The major video game companies may be off the SOPA list but they still support it

It's one thing to distance your company from a list that had proven in the last couple of weeks to...

Xbox 360 dominated gaming sales in November

Xbox 360 dominated gaming sales in November

Most were impressed with Microsoft and their Xbox 360 when it was reported that they had sold 1.44 million units...

Skyrim’s Doublerain Bow

Skyrim’s Doublerain Bow

Skyrim is, of course, a hugely popular game. It's immense in scope and the manhours it took to put it...