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Date: Tue, 22. June 2010 13:02:46

Star Wars is the most prolific franchise in gaming history. Its games ?  88 if you include each expansion and arcade game ? appear on every console and home computer and reach into every genre, from arcade shooter to strategy games. Video game - Arcade game - Star Wars - Games - Home computer

Date: Tue, 24. November 2009 13:27:00

PC World - Video games don't respect humanitarian laws, according to a study of virtual 'war crimes' in contemporary shooters like Modern Warfare 2 and Army of Two, and whose results, say researchers, are 'as deflating as reality'. Swiss human rights groups Pro Juventute and TRIAL (track impunity always) chose to analyze video games and not literature or film, which they view as 'passive' mediums, compared with 'shooter games, [in which] the player has an active role in performing the actions'. What's more, says the report, games are used as military training tools and set during present-day conflicts, 'thus illustrating the realism these games have now achieved'.

Date: Fri, 23. April 2010 22:24:53

AFP - US bookstore giant Barnes Noble added Web surfing and games to its electronic reader Friday as rivals move to break the momentum of Apple's freshly launched iPad tablet computer.

Date: Mon, 12. May 2008 06:35:46

On Monday, Nintendo launches WiiWare, a service that allows gamers to download games straight to their Wiis. Are the growing number of games-on-demand services and the sometimes unusual bite-sized games they offer the wave of the future? Indie developers ? and big console makers ? are betting on it.

Date: Fri, 13. November 2009 15:47:13

While it's hard to imagine, there are people who don't have iTunes installed on their computer. Either its a work computer, a spare computer, or (gasp) they have a Zune or other MP3 player. Folks, Apple has a deal for you: no longer do you need to install iTunes if someone sends you an iTunes link. No, instead, there's iTunes Preview, which is essentially iTunes in a browser (more or less, click above to enlarge).

Date: Thu, 9. April 2009 17:36:31

NewsFactor - Will Wright, who made social ecosystems a distinct category of computer games, is leaving publisher Electronic Arts and setting up an entertainment think tank. In its announcement Wednesday, EA said it was making an equity investment in the think tank, called Stupid Fun Club.

Date: Fri, 1. August 2008 19:50:02

Britain could give all computer games cinema-style age ratings to protect children from increasingly realistic and violent titles, the government said on Thursday.

Date: Fri, 22. August 2008 03:05:01

It wasn't easy for Steve Dresser to play Super Mario Brothers with his son. Dresser is blind, and like most other video and computer games, Super Mario was not designed for players with disabilities.

Date: Wed, 18. February 2009 04:02:37

(AHN) - The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team reported a 40 percent rise in cyberattacks in 2008 on American government computer networks. Number of installation of hostile programs and unauthorized access to government computer networks went up to 5,488 incidents last year from 3,928 in 2007. - Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:32:51 GMT

Date: Tue, 17. February 2009 15:28:51

(AHN) - The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team reported a 40 percent rise in cyberattacks in 2008 on American government computer networks. Number of installation of hostile programs and unauthorized access to government computer networks went up to 5,488 incidents last year from 3,928 in 2007. - Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:32:51 GMT