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Nov
28
New Study Says Video Games are to Aggression what Cigarettes are to Cancer
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A new study from the University of Michigan has found that people who watch violence in video games and television are more susceptible to increased amounts of aggression, affecting both adults and children.
According to Professor L. Rowell Huseman, the effect of “mass violence on aggression” from video games television and video games is on par […]
Nov
28
COLUMN: ‘The Aberrant Gamer’: Are The Kids Alright?
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[The Aberrant Gamer is a weekly, somewhat NSFW column by Leigh Alexander, dedicated to the kinks and quirks we gamers tend to keep under our hats â those predilections and peccadilloes less commonly discussed in conventional media.]
Combine the veil of anonymity with the community elements the internet supports and youâve often got a vocal mob. […]
Nov
28
Everyone have probably already started their Christmas shopping, if they haven’t, well then you better snap to it before the only gifts left in the stores are fruit cakes and old copies of Spice World for the Playstation. [Editor’s note: Spice World happens to be one of the best Spice Girl games ever made, so […]
Nov
28
Activision CEO says that all consoles need to be $199 or less
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Activision’s Ceo Barry Kotick might know something that we don’t. It seems that he has made some really bold statements in a recent interview with Rueters news concerning the future price points of all three current generation consoles. Here are a few quotes from the interview:
Prices on Sony Corp’s PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Corp’s Xbox 360 […]
Nov
28
What happens when you take two popular Japanese franchises and crudely smash them together until you get a videogame? Ask Namco Bandai and Koei, who pooled together to create Dynasty Warriors Gundam, a perfectly shameless corporate crossover that melds the battlefield button mashery of Dynasty Warriors with the jabbering anime bullcrap of Gundam.
It doesn’t even […]
Nov
28
Kotick: Consoles must drop to $199 for mainstream success
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In an interview with Reuters, Activision Chief Executive Bobby Kotick said that, in order for Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony to reach great mass-market appeal they will have to reach the ever-coveted $199 price point in the next two years.
In the next 24 months they all will need to be at that $199 price point, and […]
Nov
28
Aha, gonna try to keep up with this daily, regarding the whole random links thing - there’s a lot of good content out there in the gaming blogosphere of recent.
Anyhow, today’s GameSetMicroLinks include a nice tip sent to me by the GameTap folks on a retrospective, some odd LiveJournal links that probably only I […]
Nov
28
New PSP Battery Extends PSP Slimâs life by 80%
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Sony has answered the prayers of PSP Slim owners worldwide, announcing today a new battery pack that will add upwards of 80% more battery life for the PSP Slim. Not to be left in the dark, the original PSP will gain a cool 20% extended battery life.
Unfortunately the battery will still bulge out a little […]
Nov
28
Forget Metal Gear Solid 4 or Final Fantasy XIII — Discovery has what you really want: Meerkat Manor: The Video Game is in the works.
Discovery Communications is partnering with Activision to make games based on popular nature shows, tying upcoming products to Discovery’s Animal Planet channel to lure in kids, teens, and animal lovers everywhere.
Reuters […]
Nov
28
“Nintendo has released the Zapper, a gun-like shell for your Wii controllers. But still, let’s be honest, it doesn’t really look like a gun. Or maybe it looks like a stylized gun. If you want a real-looking gun for your Wii, how about the Nyko Perfect Shot Gun (pictured)?”
[Via Topix]
Original post by Jeff Nilges and […]