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Video Game Violence

luke — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:56:22 +0000

And now for something ridiculous.

Dr. Kimberly Thompson testified just last month in front of the United States senate about the escalading rate of violence in videogames.

The funny part?

Her system for determining the violence in games was laughably flawed.

Read all about here.

(By the way, isn’t that an awesome giagantic picture I found?)

Candian Video Game Awards

ian — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:04:40 +0000

Yeah, award shows are usually biased, especially “Video Game Awards”, but it’s still neat that there is going to be a full show for the Canadian Awards for the Electronic and Animated Arts. They’ve even got a statuette (they’re calling it the Elan), and a host (William Shatner)!

Halo Director Announced

ian — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:49:04 +0000

Peter Jackson announced that Neill Blomkamp will be making his directorial debut for the Halo movie that’s supposed to come out in 2008. We’ve noticed Blomkamp before, as director of the short “Alive in Joburg”. Blomkamp has extensive prior experience in 3D animation.

Wii Release Date Semi-Announced

ian — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 19:11:26 +0000

Nintendo released a cryptic press release hinting at the date the Wii will become available. Gaming Target deduces that the system will be released on October 2nd, 2006.

Story Telling and Game Design

ian — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 16:35:46 +0000

Sarah Allen comments on a speech made by Bruce Sterling at the Game Developers conference in 1991. “Follow your weird, ladies and gentlemen. Forget trying to pass for normal. Follow your geekdom. Embrace your nerditude.”

Snake?

ian — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 15:55:39 +0000

Snake? Snake! SNAAAAAAAKE!

E3 Wrapup

ian — Fri, 12 May 2006 22:35:11 +0000

So, E3 has come and gone… There’s been lots of developments, a lot of disappointments, and lots of previews. What did you get out of it?

Leaked Spore Video

ian — Mon, 08 May 2006 04:41:40 +0000

This is supposedly a leaked video that will be shown at E3 2006. It will be probably be taken down fairly quickly, so watch it while you can!

We’ve looked at Spore here before.

Nintendo Wii

ian — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:06:08 +0000

The new Nintendo system has gotten an official name.

Introducing… Wii. As in “we”.

Video games are not the same as real life

ian — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 06:29:49 +0000

However, it can be funny when people pretend it is.

Prince of Persia

Tetris

Super Mario (Don’t try this one at home!)

Katamari Damacy

Paperboy