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    GAMES REVIEW: Action heroes (AP)
    AP - I don't envy video game designers who have to work on movie tie-ins. Artists have to duplicate the look of a film with a much smaller budget. Writers have to stick pretty closely to someone else's script, even as they stretch a two-hour story into an eight-hour game. There's not much room for creativity. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:08:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Bruce Willis game for "Kane" thriller (Reuters)

    Actor Bruce Willis (R) and actress Emma Heming watch Game 2 of the NBA basketball playoff series between the Boston Celtics and the Atlanta Hawks in Boston, Massachusetts April 23, 2008. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)Reuters - Bruce Willis is in negotiations to play a death row inmate in "Kane & Lynch," a thriller based on a video game.


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    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:43:48 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Power bills soaring? Turn off the Playstation: study (Reuters)

    Models pose for pictures in front of Panasonic's new 1080p resolution Viera 42-inch plasma television 'TH-42PZ700SK' during its launch event in Tokyo, April 10, 2007. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)Reuters - Don't blame the fridge for your steep power bills -- an Australian consumer agency study has found that videogame consoles and plasma flat-screen TVs are major electricity guzzlers, even when left on stand-by.


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    Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:55:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    What to Expect from Asus at Computex (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - Unsurprisingly, Asus confirmed that it would launch the Eee Box at Computex, backing it with a Nintendo Wii-like controller. -- read full article
    Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:18:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Plasma TVs, gaming consoles guzzle electricity: study (Reuters)

    Models pose for pictures in front of Panasonic's new 1080p resolution Viera 42-inch plasma television 'TH-42PZ700SK' during its launch event in Tokyo April 10, 2007. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)Reuters - Don't blame the fridge for your steep power bills -- an Australian consumer agency study has found that videogame consoles and plasma flat-screen TVs are major electricity guzzlers, even when left on stand-by.


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    Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:09:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    What to Expect from Asus at Computex (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - Unsurprisingly, Asus confirmed that it would launch the Eee Box at Computex, backing it with a Nintendo Wii-like controller. -- read full article
    Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:23:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Sony Electronics Inks Interactive Cable-TV Deal (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Six cable-TV operators that serve more than 82 percent of U.S. cable households have inked an agreement with Sony Electronics that will soon make it possible for cable subscribers to forego the use of stand-alone set-top boxes. The enabling Tru2way technology, based on Sun Microsystems' Java runtime environment, enables interactive capabilities in TV sets, gaming consoles, portable media players, and even mobile phones. -- read full article
    Thu, 29 May 2008 20:47:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Schools eyeing virtual campuses (AFP)

    A woman visits the Second Life website, a popular virtual world. An Internet fantasy universe teeming with faux worlds devoted to socializing and video games is expanding to include virtual classrooms and universities.(AFP/File/Stephane de Sakutin)AFP - An Internet fantasy universe teeming with faux worlds devoted to socializing and video games is expanding to include virtual classrooms and universities.


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    Fri, 30 May 2008 08:32:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    "Metal Gear" creator cool under pressure (Reuters)

    Video game enthusiasts line up behind fences with barbed wire at the Konami booth to play the new game 'Metal Gear Solid 4' at the E for All video game expo in Los Angeles, California October 19, 2007. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)Reuters - The pressure on Hideo Kojima could hardly be greater, but the creator of the "Metal Gear Solid" video game series is cool as a cucumber.


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    Thu, 29 May 2008 12:32:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Does the Wii Fit Mean Nintendo's Future is Casual Gaming? (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - When legendary Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto introduced the Wii Fit, you could almost hear the collective howl of a million gamers. In Miyamoto's mind, however, his new exercise-trainer-cum-minigame-collection is essential to gaming's survival. -- read full article
    Tue, 27 May 2008 13:02:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Online Hate Activity Rises, Extremists Using Web 2.0 Technologies (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - A report by the Simon Wiesenthal Center highlights how extremists have turned to YouTube, Facebook, online games, and Second Life to recruit new members. -- read full article
    Tue, 27 May 2008 17:23:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    'Penny Arcade,' 'Teenage Zombies' bring the funny (AP)
    AP - Late last year, when I was playing Valve's brilliant puzzle game "Portal," I felt a weird sensation: Laughter. I'm not sure when I first noticed it; perhaps it was when GLaDOS, the insane artificial intelligence that was tormenting me, promised "grief counseling and cake" after my ordeal. What really threw me was the idea that a video game could make me laugh out loud. -- read full article
    Tue, 27 May 2008 20:42:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    GameStop Stops Selling Microsoft's Zune in Its Stores (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Retailer GameStop has decided to stop selling Microsoft's Zune media player. According to news reports, the decision was actually made about a month ago but was only recently made public. -- read full article
    Tue, 27 May 2008 15:53:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Retailer GameStop Discontinues Zune Sales (PC World)
    PC World - GameStop is no longer going to sell Microsoft's Zune digital media players in its retail stores. -- read full article
    Tue, 27 May 2008 17:20:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Greenpeace: Game Consoles Still Too Toxic (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Game consoles are one of the fastest growing segments of the electronics industry, so reducing the level of toxic components in the machines should be a top priority of manufacturers, the environmental group Greenpeace charged in a report released this week. -- read full article
    Fri, 23 May 2008 17:59:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
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