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more about #olympics Orionsaint: What a waste of time and pixels. Resources that could have been used to make a new SSX game. That's the only sports game I wanna play. more » Demonbird: I don't know about you guys but, HD curling, Luge, Bobsled, this is going to be amazing. more » Boom-Chicka-Ah: Here to Create a Star Commenter Empire: Wow it looks really good. I really liked the shine of the snow and the helmet and the sleds. more » That mop mutant: Never. Lets not blemish the principal and the amount of athleticism involved by a mere joystick. If you want to have a separate gaming Olympics ever... more » Sutekh_Slain: If gaming was an Olympic event, then I'd vote for Starcraft and Street Fighter. more » n00b_pwner: Gaming is something I am not too sure about. Sure it's hard to master, and there's even the MLG, but I think that the missing sport the Olympics is mi... more » TheCodexx: The definition of a "sport" seems, in most relevant entries, to pertain only to games which require "physical exertion" to play. Some looser definitio... more » ShaSt One: sport –noun 1. an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature Interpret that how you want, but let's ... more » BubbleF**kingBuddy: You'd need a a set standard. Most of these games have rules that have been unchanged for centuries. What would you do with games that get sequels eve... more » Michael Dukakis: I love the Olympics and Video Games... but if video games get in before baseball and softball return... I may go crazy. more » TheCleaningGuy: Never. Gaming should not be put amongst competitive sports. While the basic principles are the same (pattern recognition, conditioned response, hand-... more » Legendary Hoamaru: Nah, not in the Olympics. I think more gaming competitions like at EVO or QuakeCon will pop up on there own. No real need for them to be in the Olym... more » Kamatari+: I think thats a little too far for video games (if im reading the article correctly) more » tehdorkz: I'm sorry. Gaming is not a sport. I will agree it does take skill to play them, and that they can be seen as a competitive means, but in NO way are th... more » Ackers thanks Brian Ashcraft: Another quality game from Sega... more » Winterbringer: Great, another piece of shovelware to avoid. more » Soniking: Por Que Sonic? I think it's time to take this rabid hedgehog, to the woods. more » bainelaker: Wow, Ulala has REALLY let herself go over the years, eh? She also seems a bit.. disjointed? more » -
#olympics
Video Games in the Olympics? Athletes Answer Hypothetically
Wired asked four Olympic athletes, doing a photoshoot for Sega's upcoming 2010 winter games title, if video games had a legitimate place in Olympic competition. At least they were polite in their replies. More » -
#sega
Sega Does the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
Sega continues to milk their license with license with the International Olympic Committee, announcing the development of Vancouver 2010, the Official Video Game of the Olympic Winter Games. More » -
#olympics
Hi, Inevitable Winter Olympics Game
Yes, as a major sporting competition, there was always going to be an accompanying video game, but there are formalities with these things we have to go through. Like finding out who's behind it! More » -
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#beijing2008
Sega Details Beijing 2008 Track And Field Events
Sega is getting ready to launch Beijing 2008 later this month, and they've just dropped new information and screens on the various track and field events available for play in the Olympic title. Six track events and eight field events make up the T&F portion of the game, with the races benefiting from a new analogue starting block mechanic involving the controller's trigger buttons. Players will be able to either button mash or stick-waggle to work up speed, intermittently leaping hurdles where applicable. More » -
#feature
The Olympic Gamers
The original Olympic Games of Ancient Greece, first held around 786 B.C., were created as a celebration of human physical achievement, which apparently consisted of watching naked, well-muscled men running foot races. More » -
#piracy
Beijing Olympics Website Pirates Flash Games
Stolen video games are nothing new in China, but it reaches a disturbing new level when the official website of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games does it. Several of the flash games located on the website seem to have been lifted and modified from already existing games. As Ars Techinca reports, developer Cadin Batrack has noticed that the game resembled a modified version of his own game, Snow Day, as if someone had downloaded the SWF file and modified it. That game has been taken down, but more remain. My favorite flash game creator, Ferry Halim of Orisinal, looks to have been ripped off twice, first with Obstacle Race, which closely mirrors Halim's Arctic Blue, and then Leap and Leap, a modified version of Winter Bells. Batrack has emailed officials in Beijing about the Orisinal copies, but has so far received no response. It's no wonder that piracy is so rampant in the country when incidents like this are allowed to occur. Very bad form indeed. More »
