Chinese actress Li Xiao Ran (李小冉）is known for many things in China; she's famous for her roles on both the big screen and the TV screen as well as her prowess as a dancer. The one thing that she really isn't known for is being a gamer, and now she's out to change that.
Maybe Link doesn't need to be a young boy.
Most folks don't really much like the term "Gamer." It has a lot of cultural baggage, and is even a little bit like "Hipster" in some ways. We all like games these days, don't we? So what is a "Gamer" anymore, anyway?
In today's very special installment of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Mark Vincent N. Cocjin waxes eloquently on the ghostly digital echoes left behind when a gamer passes on.
With hundreds of thousands of players online at any given moment, how can a gamer ever feel truly alone? Commenter Salari tells us in today's very special episode of Speak Up on Kotaku.
A ten-year-old boy in Italy is saved from possible death by a heroic off-duty policeman after walking off a railway platform while playing his PSP. This is why we do not walk and game at the same time.
In today's Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter EcksJay22 explores the negative connotations video game enthusiasts give to the word most often used to describe them.
Gamer, take a close look in the mirror. Note the exulting highs, the soul-crushing lows, of someone trying to beat a very hard level in a video game.
You can now own (OK, rent) last year's video game turned mind-controlling futuristic bloodsport, Gamer on handy DVD and Blu-ray formats, giving you a chance to enjoy the movie that Crecente called "more Second Life than Counter-Strike."
Gaming is taken to the extreme in Gamer, a movie about a not-so-distant future where video game players take control of other humans for sport.
In the movie Gamer, people control real people in a living third-person shooter, guiding them through a war-torn hell created for the pay-per-view enjoyment of a staggering worldwide audience.
The future of gaming, as envisioned by the September movie "Gamer" does not involve the happy playing of the Wii. Think more of The Running Man via Project Natal developed by a really rich guy.
