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Army Toughens Training for Generation ‘Softened’ by Games
The Army is remaking its basic training for the first time in 30 years to cope with a generation that, as the general in charge says, has a courage and physique shaped by, you guessed it, video games. Speaking to National Public Radio this weekend, Army Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling didn’t single games out specifically,…
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Receivers Achieve Awareness in Madden 11
You know those short hook routes where your receiver stands three yards in front of the first down? Or those swing routes where the halfback runs straight out of bounds? They’re supposedly a thing of the past in Madden 11 Giving the first details of the upcoming game to IGN, the game’s developers are going…
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Add Tilt Control To Your PSP
Datel helps PSP users hop on the motion control bandwagon with the Tilt FX PSP, a device that adds accelerometer controls to your favorite games. The Tilt FX PSP, available now for the PSP-1000 through 3000 (sorry, PSPgo, but no one loves you), is a device that plugs into the bottom of your handheld gaming…
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From Productive Writer To Cocaine Addict, Just Add Grand Theft Auto
Tom Bissell was a productive, healthy, and somewhat disciplined young award-winning author, before his passion for Grand Theft Auto helped transform him into a cocaine-addled gaming addict. As a travel writer with an eye for politics and history, Tom Bissell has visited Uzbekistan, Iraq, and Afghanistan, but it wasn’t until his first forays into Vice…
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World Of Warcraft Battlegrounds Get Randomized
World of Warcraft patch 3.3.3 is now live, giving players an all-new, all-random way to queue up for the game’s popular player-versus-player battlegrounds. Much like the previously implemented Random Dungeon system, the Random Battleground system, live today in World of Warcraft, allows solo players and parties of up to five characters join a queue to…
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Hide Your Valuables, It’s A RPG Hero
Why do epic quests to save the world always have to begin with someone breaking into your house and rifling through your valuables? For the record, I would like to state that my apartment doesn’t contain any magical items, potions, rare treasures, weapons, armor, or mystical herbs. Well, to be honest, I do have a…
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What Is BioWare Counting Down To?
A mysterious countdown timer has appeared on BioWare’s home page, as well as the pages for Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 2. What is BioWare revealing on Monday? Kotakuite Alexander pointed us to the countdown clock that’s now ticking down the days, hours, minutes, and seconds until Monday morning at noon Eastern time, 9AM…
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Why Economists Love Video Games
The billion dollar business of selling virtual goods in free-to-play games is more than just a financial windfall for companies like Playfish. A controlled economy with millions of active participants gives economists an entirely new way to model consumer behavior. In Newsweek article titled “Money for Nothing,” Playfish founder Kristian Segerstrale explains how a virtual…
By Mike Fahey
