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Star-Telegram columnist realizes games have changed since he last played

by Brian Allen on Jan 23, 2009 at 09:05 PM

Ft. Worth Star Telegram sports columnist David Thomas had an interesting piece Wednesday (January 21, 2009) about playing video games with his son. Thomas admits he hasn’t picked up a game in years and his son, well, he had a son’s natural desire to whoop on his old man at… Continue Reading »

Spielberg comments on cruddy cut scenes in video games

by Jonathan Gronli on Dec 17, 2008 at 08:13 PM

Recently, in an interview Yahoo! Games, film director and part of the development team for Boom Blox Steven Spielberg let the public know about the different problems he’s had with game cinematics. In the interview he made it brutally obvious that he has been a long-time gamer bring up some… Continue Reading »

Wired magazine’s game nods for November 2008

by PJ Hruschak on Oct 24, 2008 at 11:12 AM

Believe it or not,  I’m glad when I don’t have to call out Wired for being a gamer hater. I know the mag truly likes gamers but they just cannot seem to get it 100% right, at least when it comes to the print version. In the latest issue of… Continue Reading »

Wine and Video Games: Why wine isn’t art and video games are

by PJ Hruschak on Oct 17, 2008 at 03:04 PM

In the October 15, 2008, issue of Wine Spectator magazine (p. 44), contributor Matt Kramer wrote an opinion piece tiled “Why Wine isn’t art - and why that matters.” Inspired by a party argument where someone suggests that wine is art, Kramer argues that “fine wine is, at best, a… Continue Reading »

Breakout, Pong clones on Apple App Store - Get ‘em while they last

by NEWS on Sep 18, 2008 at 10:09 PM

FROM APPLETELL - It appears that Atari’s legal department has insisted that Apple remove at least three Breakout and Pong clone games from the App Store, according to Touch Arcade.
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University of California marching band puts on videogame halftime show

by Jenni Lada on Nov 14, 2007 at 10:51 PM

The marching band for the University of California at Berkley had a special presentation planned for the November 3, 2007, football game. During the halftime show of the California Golden Bears vs Washington State Cougars game, the marching band put on a tribute to video games. Thanks to diligent fans,… Continue Reading »

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