Gamertell

In the Los Angeles Times, writer Alex Pham reports that the San Fernando Library encourages youth to play video games and even invites them to be as loud as they like. “It lets teens be more comfortable with the library and become familiar with librarians,” San Fernando librarian Lydia Harlan… Continue Reading »

SquareTrade, a firm that deals in warranties for electronics, analyzed the data taken from more than a thousand warranty purchases.  It found that the Xbox 360 has a failure rate of about 16.4%, making it much more malfunction prone than the Playstation3 and Wii, which have a failure rate of… Continue Reading »

On Saturday (February 2, 2008), the Arizona Republic published an article about professional race car drivers who are using videogames to practice for actual races. The article begins with Denny Hamlin, a rookie NASCAR driver who played videogames featuring Ponoco Raceway to get himself acquainted with the Pennsylvania race track.… Continue Reading »

Newsflash: game rentals hurt sales. Proving the obvious through research, a gamedaily affiliated study recently found that very few people who rent games actually end up buying the titles. According to the study, a full 49% of people bought none of the games they rented, 42% bought 1-10% of the… Continue Reading »

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has announced Monday (November 12, 2007) that it will use its $8.25 million grant to fund project contributions that aid in RWJF’s Games for Health Project to develop and create games that improve health through interactive games. The primary research will be held at the… Continue Reading »