2/06/2007

 
Action Video Games Sharpen Vision
Keep the Doctor Away - London,London,UKVideo games that contain high levels of action can actually improve your vision, new research published in the US suggests. Researchers at the University of ...
TransGaming Joins Forces With NVIDIA to Bring Top Tier Video Games ...
CCNMatthews (press release) - Toronto,ON,CanadaTransGaming's Cider technology revolutionizes the migration and deployment of triple-A video games for the Intel Macintosh by eliminating the time and ...
Celebrating fantasy art's influence on video games
MMORPG blog - USAThe tour is set to highlight the artistry that is integral to the creation of video games as well as the influences of classical art on the industry as a ...
HOLLYWOOD ARTS HOSTS DREAM AWARDS HONORING THE ART OF VIDEO GAMES
DMN Newswire (press release) - CA,USAVideo games can be used to promote emotional health and serve as an important vehicle to teach our students critical life and job-readiness skills.” ...
Games are back minus ka-ching
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USAThe 53 coin-operated video slot machines at Lady Jo's do not pay out winnings as they did in the past. Gone are the days when winners would walk out with ...
Some play a (virtual) Super Bowl of their own
Oshkosh Northwestern - Oshkosh,WI,USAVideo games featuring real National Football League players have come a long way from the once-venerated Tecmo Super Bowl with teams from the 1992-1993 ...
Pinball wizards breathe new life into old games
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USAInside two nondescript beige buildings in the 600 block of West Market Street, a handful of workers spend their days dismembering dead pinball machines and ...
Arcade extinction is almost upon us
NorthJersey.com - Hackensack,NJ,USAThe number of arcade game units nationwide dropped from 860000 in 1994 to 333000 in 2004, according to statistics from Vending Times. Revenue from the games ...
What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy
TheCelebrityCafe.com - Valley Stream,NY,USAAuthor James Paul Gee presents his unconventional position on video games: they're good for us. James Paul Gee takes an unlikely stand on videogames in this ...
SLED: Video-gambling outlawed, but still popular
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USAIn 1999, gamblers wagered $2.7 billion in the state's 33000 video-poker machines. "There are some individuals who are willing to take a chance and put these ...
The Simpsons Pinball Party Machine
Cnet Asia - San Francisco,CA,USAIf you're an enthusiast of everyone's favorite cartoon familiy and arcade games, you'll probably dig US store Brookstone's Simpsons Pinball Party Machine ...
The picture in Vista is anything but hi-def
Daytona Beach News-Journal - Daytona,FL,USAIn a bow to the pinball machines of old, apparently, Vista keeps watch for something called a "tilt bit" when playing HD content. If the tiniest problem is ...
Game Networks Provide Steady Operating Model
Vending Times - New York,NY,USAAmerica’s coin-operated amusements industry is now in its 17th year of networked equipment since Arachnid launched this era with modems linked to electronic ...
Amusement tax is serious issue
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore,MD,USARevenue from coin-operated games, which are prevalent in Baltimore bars and neighborhood stores, is subject to an amusement tax, a 10 percent tax on gross ...
Her dream job came true at Blueberry Hill
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis,MO,USAI had always liked Blueberry Hill — I played pinball and video games here when I was a kid — and I thought working here was just the coolest thing in the ...
Burger King profits up 40% thanks to video games
Pro-G - UKYou can snigger all you want at the Burger King video games, but for the fast food chain that created them they turned out to be big business. ...
Penny Arcade Expo makes more room for gamers in 2007
Gadgetell - Chesterfield,MT,USAExhibitors already scheduled to demo their games, gear and other goodies in the dedicated showroom include Microsoft, Nintendo, Privateer Press, ArenaNet, ...
ISI Unveils Hooters-Themed Sports Betting Kiosks in Time for Super ...
American Digital Networks (press release) - Annapolis,MD,USAThe 30000-square-foot "Hooters"-themed casino floor offers approximately 670 state-of-the-art slot and video poker machines and 33 table games - including ...
Midway Announces TouchMaster DS
1UP.com - New York,NY,USAThe original idea died when the company's arcade division went under, but given that the TouchMaster arcade games were some of the few to use the system at ...
GDC Keynotes Announced
Animation Magazine - USA... by Nintendo (then a Hanafuda manufacturer) as an artist in 1980 and was given the task of designing one of their first coin-operated arcade games. ...

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