Video Games

I don't know about you but I am ready for some college football.  I'm ready for the NFL as well but we won't go there right now.  I'm actually talking about NCAA Football 12 for the Ps3 and Xbox.  Did I fool ya, well sorry about that...

With over 200 million downloads to mobile devices, Angry Birds is a full-fledged phenomenon. Now an Atlanta teacher has found a way to use it as an educational tool as well. Since the birds are catapulted into the sky, John Burk, a ninth-grade physics teacher, felt it was a great way to teach students the laws of projectile motion.

A new academic paper suggests that the proliferation of violent videos games over the past 20 years has contributed to the more than 50 percent decrease in violent crime over that time period. The paper’s authors analyzed published studies on the topic of violence and video games, and were able to conclude that “though there is evidence that violent video games cause aggression in a laboratory se

In a 7-2 vote, the US Supreme Court ruled Monday that it’s unconstitutional to ban kids from buying or renting violent video games, saying that despite fears the games may prompt children to emulate what’s seen in them, the government has no right to “restrict the ideas to which may be exposed.” The decision in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association upholds that of the 9th Circuit federal a

I'm amazed with how much game graphics have improved in the last 20-30 years.  First there was the Atari, then Nintendo, Sega, Playstation and Xbox.  This video is from a new game coming this fall called "Battlefield 3".  It's a mission where your in a tank and destroying any enemy in sight.  I personally can't wait for this to come out as it has quite a few people talking about it. Now

Millions of PlayStation Network users got the scare of their life yesterday when Sony announced that their personal information, including credit card data and billing addresses, may have been stolen by a hacker. On its company blog page, Sony said that it believed an "unauthorized person" obtained information from its 77 million-strong user base -- everything from names, to addresses t

You mean I actually have to go outside now?  That has been the statement around the world this weekend as the Playstation Network has been down since Wednesday night.  If you don't know what the Playstation Network is or also referred to as the "PSN",  it basically lets you play video games online.

ESPN Sports Nation has been running a 32-player tournament style contest in which fans vote on who gets to be the cover player for the 'Madden NFL 12' video game, and controversial quarterback Michael Vick has reached the finals. Perhaps more surprisingly is that he will be facing off against Cleveland Browns running back Peyton Hillis...

A new video game came out today from EA.  Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12, The Masters.  Finally you have your chance to win the popular green jacket.  We have seen some of the greatest golfers wear the jacket and finally you have your chance to do the same.  In a video game though.

President Barack Obama ran into a little problem upon his return home from his recent trip to South America. With the cameras rolling, the President attempted to enter into the Oval Office through a pair of French doors, only to find that he had been locked out...

A live-action re-imagination of Nintendo 8-bit hero Super Mario as an angsty, mushroom-eating, down-on-his-luck plumber was a big hit this week at the South by Southwest film festival in Austin, Texas. "Mario" is a trailer-length short which filmmaker Joe Nicolosi doesn't intend to turn into a feature film. You can check out all two minutes of the project below.

With all of the iterations of Mario Bros. and the spin offs it has produced, it should be no surprise to anyone that Mario has been voted as the greatest video game character of all time. Easily one of the most recognizable characters throughout several generations of gamers, the familiar red hatted plumber has become an icon among even those who would be considered casual gamers.