Video Games Fun:Schwarzenegger signs violent videogames bill

Ellie Gibson 14:38 10/10/2005 ESA to file suit on grounds that new law is 'unconstitutional' California state governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed bill AB1179, the controversial new law which will see ... more...

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Video Games Fun:I Love Katamari

Anyone who's been talking anything videogames of late has heard of Katamari Damacy, the surprise PlayStation 2 hit from relatively unknown Japanese developer Keita Takahashi. The game is a completely non-violent, two button and specifically un-graphically complex creation which is so simplistic as to be laughable. It is also the most fun videogame to be released in the last five years. more...

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Originally Posted on 22/11/2005 3:17:32 PMContent source: http://www.feed24.com/go?item_id=11035094

Video Games Fun:Intelligent Gaming Podcast #7

Videogames as art, and how the next generation of consoles will change that relationship.. This item belongs to: audio/ourmedia. This item has files of the following types: mpeg more...

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Originally Posted on 19/11/2005 12:09:46 AMContent source: http://www.feed24.com/go?item_id=11006277

Video Games Fun:Gezonde videogames voor kinderziel

In Amerika zijn diverse overheidsinstanties begonnen met een nieuw soort games, games ter stimulering van de gezondheid.

Instanties als 'National Institute on Drug Abuse', de 'Office of Naval Research' en diverse afdelingen van de 'Department of Defense' geloven in een betere rol voor videogames dan tot nu toe het geval is. more...

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Originally Posted on 6/11/2005 2:00:00 AMContent source: http://www.feed24.com/go?item_id=10967967

Video Games Fun:Gamer-cising

Adrenalin rushes aside, playing videogames isn't exactly know for being strenuous exercise. At least, not before exer-games: more...

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Originally Posted on 4/11/2005 6:24:33 PMContent source: http://www.feed24.com/go?item_id=10966240

Video Games Fun:Videogames for Social Change Conference (1up.com)

Who says games have to be bad for you? This weekend in New York City, game designers, non-profit organizations, educators, and academics will convene to talk about how videogames can be a social good. more...

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Video Games Fun:PRESS RELEASE: 2nd Annual Videogames for Social Change Conference, Oct. 21-22, NYC (gamesindustry.biz)

New York, NY, October, 17, 2005 — Non-profit innovators, game designers and foundations will come together this week to advance the use of videogames for social good. more...

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Video Games Fun:PRESS RELEASE: 2nd Annual Videogames for Social Change Conference, Oct. 21-22, NYC (gamesindustry.biz)

New York, NY, October, 17, 2005 - Non-profit innovators, game designers and foundations will come together this week to advance the use of videogames for social good. more...

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Originally Posted on 26/10/2005 2:07:09 AMContent source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/videogames/SIG=11st2k0o6/*http%3A//www.gamesindustry.biz/press_release.php?aid=12302

Video Games Fun:PRESS RELEASE: videoGaiden: The videogame review show made by gamers for gamers…and other people (gamesindustry.biz)

On November 4th 2005, the BBC enters the videogame show market for the first time since the days of the Acorn Electron with videoGaiden. Featuring the talents of the chaps behind the online hit Consolevania, videoGaiden is set to revolutionise the way that videogames are portrayed on television. more...

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Originally Posted on 22/10/2005 9:46:05 AMContent source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/videogames/SIG=11s00uptr/*http%3A//www.gamesindustry.biz/press_release.php?aid=12379

Video Games Fun:News// Videogames For World Peace (Spong)

Really, though? Could games save the world? You really think? more...

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Video Games Fun:Thompson refuses to make $10k donation to charity ( News ) (EuroGamer)

As another group of developers brings Jack Thompson's infamous game concept to life, the notorious anti-videogames critic is still refusing to keep his part of the bargain - claiming the whole thing was simply a sophisticated piece of satire. more...

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Video Games Fun:Thompson refuses to keep 10k promise (gamesindustry.biz)

As another group of developers brings Jack Thompson's infamous game concept to life, the notorious anti-videogames critic is still refusing to keep his part of the bargain and give USD 10,000 to charity. more...

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Video Games Fun:Schwartmiller roommate is going to trial (San Diego Union-Tribune)

SAN JOSE, 5:44 p.m. Oct. 19 (AP): Fred Everts, the former roommate of serial child molester Dean Arthur Schwartzmiller, was held over for trial after a 10-year-old boy testified at a preliminary hearing Wednesday that Everts molested him more than 10 times. more...

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Originally Posted on 20/10/2005 4:28:07 PMContent source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/videogames/SIG=12lt3h0h9/*http%3A//www.uniontrib.com/news/state/20051019-1744-ca-serialmolester-roommate.html

Video Games Fun:Disney Presents Piglet's BIG Game (Game Boy Advance)

It is another blustery day in the Hundred Acre Wood. Pooh, Tigger, Roo, Rabbit, Owl and Eeyore are having bad dreams of Heffalumps and Woozles. Pooh dreams that his hunny is gone, Rabbit dreams his harvesting machine is broken, Roo dreams his ball is stuck in a tree and Eeyore has lost the colors in his dreams. In this fun-filled adventure in dreams, it is up to Piglet and you to save the day by being the bravest Piglet of all!

Adventure game for children age 4-7; piglet saves his friends from bad dreams; scrolling discovery based play; five different levels; for one player. more...

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Area 51 (PlayStation 2)

HAZMAT operative Ethan Cole must save earth from the viral outbreak that has infected and mutated the staff of AREA 51 in the PS2 installment of the popular shooter series.AREA 51 features a cast full of Hollywood talent, including Powers Boothe, Marilyn Manson, and features THE X-FILES David Duchovny as Ethan Cole.The AREA 51 series first began as a light gun-based arcade shooter game, and now Midway has brought the series to the Playstation 2 as a first person shooter along the lines of HALO and DOOM. The game revolves around HAZMAT operative Ethan Cole, who has been summoned to Area 51 to discover the source of a deadly virile outbreak. He soon discovers that the staff of the secret alien research base has mutated into deadly, dangerous enemies. Even worse, Ethan himself quickly becomes infected. While the game is a fairly straight-forward first person shooter involving blasting everything that moves while searching for keys, secret codes, and other clues, it does have some interesting twists. Once Ethan becomes infected with the virus, he gains the ability to mutate into a stronger form complete with two ranged attacks. The visuals also change, taking on an almost infra-red interface. Once the single-player missions are finished, AREA 51 offers gamers a multiplayer mode that accommodates up to 16 players. Several different options are available, including deathmatch, capture the flag, and infection, in which players can play as mutants and attempt to infect the human players. There are also unlockable secrets that can be found by scanning objects, , computer workstations, and corpses. While AREA 51 has been absent from the arcade for awhile, first person shooter fans will immediately latch on to its Playstation 2 version. Fans of THE X-FILES should also check it out to hear star David Duchovny voice Ethan Cole.

Arc The Lad: Twilight of the Spirits (PlayStation 2)

ARC THE LAD: Twilight of the Spirits is the first game in the series to be presented entirely in real-time 3D, and breaks significantly with the connected storyline of Arcs one through three. Set some thousands of years after that story concluded, it tells the story of two brothers, one demon, one human, whose lives intersect across a 60-hour quest.

Ape Escape: Pumped & Primed (PlayStation 2)

Play with up to two players in Story mode, consisting of 44 competing levels and eight boss battles, or Versus mode with 21 pre-made tournaments for up to four players. Additionally, players can create their own tournaments from the 28 stages in story mode; play original characters such as Natalie, spike, the professor or Jake. New characters include pipotron, helga and a mysterious new boss; each character will have their own set of unique gadgets, including the stunclub, dragonfly, slingshot, rc car, dash hoop and watermech; special gadgets, clothes, fan emails, special summon abilities and movies.APE ESCAPE: PUMPED & PRIMED is an irreverent, sports-oriented fighting game that continues the fun and excitement of the popular Ape Escape series, said James Regan, Director of Business Development for Ubisoft. Following the success of Ape Escape 2, Ape Escape: Pumped & Primed is sure to continue the legacy and entertainment of those crazy simians.Original characters of the Ape Escape series Spike, Natalie, Casi, Jake and the Professor have decided to enter the High Tech Tournament! Set in a computer-generated world, odd things start happening when mysterious monkeys start to appear, along with archenemy Specter from Ape Escape 2.

Ace Combat 4 (PlayStation 2)

Now is your chance to take to the unfriendly skies and keep the world safe in ACE COMBAT 4: Shattered Skies for the PlayStation 2. As the top pilot in the world, you’ve been recruited by the ISAF the Independent States Allied Force to patrol the skies and subdue any aerial threats to the world. You’ll have an extensive roster of planes to choose from, each stocked with high-tech weapons and the latest technological advances. Sporting some of the best visuals to ever appear on a console, ACE COMBAT 4: Shattered Skies lets you be the Top Gun you’ve always dreamed of being.Fourth installment in the popular flight sim series; 24 missions to complete; impressive roster of planes to choose from; wide variety of mission objectives; amazing visuals and precise controlsACE COMBAT 4: Shattered Skies is the fourth installment in the popular flight sim collection, and it takes the series to new heights with amazing graphics and equally phenomenal gameplay. After a giant meteor crashes into the Earth and throws the ecosystem out of whack, many countries are scrambling to feed their people and get them the resources they need. In other words, the threat of a full-scale world war is imminent. One rebellious nation is preparing for the conflict, and has already begun attacking a neighboring country. You’re a young ace pilot whose family was killed in the war years earlier who’s been brought in to provide counterattacks in order to keep things from escalating any further. You’ll have several high-powered and high-tech planes to choose from, each equipped with an impressive arsenal. There are 24 missions in all, ranging from simple reconnaissance to all-out assaults. So if you’re in the mood for the most realistic flight simulator ever to grace a console, then you should check out ACE COMBAT 4: Shattered Skies.

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (Game Cube)

Prince of Persia is the highly anticipated sequel to the universally acclaimed Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, the undisputed Console Game of the Year for 2003; the prince has matured immeasurably since his courageous fight in prince of Persia: the sands of time; He returns here with deadlier skills, a darker heart and a craving for battle; an intricate new combat system lets you wage battles with no boundaries; Manipulate the environment and the enemies themselves to develop your own unique fighting style; Plus, an all-new projectile attack system allows for a variety of ranged combat tactics; explore and conquer a cursed island underworld, breeding ground for the most brutal, unrelenting monsters to torment mankind.The Old Man said to the Prince, "your fate has been written. You will die." Enter the dark underworld of PRINCE OF PERSIA WARRIOR WITHIN, the sword-slashing sequel to the critically acclaimed Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Hunted by Dahaka, an immortal incarnation of Fate seeking divine retribution, the Prince embarks upon a path of both carnage and mystery to defy his preordained death. His journey leads to the infernal core of a cursed island stronghold harboring mankind's greatest fears. Only through grim resolve, bitter defiance and the mastery of deadly new combat arts can the Prince rise to a new level of warriorship and emerge from this ultimate trial with his life.

Pikmin 2 (Game Cube)

Captain Olimar has returned to the planet where the Pikmin live, and he's all business this time. The company he works for is going bankrupt, so to save it, Olimar must salvage the treasure buried all over the planet. His company's debt is a whopping 10,000 pokos -- luckily, Olimar brought an assistant, so if the two of them can delegate their work well, they should be able to erase that debt in no time. Of course, they'll need the help of the Pikmin to do that these two can't do anything by themselves. Alternate controlling the main characters Olimar and his assistant as you command your Pikmin to defeat enemies, propagate more Pikmin, collect precious doodads, and solve puzzles.Take advantage of new colors of Pikmin and use new items strategically with more than 60 different species of enemy characters and randomly generated dungeons that span the planet, the game features even more game play than the original; Command red, blue and yellow Pikmin, as they all make a return, each with special abilities, like water resistance, bomb-carrying skills and invulnerability to fire. Watch for new Pikmin colors to make their debut, and their special skills become integral, as you battle your way toward the valuable doodads strewn across the planet; Head straight for the action or spend as much time exploring as you please, as time in this game is limitless. Open up brand new gameplay possibilities by playing cooperatively with a second player.With no time limit, new colors of Pikmin, and two-player cooperative play, PIKAMIN 2 improves on the original in every way.