Britain Turns To Games And DVDs (SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

January 6th, 2009

Sales of DVDs, music and video games are defying the credit crunch, according to new figures.

Naruto: Rise of a Ninja game review video | Xbox 360 | Actio

January 6th, 2009

Review of the first Naruto: Rise of a Ninja game review video | Xbox 360 | Actio ”great” Naruto game for the 360.

NEWS: Nielsen Top 10s for 2008 Released

January 6th, 2009

Each year the Nielsen Media Research Company compiles a list of the Top 10 in various areas of entertainment, including TV and Video Games. They’ve just issued their Top Ten U.S. Lists for 2008. Genre entertainment continues to score highly on the various lists. Genre films occupied the Top 5 film slots this year, with DARK KNIGHT, IRON MAN, INDIANA JONES, HANCOCK and WALL E being the most watched movies of the year. For DVD Sales, IRON MAN, I AM LEGEND, ENCHANTED, and NATIONAL TREASURE took

Games in Libraries, January 2009

January 6th, 2009

Welcome to the January 2009 episode of the Games in Libraries podcast. You can get this show at The Internet Archive or listen to it here: Scott Nicholson interviews Games in Libraries, January 2009 UK game and education researcher and independent information professional John Kirriemuir, whose blogs is at http://www.silversprite.com Beth Gallaway talks about different types of game awards Board Games with Scott episode on Agricola Christopher Harris presents a radical idea about using board games in the classroom/librar

Video games inspired by TV, movies, board games (San Francisco Chronicle)

January 6th, 2009

Like so many American creations _ baseball, comic books, rock ’n’ roll _ the video game is a mongrel art form. Literature, music, art and film all get jumbled together in this relatively new medium, but even that isn’t enough: Designers have to figure out how…

21st Century High Tech Warfare

January 6th, 2009

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or Drones designed and manufactured in Pakistan have been making news since IDEAS 2008 event in November of last year. Also in the news has been the growing reliance on armed drones (aka predators) by Americans in Afghanistan and Pakistan’s FATA region to target militants with increasing casualties. This post is an attempt to put these headlines in perspective for those interested in the 21st century high tech warfare. The basic strategies and thought processes are the

20 Most Anticipated Video Games of 2009

January 6th, 2009

Written by Quibian Salazar-Moreno Right now you?re probably playing catch up with all the great games that came out the last few months, but you better hurry up. There?s 20 Most Anticipated Video Games of 2009 a lot more coming in 2009. You can expect everything from sequels to game series reboots to brand new franchises. We did our best in trying to find the 20 most anticipated games coming in 2009, with a few honorable mentions. But hey, if we missed any, let us know in the comments (EDIT: By the way, don?t expect any PC-only game

It?s neato

January 6th, 2009

It?s neato

Sonic gone craaaaazy

January 6th, 2009

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2008 Videogame of the Year Awards

January 6th, 2009

These are just my personal views and not necessarily the views of the CH Staff. We haven?t had some good/heated arguments in a while so I figured I would try to entice a few. I should also note that I didn?t play any Sports titles in 2008 (I rarely do). I also don?t have a PS3 so the only PS3 games I?ve had the opportunity to play were MGS4 and LBP - both of which I was impressed with for one reason or another. Best Visuals: 1) Metal Gear Solid 4 2) Gears of War 2 Best Story/Writing: