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US Report: Games More Exciting Than TV
News At the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Atlanta, IDSA president Doug Lowenstein announced that computer games are considered to be the most exciting way to spend time at home. In the survey, over 41 percent of respondents rated computer games...
[June 1, 1998, 7:36]
Games On DVD - 99 Will Be A Good Christmas
News By Christmas high-street retailers' shelves should be bulging with DVD-blessed PCs ready to take on the new games and film titles promised for the fledgling format. Currently there aren't enough DVD drives being shipped with PCs so games developers...
[May 17, 1999, 10:50]
The Internet: Games And Gambling
White Papers The Web has no shortage of games - or people to play them with. Devoted followers of games like chess and bridge can pursue their passion on dozens of Web sites. If one can play it with cards or a board, chances are there's an online version...
[October 10, 2007, 0:00]
Games And Entertainment Application Programming For Pocket PC And Smartphone
White Papers The session will touch on developing games in managed code, optimization techniques, and the evolution of the gaming and multimedia APIs. This session will outline the game and entertainment platform for Pocket PC and Smartphone.
[April 16, 2007, 0:00]
Games Firm Sues Microsoft Over Title
News Mythic, which specialises in multiplayer online games, contends that an upcoming video game from Microsoft dubbed "Mythica" infringes on its name and trademarks. We have worked hard for eight years to earn our reputation for producing high quality...
[December 23, 2003, 10:30]
Games Addiction Goes Online
News But such problems are usually easily solved through modest parental intervention and the self-limiting nature of such games, which become repetitive and boring at some point. Most online games include copious chats, allowing players to interact...
[April 15, 2002, 9:59]
Games Maker Not Suing Over Bug Alert
News Epic Games, maker of the Unreal Tournament series of virtual world shooting games, on Tuesday denied reports that it considered filing a lawsuit against a security company that found holes in its products.
[February 12, 2003, 8:20]
Games Industry Guns Down Brain Damage Claims
News The video game industry has hit back at claims that computer games could be damaging children's brains and insisted that the activity can be beneficial. ELSPA believes it is not true that playing video games can make children anti-social, and is...
[August 22, 2001, 17:26]
Games And Digital TV Boosting Internet Take-up
News Games consoles and digital TV are now the fastest growing access points for the Internet, according to a new survey published on Monday by Jupiter MMXI. The Online Market Landscape report reveals that the number of Britons surfing the Internet from...
[August 21, 2001, 16:24]
Games Addict Kills For His Playstation
News Lewes Crown Court was told that Patrick Gallagher, a 38 year-old father of five, saw red when his prized games machine disappeared and proceeded to kill neighbour Andrew Girvin, whom he suspected of stealing it.
[October 12, 1999, 9:23]
Government To Use Games Consoles
News Government services will be delivered via PCs, mobile phones, interactive TV and even games consoles in the future. As part of the drive towards e-government -- which will see all government services delivered electronically by 2008 -- the...
[December 3, 1999, 12:09]
Do Video Games Make Children Violent?
Talkback If the stores that sell the video games just hand the "R" rated games to minors, they shouldn't be selling games at all. Also, there are books that give you a choice on what happens next. Some of the choices involve shooting someone or blowing up a...
[May 10, 2005, 17:26]
Scientists Link Computer Games To Brain Damage
News Latest research has found that children who play computer games could be causing long-term brain damage. Scientists working at Tohoku University in Japan have discovered that computer games only stimulate those parts of the brain that are devoted...
[August 20, 2001, 15:45]
Games Boost Chip Industry
News PC chipmakers are having a hard time of it so far this year, but they could get a boost from an unusual quarter -- the games industry. But the role of games in boosting sales is coming into sharp focus as the PC market struggles through its second...
[April 19, 2001, 16:08]
Hackers Raid Games Firm
News A maker of popular role-playing games was forced to shut down its online store for four days after hackers pilfered email addresses, user names and encrypted passwords. White Wolf Publishing, creator of video and table-top games such as "World of...
[December 20, 2005, 9:00]
Linuxcare Supports Video Games Platform
News Services and support firm Linuxcare gave a boost to the Linux gaming scene Monday announcing a deal with games platform development company Indrema. Under the agreement Linuxcare will provide support for developers porting games to the Indrema...
[August 15, 2000, 13:47]
Video Games Get 'art' Status In The US
News A federal appeals court panel has struck down a law that restricted children's access to violent video games, giving the software the same free-speech protection as that for works of art. A panel of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday...
[June 4, 2003, 9:53]
Do Video Games Make Children Violent?
Talkback To the majority of responsible adults out there, not people who spend their days on games consoles. Video games for anyone who is over the age of 18 are unlikely to have an effect on their violence, and you when you were 10 probably did not know it...
[May 17, 2005, 12:40]
Exploring Real Time Multimedia Content Creation In Video Games
White Papers Video games represent a class of media applications for which creating video content is as important as displaying it. This paper compares video games running on an Apple Macintosh G5 to DVD playback and the QuickTime media player.
[March 30, 2005, 0:00]
A Service Platform For On-Line Games
White Papers Providing a satisfying experience for players of on-line first-person and multiplayer role-playing games is greatly influenced by the distribution and scalability of the game server infrastructure. This paper proposes a shared, on-demand service...
[March 30, 2005, 0:00]
