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Sports games on the Wii: let's face it. A room full of monkeys could do a decent job on the design. Yes, programming is a difficult and intricate job, but as long as the controls mimic real life and the graphics look half decent, it'll be a fun game. Throw in multiplayer, and you can't lose. So how did the monkeys at Hudson manage with Deca Sports?  read more »

My name is Cheech and I am the school bus driiiiver...

I have a bias for quirky, non-violent PC games. Most new games seem to be variations on the alphabet soup of established formats; FPSs, RTSs, RPGs and MMORPGs with the occasional casual puzzle game thrown in for "variety". The odds of finding an innovative, non-violent game are about as good as finding a vegetarian meal at a Brazilian grill.  read more »

Available for the 360 in September and other platforms following, it's backwards compatible with downloaded audio and instruments, and they've cryptically announced more instruments and better online connectivity. Stay tuned for more details. I predict a PS3 version before Christmas, no PS2 version, and a Wii version in 1st quarter 2009.  read more »

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Remember having to choose between 24 and 36 images to a roll of film? With compact flash, SD/MMC, and other media cards used in modern digital cameras pushing upwards of 4GB, anything less than a few hundred or even thousands of images seems absolutely crippling. But with any magnetic storage device, it's not a question of if the media will fail, but when, and these cards are no exception.  read more »

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Toast boxWhen I got my first CD burner for my Macintosh Computer back in 2001, I also picked up a copy of Roxio’s Toast Titanium 5 because Mac CD recording abilities were almost nonexistent at the time. It wasn’t long after that CD burners, and then DVD super drives, became standard issue in Macs along with the software necessary to run and take full advantage of such devices.  read more »

But where's the game gone?

LOL Host ScreenDeep in the Agetec game labs, some mad scientist forcibly Frankensteined PictoChat with with a Japanese game show. The result -- a game called LOL -- is remarkably entertaining. LOL is a multiplayer-only game which turns your DS into an electronic space for amusing your friends. Up to four players can play and only one of them needs to have a cartridge. At $19.99 this makes LOL a good party game bargain.  read more »

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This doesn't surprise me at all. I know lots of people with disabilities who use video games as "therapy." Laptops are great, too. Note again that the survey was commissioned by casual game maker PopCap, who stands to benefit from this information.

 

Survey: 'Disabled Gamers' Comprise 20% of Casual Video Games Audience

More Than 10% Have Had Casual Games Prescribed or Recommended By A Doctor; Players With Disabilities Play Longer, More Often, And For Different Reasons  read more »

What if fitness was fun? What if gaming was good for you? What if you were able to track your fitness progress through an interface that was as enjoyable as the Wii?  read more »

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