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How Video Games Are Infiltrating--and Improving--Every Part of Our Lives

Games are sneaking into every part of our lives -- at home, school, and work. Cisco, IBM, Microsoft, and even the Army depend on games. and Pretty soon, you'll be a part of one. We guarantee it.READ»

DROGA5   |  Comment

Turtle Beach Creates A Combat Zone Beyond The Game Console

An audio equipment company that specializes in war simulation games teams up with Droga5 to send an expert-level gamer off to combat. Or do they?READ»

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Bill Gates Takes On Education's Biggest Bureaucratic Beast With Video Games

As states scramble to understand new educational standards, Gates eyes an opening for video games.READ»

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iFive: BP Blunders... Again, College Humor's New Site, iPhone Preorder Chaos, Fast Portland, AOL Unloads Bebo

While you were dreaming of lounging by the pool, BP and AOL continued dog paddling, College Humor jumped into the gaming content deep end, AT&T got deluged, and Portland surfaced as a Fast City. 1. Portland, Oregon mayor Sam ...READ»

Science: Skilled Gamers Have Bigger Brains (but Smaller Necks, Bodies?)

For the first time, researchers have shown brains-size linked to a real-world skill.READ»

How to Steal Your Boyfriend Back From the PlayStation

A vest embedded with sensors turns massages into a gaming interface.READ»

EDUCATION   |  Comment

Is Video Game School Training a Generation of Professional Princess Rescuers?

To make learning more engaging, teachers resort to interactive games. Is this a good thing?READ»

Modern Warfare 2 Breaks Unspoken Rule of Game Gore: Just Have Fun

Critics are furious over the violence of "Modern Warfare 2"--and one scene is causing all the problems.READ»

Can a Game Be Journalism? Play 'Six Days In Fallujah' to Find Out

Six Days in Fallujah isn't the title of a war correspondent's missives from the frontlines. It's not even a book about the Iraq war. It's a video game due out next year from Konami--albeit one where the ricocheting bullets, ...READ»

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Apple Takes on Sony and Nintendo with iPhone 3.0 Gaming

Apple's iPhone 3.0 event today made it abundantly clear that the iPhone is evolving into a gaming machine. Here's why:READ»

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Microsoft's Black Friday and the Success of Xbox 360

On Black Friday, Microsoft's Xbox 360 console outsold Sony's PlayStation 3 by three to one. That puts the 360 over 25 million systems sold worldwide, surpassing the sales of the original Xbox -- and in only three years.READ»

Can LittleBigPlanet Save Sony's PS3?

To inject life into the flagging PlayStation 3, Sony is banking on a charmingly weird new game called LittleBigPlanet, from a scrappy UK startup called Media Molecule. LBP -- and its hero, an endlessly customizable little character named Sackboy -- brings social networking and user-generated content to console gaming. Meet the visionary geeks behind it.READ»