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Author :: Lance Winslow  |
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| Article Title :: Laser Ball High Tech Game of the Future |
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| The future game of laser ball is a high tech game for the virtual reality video game player and the reality world ball player. It is played with teams or individually, as one team pits off against the other. A ball the size of a beach ball is thrust various directions using laser propulsion. Each team or player on each side has a set or single set of laser controls which fire one or more lasers at the ball or at the reflectors on the top, bottom and side of the field. The field is played in three dimensions and it is not necessary to play of the bottom or side. This fast acting game has no time out and no out of bounds. The field is a tube, box or sphere and is played within that boundary (read full article) |
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| Category :: Games Articles |
Author :: Ron Swerdfiger |
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| Article Title :: Release Date Of the Xbox 360 |
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| According to a recent news article at CNN, the Xbox 360 will be going on sale on November 22, 2005 in North America. There is a lot of speculation that the shipments of the new next generation
console will be lower then expected. The expected first shipment was allegdly said to be 2-Million units, but Bank of America's Gary Cooper says that number maybe be even lower at anywhere from 1.4 to 1.6 Million units. What does this mean? It means that getting a new Xbox 360 will be even harder then you think and the price is more then likely going to be more then what it was first said to be.Here is quote fromt he CNN article regarding this issue:"Complicating matters is Microsoft (read full article) |
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| Category :: Games Articles |
Author :: Damian Julien |
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| Article Title :: Do You Sudoku? New Masochistic Sudoku Pocket PC Puzzle Downloads |
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| The Sudoku Pocket PC puzzle game is a bit of an about-face.That's if, of course, you're more into rapid swapping puzzle game gems in Bejeweled 2 than applying some ridiculously rigourous and intensely complex logical strategems.The Sudoku Pocket PC version starts you off with a 9x9 grid, interspaced seemingly at random with numbers and blank squares.The grid is further divided into nine 3 x 3 squares.The task is to figure out which number, from 1 through 9, belongs in each empty square.Just as long as each number placed is unique to its row, column, and 3 x 3 sub-region, everything is copasetic.Yes, it's really that simple.Thr (read full article) |
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| Category :: Games Articles |
Author :: Damian Julien |
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| Article Title :: WiFi Hotspots Gaming Battle Intensifies |
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| The city of Philadelphia in the US has recently announced some plans to implement WiFi access throughout the municipality.This would prove fortuitous indeed for Pocket PC gamers in the vicinity.Quality wireless multiplayer enabled PDA games, however, prove to be elusive save for real-time strategy releases like Warfare Incorporated that allow for it.Such an initiative will quickly overcome relative WiFi indifference by Pocket PC game developers.A wireless internet provision scale the likes of this has yet to be seen, ranging of some 135 square miles.This will be put firmly in reach of the lower economic tiers at the low price of $10 US ($11.77 CDN (read full article) |
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| Category :: Games Articles |
Author :: Jay Moncliff |
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| Article Title :: Online Video Game Rentals - How Do They Work? |
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| Tired of going to the video store with the kids to rent those ever-popular video games? Many new services have cropped up in the last few years that make this parental ritual, and the late fees that go along with it, a thing of the past.Going online to rent a video game is a great way to eliminate another errand and keep the kids happy. You never have to go any further than your mailbox, and you can keep the games until the kids are tired of them or beat them (whichever comes first).Several services like Gamefly, Numbthumb and RentZero have begun serving this lucrative market, and the number of companies joining them is growing monthly. The concept is simple and convenien (read full article) |
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| Category :: Games Articles |
Author :: Teve Torbes |
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| Article Title :: Should You Buy the New X-box, or Should You Wait |
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| The new X-Box 360 is coming out, and parents and gamers everywhere will be asking themselves: should I buy it now? If not, how long is a good time to wait? The answer will depend on your financial situation – but for most people, it’s probably good advice to wait for a year or so if you can.The first few months of any new gaming system are mainly for the die-hard gamers. Getting a full X-Box 360 system with enough extras to really be able to play it could cost you in the $600 range, even if you’re only getting a few games. For most parents or gamers who don’t have a serious salary, that’s just too much to justify. Even many of the "extras" are really necessary to playing (read full article) |
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| Category :: Games Articles |
Author :: Jill G |
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| Article Title :: The History of Mahjongg |
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| During a recent visit to my parent's house I noticed a solid black briefcase on the kitchen table. I was curious as to what was inside. From it's size, I thought it might be a laptop computer. My mom opened the briefcase to reveal several colorful tiles and game pieces. She informed me that it was her Mahjongg tile set. She plays this ancient Chinese game weekly with her friends.I am a big fan of playing Mahjongg on the computer. I wondered if there were differences in the rules of my mom's physical board game versus my computer game. There are many differences indeed, just as there are many versions of Mahjongg available. The board version is an intense game of strategy, logic, an (read full article) |
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| Category :: Games Articles |
Author :: Damian Julien |
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| Article Title :: Next Nintendo DS Step Impacts PDA Market |
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| The next step in the Nintendo DS technological evolution will be handwriting recognition capability in games.Nintendo Co. Ltd. has just inked a licensing agreement allowing it to harness this technology, previously most prevalent amonst the PDA and smartphone masses.Full details in a Nintendo DS National Post article were announced today.Seasoned gamers are well used to split decision thinking, and now mastering quick cursive script is yet another bid for even more speed.Ambiguous PDA shoppers may be lulled by the idea of Palm shorthand gaming on the Nintendo DS, thus hijacking a portion of the Palm and Pocket PC gaming market.There's a great deal (read full article) |
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| Category :: Games Articles |
Author :: Brian Vaszily |
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| Article Title :: Violent Video Games: Do They Lead to Aggressive Behavior or Not? |
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| Video games for children, teens and young adults bring in $10 billion a year in the United States. Certainly some of the games offer harmless entertainment and maybe even some educational value. But the games that seem to be the most eagerly anticipated, the games that major retailer Zany Brainy says "the industry is focusing on," and the games that fly off the shelves as soon as they're released are those rated "M" for mature and "AO" for adults only. To garner an "M" rating, the content is intended for people aged 17 and older, and may contain sexual themes and intense violence or language. (read full article) |
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| Category :: Games Articles |
Author :: Damian Julien |
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| Article Title :: Doom Game Movie Fragged by Critics |
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| The Doom game franchise has proven its popularity.A movie titled after its namesake has proven its box office might.Sarge and his crew have raked in $15.5 million-- not a bad haul.Yet, noted critic Phil Villarreal said it most succintly in his review of this movie, asking why we don't just simply tape someone's first-person shooter games instead of watching this heaping pile of Doom game franchise filth.Only a rotten 19% of Doom game movie franchise reviews were favourable on the rottentomatoes.com site at the time of this article.While the non-gamer film critic looks on with apathy, the gaming community would flock to see the Rock struggle to con (read full article) |
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