Using Video Games as Bait to Hook Readers (New York Times)
Publishers, authors and even libraries are embracing video games to promote books to young readers.
BlizzCon 2008 to Feature Video Games Live as Part of Closing Ceremony (GameSpy)
The special presentation concert will be included in DIRECTV Pay-Per-View. Video Games Live will perform at Blizzard Entertainment's BlizzCon 2008 gaming convention, taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA over the 10th and 11th of October.
Tech Bytes: Video games for girls (KABC-TV Los Angeles)
In Monday's Tech Bytes: Video games for girls. Plus, a major overhaul for Ask.com.
Carolyn Hax: Video games bring out anger (Arizona Daily Star)
Carolyn: I am wondering if my boyfriend has an anger issue. Occasionally when he plays video games he throws the controller and screams at the TV. He said he realizes it is childish, but video games are how he lets off steam and it is the only time he gets that worked up.
Online video games seek immigrant detention reform (The Jersey Journal)
Jersey Journal file photoSen. Robert Menendez of Hoboken has nothing to do with two online video games but one supporter says she hopes they build support for a measure he's proposed to reform the way the United States deals with...
Kidz Zone: everything but video games (Santa Fe New Mexican)
Former Santa Fe restaurateur Joe Hoback — he previously owned the Pink Adobe — has opened a new business, Santa Fe Kidz Zone, in a 7,000-square-foot space in Plaza Entrada at St. Francis Drive and Zia Road, down from Albertsons.
Allstate testing video games to identify safe, older drivers (Ars Technica)
Allstate has begun testing a series of video games which, if successful, will be used as an aid for mature drivers and a way to reduce insurance rates. Read More...
Video games seen boosting civic involvement (Philanthropy Journal)
Despite parental concerns about fostering anti-social behavior, video games provide opportunities for civic engagement and social interaction, a new survey says.
Mackinaw winemakers get some help from the YouTube generation (The Pantagraph)
MACKINAW -- The grapevine gossip ranges from video games to YouTube videos, anything and everything that grabs a typical high school boy’s attention. As music blares from the radio, a group of teenagers talk a little about gaming and then Japanese anime and the Adult Swim TV programs. | VIDEO: Teens work the grapevine
'James Bond' is a video games geek! (New Kerala)
London, Oct 6 :: James Bond star Daniel Craig has been revealed to be a secret video game fanatic, who loves to play the rock fantasy challenge Guitar Hero.
