video game

Imagine sitting in front of your computer and using hand gestures to control your PC. In the 2002 blockbuster movie "Minority Report," Tom Cruise did just that as he sifted through wads of information using his hands and a 3D computer screen. Fast ... forward to the 2010, and we are on the brink of using similar technology at home, but it's still officially under wraps. Hands-Free Video Game Controller Used on Microsoft Windows Recently, two hackers have found a way to use Microsoft's new Kinect controller-free video game peripheral on a Windows computer rather than an Xbox 360. Whether ... (view more)

The company behind the upcoming Medal of Honor video game has renamed an option which previously let gamers play as the Taliban. Danger Close Games says the renaming of the game is controversial and is the result of older people not understanding ... current trends in gaming. Video Game Medal of Honor Popular Amongst Gamers The main gameplay of Medal of Honor involves playing as a United States soldier fighting in Afghanistan. However, the multiplayer option, in which players form two teams to compete with one another, had one set of players controlling Taliban characters. The developers said at ... (view more)

Can playing video games make you smarter? While there may not be oodles of benefits for those who spend hours in front of the television regularly, a new study suggests gaming may actually help to improve the way we process information. According to ... researchers at the University of Rochester, video gamers are very good at probabilistic inference, which in layman's terms simply means that they're better at making rapid, quality decisions based on evidence around them. In essence, educated researchers (many of whom may be gamers) found that gamers make for good researchers. (Source: cnet.com ... (view more)

Multinational video game producer Electronic Arts (EA) has defended its decision to allow game players to use Taliban characters in its new video game, stating that such role-playing is an inevitable part of modern multiplayer gaming. The game is ... Medal of Honor, a name most will recognize given that EA has made several of these first-person-shooters in the last decade. All previous editions have been based around Second World War campaigns, with the player controlling a United States soldier aiming to defeat Axis characters. The new edition is set in modern-day Afghanistan. There had been ... (view more)

The recently-released Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is not only smashing records for video games at most electronics retailers, but it's also raising the bar for home releases within the wider entertainment industry. All of that buzz has brought ... more attention to the game's controversial elements, none more captivating than a level where players fill the shoes of terrorists. It was just last week that we reported on the controversy surrounding the game , which parents should note is clearly marked "M" for Mature (18+). Not only is the game violent, but to some critics it's unnecessarily ... (view more)

A six-year-old who recently stole his parents' car and drove it into a utility pole has passed the buck onto a familiar scapegoat: the video game, Grand Theft Auto. Rockstar Games' controversial Grand Theft Auto video game series has been accused of ... many things in the past. Its violent gameplay, including car heists, bank heists, beatings, shootings, and absentee law enforcement, has been criticized by parent groups and crusaders (or in the eyes of gamers, nincompoops) like former lawyer Jack Thompson for years (Thompson once tried to link the Virginia Tech slayings to late-night ... (view more)

Last week I reported that Electronic Arts, the largest and most powerful video game publisher in the world, had cancelled plans to open a new studio in lovely downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. Well, it seems EA's problems run much deeper -- in ... fact, the game company recently announced it will lay off a large portion of its workforce. According to reports, EA will eliminate one-tenth of its entire workforce as part of a broad restructuring plan meant to maximize profits and stop the bleeding caused by a dragging economy and slow holiday sales. Although this is not the first word of EA's ... (view more)

It's a topic that has long been debated by video game aficionados all over the world: which features make for a better system: the pristine graphics of the Sony PlayStation 3 or the motion-sensitive game play of the Nintendo Wii? If Sony is ... successful in patenting their new controller concept, they just may be able to sway undecided consumers towards the PS3. If you can't beat them, join them! The idea will be to stray away from the traditional "Dual Shock" solid controller, opting instead to introduce a controller that resembles two ice-cream cones attached side-by-side. The controllers ... (view more)

The man behind some of the most sensational movie releases in the last twenty years is about to try his hand at crafting a blockbuster video game. Steven Spielberg, director of E.T., Munich, and Minority Report, will be teaming up with game ... publisher Electronic Arts on Nintendo Wii title "Boom Blox". Unfortunately for those of you who prefer the high-impact scenarios in many of Spielberg's action flicks, the famed director will be trying his hand at a puzzle game. According to reports, Boom Blox allows the player to make a number of different block structures, working their way through them ... (view more)

A few years ago, we used to joke that world video game sales exceeded the Canadian defense budget. Although the latter has raised slightly since that time (from under $10 billion to over $12 billion and counting), the sale of video games has ... absolutely skyrocketed. According to statistics from research firm NPD Group, video games had a record year in 2007, with sales reaching an astonishing $17.9 billion. By comparison, those numbers are up 43 per cent from 2006, a year marked by Microsoft's early start on the next generation of video game consoles. Sony and Nintendo launched their ... (view more)