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Review: Looking for gems in iPhone's game library (AP)

Review: Looking for gems in iPhone's game library

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Nintendo has owned the portable video-game market - first with the Game Boy, now with the DS - for so long that most of us gave up hope of ever seeing a viable competitor. But it's become impossible to ignore ...





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'Uncharted 2' leads Video Game Award nominations (AP)

'Uncharted 2' leads Video Game Award nominations

Technology / Software

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" has seized a leading eight nominations for this year's Video Game Awards, Spike TV announced Wednesday.


'Avatar' video game to expand film's alien world (AP)

'Avatar' video game to expand film's alien world

Technology / Software

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- James Cameron was thinking beyond the big screen when he created the alien world of Pandora. The "Titanic" director worked in tandem with video game developer Ubisoft Montreal on the game based on ...


Will Wright, creator of computer game hits such as SimCity and The Sims

'The Sims' are back -- with more personality

Technology / Software

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US videogame giant Electronic Arts launches this week episode three in the life of multi-billion-dollar franchise "The Sims", this time adding a psychological dimension to the computer game.


Programming tools facilitate use of video game processors for defense needs

Programming tools facilitate use of video game processors for defense needs

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Video gaming computers and video game consoles available today typically contain a graphics processing unit (GPU), which is very efficient at manipulating and displaying computer graphics. However, the unit's ...


Do we think that machines can think?

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 09, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 1

When our PC goes on strike again we tend to curse it as if it was a human. The question of why and under what circumstances we attribute human-like properties to machines and how such processes manifest on a cortical level ...


'Shoot-'em-up' video game increases teenagers' science knowledge

Biology / Other

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 2

While navigating the microscopic world of immune system proteins and cells to save a patient suffering from a raging bacterial infection, young teenage players of the "Immune Attack" video game measurably improved their understanding ...


'Call of Duty' setting entertainment records

Technology / Business

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" is blasting its way into entertainment history.


'Uncharted 2' nabs top prize at VGAs (AP)

'Uncharted 2' nabs top prize at VGAs

Technology / Software

created Dec 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The cinematic action adventure "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" nabbed three prizes including game of the year at the Spike TV Video Game Awards.


Hardware-accelerated global illumination by image space photon mapping

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Research presented in a paper by Morgan McGuire, assistant professor of computer science at Williams College, and co-author Dr. David Luebke of NVIDIA, introduces a new algorithm to improve computer graphics for video games.


Immersive Game System Allows Physical Interaction Between Players

Immersive Game System Allows Physical Interaction Between Players

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (22) | comments 8 feature

(PhysOrg.com) -- With a new immersive multiplayer game system, researchers are further blurring the line between gaming and the real world. Using a mouse and keyboard sounds kind of quaint compared to the ...



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