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Online computer games could encourage children to eat healthy foods

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children who play an online game promoting healthy foods and beverages appear more likely to choose nutritious snacks than those who play a game promoting unhealthy products, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of ...


Death leaves online lives in limbo (AP)

Death leaves online lives in limbo

Technology / Internet

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(AP) -- When Jerald Spangenberg collapsed and died in the middle of a quest in an online game, his daughter embarked on a quest of her own: to let her father's gaming friends know that he hadn't just decided ...


Can networked human computation solve computer language comprehension?

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Researchers at the University of Essex hope to answer this question by getting more volunteers to take part in their online game, Phrase Detectives.





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'Star Trek Online' to beam gamers to the bridge (AP)

'Star Trek Online' to beam gamers to the bridge

Technology / Software

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- The most iconic setting in "Star Trek" almost didn't make it into the series' online video game.


US computer software giant Microsoft announced plans to buy BigPark Inc., an interactive online game company

Microsoft buying Canadian online game company

Technology / Business

created May 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US computer software giant Microsoft announced plans on Thursday to buy BigPark Inc., an interactive online game company based in Vancouver.


US videogame lovers are adapting to tough economic times by turning to low-cost online play

Low-cost online computer gaming surges in US

Technology / Internet

created Jul 11, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

US videogame lovers are adapting to tough economic times by turning to low-cost online play, according to figures released Friday by industry tracker comScore.


England have already qualified for next year's World Cup finals in South Africa

England first as game live on Internet, in cinemas

Technology / Internet

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

England's World Cup qualifier against Ukraine on Saturday is to make history by being the team's first international to be shown live in cinemas and on the Internet but not on TV, media group Perform said.


'Champions' to unleash virtual heroes and foes

Technology / Software

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Think you can do better than Stan Lee? Launching next month, the new massively multiplayer online role-playing game "Champions Online" will let gamers create their own virtual superheroes. Sorry, no Spider-Men or ...


'Call of Duty' sells $310M in N Amer, UK in 24 hrs (AP)

'Call of Duty' sells $310M in N Amer, UK in 24 hrs

Technology / Software

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- First-day sales of Activision Blizzard Inc.'s "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" broke records, raking in an estimated $310 million in North America and the United Kingdom alone.


iGoogle home pages allow people to organize online lives

Google gets its game on

Technology / Internet

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google got its game on late Wednesday, launching videogame-themed wallpaper for customized home pages and providing a glimpse at online play making its way to the website.


Japan software firm shrugs off rape game protests

Technology / Internet

created May 08, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 5

A Japanese computer game maker on Friday dismissed a protest by US rights campaigners against the game "RapeLay", which lets players simulate sexual violence against females.


Eager gamers line up for 'Modern Warfare 2'

Technology / Software

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Ryan Norwalk has cleared his schedule. The 26-year-old California State University student plans to spend Tuesday gunning down foes in "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2," the highly anticipated first-person shooter ...


Interactive game helps teach history to high-school kids

Technology / Hi Tech

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Students who have trouble staying awake in history class now have a new way to learn about the Civil War and other topics: an interactive video game where they try to stop a band of evildoers from changing the past.



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