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Next generation console OUYA utilizes a sleek design. Credit: ouya.tv

New console OUYA ready to crash the show

OUYA is the latest console to attempt to revolutionize the video game industry.

Posted in Tech
Tagged Games, Microsoft, OUYA, Sony, system, tech, Video Games, Xbox | Reply
"The Last of Us" puts you in a scarily realistic dystopian wasteland.
Credit: Naughty Dog

Sidescrollers: Blockbuster season for video games

In this week’s Sidescrollers, we look at two blockbuster video games — ”The Last of Us” and “Animal Crossing: A New Leaf” — to keep you indoors.

Posted in Tech
Tagged Animal Crossing: A New Leaf, Nintendo, Sidescrollers, The Last of Us, Video Games | Reply
Scenes from the game

Sony’s new PS4 priced $100 lower than Microsoft’s Xbox One

Sony Corp. on Monday priced its latest PlayStation 4 console $100 lower than the new Xbox One by rival Microsoft Corp. as competition for gamers’ pockets intensifies ahead of the year-end holidays and gift-giving season.

Posted in National, News, Tech
Tagged consoles, gaming, Microsoft, playstation, price wars, PS4, Sony, Video Games, Xbox One
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - DECEMBER 09:  The Zynga logo is displayed on the front of the company's former headquarters on December 9, 2011 in San Francisco, California.  San Francisco based social games company Zynga is preparing for its initial public offering and hopes to raise as much as $1.15 billion. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Booming mobile gaming industry lacks sustainability

The $66 billion video game industry is scrambling to devise games and experimenting with ways to appeal to a generation of players that spends more time on mobile devices than on computers or consoles.

Posted in National, News, Tech
Tagged Android, Angry Birds, Apple, Clash of Clans, computers, consoles, Draw Something, EA Games, Electronic Arts, Even Rovio, Facebook, Farmville, gaming, Google, GungHo Online Entertainment, mobile gaming, Nintendo, OMGPOP, smartphones, Softbank Corp, Supercell, sustainable, Video Games, Zynga
Yusuf Mehdi, senior vice president of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business, discusses the Xbox One uses for television viewing during a press event in Redmond, Washington May 21, 2013.

Xbox One game console unveiled by Microsoft

Microsoft Corp. gave the world the first look at its new game console on Tuesday, hoping the Xbox One will attract existing video game fans while also becoming a hub for living room entertainment.

Posted in National, News, Tech
Tagged consoles, Don Mattrick, gamers, Halo, Microsoft, revealed, Skype, Video Games, Xbox, Xbox One
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Men’s Health: Southern cities are lazy

Men’s Health magazine rankings show which U.S. cities are lazy.

Posted in News
Tagged Alabama, Birmingham, Boise, Centers for Disease Control, Charleston, columbia, Idaho, Jackson, Kentucky, laziest, lazy, least active, Lexington, Matt Marion, Men's Health magazine, Minneapolis, Minnesota, mississippi, Nashville, Oregon, Portland, Salt Lake City, sloth, South Carolina, St. Paul, Tennessee, utah, Video Games, West Virginia
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The best 2-D video games out there

Sidescroller presents 2-D games in a 3-D world

Posted in Tech
Tagged playstation, ps3, Video Games, vita, Xbox | Reply
"Terraria" plays like internet sensation "Minecraft" in 2-D.
Credit: 505 Games

Sidescroller: 2-D games can still charm the 3-D world

This week’s Sidescroller looks at two games that make 2-D a good thing rather than a bad.

Posted in Lifestyle, Tech
Tagged 2-d, 3-d, Games, Guacamelee!, minecraft, sidescroller, Terraria, Video Games | Reply
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Sidescrollers: On Luigi’s Mansion and HarmoKnight

This week’s video game roundup Sidescrollers looks at the new Luigi game and Harmonknight.

Posted in Lifestyle, Tech
Tagged Harmonknight, Luigi, Luigi's Mansion, Nintendo, Video Games | Reply
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Kids’ behavior not harmed by too much TV: study

Allowing children to spend hours each day watching TV or playing computer games does not make them badly behaved, according [...]

Posted in Lifestyle, National, News, Wellbeing
Tagged bad behavior, children, computer games, MRC, Parenting, TV, Video Games | Reply
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