Addicted to video games?
Are you like this? Larger than the Hollywood movie industry, video games are the fastest growing form of media entertainment. With their use of cutting edge technologies, video games involve the player in ever-more realistic, complex, and involved gaming situations. Because of their high appeal playing video games can be highly rewarding and also potentially addictive.
Computers, video games, and the Internet have become entrenched features of our daily lives. Computer use has reached beyond work and is now a major source of fun and entertainment for many people. For most people, computer use and video game play is integrated into their lives in a balanced healthy manner. For others, time spent on the computer or video game is out of balance, and has displaced work, school, friends, and even family.
What is computer and video game addiction? More
Do it yourself Xbox game
Do you want to be a famous games creator? Or just share your vision about games with a community? Then Microsoft has all you need. During GDC 2008, Chris Satchell, general manager and chief XNA architect at Microsoft, announced that the games created with Microsoft’s XNA Game Studio 2.0 would be made available on the Xbox Live Marketplace.
So, in order to create a game all you need is the latest version of XNA Game Studio, 2.0. Released last year in December, XNA Game Studio 2.0, has added more than 15 new features compared with the first version launched in 2006.
Satchell unveiled the first seven games created with XNA Game Studio and he said Microsoft would start to offer the XNA Game Studio 2.0 development tool kit for free. More
15 Hottest Games of Summer
The Scoop: Spore; By: Maxis; From: Electronic Arts, For: DS, Mac, PC; Rating: Teen; ETA: September 7
Info: Control the evolution of a species, from paddling around in a single-cell soup to growing a creature into a culture to launching an interstellar spacefaring civilization. More
The Scoop: Battlefield: Bad Company; By: EA Digital Illusions CE; From: Electronic Arts; For: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360; Rating: Teen; ETA: June 23
Info: This first-person-shooter spinoff from EA’s Battlefield series includes simplified soldier classes, two solo campaigns, online support for up to 24 players, and a whopping “90 percent destructible” assortment of mission locales. More
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The Scoop: Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution; By: Firaxis; From: 2K Games; For: DS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360; Rating: Everyone 10+; ETA: July 8
Info: Sid Meier’s turn-based world-conquering strategy opus lands on the latest consoles and handhelds with a user-friendly interface and streamlined timetables, jettisoning virtually none of the sophistication of its computer cousin. More
The Scoop: Beijing Olympics 2008; By: Eurocom; From: Sega; For: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360; Rating: Everyone; ETA: July 8
Info: The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing receive a realistic sports-simulation treatment, with career and online modes that cover 32 national teams and 38 events, including such disciplines as shooting, weightlifting, kayaking, judo, and archery. More
The Scoop: Soul Calibur IV; By: Project Soul; From: Namco Bandai Games; For: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360; Rating: Teen; ETA: July 29
Info: The fifth installment in Namco’s Soul Calibur series of weapons-based fighting games about swords with souls and vendettas receives a bunch of new characters, online play, and a little two-on-one roughhousing. More
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