Real family games for Nintendo?
3 user commentsCan we still class The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario, even Mario Kart as family games? The latest As Seen on TV titles from Koch Media suggest otherwise.Family Fortunes, Countdown, Ready Steady Cook, I'm a Celebrity, Beat the Intro and The Ultimate Red Ball Challenge. You'll have heard of most… Read full entry
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The cost of keeping the kids happy
1 user commentsKeeping the kids occupied can be an expensive business in this digital day and age, especially compared to more traditional childhood pursuits like, er, playing out. But have you ever stopped to consider the true cost?A new poll by market research specialists Harris Interactive has saved you the bother. The… Read full entry
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No sex please we're gamers...
7 user comments...Or more specifically among roughly one thousand blokes responding to a survey on a specialist PlayStation 3 website. Go figure! Do you prefer some rumpy-pumpy to run and jumpy? Would you rather a quick bunk-up to a shoot 'em up? According to PS3pricecompare.co.uk a third of men in the UK… Read full entry
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Nintendo DSi Reviewed
72 user commentsNow more of a handheld entertainment device than a pure gaming console, the newest Nintendo DS feels slick and has great potential.The latest DS transformation is less dramatic than the shift from DS to DS Lite back in 2006. Nonetheless you'll find it hard going back to the old console… Read full entry
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Nintendo taking control
0 user commentsWith the successor to DS launching in the UK tomorrow we're taking time to think about how Nintendo is engineering its own success but at a cost.A lengthy but worth reading feature has appeared on Edge Online today examining the success of exclusive games available for Nintendo Wii. At its… Read full entry
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Shoot ’em ups sharpen eyesight. Official!
92 user commentsFetch your bi-focals and read that again if you like. A new study by New York State’s Rochester University shows that playing fast-paced videogame blasters can significantly improve ‘contrast sensitivity’ in eyesight. Contrast sensitivity is a medical term referring to the eye’s ability to distinguish between subtle shades of grey… Read full entry
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DS keeps it in the family
1 user commentsGrand Theft Auto recently made its bid for a more mature audience on Nintendo DS, but the little console welcomes the kids back home this weekend. Parents and young children will be glad to see the arrival of two more games in the ‘Imagine' range from Ubisoft out today. "Imagine… Read full entry
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A new future for video games?
9 user commentsIf OnLive, a newly announced games-on-demand service, delivers what it promises you may never need, or want to buy another gaming computer or console again. Ever! We’re quite serious… OnLive is the brainchild of former Eidos CEO Mike McGarvey and WebTV founder Steve Perlman and it has already been seven… Read full entry
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No Street Fighter IV for your Wii? No worries!
2 user commentsWii may have missed out on Capcom's Top 10 brawler, but Nintendo's plucky pint-sized console is by no means out for the count!Street Fighter IV has become one of our most-played games at Yahoo! UK, and we're glad to see it keeping a stranglehold on the All Formats Top 10… Read full entry
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Games don’t kill people…
2 user commentsEarlier this month Tim Kretschmer, a 17 year-old German youth, took his father’s Beretta 9mm pistol and went on a rampage at his former high school that left 15 dead before he turned the gun on himself. He was a keen player of the squad-based shooter, CounterStrike. Can you see… Read full entry
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Nintendo DS comes of age
3 user commentsGrand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars is the first game to be rated BBFC 18 on Nintendo's popular hand-held. Is there room for more? Only Rockstar could be so bold. Flying in the face of public perception of what Nintendo DS could, or even should, be capable of comes Grand Theft Auto… Read full entry
