Now Playing: a Game That Wants You
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When Microsoft decided to launch a viral marketing campaign around its Windows Vista operating system, it wanted a spectacle that could catch fire among Internet fans.
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I spent large chunks of last year playing the same AAA video games everyone else played: "BioShock," "Rock Band," "Super Mario Galaxy" and so on. But if I actually kept track of my gaming hours, I wouldn't be surprised to find that I spent just as much time enjoying the simpler delights of Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade.
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A 'spoof' online game site tests the adage that no publicity is bad publicity
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A Pac-Man-like game that delivers electric shocks to gamers reveals the brain's reaction to danger.
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Try these (slightly) more palatable tactics.
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A number cruncher wants to use the cost of in-world oral gratification to compare virtual worlds' economies. In Game|Life.
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Even if you don&#39;t particularly like video games, you&#39;d better resign yourself to what appears certain to anyone who has spent a little time with Sony&#39;s new PlayStation Portable.
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These games aren't the best, nor are they the prettiest. &nbsp;Instead, these are the games I played with my friends - the games let us kick the ever-loving-crap out of each other in increasingly fascinating ways. &nbsp;These are the most original head-to-head sleeper hits on the Sony Playstation. Just some fun stuff you might've missed the first time around.
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Makers of online role-playing games aim to attract a diverse crowd--and break out of the fantasy-medieval mold.
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Buddy, can you lend a thumb? MySims, Rune Factory and Drawn to Life give gamers a chance to play the selfless card.
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New game platform apparently can respond to emotions and conscious thoughts to move objects on the screen.
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Pay attention and you might grab a reward.
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Get a peek at a pack of new flying games that will send your spirit soaring or make you sick to your stomach.
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By Clint Cooper, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Dec. 19--Talk about getting up close and personal with your video game.
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For men seeking true romance there is now a new mating game with an unusual twist -- it is virtual and mobile. A fantasy world in which lovesick men can wine and dine a virtual girlfriend
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Games with a political and social agenda have provided a novel take on world events.
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Video game developers,  eager to please all consumers, are increasingly including  features that let gamers play with or against their friends.