Keeping a Hawk-Eye on those miserable Wii kids
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Technology is bad, m'kay Column The idea that Britain is the worst place in the developed world to be a child has been popping up in comment pieces ever since February this year, when The Children's Society announced its new website. This month for the first time, computer games were added to the list of demons tormenting British youth.â¦
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No wonder people love computer and video games. They&#39;re realistic, fast-paced, interactive and challenging. Just about any age can play.
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Plenty of video games promise 40 hours of play, but who has the time? That's right, those hard-core, teenage players who occupy the other side of that raging demographic schism, that's who. Commentary by Clive Thompson.
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Considering everything else that children do obsessively, is it bad for them to play Xbox for money?
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By Dorsey Griffith, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 22--Everyone knows someone like this: The guy who sits for hours, playing video games, his heart racing as he pummels animated bad guys with controller-driven automatic weapons.
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Hobby and student game makers are getting a chance to make games for the Wii console.
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Six days a week, teens crowd the Blue Screen Gaming cybercafe to hunt each other down with assault rifles inside virtual computer worlds. In these video game halls, nobody gets hurt. But real-life violence has flared around some of these businesses, prompting municipal crackdowns.
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Whatever other accolades the Nintendo Wii might receive, it has already grabbed the title of this season's Scarcest Electronic Gift. Retailers and desperate parents alike tell similar tales of Wiis being sold so quickly that sightings of new shipments are big news.
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Video gamers relish violence on the screen but now players are becoming victims themselves -- of the latest gaming technology in which a wireless, wand-like device is used to direct on-screen action.
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Beleaguered parents hunting down a must-have games console for this Christmas are being told to keep on hassling their local games retailer - and keep their fingers crossed.
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Video gamers are getting younger and younger. And parents and the video game industry agree that the implications are likely to be enormous.
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By 9 a.m., the line outside Manhattan's Nintendo World store was snaking down the block. More than 100 hopeful Wii owners came from as far as New Jersey &#151; some as early as 6 a.m. with kids and grandparents in tow &#151; to get their hands on the gaming console best known for its wireless, motion-sensitive controller.
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Nintendo Co. Ltd.  has  some cautionary advice for players of its Wii video game  console: when waving the controller, use the wrist strap, keep  your palms dry and, whatever you do, don't let go.
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More than 100 hopeful Wii owners came from as far as New Jersey &#151; some as early as 6 a.m. with kids and grandparents in tow &#151; to get their hands on the gaming console best known for its wireless, motion-sensitive controller.
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Shortages of Nintendo Wii consoles leave some gamers who pre-ordered the new machine frustrated.
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Readers chime in on the future of video games and the dehumanizing pace of modern life.
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By Jelena Skopelja, Daily News, New York  Dec. 17--A shortage of Nintendo's wildly popular Wii video console has  some holiday shoppers on the hunt.  "We've looked everywhere," said Valerie Tyson, who had children Justin,  9, and Claire, 6, in tow yesterday.