When War Games Meet Video Games
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A Department of Defense group tests a new battle simulator to see what it can learn about urban combat. But this ain't no SimCity. By Amit Asaravala.
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The newest piece of hardware in the video game wars, the Nintendo DS hand-held console, is out to prove that two is better than one.
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The military has quietly become an industry leader in video-game design, creating games to train and even recruit the soldiers of the PlayStation generation. Will virtual boot camp make combat more real or more surreal?
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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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Game invites users to play the role of JFK's assassin, causing some observers to wonder whether video games have gone too far.
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As boisterous teenagers wage bloody beast  wars in virtual universes at a clamorous downtown Internet  cafe, a handful of men, oblivious to the din, stare transfixed  at an ancient, slow-paced, black-and-white board game on their  screens.
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The video game wars, particularly between top rivals Sony and Nintendo, are in heavy battle mode during the holiday season, with stores struggling to keep enough of the hottest consoles and game titles on the shelves to satisfy hungry gift-buyers. -washingtonpost.com
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Today's cutting-edge video games have the look and sound of movies; some even have blockbuster budgets. But even game developers concede that their creations usually lack the emotional impact of a great film or book. Bridging that gap will be a key topic at the Game Developers Conference this week in San Francisco, a five-day gathering that attracts the industry's talent pool.
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When you first pick up Star Wars: Battlefront, if you&#39;re a seasoned gamer, it will be hard to get a three-word description out of your head.
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This season&#39;s blockbuster video games give players the opportunity to hijack cars, mow down the walking undead with heavy artillery, shoot police officers and ogle topless women.
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In recent years bellwethers like Electronic Arts have come to treat the process of game making as a virtual factory. But now Electronic Arts is finally coming to its senses.
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Electronic Arts seems to be stuck in another time and place.
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Can the latest high-powered consoles offer more than videogames? You bet.
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Just over a year ago, Joe Barlow, a paramedic in Illinois, spent a week testing a computer game called Incident Commander, a training simulator that gives players a lead role in managing crisis situations such as terrorist attacks and natural disasters.
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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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Hollywood visual effects wizards and video game programmers: U.S. military doctors want you.
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A video game company hopes to cash in on the publicity surrounding Sen. John Kerry's Vietnam service by sending players on a simulation of the Swift Boat mission that won the Democratic presidential candidate the Silver Star.