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I Love The Concept Of Video Games Live

by Matt Waitt [ Friday, 10th of February 2012 - 02:00 PM ]

In my travels through the often harsh lands of television, I have come across what might be one of the most amazing things I have ever laid my eyes on: A symphony covering video game themes. If you guys don't already know "Video Games Live" is one part rock concert, one part festival, one part classical symphony concert and all parts amazing. Video Games Live is the brainchild of the legendary video game composers Tommy Tallarico and Jack Wall, featuring an immersive event with music from your favorite video games performed by top orchestras and choirs. Read More...

Tags: Video Games Live, Music, Megaman, Castlevania, World Of Warcraft, Assassins Creed,

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Real Life Metal Slug

by Matt Waitt [ Tuesday, 6th of September 2011 - 03:11 PM ]

Again in my travels across the lush open world of YouTube I have come across a golden gem; A short little film by Andrewfilms of how awesome it would be to play Metal Slug via Augmented reality. A great show of post editing skills, makes this a must see viral video. The short captures the good old nostalgia of Metal Slug, a truly epic series of running and gunning. Read More...

Tags: Andrewfilms, Metal Slug, Video Games, YouTube, Zombies, Augmented Reality,

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Virtual Reality To An Extreme

by David 'Hades' Becker [ Friday, 22nd of April 2011 - 11:55 AM ]

In the pursuit of making games 100% immersive there are an ass ton of gadgets, gizmos and displays to make you feel truly in the middle of the action. That is what the whole motion controller craze and revitalization of 3D is all about isn't it? But no one will rest until you can fully experience the game world as if you were truly standing there and walking around it. Read More...

Tags: Video Games, Virtual Reality, XIO, FPS, PC, Games,

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Get Your Art Shown Off At E3 2011

by David 'Hades' Becker [ Wednesday, 16th of March 2011 - 09:32 AM ]

Hey aspiring artist gamers, wouldn't that be amazing? To get you artwork shown off in one of the largest gaming conventions? Too good to be true is what I am sure you are thinking, but again you have your chance to get your art viewed. Read More...

Tags: Video Games, E3, ESA, AIAS, Art, Culture,

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Next Gen 360?

by David 'Hades' Becker [ Wednesday, 9th of March 2011 - 10:21 AM ]

By Matt Waitt Microsoft has recently posted a few job listings on their website, which suspiciously looks a lot like some console building jobs. The job listings include: A Graphics Hardware Architect stating "The ideal candidate should have a broad background in 3D graphics rendering architectures and algorithms (ideally with gaming applications in mind), 3D software pipelines, and physics." As well as "a solid understanding of graphics hardware implementation, including design methodologies and production yield and cost analysis. Read More...

Tags: Video Games, Consoles, XBox, 360, 720,

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International Philosophy Conference Has Games On The Mind

by Brian Bentley [ Thursday, 16th of December 2010 - 04:29 AM ]

Editor's Note: This article was written by my wife, Vanessa (Gorley) Bentley. You can find her on Twitter, Pwned, or teaching a Videogames and Philosophy course at the University of Cincinnati. From April 6-9, 2011, philosophers and academics will be meeting to discuss some of the most important and pressing issues of the 21st century: video games and identity. Read More...

Tags: Philosophy, Video Games and Philosophy, Conference, Philosophy,

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Redbox To Offer Video Game Rentals

by Corey Dockendorf [ Wednesday, 13th of October 2010 - 01:23 PM ]

You may have heard that back in July Redbox was testing the gaming market waters to see if it could pull in more revenue. Well it looks like everything has gone pretty well and Redbox will be providing the service to thousands of kiosks nationwide. The service is not available yet, but is expected to launch later this month. Read More...

Tags: Redbox, Video Games, Movies,

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Gamer Teaches That Philosophy & Video Games Can Mix

by Brian Bentley [ Friday, 16th of July 2010 - 11:32 AM ]

Today at the University of Cincinnati, students began their next summer session. While normally a Philosophy class on your schedule may be cause for alarm, a class full of students is tackling Philosophy in video games. Designed by Philosophy Ph. Read More...

Tags: Philosophy, UC, Philosophy In Video Games,

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Video Games Live Lives In Your Living Room

by Kevin [ Monday, 7th of June 2010 - 10:26 AM ]

Popular concert series Video Games Live has announced a crazy line-up of the of some of the most familiar and epic video game soundtracks for a new 90-minute special they are filming for PBS. Now, Video Games Live has been around for a while and is the brainchild of game music composer Tommy Tallirico and Jack Wall. For the unitiated, Video Games Live consists of video game music performed by a live orchestra with game footage and different lighting effects to coincide with the footage. Read More...

Tags: Video Games Live, PBS, Video Game Music, Tommy Tallirico, Jack Wall,

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Games In A Flash

by Corey Dockendorf [ Thursday, 4th of March 2010 - 01:32 PM ]

Flash games are the best way to kill time at work, at school, or waiting for the next Blizzard game to be released. With all the new console games coming out every week, we seem to overlook some developers that create entertaining games for FREE! Day after day folks are pouring out innovative and new game ideas all the time. Read More...

Tags: Flash, Adobe, Video Games, PC,

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ESPN Coming To XBox 360

by Corey Dockendorf [ Tuesday, 19th of January 2010 - 06:28 PM ]

With all the consoles (finally) starting to stream digital media, either from Netflix, or from online stores, it seems that the only natural progression would be to start showing live TV shows/sporting events. ESPN were in talks with Microsoft in a very "private" meeting, about the possibility to stream sporting events live on the XBox 360. Of course fee's would be involved but now your average gamer, on any given sunday, could sit at home and switch back and forth from Madden '10 to whatever football game was on. Read More...

Tags: Microsoft, XBox 360, ESPN, Video Games,

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Nintendo and Xbox want to Monitor your health

by Corey Dockendorf [ Monday, 21st of December 2009 - 07:14 PM ]

Ever wonder what it would be like to hook yourself up to your Xbox or Nintendo Wii and have it monitor certain vitality signs, use the data to change your avatar accordingly, or tell you what your feeling during certain points of a video game. Imagine status updates but from your internal Biology, take that Facebook!Microsoft recently patented tracking of players physical characteristics and converting that information to reflect on your avatar. Read More...

Tags: xbox, nintendo, wii, biometrics, video games,

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And The 2009 VGA Winners Are....

by Binh Nguyen [ Saturday, 12th of December 2009 - 09:18 PM ]

On December 12th of ’09, Spike TV held their 7th annual Video Games Award. The Nominees were in, the ballets were turned in and it was time to find out who won. We could go through every award, but we all know we just want to know who won the 2009 Game of the Year. Read More...

Tags: Video Games Award, VGA09, Uncharted 2, Halo Reach, Spike TV,

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The World Doesn't Need More Dragons

by Corey Dockendorf [ Tuesday, 24th of November 2009 - 08:55 AM ]

Jeff Strain announced Monday his new Video Game Development studio Undead Labs. Whats this? You don't know who Jeff Strain is you say? Read More...

Tags: Undead Labs, Zombies, MMO, Video Games,

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Team Fortress 2 Releases The Pumpkin Patch

by Corey Dockendorf [ Friday, 30th of October 2009 - 07:19 AM ]

Alright Team Fortress 2 fans, it’s Halloween and the TF2 crew has put together a new update to bring in the holiday fear. “The Terrifying Team Fortress Haunted Hallowe’en Special” went live today and will continue on until November 2nd. This holiday update is a goody bag of tricks and treats, from Exploding pumpkins, a ghastly gimbus (wtf? Read More...

Tags: TF2, PC, Video Games, Team Fortress 2, Halloween,

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