The Nielsen Co., America’s measuring stick for media consumption, has released its report on what we watched, played and did in 2008, and the results for video gaming are a little surprising.

Buried near the bottom of the report — below…

With every great game released comes one that disappoints, and 2008 was full of disappointments.

Among the dozen or so games Game Guy received per week last year, perhaps half were destined for the round file. (He doesn’t actually toss them,…

With the end of the 2008 holiday vacation season just two days away, the opportunity to spend all hours playing games with friends and family draws to a close as well.

But by now, everyone has had a chance to sift…

It’s an Olympic year again, and what better way to highlight the thrill of victory and agony of defeat than to create a video game that mimics the Games?

Sega Corp. says it will take the lead on that with “Beijing 2008:…