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04.05.2009 5:06 pm

What is the future of PC gaming?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

So, what’s next for computer-based gaming? Is it dying like newspapers, as some think? Or is there more to the medium than most people grasp?

A growing contingent of console lovers think the industry may shift away from it entirely, driven…

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04.05.2009 1:39 pm

Nintendo DSi: A different kind of fun

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In Game Guy’s office are four Nintendo DSes — three Lites of various colors and an original model from 2004. In his hands at home today, however, is the new DSi — the “i” is supposed to mean “individual,” or…

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04.03.2009 7:45 am

Linux game console ready to ship

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Another notable name is set to join the gaming fray. Check out details of the new EVO Smart Console built on a Linux platform and just now hitting the market. Preorders will be accepted starting April 10, though with a price…

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03.31.2009 11:54 am

PlayStation 2 price cut could stunt gaming’s growth

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Sony's 10-year-old PlayStation 2 might change our thinking about video games.

Sony's 10-year-old PlayStation 2 may change our thinking on video games.

Thanks to Sony, video gaming may have stopped evolving.

Today, the company announced it was dropping the price of its decade-old PlayStation 2 consoles to $99, plus sales tax, from $130. This…

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01.14.2009 8:32 am

Nintendo DSi: Christmas in April?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Rumors throughout the game-tech community are putting Nintendo’s new DSi handheld console in U.S. hands by April.

DSi, the upgrade to Nintendo’s three-year old “dual screen lite” device, features slightly larger viewing screens, a slimmer profile than DS Lite, a built-in camera,…

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12.15.2008 9:04 am

Xbox 360 theft at Missouri university solved using console’s controller

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

My father worked nearly three decades as a police detective and excelled at his job. One time, I asked what was at the root of his success and he revealed a key secret to crime-fighting:

Most crooks are idiots.

Hollywood leads us…

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11.20.2008 8:04 pm

Has the New Xbox Experience ‘bricked’ your Xbox 360?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

OK, the launch day “crisis” with the New Xbox Experience seems to be dying down. Issues with Netflix streaming appear resolved, and the live Marketplace is working better today than Wednesday. I’ve heard the Web storefront still has bugs, though.

Chalk all this…

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11.09.2008 8:30 am

The odyssey of the game controller

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Ever wanted to know where the game controller originated and how it evolved into something like the Wii wand?

This site does a fair job of charting how controllers have evolved over the past generation by depicting them on a “family tree”…

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10.23.2008 8:00 am

Another ‘Monopoly’ hits the video game stores

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Went shopping late Wednesday. Shopping for games, of course. Found “Monopoly” on the shelf.

Not the board game. The latest digital one — for Xbox 360, PlayStations 2 and 3, and Wii. A version of it is available for mobile phones, iPod and…

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07.12.2008 12:10 am

The next evolution in motion-sensitive gaming — maybe

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Darwin photo from Motus GamesPerhaps you’re looking at the future of hands-on gaming.

It’s called Darwin, and it’s a motion-sensitive game controller rumored to work with Microsoft’s Xbox 360, and maybe Sony’s PlayStation 3. Manufacturer Motus Games unveiled the two-part device Friday, after months of speculation over…

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