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04.20.2009 10:51 am

Where there’s a Will, there’s a whine

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

amers have taken a lot of body blows over time — attacks on their maturity, their character, their looks — because people have problems believing that anyone who plays video games can be a serious-thinking person at the same time.

It’s…

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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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02.22.2009 11:59 pm

Game Guy goes on hiatus

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

furlough [fur-loh] n. — a usually temporary layoff from work

Sometimes the business of journalism is just that, business.

At Game Guy HQ, managed by the Post-Dispatch and its parent company, Lee Enterprises, business is coming before pleasure for the game players around…

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11.10.2008 3:01 pm

Obama: Friend or foe of video games?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

America woke up with a party hangover last Wednesday that it still doesn’t want to shake. The night before, we did something that many people thought impossible as late as that afternoon: We chose a honest to goodness African-American man…

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08.24.2008 11:17 pm

Gaming is more popular than porn? Yeah, right

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Is this even possible?

Maybe only in Australia.

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07.23.2008 9:59 am

The one thing that could re-invigorate Xbox 360

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Xbox Live logoBarring all the bluster at E3 last week, saying Xbox 360 was “the king” of gaming, Microsoft’s game console faces real challenges.

The system still suffers from chronic red-ring-of-death breakdowns, Nintendo’s Wii supplanted it from the top spot on the best-selling-systems list … we…

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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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06.30.2008 11:54 pm

Farewell, Windows XP; we hardly knew ye

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Windows XP iconGamers, get used to Microsoft Vista, whether you like it or not. Today, Microsoft just kicked its predecessor, Windows XP, out the door.

That means no new computers will be sold at major retailers with XP preinstalled. To get it, you’ll…

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