02.01.2008 5:02 pm

Rearrange your opponent’s face with ‘FaceBreaker’

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Virtual pugilism is about to enter a whole new level of … well, weird.

The game “FaceBreaker,” now in development, promises arcade-style boxing with punches so over-the-top hard they rearrange opponents’ faces.

Literally.

Electronic Arts announced the title this week and calls…

Not everyone thinks ‘active’ video games provide exercise

By David Sheets

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Since Nintendo’s Wii console first demonstrated that video games could move more than a person’s thumbs, a growing segment of society has believed the Wii has opened new doors to physical fitness.

Wiis are turning up in retirement homes and physical…

Let’s hope Beijing 2008 doesn’t turn out like Torino 2006

By David Sheets

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…