...tory? If we did that would turn the violence and sex in video games into a good thing and if it sells, then that is a great thing. Perhaps we can balance out the negative potential impact on young human minds with a positive?

We know in the future that such games will become virtual reality and these types of platforms will be used as simulators for learning skills, so why not start now and produce more teaching tools, rather than only producing the action attack genres because they sell the best?

Now then that is not to say that the competition for the visual sense of the mind will not be won over by the Jerry Springer Shows of the World or the vindictiveness of Reality TV on shows like Youre F...more

video game Evolution

... Tom Cruise. Besides all the games, he has starred in 3 cartoon series, one major motion picture (although they did use live actors instead of the character). In a 1991 poll, it was found more kids could identify a picture of Mario than Mickey Mouse.

The 1990's brought us into the "shooters" era with games such as Wolfenstein 3D and Doom. Following Doom, the retail publishers and developers began to earnestly mimic the practice of offering demos, which had the effect of reducing shareware's appeal for the rest of the decade. During this time, the increasing computing power of personal computers began to allow rudimentary 3D graphics. 1993's Doom in particular was largely responsible for defining the genre and setting it apart from other first-person perspective games. The mid 90's brought us genra games such as the "Sim" games, beginning with SimCity, and continuing with a variety of titles, such as SimEarth, SimCity 2000, SimAnt, SimTower, and the wildly popular day to day life simulator, The Sims in 2000. The 90s also saw the beginnings...more

Xbox 360 Overheating - Learn to Prevent the 3 Red Light error

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The Xbox 360 is a high performance gaming system that uses a ton of processing power. This in turn can cause the Xbox 360 to become too hot for the system to function properly and often the system will simply turn off. Sometimes 3 of the Rings around the controller circle will flash which is why this problem is often referred to as the 3 Red Light error or the Red Lights of Death. Fortunately there are a few ways that you can prevent your Xbox 360 from overheating and help prolong the life of ...more

Will The Wii and PS3 Make a Buy for GameStop?

...ing out of pre-orders for these revolutionary gaming consoles, with the strong support of games available for these systems, along with a high price retailed, for at least the PS3, loyal gamers, whether they can truthfully afford the system or not, will not be hesitant to immediately purchase their respective console as soon as they can. What that means is that a company like GameStop will seem a tremendous boost in fundamentals because of large sales and purchases. Already looking at margin increases over the past year after Microsofts Xbox 360 released, GameStop has produced over a 70% increase in revenue which includes doubling its operating income. If such fundamentals grew at such high levels just based on one system release, imagine how both Nintendos Wii and Sonys PS3 will be beneficial to thi...more