• Gaming and Used Sales Boom During Recession, Says Nielsen

  
  Study suggests the number of hours gamers spent playing games and sales of used games rose in part because of the recession.

• Frag Doll Wannabe: One Woman’s Quest to Become a Girl-Gamer Idol

  
  Kristin Reilly spent months playing games, making videos, and tolerating sometimes obnoxious male gamers, all to become a Frag Doll, one of a team of female gaming ambassadors.
• Getting the Message: Storytelling in Video Games
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• Batman Fans Will Go Bat-Crazy for Arkham Asylum
• EVE Online 'Apocrypha 1.5' Expansion Due in August
• Make Your Own Xbox Games With Kodu
• Wheel of Fortune for IPhone
• Fast & Furious for IPhone
• Xbox 360 Dashboard Ads to Get Animation, Audio

Gaming How-Tos

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Gaming News

• Six Dead-Simple Games for Lazy Players Laziness isn't a crime (especially when it comes to games)!
• Gaming and Used Sales Boom During Recession, Says Nielsen Study suggests the number of hours gamers spent playing games and sales of used games rose in part because of the recession.
• EVE Online 'Apocrypha 1.5' Expansion Due in August CCP Games producer Torfi Frans Olafsson recently posted a blog update indicating what kind of changes players can expect in the next evolution of the online...
• Getting the Message: Storytelling in Video Games Are you satisfied with storytelling in games? I'm not, and here's why.
• Batman Fans Will Go Bat-Crazy for Arkham Asylum Here are eight giant reasons why you'll want to play Batman's gritty upcoming adventure.

Gaming Playing in PCW Video

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  Intel Day: New Car Technologies and 3D Game Graphics Intel shows off a new technique for ray tracing in games, and new concepts for integrating mobile devices and on-the-go data updates with your car.
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  Hands Take Flight with the Peregrine Sensory Input Gaming Glove Iron Will Technologies debuts a sensory input glove for gamers, called the Peregrine.
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  New Wii Remote and Fresh Games at e3 Nintendo showed a slew of products for the Wii at the big e3 gaming gathering, including the new Wii Motion Plus remote control.

Gaming Slideshows

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• 20 Games That Changed Gaming Forever The 20 most innovative games ever made.

Gaming Reviews

• Wheel of Fortune for IPhone "PRETT- G--D"
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• 2XL Supercross for IPhone 2XL Supercross from 2XL Games is a motocross racing game for the iPhone and iPod touch full of high flying jumps and mud-slinging competition sure to get...
• The Sims 3 for IPhone Some game companies try to build games for the iPhone from the ground up. Others take titles from other platforms and try to cram them into the small iPhone box...