Word: gamers
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...minute television ad for Microsoft’s latest video game, “Gears of War,” started a revolution in gamer culture?Touted by many as the pivotal “killer application” of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console leading into the Christmas rush—just as the wildly popular shoot-em-up “Halo” was the game that drove sales of the original Xbox—“Gears” is a violent tactical shooter, with photorealistic graphics and elegant gameplay.But you?...
Last Friday, Nintendo's new $250 videogame console arrived and in spite of being an admitted non-gamer, I was giddy with anticipation. I actually caught myself dancing a little jig. That evening, my wife and I were in the family room with another couple. My friend Chris and I got to work, connecting the Wii (pronounced "we" not "why") to a 42-inch Philips LCD TV, while the womenfolk looked on with politely condescending curiosity...
...night by Colgate defensemen. “He actually got hit really hard across the middle one time, got a couple of stitches between periods, but came back and scored the next period,” captain Dylan Reese said. “He’s a gamer, he’s a young leader—he’s just battled so hard.” Both the Crimson and the Raiders (3-6-2, 0-3-1) were forced to rely on their special teams during the opening frame, as the referees whistled the squads...
...gamer playing the role of a U.N. commander during the Rwandan genocide is confronted with grim trade-offs, such as choosing whether to fax the U.N. or save the Prime Minister. Licensed to schools, the game has been incorporated into thousands of curriculums in Canada, Britain and South Africa, and will hit the U.S. this fall. Next up from Resolve Labs: Pax Prosecutor, about the indictment of Slobodan Milosevic for war crimes...
...Aiming for New Gamers "A Game for All Ages" [May 15] reported that Nintendo hopes its new game controller, which senses a player's hand movements, will appeal to girls and grandparents. As a female gamer who has been playing video games since the days of Pac-Man, I am always amused by game companies that feel the need to target female gamers. Not one of the games aimed at girls has appealed to me. You know what I want in a game? How about realistic female characters instead of bouncy, skinny, half-naked ones? I have given up playing...