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Video game review: Mario Kart Wii 5 May 08, 21:28 ET RATING: (ALERT VIEWER)Mario Kart Wii: Racing. Publisher/developer: Nintendo. (For Wii. $49.99. ESRB rating: E for everyone.) Haven't we driven down this road before? There's definitely deja vu with the latest Mario Kart, a familiar game making the leap to the... more Spielberg switches direction to family video games 5 May 08, 21:11 ET With one of the summer's most anticipated blockbusters the return of Indiana Jones due in theaters in less than three weeks, you'd expect producer Steven Spielberg to be all about movies right now. But here he is, enthusiastically chatting up another subject dear to his heart: video games. more Video game publisher sues over ads 5 May 08, 21:05 ET The publisher of the controversial Grand Theft Auto 4 video game has sued the Chicago Transit Authority, accusing it of pulling ads promoting the blockbuster without explanation. more U.S. airlines bump up digital fun 5 May 08, 20:44 ET More airlines are rolling out high-end in-flight entertainment products in the economy cabin, ushering in an era in which passengers have greater control and selection of movies, songs and video games. more Review Shows NASA Employees Bought Seemingly Personal Items 5 May 08, 18:51 ET A newspaper is reporting that video games, jewelry and iPods are among the charges that NASA employees are making with government credit cards. more The debate over stereotypes in video games has become a no-win ... 5 May 08, 18:12 ET "When you're younger, you're not cognizant of these stereotypes," Jonathan Priester (above) says of video games. "As you grow older it becomes more and more ... more "Grand Theft Auto" publisher sues over pulled ads 5 May 08, 17:57 ET The publisher of the controversial "Grand Theft Auto 4" video game sued the Chicago Transit Authority on Monday, accusing it of pulling ads promoting the blockbuster without explanation. more Real Opportunity or Hype?: Video Games and Insurance 5 May 08, 17:30 ET By Nathan Conz As a member of the I&T editorial team, I’m constantly inundated with new product announcements, story pitches and press releases -- with each ... more Video Game Slayings 5 May 08, 17:22 ET By AP A defense lawyer says three men convicted of killing six people over an Xbox video game system should have received separate trials. ... more Report: NASA Credit Cards Used for Personal Items 5 May 08, 17:19 ET NASA employees have used government credit cards to buy items such as iPods, video games and jewelry, and they've sidestepped competitive bidding rules designed to save taxpayers money on large purchases, a newspaper reported Sunday. more Toddlers found wandering while parents played video games 5 May 08, 16:51 ET TAMPA, FL -- A Tampa couple was arrested Sunday after two toddlers were found wandering a local motel, unattended. Lavon Rowells, 23, and his wife Christina ... more Video Game News: "'Grand Theft Auto" backlash begins 5 May 08, 16:40 ET - DRIVEN INSANE: Now that the year's biggest video game has arrived, it may be time to add a new feature to this column: Who's Mad at "Grand Theft Auto IV" ... more SpeedRacer: The Video Game arrives this week 5 May 08, 16:13 ET Last week Nintendo Wii fans looking for a bit of race car excitement were treated to the release of Mario Kart Wii. This week Nintendo Wii and DS owners ... more Toddlers found wandering, parents arrested 5 May 08, 15:48 ET TAMPA -- Police accused a mother and father of leaving two toddlers alone in a motel while the parents left to play video games. Lavon B. Rowells, 23, and Christina M. Rowells, 24, were arrested today on charges of child... more Police search for five suspects in a home invasion 5 May 08, 15:47 ET Florence Police are searching for five suspects in a home invasion. It happened early Monday morning at the 300 block of Royal Street at the Magnolia Trace Apartments. Police said two men were playing video games and the back door of the apartment was kicked in. Five people entered the residence, three with hand guns and two with shot guns. Police said the two men were told the lay on the ... more VIDEO-GAME NEWS: 'Grand Theft Auto' backlash begins 5 May 08, 15:02 ET News from the virtual world: more UMBC offers video game classes 5 May 08, 13:52 ET CATONSVILLE (AP) - "Using SLERP on quarternians is the best way to avoid gimble lock," the lecturer told a class the University of Maryland, ... more Supreme Court hears death sentence appeal in video game slayings 5 May 08, 13:14 ET AP TALLAHASSEE - A defense lawyer says three men convicted of killing six people over an Xbox video game system should have received separate trials. ... more Wee hands born to hold the remote 5 May 08, 12:45 ET video games It's scary to see how quickly kids learn to use Nintendo's Wii game controllers. It's as if their wee hands were born to hold the Remote and Nunchuk. more Kung Fu Panda video game demo 5 May 08, 10:46 ET Kung Fu Panda video game demo on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. ... more Police: Tots Roam Tampa Motel As Parents Play Video Games 5 May 08, 10:28 ET TAMPA - Lavon Rowells was so focused on playing video games, police say, that he lost track of time and let his two toddlers wander in a motel for several hours Sunday night. more Paper: NASA workers bought personal items 5 May 08, 09:27 ET HOUSTON - NASA employees have used government credit cards to buy items such as iPods, video games and jewelry, and they've sidestepped competitive bidding rules designed to save taxpayers money on large purchases, a newspaper reported Sunday.The Houston Chronicle analyzed 451,000 charges, totaling more than $265 million, made on NASA purchase cards between January 2004 and July 2007. The ... more Premarket roundup: Activision, Ev3 5 May 08, 09:24 ET Video-game maker Activision Inc. will likely post strong fiscal fourth-quarter growth when it reports this week, an analyst said Monday while raising a price target and adding the company to a list of preferred stocks. more GTA IV: The Biggest Video Game Of All Time Is A Mediocre Movie (TTWO) 5 May 08, 08:40 ET Everyone knows that GTA IV is going to be big -- even though it might not be big enough to help publisher Take-Two (TTWO) fend off Electronic Arts. But just ... more GAMES REVIEW: 3 handheld gems from 'Final Fantasy' house 5 May 08, 08:15 ET AP - In the late 1990s, the Japanese publisher Square could do no wrong. Back in the era of the original PlayStation, Square released one gem after another: blockbusters like "Final Fantasy VII" and "Chrono Cross," lesser-known masterpieces like "Vagrant Story" and "Brave Fencer Musashi," and one of my all-time favorites, the mind-blowing "Xenogears." more TV off, quality of life on for students 5 May 08, 06:26 ET MONTROSE — No television or video games for a whole week — is it possible? A dozen students from Pomona Elementary School said, “no problem,” and found the task much easier than they expected. more Stupid hacker tricks, part two: The folly of youth 5 May 08, 06:00 ET InfoWorld - Ah, youth. Ready to take on the world, today's generation of dynamic, tech-immersed youngsters have grown up alongside the Internet. Firsthand, and sometimes single-handedly, they have advanced some of today's hottest technology trends, from peer-to-peer networking, to massively multiplayer online games, to social networks and instant messaging. And along the way, a small, sociopathic number of them have behaved very, very badly. more Dream job, with or without diploma 5 May 08, 05:11 ET For many teens today, it's a dream job: Making video games. It pays well: an average of $73,000, according to Game Developer magazine. But does it require a college degree? more Men & Their Video Games 5 May 08, 04:53 ET What is it about video games that put men in a distracted coma where they become consumed? A prime example of this is the new game, "Grand Theft Auto IV. ... more Study focuses on video game play 5 May 08, 04:46 ET BY CALEB SHEAFFER Video games usually distract students from school work and are not the school work itself. But for four Misericordia University students ... more 09:39 (BST), 05/05/2008 Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS Leading video game developer and ... 5 May 08, 04:45 ET Leading video game developer and publisher Tecmo® today announced TECMO BOWL®: KICKOFF, exclusively for the Nintendo DS™. Based on the most popular Tecmo Super Bowl™, KICKOFF will deliver to long time fans and newcomers easy to employ controls, fun, huge plays and exciting cut-scenes. more Lathrop student helps make groundbreaking archeological discovery 5 May 08, 04:17 ET While most 17-year-olds are preoccupied with video games and SAT scores, Tim Williams is helping correct history. more Video game consoles are about the games 5 May 08, 04:06 ET By Cliff Roth The excitement and hype swirling around the release of Grand Theft Auto 4 (see Gritty GTA4 may help Sony wrest turf from Microsoft), ... more GOVERNMENT SPENDING 5 May 08, 03:44 ET HOUSTON – NASA employees have used government credit cards to buy items such as iPods, video games and jewelry, and they've sidestepped competitive bidding rules designed to save taxpayers money on large purchases. more The debate over stereotypes in video games has become a no-win ... 5 May 08, 02:34 ET By the time Priester was a teenager, he had decided to limit his play to mentally challenging games such as SimCity and Intelligent Qube. ... more Patrons leave benefit book sale in Chambersburg with bags filled with books 5 May 08, 02:24 ET CHAMBERSBURG -- In today's busy and technologically advanced world, there are still people who would rather curl up with a good book than watch television, play video games or even listen to that same book on tape or compact disc. more Video game glorifies destructive behavior 5 May 08, 02:03 ET No parent would want their child to spend a night having sex with hookers, stealing cars, killing for hire and shooting cops. But it's exactly what makes up ... more Gamers, Guinness has a record book just for you 5 May 08, 01:44 ET If you own one of the 155 million Pokemon video games ever sold or if you love to burn off calories playing Dance Dance Revolution, Guinness World Records wants to add this new book to your at-home library. more Dr. Video Game? 5 May 08, 01:26 ET If proponents of video and computer games are right, the generation that grew up honing its hand-eye coordination by shooting aliens in Halo should be ... more Video game ban stalls as new player comes to town 5 May 08, 00:12 ET About the same time Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino's pet project to rid the state of violent video games among minors hit a wall, one of the makers of one of most violent video games was setting up shop in the Bay State. more

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