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Museum launches World Video Game Hall of Fame

May 3, 2016

Museum launches World Video Game Hall of Fame

The Strong – a Rochester, New York-based museum dedicated to the “history and exploration of play” – announced that it will establish the World Video Game Hall of Fame. This new hall will honor electronic games, a broad category that includes console, handheld, mobile, computer, and classic arcade video games.

‘Exploding Kittens’ card game breaks Kickstarter record

May 3, 2016

‘Exploding Kittens’ card game breaks Kickstarter record

Even in an era of state-of-the-art video games, there’s still huge interest in quirky card games, as evidenced by the success of “Exploding Kittens.” A crowd funding phenomenon, the card game has broken the record for most backers on Kickstarter.

Can mobile gamers improve airport security?

May 3, 2016

Can mobile gamers improve airport security?

Could playing a video game on your smartphone improve airport security? The creators of the mobile game “Airport Scanner” are helping Duke University researchers crowdsource vast amounts of data on how the human brain finds (and misses) key items during searches.

Man dies after 3-day video gaming binge

May 3, 2016

Man dies after 3-day video gaming binge

A video gamer in Taiwan has died after a 3-day gaming binge, the country’s second “sudden death” involving an Internet café customer this year.

5 things Minecraft teaches kids (plus one bad thing, too)

May 3, 2016

5 things Minecraft teaches kids (plus one bad thing, too)

The popular build-and-survive video game Minecraft could very well be the most surprising tech success of this decade. Created in 2009 by programmer Markus "Notch" Persson, expanded by a small team, and advertised mostly by word of mouth, it now has more than 100 million users. To drive home its success, Microsoft bought the game a few months ago for a staggering $2.5 billion.

Rand Paul campaign releases ‘selfie’ app -- Twitter erupts

May 2, 2016

Rand Paul campaign releases ‘selfie’ app -- Twitter erupts

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul’s 2016 campaign released a new app for smartphones this week, giving fans the the opportunity to shoot down other campaign logos in a video game and to take a virtual selfie with him – a function that quickly sparked mischief on social media.

Nintendo NX launching March 2017, new mobile games on way

April 27, 2016

Nintendo NX launching March 2017, new mobile games on way

Nintendo's new console is less than a year away.

VR to hit big in 2016, mostly in games

April 22, 2016

VR to hit big in 2016, mostly in games

IDC says video games will "clearly be the lead rationale" for folks to pick up a VR headset this year.

Gear that takes your gaming to the next level

April 21, 2016

Gear that takes your gaming to the next level

'Dark Souls 3' review: Difficult but totally rewarding

April 15, 2016

'Dark Souls 3' review: Difficult but totally rewarding

Challenging but consistently compelling, FromSoftware’s new “Dark Souls 3” will have you fighting adversaries for hours while telling yourself "this will be the one!” The latest installment in the “Dark Souls” series continues the great impression created by its predecessors.