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Tiny helicopter piloted by human thoughts

October 22, 2015

Tiny helicopter piloted by human thoughts

You may have had remote controlled airplanes growing up, but they probably weren't as cool as the quadcopter.

Chinese videogame lets players attack Japanese forces over island dispute

October 22, 2015

Chinese videogame lets players attack Japanese forces over island dispute

China and Japan are deadlocked over control of an island chain in the East China Sea, but now a nationalist newspaper is letting gamers decide the issue – with force.

Online game servers full of security holes

October 22, 2015

Online game servers full of security holes

It's bad enough that hackers could compromise multiplayer servers for a number of popular first-person shooters, but it's potentially even worse that they could use the same knowledge to infiltrate the U.S.

Can the new Xbox One save gaming?

October 22, 2015

Can the new Xbox One save gaming?

For years -- and I mean years -- consumer electronics and computer companies have been struggling to replace the panoply of boxes hanging off American televisions. Game consoles, DVD players, cable boxes, DVRs -- it's a mess. Can the Xbox One fix all that?

Video games embrace non-white protagonists

October 22, 2015

Video games embrace non-white protagonists

Compared to the pasty, bearded programmers of the 1980s, the pasty, awkward nerds of the 1990s or the pasty, shrieking teenagers of the 2000s, gamer culture is finally learning to embrace people from all races, genders and lifestyles.

Review: Kratos is exhausted in latest 'God of War'

October 22, 2015

Review: Kratos is exhausted in latest 'God of War'

"God of War: Ascension" (for the PlayStation 3, $59.99) brings back the old grouch for another round of bone-crunching, head-splitting mayhem

'SimCity' launch proves disastrous

October 22, 2015

'SimCity' launch proves disastrous

As one of the most Internet-savvy demographics on the Web, gamers are generally the wrong group to provoke.

Are video games getting more violent?

October 22, 2015

Are video games getting more violent?

In the unlimited universe game developers can work in, violent titles with body parts that explode all over the screen are increasingly more common -- dominating store shelves and gamers minds.

NY museum calls Pac-Man, Tetris 'modern art'

October 22, 2015

NY museum calls Pac-Man, Tetris 'modern art'

New York's Museum of Modern Art has officially raised video games to new aesthetic heights by planning a game-only gallery with 40 of the greatest arcade, console and computer hits.

What’s it like to pilot a drone? A lot like 'Call of Duty'

October 22, 2015

What’s it like to pilot a drone? A lot like 'Call of Duty'

Teenagers raised on "Call of Duty" and "Halo" might relish flying a massive Predator drone -- a surprisingly similar activity.