'Grand Theft Auto IV' is exhilarating adventure (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Let's cut right to the chase: Grand Theft Auto IV is not a video game for kids, tweens or even young teenagers. As with its controversial predecessors, the latest in the 70 million unit-selling series is a Mature-rated adventure, created for players 17 years of age and older as it gives you a virtual taste of the criminal underworld. Think of it as an interactive episode of The Sopranos, if you will.
Action games deliver thrills
The truly great action films of our time — "Die Hard," "The Road Warrior," "Aliens," say — can be summed up in one word: relentless. Once they get in gear, they put the pedal to the metal and don't slow down. If only "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Whatever" had such single-minded drive.Macworld - Penny Arcade Adventures game due May...
Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode One will be released on May 21st.
05/14/08
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05/02/08
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GAMES REVIEW: Action heroes
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AP - I don't envy video game designers who have to work on movie tie-ins. Artists have to duplicate the look of a film with a much smaller budget. Writers have to stick pretty...
Depths of Peril action RPG released ...
Macworld.com - Soldak Entertainment has released Depths of Peril for the Macintosh, a new single-player action role playing game (RPG). It costs $19.99 and a playable demo is...
GAMES REVIEW: Action heroes
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Instant Action gaming portal to gain Mac support
Garage Games' Instant Action portal should soon open to Mac gamers, according to the company. Instant Action is a web-based gaming service, but one which concentrates less on casual puzzlers, and more on the action games PC and console users are familiar with. Titles use a modern 3D engine, and include games like Marble Blast Online and the futur...
Spielberg piles on action in charmless Indy sequel (Reuters)
Reuters - "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" seems to be more of a sequel to "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" than to the last film in the adventure series 19 years ago.
Gameworld: Summer movies roll on...
Reuters - Summer blockbuster
movies no longer end with the closing credits with rising
numbers of licensed video games being spun off from Hollywood
adventures, putting the...
07/10/08
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Keeping Up Nintendo's Momentum
After overseeing several years of rapid growth at Nintendo, President Satoru Iwata faces new challenges: how to keep players of the company's videogames interested, and how to...
08/04/08
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'Boom Blox' is a strong title for Wii
“Boom Blox,” a new family game from Electronic Arts and shepherded by director Steven Spielberg, proves that any developer can make a great, involving Wii game when they...
05/13/08
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Designer Miyamoto makes video games...
USATODAY.com - NEW YORK - Shigeru Miyamoto, the father of iconic Nintendo mascot Mario, among many others, doesn't just bring characters to life in his video games. He injects...
05/15/08
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Wii Fit's Sales Likely Healthy ...
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05/17/08
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Spielberg piles on action in charmless Indy sequel (Reuters)
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Boys and girls stay in to play on BBC's virtual island Adventure Rock
Lord of the Flies, the William Golding novel, provides one template for what children stranded on an island might do. So when the BBC decided to set up its own world for children - Adventure Rock - the broadcaster was mindful of the need to create a different environment.
Review: Online play makes `Mario Kart...
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Nintendo set to launch "Wii Fit"...
Reuters - For years, video games have been
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Grand Theft Auto IV: A quick review
To watch the opening scenes of "Grand Theft Auto IV" is to experience the beginning of a new chapter in video game storytelling.
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05/19/08
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Mario Kart makes its debut on the Wii with some great new elements and a strong online offering. The kart racer is still surviving in the HD era.Read More...
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Couch potatoes no more. Nintendo's Wii Fit aims to make you healthier.
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AP - There's no Burger King tie-in or special flavor of Mountain Dew. No commercial directed by Peter Jackson, or even an action figure.