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Your Very Own Lightsaber – No Jedi Training Required

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Just like anyone else who saw the original “Star Wars” when it was released back in the late ’70s, I’ve always wanted to enter the galactic fray and emerge triumphant in a lightsaber duel, to cross swords with a Dark Side opponent and hear the vwhoom-vwhoom as my saber slices through the air and sparks…

EA to Join Wii Fitness Craze

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Video game publisher Electronic Arts (EA) announced Thursday that it will add to the growing number of fitness games for the Wii with its own entrant, “Sports Active,” set for release in Spring 2009. Developed in collaboration with Bob Greene, fitness expert and personal trainer for Oprah Winfrey, the fitness game will be the first…

Game Makers Going Soft? Don’t Count on It

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The military squad members from the hyperviolent “Gears of War” video game franchise are on your TV screen, sandwiched in between football scoring drives or reality show arguments or autopsies on “CSI Des Moines.” Only there’s not a insectoid killer alien to be seen for miles in this particular commercial. Instead, the game’s central character,…

National Geographic’s First Gaming Adventure a Trip Into Herod’s Tomb

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

National Geographic, publisher of the iconic magazine of the same name, announced a new division Tuesday. National Geographic Games (NGG) will publish and develop games for consoles, handheld systems, mobile systems and online platforms. The games will be developed and published with partners Namco Bandai Games America and Sony Computer Entertainment. “I was very excited…

‘Animal Crossing: City Folk’: Slow, Boring, Lonely

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Among the titles Nintendo highlighted during E3 this year, “Animal Crossing: City Folk” stood out. Previously a bestselling franchise on the Nintendo GameCube, the updated Wii version, Nintendo said, would take advantage of the console’s Internet connection and new Wii Speak microphone accessory to connect gamers with other players near and far. The purported ability…

Study: Gluttonous Gaming Machines Could Use Lesson in Power Management

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

As many industries focus on green technologies like hardware and devices that use less energy, a new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) suggests that makers of video game consoles could do more to cut their hardware’s hunger for electricity. In the U.S., video game consoles consume roughly the same amount of electricity…

Watchdogs Give Video Game Raters, Vendors High Marks

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The National Institute on Media and the Family (NIMF) released its 13th annual video game report card Tuesday. The report’s findings this year are relatively upbeat, with improved grades for retailers and the ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board) for making changes that the institute thinks will decreased the chances that inappropriate games will make their…

Game Consoles, Part 1: The War for the Living Room

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

In the contest to dominate the video gaming landscape, there are three powerful players, each with a magic weapon: Microsoft with its Xbox 360, Nintendo with its Wii, and Sony with its PlayStation 3 (PS3). Like any great heroes, they each have their strengths and weaknesses, though none, it turns out, has a fatal flaw.…

Game Consoles, Part 2: An X-Ray of the Xbox

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Part 1 of this four-part series gives an overview of the game console market this holiday season. Part 2 takes a closer look at the pros and cons of Microsoft’s Xbox 360. For all but the most dedicated gamers, the decision to buy one of the top three gaming consoles is anything but easy. Sunday…

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