Robert B asked:


Now this is a serious question. There is a very large number of videogames on the market and there are many people who play them. Many psychologists claim videogames are harmful to health and that they have become a very large threat to society. What is your opinion about videogames and why?

Rita

Mr. Questions asked:


And do we have to both have and lastly do they have to be my wii friend.

Christopher

Vinnit asked:


You must have heard about 3D movies. Earlier in 1950s, 3D films came but were not liked by the audience much. Then these films returned back in 1980s and now in present times, on the back of new technology, 3D movies are making waves in commercial cinema. Like movies, videogames are not far behind. Whatever technology comes into movies is borrowed into videogames also.

The game development is very much the result of advanced technologies. Earlier games were developed according to the skill of the developers but now it is the user’s interest which is driving the game development. Users want to be the part of the game and revolutionary technology let them to be. Taking into account this curiosity of the users, every day you see development of highly sophisticated players. It leads to the development of 3D games.

There are many 3D games are coming to the market. Some new games like Disney Interactive’s G-Force, Namco’s Invincible Tiger and Ubisoft’s Avatar are liked very much. Many games are attached with films. Many good games are expected to come into the player’s zone soon.

The main building block of a 3D game is the perfect characters which are proportional in dimensions. The designing of these characters has been possible only due to the latest technology in 3D game development. Once the characters are designed and built, they are integrated in the appropriate theme and situation. You can see it on computer, TV screen and digital model.

Designers are able to make perfect characters with deploying user’s expectations with the help of advanced gaming and animation technology. Newer situations are taken into account to develop new characters and new games which are user friendly. Most of the 3D games are developed with the help of 3D Modeling Architecture. This skill and technology make the 3D games full of life. With every passing day, developers are getting new technology to work with. This is creating more sophistication in the 3D games. Latest 3D games are being designed to run on many online servers such as electro servers and redfive servers. There are hosts of online 3D games available.

When buying 3D Games, you must know that you can not watch these games on regular TVs unless you make use of red and blue glasses and this technology is known as the anaglyph. But there are many devices are coming with latest technology which is 3D active.

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Hector

haiku_katie asked:


Now I’m not talking about the debate ‘do game cause kids to be violent’. I’m talking about when you really get into a game, maybe are fightting a boss fight and then you die without saving or if you just do something stupid and and have to redo a lot of the game.
I think I have been able to control most of my ‘kill the PS2′ urges. But my fiancee now is a whole nother matter. He has broken a few controllers and one time (he was still in high school) some kids were deleting his games from his memory card and he pushed them against a wall.
If you have any funnie stories to add thanks.

Nicholas

Dr John Anne asked:


 

Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA IV) is a popular videogame introduced by Rock star north. The game is based on an imaginary Liberty City. This city is completely based on New York City. As the New York City, this city is also very modern city. It is based on Niko Bellic who is a Serbian warrior of Bosnian War who came to U.S. He came to states in search of American Dream.



He also comes there to find his cousin who lends money from him and also promises him to give it back. This game gives experience to the player regarding game. This game is more exciting than its other games of this series. This game is receiving welcoming reviews from the audiences from all over the world.

Qualities



GTA IV is receiving good reviews and becomes highest rated videogame of ever on every game site. This game is not like previous games or other GTAs. This game is much better & exciting game. It can be easily discussed and can be rated well.

The game has all new weapons that give the game realistic touch. New vehicles related to the game are not like fighter jets, hovercrafts, go-karts and jetpacks. Its most realistic and believable game world have ever played before. This game is not parallel to the last ones.

Even the modern city is now even better than previous ones. Game has become more enjoyable and logical now. Firing guns is one more new option adopted by the game. Sometimes it also gives urban warfare; tearing car apart as you hammers them with gunfire. As you know you are playing a game sometimes these fires fled in fear.

Another exciting fact is that, all the work done by Niko is on phones. Phone becomes main means of organizing all the work. Niko has its 15 personal number to contact. It seems that work is going on.

This game is also fit for wallpapers, or music of game is good for ring tones or sings tones. This review will encourage more buyers.



Julie

Trent Oliver asked:


Gaming is amongst the most widespread recreational activities of our generation. Everywhere you go you see people hooked on one game or the other. The most intriguing thing about these videogaming contraptions is they offer a diverse appeal, as folks of all ages enjoy these videogames. The Sony PSP is one of the newest additions to this arena of gizmos and is a device which has varied functions.

Whilst being a gaming tool, it may also play music, flicks and even radio. You can even access the web with the PSP. But gaming remains its first function and educational PSP games are widely popular in view of their widely varied content. They supply entertainment, they are educational and really help to enhance your mental capabilities all at once!

Possibly the best thing with educational PSP games is that they are portable and handy, so you are able to keep playing them wherever you travel. The range of games is massive and varied; if you would like to improve your cerebral talents it’d be smart to go for educational PSP games, eg Word Bubbles. There are three letter sequences during this game from which gamers are prompted to form words. Depending on how long a word you can create, you can move up the bubble. Titles such as this will do wonders to boost your cognitive ability and at the same time give you fun and excitement. There are lots of other games which boost your vocabulary, span of attention and concentration, and will also improve your memory. These games aren’t just limited to children but have equal appeal with the veteran gamers.

Still popular amongst educational PSP games is the enormously popular Raindrops. This provides help in augmenting your ability with maths. It will be ideal for learning kids who must solve a lot of mathematical problems. In this title an equation appears on a rain drop and you have to solve it before the drop lands. The game will tell you how precise and fast you may be under time constraints. Educational PSP games are very advantageous when it comes to your processing and logical training.

If you are concerned about the cost of these educational PSP games you can always download titles from the Internet, though you have to take care about corrupt files and viruses that can ruin your PSP.

Rush out for your educational PSP games today and learn while you play!



Robin

John Musiconi asked:


Children learn quicker at a young age than at any other point in their lives. Nowadays, children are expected to be taught early and parents enroll them in children piano lessons, the Kumon system of math and language, and even swimming lessons.

Because a child’s brain is seemingly limitless, it’s at this time that parents should introduce skills and information to their kids. When these children grow up they maximize their potential and earning achievements in whatever field they choose because they were exposed to broader stimuli.

Kids today can choose from a lengthy array of sports, hobbies, talents and other activities. Some examples include enrolling your child in dance lessons or in arts, but if he or she is musically inclined, why not consider children piano lessons?

Private children piano lessons or even those held in a group don’t come cheap. The online lessons available for children on the Internet today are not only highly convenient and very affordable, many times they are free. If your children are interested in learning a musical instrument rather than play videogames, why don’t you introduce them to the piano? Let your children try a free class before you sign them up for the entire course if you are concerned that they will not be interested in completing an entire program.

If your kids don’t enjoy taking lessons as much as you thought they would, it’s okay if they want to discontinue their lessons because they can always take them up later. If your kid is displaying musical aptitude, continue with the children piano lessons.

As we live in modern times, we find that we’re not left with enough time on our hands for fun activities. When children spend too much time on videogames and television they are not doing much to build skills and knowledge in their lives. Also, we don’t want our children to be exposed to the violence and sex portrayed in these games and shows.

Regardless of the way it is looked at, children piano lessons have many benefits. Skills, when exposed at a young age, are learned much faster. Before you know it, your children will have learned playing the piano so deftly that you’d be amazed at their prowess. Did you know that it is recommended that babies listen to classical music? It is so because music is known to cause babies to be more intelligent and intuitive. At the very least, your children’s eye-hand coordination would improve.

Lives are infinitely more interesting with the ability to make music. Decades from now, your children will have realized how this first step of enrolling them in a music class propelled them to greater heights.



Suzanne

Subhash asked:


Microsoft’s video games could get much more Hollywood excitement and drama as the company today announced that it will create Wingnut, a new game studio in cooperation with Academy award winning writer, director, and producer Peter Jackson as well as Academy Award-winning screenwriter Fran Walsh.

According to an announcement made Wednesday, Jackson and Walsh will be deeply involved in key titles to be published under various Microsoft brands. In a first stage, the parties will collaborate to develop two new “interactive entertainment series” for the Xbox 360 and Xbox Live, the first of which will be a sequel to Halo and the second “will be an entirely original property targeted at bringing new audiences into the captivating world of interactive entertainment.”

Microsoft Corp. said on Wednesday that it is teaming with Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson to create content for its Xbox 360, in part to get more mainstream users interested in the company’s video game console.

Just don’t call these products “games.” “I don’t want to classify it as a game. I’m hoping to stretch the definition of interactive entertainment to go beyond the game,” said Shane Kim, a corporate vice president in charge of Microsoft Game Studios. Kim conceded he’s not sure what exactly these new “entertainments” might be.

“I feel like we haven’t figured it out, to be honest,” he said. Whatever they are, Kim said they could include deeper plot lines and more interactive drama, or delivering additional content over time, perhaps through the company’s Xbox Live online service. “It’s about making interactive entertainment a mainstream form of entertainment,” Kim said.

Jackson and his Academy Award-winning screenwriter, Fran Walsh, will be directly involved in the creation of the new “Halo” title. Jackson, whose third movie in his Rings trilogy won 11 Oscars, including best director and best film, plans to work with Bungie Studios to create one product based on Microsoft’s already popular Halo game, Kim said. Screenwriter Fran Walsh, Jackson’s wife, also is on board. The other product will be aimed at an audience beyond the young men typically associated with video games. Kim couldn’t say when either of Jackson’s projects might come out.

Microsoft also said on Wednesday that it was working on another Halo game, called Halo Wars. It will be more of a strategy game, rather than the first-person shooter that has typified the series until now.

Halo Wars will be in addition to Jackson’s creation and the previously announced Halo 3, due out next year. The company also announced North American and European pricing for its external DVD player, which will be available in November as an add-on to the Xbox 360.



Gary

Raphael Hidalgo asked:


tform handheld gaming entertainment station, which is often lovingly called the Delightfully Small (DS) gaming entertainment system.

Remember all those classic video games from the 80s? Nintendo, Sega, Neo-Geo and Capcom from the dawn of console gaming? Now you can play them again in an easy to use hand held form factor! The CVFH-N03-4G is the portable emulator system we have all been waiting for – it comes with a proper control pad and buttons along with a huge 4 GB internal memory! Capable of storing thousands of cool videogame ROMS from the most popular 8-bit and 16-bit systems, this ultra-fun device is capable of keeping even the most demanding gamer entertained for the next ten millenniums.

While this is a great portable game system, the fun just doesn’t stop there, because this unit is also an excellent portable media player. Plug in a mini-SD card or transfer media from your computer and you can quickly be enjoying movies and music on the go. The number of video and audio formats you can play is simply amazing (MP3, MPEG4, FLAC, WMV, and more), making this unit way better than the equivalent “name brand” units on the market today for playing your favorite digital media files. Everyone has seen those media players on the marketplace today called “MP5 player”, well this one is so good we should be calling it an MP10 player!

A great wholesale price makes the CVFH-N03-4G perfect for the resale market, VAR and OEM market, or simple personal use. As always, it is only available from your source for wholesale direct from China electronic products, Chinavasion.

At A Glance…

Multi-platform handheld gaming entertainment station with 4 GB’s of internal memory and a 2.8 inch QVGA LCD screen, this is the one hand held unit that even the most discriminating gamer can love. Plays a variety of music and video formats including WMA, WMV, MP3, MP4, and many more!



 



China Manufacturer Specifications

Primary Function: Gaming and media player entertainment system Display: 2.8 inch QVGA LTPS (Low Temperature PolySilicon) LCD Screen Memory:

- Internal 4GB

- External Mini SD card Controller Design: D-pad Gaming Console Modes:

- NES (Nintendo Entertainment System – 8bit)

- SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System – 16bit)

- Sega Genesis (Sega Mega-Drive – 16-bit)

- GBA (Nintendo Game Boy Advance)

- Neo-Geo (SNK Neo-Geo)

- CPS1 and CPS2 (CAPCOM, arcade game systems, 1st and 2nd edition) Compatible Video Formats: FLV, WMV, ASF, RM, AVI, MPEG, MP4, RMVB, SWF Compatible Audio Formats: MP3, WMA, APE, FLAC I/O Slots

- Earphone jack

- Mini-USB slot

- Mini-SD slot

- AV OUT (output to TV – NTSC or PAL, 16:9 or 4:3)

- Stereo Speakers Additional Media Functions:

- FM Radio with recording function

- Voice Recorder (MP3, WAV)

- Image viewer (JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG)

- Ebook reader (with text to speech function) Languages: English, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional) Dimensions: 125mm x 56mm x 14mm (L x W x H) Manufacturer Ref: C244B8F4E8 Catalog Ref: Nintendo, DS, videogames, handhelds

Product Notes

Introduce your children to 8-bit and 16-bit gaming coolness and never hear another “I’m so bored” complaint from them again NES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System – 16bit) = FC (Nintendo Family Computer, 8-bit) SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System – 16bit) = SFC (Nintendo Super Family Computer, 16-bit)

Package Contents

Model CVFH-N03-4G Portable Game Unit AC Adapter Mini-USB adapter User Manual – English Earbuds

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this come with any type of directions as to how I am supposed to load the games onto the unit? I’m not too familiar with ROMS.

There are many FAQs on the Internet regarding ROMs and where to obtain them. These are downloaded and transferred to the appropriate folder for use. Are all these games being preloaded into this device inside the 4 GB internal memory?

The games can either be accessed from the 4GB internal memory or (up to) 16GB external memory.

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You will find much more. Current Reviews:    9 This product was added to our catalog on Monday 30 March, 2009. Reviews for: (Multi Platform Portable Gaming Entertainment Station)  A Solution for Portable Media Fun!!!! by David Anyanwu on 07/14/2009: These gaming stations are absoluely excellent. Make sure to go to dingoo-digital.com to get info on roms and converting the CPS2 and NEO GEO games as well as roms for the other systems. The product sells itself. Customers are astounded by all the features in this compact device. Thanks Chinavasion

 Great device! by Nicholas Mayes on 06/06/2009: The build quality really amazes me. This device is perfect for NES and GBA emulation. The rest could be better. Also thanks to Chinavasion for the very fast shipping. I had it in one week!

 Pretty good by Andrewe1 on 05/28/2009: Awesome little device, great price! Great customer support from chinavasion too…

 Fantastic Little Machine! by Les Railton on 05/27/2009: I’ve had my Dingoo A320 now for a month and its a joy. I mainly use it to play emulated games. I’ve got it loaded with all sorts of great retro games. This machine is a MUST buy for emu freaks!!! There is also a big scene brewing up for the Dingoo already. Lots of homebrew apps and games on the way including Linux!! A tip for getting Neo Geo Running, you need to make a good romset and convert them to .mvs: – download the following – clrMAME pro (This is a rom sorter): – http://mamedev.emulab.it/clrmamepro/download.htm Dat file for clrMAME pro to sort out neogeo roms for Dingoo A320: – http://www.mediafire.com/?jrnn4hmzwzm Get the latest mame roms: – http://www.mininova.org/tor/2523797 Get mame rollback roms: – http://www.torrentdownloads.net/torrent/573815/MAME+0.130u4+Rollback+ROMs Use clrMAME pro and load in the dat file, then rebuild a NeoGeo romset for Dingoo A320 from MAME and Rollback roms. Last step, convert all the .zip to .mvs, use this tool: – http://www.mediafire.com/?cddujz2×5ty Make sure you put the converter tool and all the files in the same directory as the NeoGeo roms you created from clrMAME pro. Run the converter then load all the neogeo .zip roms into it (highlight all roms in the file browser). start to convert and let it run (may take some time to convert all roms). Once finished drop any of the .mvs roms into the folder “Game/MVS” on the Dingoo A320 then you are good to go. select “interesting game” in the menu, then find the Rom you want to play and press ‘A’, select the Neo Geo Bios when it asks (one time only, changeable in emulator). The selected game should now run Have fun!

 AWESOME by Danny Hawkins on 05/16/2009: This little gadget is so impressive! I was really skeptical when I purchased it, but it surpassed my expectations immediately! With the mini SD slot, the possibilities are endless with this thing. Thank you!!

 5/5 Fun factor.Great Gadget!! by Iñako on 05/10/2009: One of the greatest gadgets I´ve seen in the last months. Easy to use, light, small, so much portable than the psp, and cheaper. The design looks really cool. Materials are good, and the buttons are well disposed, so it´s easy to play games. However is a little hard to hanlde if you have big hands, not so hard as the GBM of course. The screen has great quality and lets us to see photo, video and games in a really good condition. The mp3/radio feature is also good. Great stuff. Thanks chinavasion.

 This so pretty Good by Dinesh Raghav on 05/04/2009: Hi All i am very appriciate fior this products

 Worth it, but not perfect by Ryan Huston on 04/17/2009: Before the arrival of this, i DLed 10Gigabytes worth of NES, SNES, GBA, NEOGEO,etc ROMS. Now that I’ve received it, I’m happy to report that it IS worth the money. My only gripe is that, as that one reviewer stated, the NEO GEO isn’t working. It comes with a neogeo.zip on the device, so its just a matter of figuring out how/where to unzip it. I’ve tried a couple locations and it’s yet to work. I’ll figure it out though. My only other gripe is that it doesn’t play a few ROMS that i DLed, but that may simply be the ROMS problem and not the handheld. The picture is crisp, the sound works well, the menu is pretty easy to navigate, the overall quality of the buttons and d-pad are better than expected…. Overall i’m pleasantly surprised with my purchase. Only time will tell how this holds up. The box did state a 12 month warranty, so that’s promising. I give this a 4.5/5 simply because the NEO GEO isn’t working and there’s no instruction HOW to make it work. But even if you only want to play GBA games, or NES games, Or SNES games, it’s worth it to have THOUSANDS of classics in palm of your hand.

 this piece is the boooooom!!!!! by shaka saad on 04/14/2009: for a million times, i will give thi8s gadget a 5/5 stars.

Jessie

Sharudin Rahmat asked:


December 2 saw the birth of a new umbrella corporation in the gaming industry. Activision and Vivendi Games are to combine into one great powerhouse and be called … Activision Blizzard! So what exactly are we looking at here? Apart from a slew of well known titles such as Guitar Hero (Activision) and Crash Bandicoot (Vivendi), the games libraries of both companies span across all platforms, consoles and handhelds, from this generation and previous ones.

As early as 2003 Vivendi was contemplating selling off its games division. Instead, the company’s entertainment division merged with gargantuan US TV network NBC, so taking considerable pressure off the French company. Under that deal, Vivendi sold on Universal Studios, its cable TV networks and its theme parks, and they were paid $3.8 billion, while NBC assumed another $1.6 billion in debt.

The new company was called Vivendi Universal, a $43 billion dollar company. NBC owned 80% of the assets, which included Universal Studios and television network NBC.

The new deal with Activision is valued at $18.9 billion, and both companies have sent tremors through the industry as they unite to form the world’s largest third party videogame publisher. The new publishing behemoth is expected to have around $3.8 billion in pro forma combined calendar 2007 revenues. The merger will create a company, whose collection consists of some of the leading videogame franchises in the industry, including Blizzard’s World of Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo, Activision’s Call of Duty and Tony Hawk, and Vivendi’s Spyro.

The deal is intricate and yet-to-be-approved, and it’s expected to end with a 52% majority Vivendi-owned “Activision Blizzard” body trading on NASDAQ. But what are the main points and lessons we should gain from this immense deal? Obviously, there is a plethora, but here are some of the key points from the Activision and Vivendi Games merger announcement:

1)Activision is the dominant partner. The deal calls for Vivendi to fold its games unit, which is valued at $8.12 billion, into the new company, and provide $1.73 billion in cash.

2) Blizzard will enjoy the same independence as always.

3)World of Warcaft’s revenues are absolutely staggering: Vivendi’s key game has 9.3 million subscribers worldwide who pay a monthly subscription on top of the original purchase price.

4) Vivendi’s non-Blizzard assets are downplayed.

5) Electronic Arts is still bigger than the new company, and is probably worried. Activision Blizzard, with its have estimated revenue of $3.8 billion for 2007, rivals Electronic Arts Inc.’s full-year forecast revenue of up to $3.65 billion.

6) Chairman of Vivendi Games, Rene Penisson, will serve as chairman of the new company, and Activision co-chairman Brian Kelly will be Activision Blizzard’s co-chairman.

In the end, companies come and go, and for all its immaturity, you can tell the videogame industry is getting on in years. The first large wave of mergers and acquisitions struck back in the mid 90’s, when amplified development costs, the downfall of the American arcade, and the move from 2D development left dozens of small and mid-sized developers, from Toaplan to Technos, out in the cold.



Constance