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Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO Explores New Avenues of Online Gaming

by John P. Barker

Online gaming is becoming quite a competitive business. In a genre built of "kill the monster, get the treasure," developers are having to branch into unknown territory to create a new experience for increasingly jaded players. BioWare, along with LucasArts, are taking the MMO to another level with Star Wars: The Old Republic.

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GTI Project Lets you Get Behind the Wheel of the New Golf GTI Before they Even Hit the Dealers

by George Delozier

"Teenagers and video games go together like peanut butter and jelly." Ask any parent and they will likely agree with that statement. I mean seriously, where else can you command your own army one minute, and be burning around the Nurburgring at over 150mph the next? Video game artists can create anything. But, why go to all this work? Because video games offer us a chance to do things we would normally never be able to do. Or, in the recent case of Volkswagen, they give us the chance to do things we are too impatient to wait for.

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Nintendo Famicom Art Plays On Retro NES Game Themes

Retro Famicom Art Exhibit Features Bush Jr. Game

by Steve Levenstein

The best games never created? That's the theme of Meteor's Famicase 2009, a celebration of wishful gaming designed to pay tribute to Nintendo's influential Famicom home game console.

Plush Ninja Characters Make Silent Killers Cuddly

Shawn Smith's Plush Ninjas, All the Way From Ninjatown

by Steve Levenstein

Plush Ninjas? They're more likely than you think, thanks to Shawn Smith and his creative team at Shawnimals.

Turn-Ons Make Armchair A Gamer's High Flyer: Morfojet

by Toby

Aerodynamically designed like a pilot seat, Gianni Pedone's playful Morfojet Armchair is all id, as it puts the occupant in control of two large jet engine arms, designed as turbines, more than a little bit sexually suggestive.

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UDance - Rock On!

by Jace Shoemaker-...

The UDance system will have you moving and grooving in no time flat! No couch potatoes allowed!

Hit It Pure Increases Your Drive for Drive

by Austin Keenan

Legendary golf club maker, Callaway put together a nice promotional online video game for their new line of drivers. The drivers, as well as the game itself, are of particular interest to anyone that golfs. For those of us that aren't golfers, you can really have a blast playing this game. There's a lot more to it than just a silly gimmick to garner attention to the product.

GameRider: The Virtual Spinning Bike

by John P. Barker

Do you have a kid that is turning into a blob because he is addicted to video games and simply won't move from the couch? GymKids has a solution that combines activity with gaming... and lots of pedaling.

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Study Shows Video Games Can Improve Vision

by Rane

Video games may be fun, but do you think playing too much is bad for you? Well, think again. A new study says that playing video games can actually improve your vision.

Cafe Precious in Tokyo Offers Net Surfing in Style, 24-7

by Steve Levenstein

My wife is in Japan for a few weeks and she's emailing me from the Cafe Precious, an Internet cafe in Tokyo. I checked out their website and was amazed - cheap, flexible pricing gets visitors a wide range of services, His & Hers washrooms and 54 tasty menu choices.