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48 min ago | Science Daily

Human-like opponents lead to more aggression in video game players

"The Perception of Human Appearance in Video Games: Toward an Understanding of the Effects of Player Perceptions of Game Features," published in the May 2013 issue of Mass Communication and Society , comes as lawmakers and the public are freshly debating the possible risks that violent games may pose to impressionable players.

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Related Topix: University of Connecticut, Society, Stardock

Mon May 20, 2013

The Austin Chronicle

This Is a Blogpost About Austin's Jennymarie Jemison

But, really, the local woman is a total knockout artist on several levels, and so this Seattle International Film Festival news is just kind of an excuse to sing her praises and run a short transcript from a recent interview we conducted over coffee and burgers at Cherrywood Coffeehouse .

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Related Topix: Max Payne, Rockstar Studios, Rockstar Games, Austin, TX

PsychCentral

Some Video Games Can Enhance Child's Physical Activity

Emerging research shows that exergaming - using active console video games that track player movement to control the game - can increase physical activity in kids.

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Related Topix: Rare Ltd., Kinect Sports, Microsoft Game Studios, Microsoft Xbox, WII, Family, Kids

Patch.com

Hollywood Casino Sends 2 to Poker Championship

Two poker players at Hollywood Casino Perryville are headed to a national championship in Las Vegas.

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Related Topix: Games, Poker, Las Vegas, THQ

Iol.co.za

Nintendo to refresh Sonic franchise

Sega says it will exclusively release the next three games starring the popular blue critter on Nintendo platforms.

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Related Topix: Sega, Sonic, Sonic Generations, Sonic the Hedgehog, Nintendo, Wii U, 3DS

Xbox-Scene

Rumor: Microsoft killing off Xbox Points

According to The Verge, Microsoft is doing away with its current Points system to introduce a true currency system very soon.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Startups, Microsoft Xbox

QJ.net

PS4's Play While Downloading Feature to Appear in The Last of Us on the PS3

If you're the type that can't wait to jump into a game immediately after buying it, the PS4's play while downloading feature should relieve some of your impatience.

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Related Topix: Naughty Dog, The Last of Us, SCEA, PS3

The Age

AFL wants access to police intelligence: Demetriou

Andrew Demetriou: "We are not seeking to prosecute people by the law. That's the police's job.

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Related Topix: Big Ant Studios, AFL

Game Industry

Mob Of The Dead Appears In DLC

Today, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC players have access to Call of Duty: Black Ops II Uprising, Activision and Treyarch's latest DLC Map Pack for the record-breaking Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

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Related Topix: The, Deep Silver, Activision, Treyarch, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Call of Duty: Black Ops

The Gadgeteer

Deal of the Day - Refurbished Sony PS3 Slim 320GB console

This is the current best price found by LogicBUY for this item. This deal expires May 19, 2013 or sooner.

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Related Topix: PS3

Sun May 19, 2013

The Age

The Walking Dead: Remarkable

Acclaimed designer Sid Meier once described games as "a series of interesting choices" but when playing story-based games it's rare for your decisions to feel meaningful.

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Related Topix: The Walking Dead, Activision, Terminal Reality, The, Deep Silver

KPIC

Expectations high for unveiling of next Xbox on Tuesday

It's almost time for a new Xbox. Eight years have passed since Microsoft unveiled the Xbox 360, double the amount of time between the original Xbox debut in 2001 and its high-definition successor's launch in 2005.

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Related Topix: Activision, Call of Duty , The, Deep Silver, Kinect, Gears of War, Epic Games, Microsoft Game Studios, They, Halo, 343 Industries, _No Company

Canada.com

Naughty Dog thinks the PS3 still has 'a lot of life in it'

At Sony's PlayStation pre-E3 event in Santa Monica, The Last of Us' art director Eric Pangilinan explained that he isn't concerned about The Last of Us getting lost in the buzz currently surrounding next-generation video game consoles, more specifically the PS4.

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Related Topix: PS3, Naughty Dog, The Last of Us, SCEA, SCEI, PlayStation 4, SCEE, Sony Playstation 2

MetroMix

Warner Bros. goes gangster with 2 new movie collections

More than 80 years ago, Warner Bros. defined the Hollywood gangster film with gritty depictions of larger-than-life mobsters that made stars out of the likes of Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart.

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Related Topix: The Public Enemy, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, The Petrified Forest, Celebrities, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Heat, Comedy Movies, Gearbox Software, Thriller, Movies, Entertainment

Hampshire Chronicle

Tobey sober unlike Gatsby character

Tobey Maguire has revealed his Great Gatsby character was very different to him as he has been sober since the age of 19.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, The Great Gatsby, Spider-Man, Activision, Beenox, Thriller, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Tobey Maguire, Crime Movies, Romeo-Juliet, Celebrities, Leonardo DiCaprio

Sat May 18, 2013

Patch.com

Kid Felix: Big Chance for Small-Town Band

Blink and you might miss Laurel Springs, a tiny Camden County borough of 1,900 people along the White Horse Pike.

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Related Topix: _No Company, USC Games, Blink, Camden County, NJ, Laurel Springs, NJ, Camden, NJ, Philadelphia, Hard-Rock

Folio Weekly

2 Hour Zumba Fitness Jam @ Studio Jear Group Fitness! 10 a.m.-noon at Studio Jear

"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" ... or here. Go see Alan Jackson preform 7:30 tonight at the St.

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Related Topix: Majesco Games, Zumba Fitness, Latin, Poncho Sanchez

Technabob.com

Razer Atrox Arcade Stick for the Xbox 360 Requires No Quarters to Play

As a child of the 80s, I spent plenty of time in the arcade playing video games and continued that practice as long as there were arcades in the mall.

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Related Topix: X360, Joysticks

AfterDawn.com

Xbox tops U.S. console sales again in April

While sales have understandably fallen in the last months ahead of the launch of the PS4 and Xbox Infinity, Microsoft remains the undisputed king in the U.S. The software giant sold 130,000 units in April, giving it the lead for the 28th straight month.

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Related Topix: X360, Microsoft Xbox

ActionTrip

Nintendo Open E3 Gaming Doors to Public at Best Buy

Typically, the only way you can play the games shown at E3 is to go to E3, meaning you have to be an industry professional or be just enough press to get a pass, fly to LA, and wait in long lines.

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Related Topix: Nintendo, Wii U