Suzanne Freyjadis-Chuberka has written an excellent post over at DollyMix about a new book called, Grand Theft Childhood: The Surprising Truth about Violent Video Games and What Parents Can do. The book is a study about the effect of video games on young and impressionable teenagers. The study actually is fair in that it addresses why violent video game are not all inherently bad and won't turn your child into a raving mass-muderer. But the search is still on because the study felt it was okay to leave out girls in their research because they didn't feel they could find any. Suzzanne writes that, "In an interview the lead researcher, Prof. Read More…

One of the most anticipated games of the year, Grand Theft Auto IV, is finally making its grand debut this April and Rockstar Games is making sure that this Grand Theft Auto experience is like no other! In addition to the game, Rockstar is also launching a website to make Grand Theft Auto more competitive, community based, and statistical. In Rockstar’s press release today: “The Rockstar Social Club is more than just a standard gaming site. It features all of the statistical leaderboards that gamers have come to expect, and combines them with performance-based competitions and awards. Read More…

Def Leppard Songs to Appear in Guitar Hero 4 So even with the new Aerosmith version of the game coming out soon, they are already talking the next iteration and what will be on Guitar Hero 4. As I'm sure you guessed by now, Def Leppard is one of the bands they are going to be placing on the next one. Or at least as the rumor states. Although, I really don't see this staying rumor too long since rumors now a days are getting debunked pretty fast or confirmed pretty fast now-a-days. Read More…

God of War Machinima competition ZOMGs, yes this is friggin' awesome. If only it was offered up in the States and not only in Europe. But still, it is fun as hell to play with. I'm going to have to actually make one so I can post it back for everyone to see. Now that I have wiped the drool off my chin. YES it was just drool! Here's the low down. Read More…

CNN Reporting Herb Peterson has died in Santa Barbara at age 89. Peterson came up with idea for the signature McDonald's breakfast item in 1972. He began his career with McDonald's as vice president of the company's advertising firm, D'Arcy Advertising, in Chicago. He wrote McDonald's first national advertising slogan, "Where Quality Starts Fresh Every Day," and eventually became a franchisee I remember as a little boy eating Egg McMuffins and asking my parents to make them at home cause I wanted them and no one would take me to get some. Read More…

Shacknews reports that Valve plans to release new content for their popular multiplayer shooter Team Fortress 2 the week of April 20. The content will include the new map Goldrush which will contain the new gameplay mode called "Playload". It will also contain new unlockable weapons for the Medic class. Read More…

  Here's the trailer for the next Alone in the Dark. It's multi-plat and set in Central Park. So, it's Alone in the Dark in Central Park? Or is it Alone in the Dark Central Park? Alone in the Central Park Dark? We've always thought words that rhyme are way too cute for survival horror. Just our opinion! Read More…

Wii Head Tracking powers new 3D game Not the most creative of titles, but, well...whatever. A long while back, before we had the Narticle section, I posted a bunch of things about the Wii and PS-Eye head tracking systems that people are working on. They were just basic tracking things that would move just some dots or basic targets on the screen depending on where your head is. The Wii had a set of glasses for this. They looked very clunky and a lot like the old VR goggles of yore. Read More…

Ladies, Best Buy is holding a Wii for Women In-Store Event this coming Sunday. On Sunday, March 30th, Best Buy will host the event from 1pm-4pm. Those who attend will have a chance to win a good size amount of prizes which include a Wii console, GPS Unit, or a spa gift card (6 gift cards per store). These prizes will come from a random drawing throughout the day. See Best Buy stores that are participating by clicking here. Read More…

Sony has released a statement on the US Playstation website stating that there is a "possibility" that there has been unauthorized access to personal information in the Playstat store through the PC. The Playstation Store seems to have been hacked to allow them to view personal information and/or use the wallet. Which means I need to check my PSN to see if I've been charged for a few games. Here is Sony's statement: "We have found out that there has been a possibility of unauthorized access to personal information on the PLAYSTATION®Store through PCs, a content download service of the PLAYSTATION®Network. Read More…

OZFortress is proud to announce that the sign-ups for Ultimate Duo 2 will be open from Thursday 27th of March @ 8:00 PM AEDT through to Saturday 29th @ 8:00 PM AEDT. The first round of matches will begin on Tuesday 1st April and the finals will be held on Thursday 3rd. You can read this announcement in full (including all the rules) and find the addresses of the OZFortress practice servers on their website. Read More…

 Eurogamer reports that Killzone 2, the long awaited PS3 sci-fi first person shooter from developer, is now scheduled for release this September. Read More…

WOW SALSA 101 This Blizzard press release announces that their hit MMO title World of Warcraft will be released in Latin America for the first time. The Latin American localization will be based on the existing European Spanish version but will feature entirely re-recorded in-game speech. This new version of the game will be rolled out in select markets throughout Latin America starting in the first half of 2008 and will also be available to Spanish-speaking players in the US and Canada at that time. A dedicated Spanish-speaking team is being assembled at the Blizzard Entertainment offices in Irvine, California and Austin, Texas to ensure that Spanish-speaking World of Warcraft players based in North and South America will receive high-quality 24/7 support in Spanish. Positions are currently open on the company’s customer service, quality assurance, community relations, and web teams, and a new official website for the game’s North and South America-based Spanish-speaking players is in development. Read More…

Dr. Jerald Block has written an editorial where he states why he believes that Internet Addiction should be added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V). Dr. Block is not new to this issue though, he owns a patent on technology that can be used to restrict computer access. Most of us can be on the net or gaming a fair amount of the day. Just look at sites like Youtube, iJustin, and Twitter (tons of others) that are predicated on people just surfing and hanging out on their computer. Read More…

In light of the upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto IV, I figured I'd deliver you all some more updates on EA's attempt to buy out Take-Two!Earlier this year EA attempted put out a bid on Take-Two, parent company to Rockstar and 2K games, and were rejected. After trying to make a bid again last month, EA once again ups it's anny and puts out yet another bid out on Take-Two. And once again - they got rejected!Although the press release on T2's site is pretty much written in Wall Street-lingo wrapped in an abundance of legal mumbo-jumbo, I was able to gather some details: -EA has upped it's offer to $26 a share for stock-holders of Take-Two. Read More…