There are benefits to
video game playing in addition to just having fun.
In the first Tron, programs looked like their creators, and
video games played in our world had real consequences on the game grid for the programs forced to play them.
The same
video games played in the US are played worldwide; however, the level of gun violence is exponentially higher in the US than in other countries.
Not exact matches
Participants were split into three groups: One group
played the casual
video game Sushi Cat, another participated
in a guided relaxation activity and the third sat quietly
in the testing room without using a phone or computer.
In the case of
video games, rumours have been circulating for a while now about both Sony and Microsoft implementing technology into their next - generation consoles — expected this year — that would make it impossible to
play used products.
'' [The researchers»] conclusion was that the nature of action
video game play was critical
in «forcing players to simultaneously juggle a number of varied tasks (detect new enemies, track existing enemies and avoid getting hurt, among others)...»
There were plenty of times I would have rather gone out with friends or
played video games — anything but sit
in front of the computer and study stock charts for another hour.
In the latest survey, 58 % of Canadians reported playing video games in the past four weeks, up 5 % from 201
In the latest survey, 58 % of Canadians reported
playing video games in the past four weeks, up 5 % from 201
in the past four weeks, up 5 % from 2010.
As a teenager, Olajide «KSI» Olatunji
played EA Sports» line of FIFA
video games for hours on end
in his parents» home.
Over at AllThingsD,
in outlining her three big takeaways from Nintendo's announcement, Tricia Duryee makes a great point that the new portable screen will almost certainly compete with Apple's iPad for face time, given its forward - facing camera, ability to browse the Internet, draw on the screen with a stylus,
play standalone
games like Othello, view photos and
video chat.
My parents started a computer business
in the eighties so we always had a computer lying around and my older brothers would be
playing video games.
If we make the assumption that the youngest players of those consoles were six or seven at the time, the oldest people
in the world today who have always
played video games are
in their mid-forties.
Kjelberg's
videos show him
playing various
video games while a box
in the top corner of the screen shows his reactions to what is happening.
The notion of a startup founder with student - loan debt evokes the clichéd image of a Silicon Valley millennial fresh out of college and living
in a shared apartment,
playing video games and feverishly pitching angel investors to fund his (or her) next «big idea» — from 3D printing to the next Facebook.
As most of the traditional media stocks were absolutely obliterated
in the market recently, Jim Cramer remains a fan of the nontraditional media
plays, such as
video games.
Some, of course, may be understated, others, like a
video game your kids
play, have to have certain stages attained before they can be accomplished, but the seeds for your company's goals all lie
in the structure that you build long before the doors ever opened.
Its largest acquisition until this year was Twitch, a site where millions of regular visitors watch other people
play video games, for $ 970m
in 2014.
In the
video shown, people
play games on the Switch using a home console.
Few adults get to
play video games at the office, but if you're Jade Raymond, managing director of Ubisoft Entertainment SA's Toronto office, you can expect a lot of time
in front of a screen.
With smart devices now, they find themselves
in the pockets of people who don't normally
play video games, and it's a very simple interface.
To his parents» chagrin, Abdullah was more interested
in going to the gym and
playing video games.
Despite what you may believe, the statistics don't lie: men and women
play video games in a roughly equal proportion.
While even his critics, who launched the #NotNolan hashtag on Twitter, note that Bushnell
played a huge role
in starting the
video game industry, they feel the timing is wrong to honor him, given the corporate culture he encouraged and the importance of the #MeToo movement over the past year.
In the
video, a group of parents are watching their kids
play a pee - wee football
game when a fancy new Buick pulls up to the field.
And if that isn't enough, two companies are currently hard at work developing a 1,000 - seat facility
in Oakland's Jack London Square for the sole purpose of watching other people
play video games, aka eSports, a $ 463 million global business this year.
It was reported two weeks ago that Sony Pictures Entertainment will
play ball with
video game publisher / developer Ubisoft — appeasing what others have called unreasonable demands —
in order to make a movie out of the company's massively successful, Montreal - developed franchise, Assassin's Creed.
The private, Kirkland, Wash. - based company last week announced a new
video game console, operating system and
game controller that, other than a pure commercial
play, could be interpreted as the PC - focused company's effort to arrest ongoing declines
in PC gaming generally.
Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg is a boisterous Swedish
video game commentator whose
videos feature him
playing various
video games, while a box
in the top corner of the screen shows his reactions to what's happening.
But I'd venture to say that
in my long time
playing and covering
video games, the Xbox One X has some of the best gaming experiences out of the gate of any console I've ever
played.
Insert Coin (s) gives customers an option to go old - school with 60 vintage arcade cabinets, from Street Fighter to Tetris, or
play modern
video games while lounging
in its 50 - foot LED illuminated bar as DJs pump up the music.
KontrolFreek's interest
in giving teenagers and early 20 - somethings money for
playing video games will only grow with time, Mistry suspects.
Royal Caribbean Cruise Line has launched a cruise line that features Voom satellite Internet service — it is billed as being so fast that passengers can
play online
games while at sea
in a dedicated Xbox
video game lounge.
Brain waves usually are monitored
in hospitals or research labs, but I'm
in a conference room at a company called Emotiv, where a few dozen scientists have developed the gear and software that quite literally read my mind, allowing me to
play a sort of
video game with nothing but sheer thought.
The brand that started
in the 1990s with
playing cards and
video games exploded
in popularity again with the release of the augmented reality
game Pokemon Go last summer, which momentarily catapulted Nintendo stock, though the
game proved to be mostly a passing fad.
Previous studies have shown that
playing popular cell phone and
video games for at least 10 minutes a day may help players improve their
game scores or their success
in moving from one level to the next.
Fat America Teenagers
in the U.S. regularly weighing
in at 235 pounds as they waddle to the couch to
play video games?
Zhima Credit's technology director controversially told the Chinese magazine Caixin
in 2015 that buying diapers, for example, would be considered «responsible» behavior, while
playing video games for hours could be counted against you.
A
gamer plays the
video game Battlefield 4 at the EA booth during the Electronic Entertainment Expo
in Los Angeles, Wednesday, June 12, 2013.
«I don't think I'm being
played by somebody
in a
video game,» he replied.
From
playing various sports at the Olympic Games to beating other Nintendo characters senseless
in Super Smash Bros., Mario has seen action
in all kinds of
video game genres.
In that document I had laid out the concept of
playing games using an ordinary TV set and proposed a lot of
game ideas, thus making that document the closest thing to the Magna Carta of the home
video -
game industry.
In his spare time, he loves to
play basketball,
video games, watch YouTube, hang out with friends, and most importantly enjoys giving back to his community.
The manager of a pizza shop said he waited nearly 12 hours
in line and
played video games to stay awake.
I'm a Gen X — we were supposed to be unmotivated slackers that had no interest
in career or country; we just wanted to brood
in our flannel, listen to screaming grunge and
play video games.
But this 99 - year - old woman
plays hours of
video games each day, sometimes beating her beloved Bomberman twice
in 24 hours.
I know that what maybe important to me might not be important to another but someone recently did a study to find out that the part
in the brain that «lights up» when some people who
play video -
games excessively, is the same that «lights up» when folks get high on drugs....
I have to laugh at so many of these comments, it's relatively easy to decipher the mindset behind most of them, especially the negative, snarky ones written obviously by a 20 something or even younger whose biggest challenge
in life to date is what
video game to
play while mom is making his eggs and bacon.
His
video (below) came after a Russian programme said it would be illegal for someone to
play the
game in a church.
Whether it was sports, music, school
plays, or
video games, he covered us
in his confidence.
As it gets under way, an African - American tween
plays a
video game on his smartphone
in one pew as a 30 - something white woman across the aisle taps away on her iPad.