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Gaming
How playing a computer game helped me get throu...
FP 409 days 10 hours ago | Pub 408d 23h ago | Gaming | Article | BlackCountryBob
Videogames may be habit-forming – even addictive – but playing them can be a healthy response to traumatic events in real life. Why do people ...
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PlayStation 3
Unboxed: Sony Play TV
FP 492 days 11 hours ago | Pub 492d 12h ago | PlayStation 3 | Preview | BlackCountryBob
After a year long wait since it was first announced, Sony's Play TV finally arrived on the desk of Stuff Magazine UK today. While they were tempted...
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Industry News
Charlie Brooker on reviewing videogames and GTA 4
FP 592 days 14 hours ago | Pub 592d 13h ago | Industry News | Article | BlackCountryBob
Writing in the Guardian newspaper; Charlie Brooker shares his experiences of being a former game reviewer and gives his response to critics of GTA4.
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Tech
Woolworths dumps HD-DVD
FP 697 days 13 hours ago | Pub 697d 14h ago | Tech | News | BlackCountryBob
Woolworths has announced that it is to drop HD-DVD from its product mix in March – leaving Blu-Ray as the sole 'next-gen' DVD format in its stores....
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Industry News
Used Games are Damaging
FP 711 days 13 hours ago | Pub 711d 13h ago | Industry News | Article | BlackCountryBob
In the first of a weekly opinion column Next-Gen.Biz editor-in-chief Colin Campbell takes a look at the trade that's costing this business over $1 ...
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Industry News
Playing games with freedom
FP 806 days 10 hours ago | Pub 806d 9h ago | Industry News | Article | BlackCountryBob
The British Board of Film Classification has upheld a ban on Manhunt 2, but its reasons for doing so don't exactly make the regulator look good.
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Gaming
In defence of computer games
FP 821 days 11 hours ago | Pub 821d 9h ago | Gaming | Article | BlackCountryBob
Halo 3's launch marks a milestone on the journey of video games from niche hobby to cultural phenomenon. Yet those who don't play can be dismissive...
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Multi
Zune to miss '07 launch window
FP 935 days 11 hours ago | Pub 935d 11h ago | Multi | News | BlackCountryBob
Microsoft's Steve Ballmer has said that the iPod rivalling Zune device which was released in the United States in September 2006 will not be releas...
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Multi
Birmingham gets gaming centre
FP 956 days 10 hours ago | Pub 956d 10h ago | Multi | News | BlackCountryBob
Birmingham, Britain's second city is to be host to a brand new gaming centre which will be one of the largest in the world. The centre, which...
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Multi
Xbox 360 Elite unboxing
FP 974 days 5 hours ago | Pub 974d 6h ago | Multi | Images | BlackCountryBob
Engadget have received their new Xbox 360 elite console and have indulged in everyone's favourite practice, taking and posting pictures of the unbo...
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Multi
Jack Thompson to sue Kotaku parent company
FP 975 days 3 hours ago | Pub 975d 3h ago | Multi | News | BlackCountryBob
Controversial Miami attorney Jack Thompson has named Gawker Media, parent company of the popular game blog Kotaku, in a lawsuit before a federal co...
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Multi
An Inconvenient Truth (an xbox live warning)
FP 980 days 14 hours ago | Pub 980d 14h ago | Multi | Article | BlackCountryBob
An editorial by Cesar at TeamXbox. "Xbox Live Gold is overpriced. I said it. Back in the Xbox days, online multiplayer on a con...
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Umbrella Chronicles gameplay video
FP 985 days 10 hours ago | Pub 985d 10h ago | Multi | Video | BlackCountryBob
Those clever people over at Gamevideos have got the first video of Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles in action. Taking the gameplay back to the ma...
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Multi
Does photo-realism really matter?
FP 1036 days 14 hours ago | Pub 1036d 14h ago | Multi | Interview | BlackCountryBob
Sure, graphics matter to an extent, but at what cost? Introversion's (Darwinia, Defcon) Mark Morris argues that developers' pursuit of photo-realis...
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Multi
ASDA set to sell PS2s for £50
FP 1038 days 9 hours ago | Pub 1038d 9h ago | Multi | News | BlackCountryBob
UK Supermarket ASDA (owned by US chain Walmart) will be selling Playstation2 consoles tomorrow (Thursday 22 Feb) for only £50 which is half th...
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Multi
British DTI tells Keith Vaz that game ratings a...
FP 1063 days 10 hours ago | Pub 1063d 10h ago | Multi | News | BlackCountryBob
Gaming trade magazine MCV has obained details of a meeting between outspoken game critic Keith Vaz and Margaret Hodge, the minister for UK industry...
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Multi
ASUS reveals worlds first external graphics card.
FP 1081 days 13 hours ago | Pub 1081d 13h ago | Multi | News | BlackCountryBob
ASUS has now launched the XG Station as the industry's first public demonstration of the world's first external graphics card station for notebook ...
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Germans show Jack Thompson "the way"
FP 1114 days 9 hours ago | Pub 1114d 9h ago | Multi | News | BlackCountryBob
Two German states have drafted a bill which would ban all video games which allow a player to inflict "cruel violence on humans or human-looki...
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British politicians support games!
FP 1182 days ago | Pub 1182d ago | Multi | News | BlackCountryBob
In a rare break with the media and political norms of painting video games as being evil and destrying children, British politician Shaun Woodward ...
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Multi
Star Wars Battlefront 3 to be made by Free Radical
FP 1183 days 8 hours ago | Pub 1183d 8h ago | Multi | News | BlackCountryBob
CVG has gained an exclusive story that Lucas Arts have hired Timesplitters and Goldeneye developer Free Radical to develop the next in the incredib...
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Politician DEFENDS GAMES
FP 1208 days 8 hours ago | Pub 1208d 8h ago | Multi | News | BlackCountryBob
That's correct, you read right, British minister Shaun Woodward has defended games and praised the UK's contribution to developing games aswell as...
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Multi
Video of Rockstar's Bully
FP 1219 days 15 hours ago | Pub 1219d 15h ago | Multi | Video | BlackCountryBob
Rockstar have released a gameplay video of Bully in action and it looks like it includes a go-kart, bike and skateboard. After seeing the video one...
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Nintendo Europe release dates
FP 1257 days 12 hours ago | Pub 1257d 12h ago | Multi | News | BlackCountryBob
Nintendo have announced the release dates of many of its forthcoming DS software including the opera browser which is dated for September 29th and ...
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Multi
Elebits screens revealed
FP 1282 days 13 hours ago | Pub 1282d 13h ago | Multi | Screenshots | BlackCountryBob
Konami have revealed some new screens of Elebits for the Wii, looks good.
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New screens of Opera DS
FP 1282 days 13 hours ago | Pub 1282d 13h ago | Multi | News | BlackCountryBob
Some new pictures of the web browser for the DS have been released including box art.
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Everyone loves tilt sensors
FP 1283 days 10 hours ago | Pub 1283d 10h ago | Multi | News | BlackCountryBob
A California company has anounced a new small tilt sensor for handheld consoles. The unit can be embedded in a GBA cartridge or a USB dongle for th...
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Anti game law blocked
FP 1283 days 10 hours ago | Pub 1283d 10h ago | Multi | News | BlackCountryBob
The controversial anti violent game law of Louisiana has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge. It is the latest law by a US state that has b...
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PSP copied
FP 1283 days 10 hours ago | Pub 1283d 10h ago | Multi | News | BlackCountryBob
A Chinese company has released a new China only handheld console which has a striking resemblance to the PSP. I think it may be common in China to ...
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Metroid Prime 3 to be the last in the Prime series
FP 1283 days 10 hours ago | Pub 1283d 10h ago | Multi | News | BlackCountryBob
Nintendo Power magazine have revealed some interesting new details about the third in the Metroid Prime series for the Wii, most intriguing to me i...
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Clock Tower gets movie treatment
FP 1283 days 10 hours ago | Pub 1283d 10h ago | Multi | News | BlackCountryBob
Japanese horror game Clock Tower is to become the latest game to become a movie, the story will be based on the story of Clock Tower 3 in which iro...
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