FANS OF POPULAR SERIES DON’T HAVE LONG TO WAIT AS THE MOST ROBUST
PORTABLE HARVEST MOON EXPERIENCE EVER HEADS TO MANUFACTURING

Burlingame, Calif., August 13, 2008 - Natsume, a worldwide developer
and publisher of family-oriented video games, announced today that
Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness for the Nintendo DS has gone to gold
master. When the title ships on August 26th, its launch will kick off
the ten-year anniversary for the franchise. The anniversary
celebration will include various retail promotions with special
collectible pre-order items, a 10th anniversary DS Lite Kit, strategy
guides and more.

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With both young and adult gamers as loyal fans, The Legend of Zelda is one of the most beloved video game series ever created. The contributors to this volume consider the following questions and more: What is the nature of the gamer’s connection to Link? Does Link have a will, or do gamers project their wills onto him? How does the gamer experience the game? Do the rules of logic apply in the game world? How is space created and distributed in Hyrule (the fictional land in which the game takes place)? How does time function? Is Zelda art? Can Hyrule be seen as an ideal society? Can the game be enjoyable without winning? The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy not only appeals to Zelda fans and philosophers but also puts video games on the philosophical map as a serious area of study.

The summary above is from Amazon.com, and as of right now, their release date is November 28th.

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The British Academy well be held March 10th at London Hilton on Park Lane

ACTION & ADVENTURE
For games that are predominantly action, adventure or a combination of the two genres. This category includes RPGs.

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
For achievement in visual art and animation across all genres.

BEST GAME
For the year’s best game.

CASUAL
For games which are played casually, or on a more social basis. This would include puzzle games, music games, DVD games, social networking site-based games, card games and board games playable on a home computer or console.

GAMEPLAY
The ability of a game to captivate and engage a user’s attention and provide a truly compelling experience.

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Friday 8th August/… The Edinburgh Interactive Festival today announced Cooking Guide: Can’t Decide What To Eat? will be showcased to the public with world class chefs making real dishes using only the game to guide them.

Going beyond the capabilities of printed cookbooks, Cooking Guide: Can’t Decide What to Eat? will guide each budding chef step by step through all the processes involved in cooking a tasty dish by talking and guiding the player through each recipe. With its numerous international recipe choices, dish search options, videos and simple step-by-step guides to choosing, preparing and cooking a dish, turning even the most hesitant of cooks into confident chefs will be simple.

Featuring approximately 250 international dishes, finding the perfect recipe to cook has never been so fun! Broken down into easily searchable groups, discover the perfect dish by country, ingredient, difficulty level or even amount of calories to name but a few. There are so many options available everyone will be catered for.

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2K Play creates top Nick Jr. games with Dora the Explorer, Go, Diego, Go! and The Wonder Pets!

New York, NY – August 5, 2008 – 2K Play, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO), and Nickelodeon today announced a wide-ranging slate of video games based on popular Nick Jr. programs that will arrive in stores this fall. Dora the Explorer, Nickelodeon’s flagship preschool brand, will debut on the Wii™ home video game system from Nintendo in Dora the Explorer: Dora Saves the Snow Princess; Diego returns in an all-new adventure, Go, Diego, Go!: Great Dinosaur Rescue; and The Wonder Pets! premieres exclusively on Nintendo DS™ in The Wonder Pets!: Save the Animals!
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“I can tell you that no one at EA is measuring Spore with the yardstick created by The Sims. They’re two totally different animals. Spore is a game that has a lot to offer players long after they make the original purchase–a much different business model than traditional video games.” - Patrick Buechner, vice president of marketing for Maxis

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- Pediatrics publishes data on Re-Mission(TM) video game showing young cancer patients who played the game took their medications more consistently

Video games are among the most popular entertainment media in the world. Now, groundbreaking research shows that a specially designed video game can promote positive behaviors in young cancer patients that enhance the effectiveness of medical treatment. This research, sponsored by the nonprofit organization HopeLab and published today in the medical journal Pediatrics, provides scientific evidence for a growing field of product development that taps into the positive potential of video games and other popular technology to improve human health.

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I think this Journalist held his own against this panel, and with the audience support it seems like he exposed the ignorance of this what I think is a government type discussion panel.

Unique “A-Rated” Wii^TM Game Now Available For Just $19.99

EDISON, N.J., August 4, 2008 - Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, today announced that Blast Works: Build, Trade, Destroy is now available at retailers for the unbeatable price of $19.99. Developed exclusively for Wii™ by Budcat Creations, Blast Works has secured top ratings from major media outlets, including:

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This is a discussion that I never thought was a discussion. Why would anyone think that video games were not art, and the people who create them were not artist? Here is the Dictionary definition of art:

the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.

What is aesthetic principles? Here is a brief summary:

The aesthetic experience consists in enjoying a thing for its intrinsic beauty, for what it is in itself. The nature of this enjoyment is not, however, uniform. It is differentiated by whichever emotions are predominant when that thing is being experienced, and some emotion is always aroused when a person is intimately engaged with a thing.

I am not sure but I believe that video games bring me joy, and send me through a ton of emotions. Do you remember how you felt in the first Mario each time you defeated a Castle and the princess was in the next castle? Do you remember what you felt when you finally saved that princess? There is a lot more I can say, but it would only be my opinion.

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