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A University of Missouri researcher suggests that video game violence has become more accepted by the general public, media, and gamers everywhere because graphics have become more lifelike.

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Disney Interactive has decided to celebrate April Fools by offering five new created Toy Boxes for Disney Infinity. Players were tasked to create Toy Boxes with the theme Monstrous Pranks, and were encouraged to use the prank-tastic toys found in the Monster University Play Set. The five Toy Boxes chosen are listed below and can now be downloaded from the Toy Box Share menu in Disney Infinity.

Added: 31.03.2014 13:15 | 11 views | 0 comments


South Korea has been at the forefront of eSports for a number of years. Whilst the majority of the world fumbled around at household LANs, Korea was developing an industry that has grown to massive proportions. Fast forwarding to today, eSports is a serious and legitimate industry in Korea with mainstream success and coverage. It is now wonder that Korea once again takes a step to the next frontier of eSports by having a top university recognising eSports in its admission policy

Added: 30.03.2014 5:15 | 13 views | 0 comments


Gamers are not anti-social basement dwellers as some would presume, according to the findings of a new study published recently. Researchers analyzed the behavior of thousands of online gamers--most notably those who play MMOs like World of Warcraft--and determined that anti-social behavior is an oddity, not a regular occurrence, and that playing online games can actually enhance a person's social life. The study, Public Displays of Play: Studying Online Games in Physical Settings, was published in The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication by researchers at North Carolina State University, York University, and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.

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Gamelusters J.J. Evangelista had a chance to talk with White Paper Games Pete Bottomley about their company, why they got into video games, and about their recent release, Ether One. J.J. Evangelista: How did you get into the industry, and what made you want to get into this medium? Pete Bottomley: From an early age I loved games like DOOM, Half-Life, and Thief. I never actually thought about going into games as a career choice until I was choosing what University I wanted to go to though. It was a choice between a Games Design or Business studies course and so I chose the thing I was more passionate about rather than what made sense as a job. Whilst on the course I fell in love with Unreal Technology and creating levels (I had only really dabbled in UT2004...

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Video games could have negative effects on your attitudes toward other races. An Ohio State University study suggested that white gamers expressed more negative attitudes toward blacks after playing as black characters.

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Shadow of the Avatar Forsaken Virtues executive producer Starr Long discusses the University of Texas Denius Sams Game Academy at SXSW in Austin.