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Batman’s 19 Best and Worst Video Game AppearancesIGNComic book characters seem especially well-suited for video games, with their larger-than-life personalities, colorful costumes, and action-packed adventures, but Batman feels almost tailor-made for gaming. His arsenal of weapons and gadgets, fleet of …and more …read more From:: Gaming News By Google News Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham | Zennie … Read more

Elgin City Council: Bar at cineplex okay, no video gaming at gas stationElgin Courier NewsIn another matter, Glogovsky Oil company president Jeff Glogovsky informally asked the commission about allowing him to have a video gaming parlor serving sandwiches and on-site beer and wine at The Grove Mart, a gas station with a convenience store at … Read more

Driveclub review – a picturesque race towards truly social gamingThe GuardianOften in video games it’s the little details that reassure you. Driveclub, Sony’s “socially connected” driving game, was originally scheduled to accompany the PS4 launch last year, but was subsequently delayed for 10 months – a move that had many …Driveclub review (PS4): A simple … Read more

Should You Be Scared of Macau’s Gaming Stocks?Motley FoolA crackdown on corruption in Mainland China is seen as a risk to VIP play, the Asian economy seems to be on rocky footing, and gaming play in Macau has slowed ever since May. As a result, there’s been a big sell-off in gaming stocks with any … Read more

Gamer fighting cancer helps others battling diseasesNews10.netAustin Young is the founder of Gaming for a Cause, an organization that holds video game tournaments that have raised about $40,000 for charity over the past three years. The nonprofit also has donated iPad minis, gas and gift cards to UC Davis … …read more From:: Gaming News … Read more

Letter: Additional details on charity gamingLansing State JournalEvery set of rules proposed by the state has included at least one “poison pill” that effectively kills charity gaming. Michigan Gaming Control Board executive director Richard Kalm is not stupid and he knows exactly how to kill charity gaming with … …read more From:: Gaming News By … Read more

Gaming scientific researchBoing BoingThe scientists behind EteRNA, the 2003 game launched at Stanford to crowdsource potential RNA molecular structures, wrote a new paper analyzing how well the approach worked, stating that “It only recently hit us that EteRNA, despite being a game, is an … …read more From:: Gaming News By Google News Zennie AbrahamZennie … Read more

Nvidia’s Maxwell graphics chips for laptops can beat some powerful gaming …VentureBeatComputer gaming is about to take a big leap forward. Nvidia is launching its next-generation graphics chips for laptops today that the company claims are at about 75 percent of the performance of the fastest desktop graphics processing units (GPU)s.Nvidia Makes Gaming Notebooks Much … Read more

DeLeo resistant to revisiting gaming lawwwlp.comSTATE HOUSE, BOSTON, OCT. 6, 2014…..House Speaker Robert DeLeo said Monday any efforts to retain horse racing at Suffolk Downs, the East Boston track where his father once worked, would need to be within the “four corners” of the gaming law.New England HBPA elects boardDaily Racing Formall 11 news articles … Read more

Landing Zone gaming center opens to the publicLancasterOnlineThe 22,000-square-foot center features live-action laser games with a 13,000-square-foot gaming area that can be reconfigured for various types of combat games. There is also a cafe, The Arsenial Grill, as well as several party rooms. Landing Zone is … …read more From:: Gaming News By Google News … Read more

US university offers hefty athletic scholarships for video gamingTheChronicleHerald.caCHICAGO — As a teenager, holed up in his bedroom, illuminated by the glow of his laptop, Youngbin Chung became addicted to video games. Ten-hours-a-day addicted. His grades tanked. His parents fretted. A few years later, the 20-year-old from the San …School Bets Video Game Scholarship Can … Read more

Gaming Carbon Must End to Solve Global WarmingScientific AmericanGaming was less of an issue when the European Union set up its Emissions Trading Scheme, in part because it followed the U.S. experience in trading the pollution that caused acid rain and had direct government oversight. But a different flaw emerged.and more …read more From:: Gaming … Read more

Green Man Gaming Giving Away Free Games and More to New UsersTwinfiniteDigital games distributor Green Man Gaming has recently announced that new users that sign up on its site will receive a free Welcome Pack. Or what is essentially a digital goodie bag of gaming stuff (including some free games). If you sign up with … Read more

Gamers from 8 countries to clash at Mineski Pro-Gaming League in NovemberGMA NewsParticipants from eight countries will compete at the Mineski Pro-Gaming League Southeast Asian Grand Finals at SM North EDSA’s Skydome and Cyberzone on November 29-30. According to the Mineski-Events Team (MET), gamers from the Philippines, … …read more From:: Gaming News By Google … Read more

Gaming revenue distinguishes commercial, Indian casinosLas Vegas Review-Journal (blog)California economist Alan Meister produces Casino City’s annual Indian Gaming Industry Report, a comprehensive state-by-state roundup of Indian gaming revenue. But the figures are always a year behind because it takes Meister 12 months to compile the … …read more From:: Gaming News By Google News Zennie … Read more

Microsoft’s Xbox One the first games console to officially launch in China for …Financial PostIt has been 14 years since China officially banned console video games, worrying the living-room boxes would dumb down or deprave the brains of Chinese youth. But this week, after the government relaxed its restrictions, Microsoft scored the first …The PlayStation … Read more

The Honest Destiny Trailer Celebrates “Gaming’s Hottest 7 Out Of 10″KotakuOkay, easy target, but Smosh Games completely nails Bungie’s latest, especially with one of the video’s final lines: “Man, I have no idea why I’m still playing this.” I’m in the same boat. I am fully aware of all of the aspects of the game … Read more

Microsoft just launched China’s first video-game console in 14 years. Now …Washington Post (blog)It has been 14 years since China officially banned console video games, worrying the living-room boxes would dumb down or deprave the brains of Chinese youth. But this week, after the government relaxed its restrictions, Microsoft scored the first …The PlayStation 4 … Read more

Corsair Gaming K70 RGB ReviewTom’s GuideAt first blush, the Corsair Gaming K70 RGB ($170) improves in every way over its predecessor, the K70. It’s colorful, it feels great and there’s a whole new software suite to go along with it. Dig a little deeper, though, and it seems Corsair …Corsair Gaming K70 RGB Keyboard ReviewGameSidedall … Read more

Gaming: Don’t try this at home, aloneDaily ReviewNo one should start playing video games alone. Gaming is something that you should be introduced to by friends, huddled around a console that never has enough functioning controllers. Mario Kart, Golden Eye and Super Smash Bros. have founded an … …read more Source:: Gaming: Don't try this … Read more

Our Longest Gaming MarathonsVe3d.comMy friends and I were looking at the Guinness Book of World Records for Video Games, and we saw that the record time for beating The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time was something like five and a half hours (without hacking the game). Inspired, my …and more …read more Source:: Our … Read more

Rovio Layoffs Prove Mobile Gaming Is an Industry of One-Hit WondersWiredThe news should come as no surprise to those who have been following the mobile gaming industry over the last few years. Before Rovio, there was Zynga, whose FarmVille franchise was booming until it was unseated by none other than Angry Birds.‘Angry Birds’ maker Rovio … Read more

Support the Extra Life Gaming Marathon and raise money for children’s hospitalsBoing BoingSerious, complicated medical caregiving. Maddi’s Mom looked for help and she found Dell Children’s Hospital in Austin, ready and willing. The Extra Life Gaming Marathon, each year, brings an always larger community of gaming geeks like me, together … …read more Source:: Support … Read more

Desert Golfing: the strange appeal of mobile gaming’s latest crazeThe GuardianSmith let the idea sit for a while before beginning to realise his vision in the bold 2D graphics of 1980s computer games. “The color palette for Desert Golf is actually borrowed from Journey, but I figured it would be best not to call it … Read more

Wynn’s thoughts on Internet gaming: ‘Not much’Las Vegas Review-JournalCasino operator Steve Wynn used his Tuesday afternoon keynote address at the Global Gaming Expo to clearly state his position on legalized Internet wagering. When answering an audience question, read by American Gaming Association President Geoff …Report: US Gaming Industry Generated $240 Billion Economic Impact in 2013TIMEGaming … Read more

Don’t cut the cards here: Gaming laws getting stricterMyWebTimes.comWith the threat of a $5,000 fine, local veterans’ halls, fraternal clubs, restaurants and bars — those that are home to state-run video gaming terminals — can no longer allow a deck of cards or a set of dice on the premises. Managers of those … …read … Read more

Report: US Gaming Industry Generated $240 Billion Economic Impact in 2013TIMEThe U.S. commercial and tribal gaming industries generated more than $240 billion in economic impact and employed some 1.7 million people in 2013, according to a new report from the American Gaming Association. The sum includes the $38 billion that …Expert: Gaming contributes billions to … Read more

I’m leaving gaming mediaVentureBeatI’ve been doing gaming journalism for 18-and-a-half years now, and I’ve been hovering around the same position (editor-in-chief or editorial director) for 13 of them. So I hope you don’t blame me for seeking new challenges. I want to grow and learn new …and more …read more Source:: I'm leaving gaming media … Read more

A Closer Look: Gaming on Amazon Fire TV and Roku 3 is a mixed bag, but …Fox BusinessATLANTA – As gaming consoles such as the Xbox and the PlayStation diversify into video, social media and other non-gaming apps, it seems only fair that streaming TV devices start nudging into gaming territory. Amazon’s Kindle Fire TV … Read more

CMG Holdings Inc. eSports Subsidiary, Good Gaming Strengthens Leadership …CNNMoneyCMG Holdings Inc. (OTCQB: CMGO), Chairman Glenn Laken of GOOD GAMING Inc., the innovative eLearning and social networking platform for eSports gamers, today announced that start-up executive and former Co-Founder, CEO and Chairman of IGA …and more …read more Source:: CMG Holdings Inc. eSports Subsidiary, Good … Read more

Lenovo Erazer X510 review: An attractive PC for gamers with shallow(ish) pocketsPCWorldWe all dream of the day we can afford a triple-GPU gaming behemoth that can run the most demanding AAA games on a 4K monitor at a frame rate that never dips below 60fps. But for most of us, that dream is about as … Read more

US Military Accidentally Creates Best Strategy Gaming Platform EverKotakuSo far, Kinect has proven largely useless in the living room, where it hasn’t been able to keep up with action and sports games. The peripheral may have a future, though, with strategy games, via a program currently in testing with the US military. The … …read … Read more

Unhappy casinos: Video-gaming outlets beating us at our own gameBelleville News DemocratBut Illinois Gaming Machine Operators Association president Michael Gelatka disagrees. He said casinos in neighboring states that had already legalized video gaming are also witnessing attendance losses. He also said that he believes these new gambling …and more …read more Source:: Unhappy casinos: Video-gaming … Read more

Report: America favors gaming consoles for media streamingJoystiqGame consoles aren’t really game consoles anymore. Sure they play games, but they’re also capable of plenty of non-gaming activities. In today’s age, we have an abundance of apps and features installed on our consoles that make watching our favorite … …read more Source:: Report: America favors gaming … Read more

Oculus CEO Says the Heart of VR Will Always Be GamingGameSpotOculus talked about a lot of potential uses for virtual reality at its event last week where it unveiled the, Crescent Bay model of the Oculus Rift headset, but Chief Executive Officer Brendan Iribe said that the heart of Oculus will always be in …Beyond … Read more