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Google gets into gaming

Jun 28, 2013
Google is reportedly developing a game console and a wristwatch. The reason for all the hardware is all about the software.
Isabelle Olsson, lead designer of Google's Project Glass, talks about the design of the Google Glass during the keynote at last year's Google I/O, in San Francisco on June 27, 2012 in San Francisco.
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EverQuest turns 14: Secrets of the original online multiplayer game

Mar 26, 2013
Video game years are kind of like dog years, and that makes the game EverQuest, which turned 14-years-old this month, positively ancient.

Roberta Williams: The mother of computer video games

Mar 6, 2013
Complaints are rife that the video game industry treats female employees and female players as outsiders or worse. But it wasn't always that way.

#1reasonwhy: Women gamers speak out

Mar 5, 2013
Female video game developers and enthusiasts share their reason for loving the game and why they don't always feel included.

Shake-ups in gaming, from Netflix to Nintendo

Jan 26, 2012
Netflix also announced yesterday it's backing away from plans to rent video games. And that wasn't the only video game news making headlines.

Catherine, a game of love (and anxiety)

Aug 1, 2011
Catherine, a new video game by Atlus, sucks its players into a morally ambiguous world -- forcing them to think about relationships, and possibly...

Get a (second) life

Sep 1, 2010
A Japanese seaside resort is teaming up with Konomi Digital Entertainment to create a vacation getaway for young men and their virtual girlfriends....

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