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	Computer and video games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players may interact with in order to achieve a goal (or set of goals).
		A video game is a computer game where a video display is the primary feedback device.
		The computer and video game industry is the economic sector involved with the development, marketing and sale of video and computer games.
	www.babykidscare.com /Computer_and_video_games (3501 words)

	Video Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In an upstairs room roughly the size of South Boston, 110 video games from the late '70s and early '80s -- the heyday of the video arcade -- have been fixed up, turned on, and tuned to their tournament settings.
		To some extent, the resurgence of classic video games is fueled by a generation's predictable longing for the toys and joys of its teenage years.
		Game design was all they had, so they had to work harder to design an entertaining experience.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/features/99/05/20/VIDEO_GAMES.html (3334 words)

	Video Games Live \| www.videogameslive.com
		The Federal Trade Commission recently praised the video game industry saying that "there is much in the game industry's rating disclosure requirements that merits duplication by others." Although a few games in the show do carry a "Mature" rating, we make certain that the visuals for those particular titles are appropriate for the entire family.
		Video images are a big part of video games and we are the only ones who show constant in-sync video with the music.
		Video Games Live also includes exclusive "never before seen" video game footage that people have yet to see from games that are coming out later in the year.
	www.videogameslive.com /index.php?s=faq (2618 words)

	History of computer and video games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Many of the earliest computer games ran on university mainframes in the United States and were developed by individual users who programmed them in their idle time.
		The game is loosely based around table tennis: ball is "served" from the center of the court and as the ball moves towards their side of the court each player must maneuver their bat to hit the ball back to their opponent.
		The Video Game Revolution (2004) is a documentary from PBS that examines the evolution and history of the video game industry, from the 1950s through today, the impact of video games on society and culture, and the future of electronic gaming.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Timeline_of_video_games (8137 words)

	Computer and Video Games Come of Age
		When I've been more in the driver's seat as a co-owner of our company and a founder and one of the lead designers, we haven't done anything that I'm not happy with and that everybody in our company is not happy with and we are still happy to play our games.
		Even the fact that we are playing this game within an academic conference and your sort of behavioral expectations and outcomes are very different than in another context is also part of the design challenge and part of the challenge of understand in which the way in which games manifest.
		The game creates that sort of obscure object of desire, which could be the goal of the game or the play associated with the goal.
	web.mit.edu /cms/games/aesthetics.html (15705 words)

	Cult computer and video games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		They are computer and video games that usually garnered limited sales figures but attracted a loyal fanbase and earned generally great reviews from the press.
		The games that should be, or are, included on any "cult" list are often debated, due to the subjective nature of the title.
		Often these video games feature a visual style, storyline, or game mechanic that is out of the mainstream.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cult_computer_and_video_games (395 words)

	Game Reviews - AOL Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The second game in the series for the PS2, Xbox, and GameCube, The Sims Bustin' Out, successfully expands on the previous game, not only by letting you make a more highly customized computerized person (or "sim"), but also by letting your sims "bust out" of their own homes and freely visit their neighbors.
		The new game's bust out mode is at once more cohesive and more varied than that of the previous game, and it certainly gets tougher as you progress.
		Bustin' Out presents the workday in the same way the PC games did: That is, your sims are required to work at certain hours of the day, during which they simply disappear from the game for several hours, only to return home later, more tired and more hungry than they were before they left.
	videogames.aol.com /videogame/the-sims-bustin-out/448/game-reviews (1504 words)

	Psychonauts (xbx: 2005): Reviews
		The actual game is absolutely solid, but it’s the charm, humor, and inventive environments that’ll win you over time and time again.
		The puzzle element is intriguing the way it has been implemented into the game and the general all out wackiness of the characters and story surely sets it apart from its peers.
		I was worried for a wile that plat formers, the purest form of gaming was doomed to die.
	www.metacritic.com /games/platforms/xbx/psychonauts (2018 words)

	Video Games L-P Quizzes and Trivia -- FunTrivia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Considered by many gaming aficionados to be one of the best computer games ever written, "Master of Magic" (or MOM for short) was released in 1995.
		This is a quiz on one of the funniest games ever, "Psychonauts", for PS2, X-Box and PC.
		I suggest you play the game first, but nonetheless it is a quiz to try.
	www.funtrivia.com /quizzes/video_games/video_games_l-p.html (885 words)

	Rock On: 10 Games With Great Soundtracks on Games.net
		The music just sets the tone of the game almost flawlessly, from the swooping, majestic opening theme to the pounding battle anthems to the gentle, fluttering melodies in the forested areas.
		It's hard not to fall in love with a game about a rapping dog, but it's even harder to resist when that game is chock full of some of the most creative (and bizarre) raps around.
		Nevertheless, the orchestra score that accompanies what is considered the greatest Castlevania game ever featured a smattering of beautiful melodies countered by hard rock riffs that fit perfectly against the giant castle's many different areas.
	www.games.net /features/110942_1.shtml (541 words)

	Amazon.com: Ace Combat 4: Shattered Skies - Greatest Hits for PlayStation 2: Computer & Video Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Early in the game you're saddled with what amounts to a flying brick, and are forced to fly a few boring mud-moving missions.
		The game is nearly perfect in the audio department, with booming engine noises (taken from recordings of the planes' real-life counterparts) and constant radio chatter during missions.
		I played this game half year ago, and I have to say for me, an ace combat 3 fan, this game comes as a bit of dissapointment.
	www.amazon.com /Ace-Combat-Shattered-Greatest-PlayStation/dp/B00005NN5J (2095 words)

	The Morning News, QOTD and Other Stuff (4-25-06) - Operation Sports: Dedicated To Sports Gaming
		I just cant see how you are going to play games like madden and such with it, as you wouldnt use its IR technology, but rather more like a traditional controller.
		When it comes to games where traditional controllers need to be used, they need something else, like a gamecube controller u can hook up.
		Yes, the kiddie market may be on lock but if they churn out games at the rate that the GC was doing, its going the way of the Virtual Boy.
	forums.operationsports.com /vBulletin/showthread.php?t=168274 (988 words)

	Feature: Doom for PC on Gamepro.com.
		Wrapped in controversy, the bloody battles of a nameless space marine against an invading alien horde were chronicled in what can be considered one of the greatest, if not the greatest PC action game ever.
		While Doom wasn't the first game to feature a chainsaw (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre for the Atari 2600 had you slice and dice with a gas-guzzling saw), there hasn't been a game since to feature one.
		But Doom's multiplayer games showed some technical prowess, too: Even on a 14.4 modem, Doom was fast and nimble, and there was hardly anything as bad as the slowdown encountered in today's online multiplayer games.
	www.gamepro.com /computer/pc/games/features/10628.shtml (625 words)

	20 Games that Changed the World Feature on Gamepro.com
		Made for the Atari 2600, E.T. was one of the most transparent cash-ins in gaming history, one that has been credited with triggering the infamous video game crash of 1983.
		A landmark game, Street Fighter II single-handedly propelled the fighting genre, a tiny splinter of the overall games market at the time, into the spotlight.
		Politicians were outraged, players were overjoyed, and gaming magazines scraped together every last ragged shred of strategy and gossip they could in order to appease the screaming masses.
	www.gamepro.com /gamepro/domestic/games/features/53104.shtml (795 words)

	Bitsmack » Blog Archive » Goz’s Daily Del.icio.us
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		Pacman 3-D - Google Video » This would’ve been hilarious to see in real life!
		but i still think i did pretty well, considering i never had a nintendo.
	bitsmack.com /wp/2006/04/25/goz-delicious (236 words)

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