Chris Cantell Discusses Gaming: PS3 at only $499 by Ana Maria Ciobanu

Sony announced last week that it has no more plans of reducing PS3's price. They operated a $100 price cut which they probably think is enough.If we look at the facts and remove any Sony sympathy(which I confess: when it comes to cd players, digital cameras, TV's, Sony is my personal favorite) I don't know why anyone should buy a $499 game console instead of a twice as cheap one.You all know I'm talking about Nintendo's Wii. I am very curious what techical aspect would make you choose the way to expensive PS3, over Nintendo's Wii.Sony's PS3 includes a hard drive, a high definition Blu-ray optical drive, HD video output, Bluetooth wireless controllers, and-in the premium version-WiFi wireless networking. Sony would love to finally see it's PS3 baby one day as a PC alternative. It also offers 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround and true 1080p high definition video playback from prerecorded Blu-ray movies. All of these features at only $499. Remember the old price reached $600.Nintendo's Wii comes at the price of $250 and includes both Bluetooth for wireless controllers and a DVD drive. It can't play DVD movies...but is it that hard to play a movie on your PC or your TV? Perhaps Nintendo are not planning to take over the world like Sony and are less selfish. the Wii focuses on physically involving games using the wireless Wii Remote paired with the accessory Nunchuk controller.Nintendo also released the Wii Fit, which I personally loved since I first saw the videos from the E3 conference.Sony announced that it sold 710,000 units of the PS3 in the April-June quarter, less than a fourth of 3.43 million Wii consoles sold in the same period.My guess is unless Sony won't stop being a Moliere main character in the game console domain, it will be totally vanished from this market. Sure some people simply like the PS3 better...but I wonder for how long. How long are they going to pay twice as much for almost the same features? Until then, enjoy this extremely funny video!

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IBM Tells Employees to Behave in Second Life by Notme dfsfs

IBM issued a series of 11 Netiquette guidelines for its employees in Second Life or other virtual online worlds, where they have to interact with the general public.IBM recently opened a sales center in Second Life, and it's the first company that ever created rules for governing on virtual worlds.Rules like "Protect your -- and IBM's -- good name", "assume that activities in virtual worlds and/or the 3-D Internet are public -- much as is participation in public chat rooms or blogs", "Protect others' privacy", "it is inappropriate to disclose or use IBM's or our clients' confidential or proprietary information -- or any personal information of any other person or company... within a virtual world,", are meant to protect against discrimination, harassment and the intellectual property of IBM. The avatars used in the virtual world must be appropriate for doing business. Employees of IBM that might encounter an inappropriate situation that is work-related must report this to IBM.A spokesman of IBM said Friday: "Whether it's suggesting to our people how they protect their privacy and identity in the 3-D Net, or how to protect intellectual property, ours or our customers', some kind of 'rules of the road,' even at this early milepost, makes sense,"

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Chris Cantell Discusses Gaming: Marvel showdown rages on 360, PS3 by Notme dfsfs

EA Chicago announced Friday at Comic-con 2007, that they will develop a new fighting game franchise using Marvel's license. The game will be available for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, and it will be released in 2008.EA Chicago will use their team's talent to develop this new exciting fighting game with Super Heroes and Super Villains to bring an innovative and authentic fighting experience to gamers."We looked at past comic-based games to find out what was missing and what was needed to successfully translate the intensity, excitement and fiction from comics into fighting games," said Kudo Tsunoda, General Manager and Vice President, EA Chicago. "We're challenging ourselves to make a game that delivers on the Super Hero promises of past top-tier fighting games." "Marvel Super Heroes are a natural fit in the fighting game genre, so we're excited to have Kudo and his team of fighting game experts put these characters toe-to-toe against each other on next generation consoles," said Justin Lambros, Vice President of Interactive, Marvel Entertainment. "This is a game that will deliver to both comic book fans and to fighting game diehards." Tsunoda added that the game will feature an authentic fiction, huge environments, world to keep the gameplay fresh making every battle to be unique, like a first edition.

related story: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6175742.html

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Chris Cantell Discusses Gaming: Being addicted to a game is just like being addicted to drugs by Ioana Madalina Tantareanu

Video games can give you an addiction, as doctors have agreed, just like drugs or alcohol. This won't kill you, but it will ruin your life even worse than if you spent 18 hours a day at the office. At least if you work, you get paid; games give you status at best. It appears that online role-playing games are the most addictive, especially for unpopular kids who get respect and power in a virtual world. As their hero becomes stronger, the game becomes challenging, up to the point where the player can think only of the game. This type of addiction has symptoms just like other types, including the inability to control the need and escaping to the game world whenever real things go wrong. It stands a good chance to be included in the list of mental disorders that psychiatrists use to diagnose patients. Admitting you have a problem is always the first step to recovery and clinics to help gamers get better have appeared lately in the US and Amsterdam. And it's not only teenagers that need help; older people have been found to suffer from this disorder as well and their number is increasing in other parts of the world too, for example South Korea. The effects are the same: no interest in their spouse, in social activities, weight gain and other problems linked to becoming involved in a single activity 24h a day. Hardcore gamers think about advancing to the next level even when they're away from the computer and there's really no point in blaming the video games industry. After all, each game has a Quit button.

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Amazing but sad game by Lenka Lehenova

Computers, mobile phones, Internet and all modern technology are important for people and thanks to them we are not bored any more. They give us a lot of possibilities. We can be still in touch with our friends, we always have fresh news over the world and they still make more and more conveniences for us. We can't imagine our comfortable live without it.There are different reasons why people love it. Somebody likes chatting or surfing by Internet, others like information and children but not only they love games. As computers has been developed, games also have been unfolding. Firstly poor graphic was interchanged for perfect and arrant graphic which make real effect and you can feel like part of game. It looks like real and you can be scared or surprised as well as your figure in the game. There are million games of different kind. Graphic, sounds, emotion, motion and levels are amazing. It is a reason why not only children love it but also adults and pensioners.Dungeons & Dragons is popular fantasy game which has been developed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson in 1974 using medieval characters and mythical creatures. Step by step this game became a hit specially among teenage boys. Thanks to 3D generation characters and monsters look like alive. Using the million combination of features, abilities, skills or races, you can make your own character who has to pass a lot of hindrances to became a hero. It is a big adventure which you can modify by yourself. There are known not only video games but also books and movies.Sphere of computer's games is tearful because it lost one of the large personalities. Gary Gygax who co-created this amazing game and helped to start playing phenomenon died on Tuesday at his 69. He also was a writer who wrote plenty of fantasy books. He was fascinated by fantasy and wanted to create a game which included more of this imagination. His wife and six children will miss him. Dungeons & Dragons game will be sad without him but its beauty and uniqueness will stay here forever.

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Amazing but sad game by Lenka Lehenova

Computers, mobile phones, Internet and all modern technology are important for people and thanks to them we are not bored any more. They give us a lot of possibilities. We can be still in touch with our friends, we always have fresh news over the world and they still make more and more conveniences for us. We can't imagine our comfortable live without it.There are different reasons why people love it. Somebody likes chatting or surfing by Internet, others like information and children but not only they love games. As computers has been developed, games also have been unfolding. Firstly poor graphic was interchanged for perfect and arrant graphic which make real effect and you can feel like part of game. It looks like real and you can be scared or surprised as well as your figure in the game. There are million games of different kind. Graphic, sounds, emotion, motion and levels are amazing. It is a reason why not only children love it but also adults and pensioners.Dungeons & Dragons is popular fantasy game which has been developed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson in 1974 using medieval characters and mythical creatures. Step by step this game became a hit specially among teenage boys. Thanks to 3D generation characters and monsters look like alive. Using the million combination of features, abilities, skills or races, you can make your own character who has to pass a lot of hindrances to became a hero. It is a big adventure which you can modify by yourself. There are known not only video games but also books and movies.Sphere of computer's games is tearful because it lost one of the large personalities. Gary Gygax who co-created this amazing game and helped to start playing phenomenon died on Tuesday at his 69. He also was a writer who wrote plenty of fantasy books. He was fascinated by fantasy and wanted to create a game which included more of this imagination. His wife and six children will miss him. Dungeons & Dragons game will be sad without him but its beauty and uniqueness will stay here forever.

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080304/ap_en_ot/obit_gygax;_ylt=AkUN2lqKEtjpgnKO0DeLIzWs0NUE

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Halo 3 to be released September 25th by Corina Ciubotaru

Video game fans, prepare yourselves for some more sleepless, military strategy-filled nights: Halo 3 is coming your way with improved co-op multiplayer! Three other players will be able to join your fun and make things interesting, incarnating as a Master Chief, Arbiter or one of two new Elites named N'tho 'Sraom and Usze 'Taham. Only two players at a time can play from the same Xbox 360 unit, but you will still be able to enjoy the popular split-screen view. If you have no idea what the Halo series is, but think it might be interesting, here are some facts. Halo is a science-fiction adventure game, where a group of earthling soldiers have to defeat an evil race of aliens called The Covenant, who want to wipe out mankind. The multiplayer options evolved from only being able to act as Master Chief in the first game, to two player co-ops in Halo 2 and four player co-ops in Halo 3. The game is widely acclaimed for reviving first-person shooters, and the story, sound and little graphic details are sure to captivate even novice players. Faithful but sometimes stupid AI soldiers that accompany the Master Chief in the first game are completely replaced by human characters in the third Halo, so the game becomes more challenging with every version. If you want to save the world and become a hero in anyone's eyes, you only have to wait until September 25, 2007 and dish out at least $60 to take part in the epic battle.

related story: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6175937.html

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New Xbox 360 model

by Claudia Sonea

On May 12, 2005 Microsoft unveiled on MTV the Xbox 360, a video game console produced in collaboration with IBM, ATI and SiS. Players can compete online and download arcade games and content such as game demos, trailers, TV shows, music videos, or rented movies through its Xbox Live service. Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii are its rivals. Well, now they launched a new version called Xbox 360 Arcade that both Directions on Microsoft analyst Matt Rosoff and Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey say it doesn't even represent a challenge to the Nintendo's Wii console. First of all, the price, that usually represents high interest to the casual gamer, is with thirty bucks more than the Wii, $279. However, it has a Wireless Controller, 256 MB Memory Unit, Composite AV Cable, HDMI 1.2 output, and 5 Xbox Live Arcade titles: Boom Boom Rocket, Feeding Frenzy, Luxor 2, Pac-Man Championship Edition and UNO, are joined in a single disk, which also includes a Welcome Video, and several game trailers and demos. Also it includes 256 megabytes of memory, but there comes the flaw: the version lacks a hard drive. All in all, nice going for Microsoft, but what's the point? Who would actually buy something that is more expensive and not less good than others like the incredible Wii consoles with unique motion-sensing controllers? Some might do it, if not from loyalty to this brand, at least because you're a hardcore player and see something promising in it. Although I wonder how promising can it be without the hard drive. Just wait and see!

related story: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20071023/ttc-lifestyle-it-games-company-microsoft-5f79ecc_1.html

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Chris Cantell Discusses Gaming: Doba "hravá" by Martina Harvanova

Stáva sa stále zloÅ≤itejÅ¡ou úlohou, ğÖm obdarovaÅ¥ svojich blÖzkych. Ä‘i je to na Vianoce alebo narodeniny a iné oslavy. Pomaly si uvedomujeme, Å≤e hoci máme zvÀğšujúce sa mnoÅ≤stvo prÖleÅ≤itostÖ na vÃ∏ber darÄŸekov, ÄŸo nemôÅ≤eme porovnaÅ¥ so situáciou spred pár dekád, vÃ∏ber je oveÄ≤a komplikovanešÖ. Ä∏udia jednoducho majú takmer vÅ¡etko.ObleÄŸenie je nudné, elektronické prÖstroje drahé, bytové dekorácie prÖliÅ¡ obyÄŸajné. Alebo na druhej strane, v dome nie je dosÅ¥ miesta na veci, ktoré dotyÄŸnÃ∏ dostáva pri prÖleÅ≤itosti toÄ≤kÃ∏ch osláv v roku. AvÅ¡ak je tu nieÄŸo, ÄŸo vÅ≤dy vie poteÅ¡iÅ¥ a prekvapiÅ¥ a ÄŸo nie je nikdy obyÄŸajnou rutinou. Hry. NezáleÅ≤Ö na veku, pohlavÖ, sociálnom zaradenÖ, intulektuálnej úrovni, vÅ≤dy si môÅ≤ete vybraÅ¥ vám primeranÃ∏ druh tovaru s oznaÄŸenÖm "hra". Pred pár rokmi boli novinkami hry ako Mr. Potato Head, Slinky, Twister, neskôr Nintendo a iné klasické video hry, ktoré ukázali novÃ∏ spôsob zábavy. V súğasnosti, hoci sú populárnymi, hra s nimi sa stáva uÅ≤ trochu nudnou. Aby spoloÄŸnosti vyrábajúce video hry prilákali viac zákaznÖkov, zaÄŸali uvádzaÅ¥ modifikácie tÃ∏chto hraÄŸiek "starej Å¡koly". A s obrovskÃ∏m úspechom.Ponuka je naozaj Å¡iroká, kaÅ≤dÃ∏ si môÅ≤e vybraÅ¥ tú svoju obÄ≤úbenú hru podÄ≤a vlastnÃ∏ch preferenciÖ. Ponuky sa odliÅ¡ujú jedna k druhej. Absolútnymi favoritmi sú tieto: jednotkou je Call of Duty 4, nasledovaná Football Manager-om 2008, Crysis a The Sims 2. Ak máte radi inteligentnú dejovú lÖniu, siahli by ste po prvej, a ak je vaÅ¡ou obÄ≤ubou boj s mimozemÅ¡Å¥anmi a vyÅ≤Övate sa v perfektnej grafike a hre, vaÅ¡im vÖťazom je Crysis. Povedané jednoducho, existuje tu vÅ¡etko pre vÅ¡etkÃ∏ch. UÅ≤ to nie je len krv a násilie. Video hry sa postupne rozchádzajú viacerÃ∏mi cestami..Vlastne kaÅ≤dÃ∏ sa chce hraÅ¥. Jestvuje prÖslovie, Å≤e kto sa hrá, nie je zlÃ∏. A ja to môÅ≤em doplniÅ¥: kto sa hrá, je úplne normálny. Aj keÄ∂ to je, naprÖklad, vysokoÅ¡kolsky vzdelaná postarÅ¡ia pani hrajúca sa Gears of War.

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"Play" age by Martina Harvanova

It is getting always more and more difficult what to donate your beloved ones. Whether it is Christmas or birthday and other feast. We are slowly realizing that although there is rising range of gift opportunities that you can't compare to the few-decades-ago situation, the digest is much more complicated. People just own almost everything.Clothes is boring, electronic gadgets expensive, home decorations too common. Or on the other site, there is not enough space in our apartments for the stuff given to so many celebrations in a year. However, there is always something that can cheer and surprise and that is never routine. Games. Whatever age, gender, social status, intellectual level, you can always find an appropriate item with a label "Games". Few years ago there were novelties like Mr. Potato Head, Slinky, Twister, later Nintendo and other classic video games showed a new style of playing. In the present, although they are popular, the play with them is a bit boring. To attract more customers the companies producing video games started introducing modifications of these "old school" toys. And with a great success.The offer is really wide, everybody can pick their favorite according to preferences. The selects vary from one to the another. Absolute minions are these: the number one is Call of Duty 4, followed by Football Manager 2008, Crysis and The Sims 2. If you like clever story line, you would grab the first one, and if your vogue is rather alien-fight and you riot in perfect graphics and gameplay, your winner is Crysis. Said simply, there is everything for everybody. It is no more only blood and violence. Video games are being diversified in many ways. Well, everybody wants to play. There is a saying that who plays doesn't make troubles. And I can complete it: who plays is fully normal. Even when it is, for instance, a university-degree older woman playing Gears of War.

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Edited by Zuzana Tylkova