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Computer games guru honoured as 'role model'
A COMPUTER games developer and programmer has been named as this year’s recipient of the Guildford Roll of Honour.
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Tex Murphy: Kickstarting a video game classic in Utah
Tex Murphy: Kickstarting a video game classic in Utah By Vince Horiuchi The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 21, 2012 04:33PM MDT In his heyday, futuristic gumshoe Tex Murphy always caught the crook and got the girl. Today, the virtual private eye who starred in his own series of popular computer games in the 1990s such as “Martian Memorandum” and “Under a Killing Moon” is a bit older, more ...
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Nurses warn 'police' video games
Parents need to be more vigilant over the computer games they allow their children to play, nurses say.
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Students win trip to Google's newest office in Venice
APPLE VALLEY Amid the low blips and beeps of computer games, mighty cheers would ring out as frustrated and victorious players alike competed for a trip to Google's newest office. Four high school students from the Lewis Center for Educational Research won the trip to Google on Tuesday night...
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Computer games help stroke victims
A computer game in which players perform circus tricks has been launched as an innovative way of helping people overcome a stroke.
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Chen: "A headshot with a sniper rifle is not relevant to real life"
Thatgamecompany's Jenova Chen has criticised the current crop of games, arguing that immature and lacking in relevance. "My biggest complaint for computer games so far is they are not good enough for adults," he told Gamasutra.
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I'm driving reforms agenda, says PM
David Cameron brushed aside criticism of his work ethic after details emerged of his fondness for karaoke and computer games.
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EA to Piggyback Origin on Popular Kickstarter Games
As Electronic Arts continues to work toward having Origin reach feature parity with Steam -- and hopefully finding something unique it can offer in the process -- it also is focused on getting the software installed on as many computers as possible. Bundling it with EA's own computer games has proven to be one effective way of doing this, whether it be with Battlefield 3 or Mass Effect 3 , as ...
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UBC researcher helping turn rehab into a game
In a Vancouver experiment over the past year and a half, seven paralyzed patients played computer games at home while electrodes in a wrist cuff sent electrical currents to paralyzed muscles so they could contract, allowing users to grasp and move a joystick. The wrist stimulator is controlled by users when they click their teeth to trigger hand opening or closing. Every tooth click generates a ...
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Gamer's delight: Class plays with another form of screenwriting
With "Writing for Video and Computer Games," Montclair State University dips a toe into the gaming industry.
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