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Prepare for the assault on "Grand Theft Auto IV": Will Hillary Clinton use the much-anticipated release to win over the concerned parents demo?; Farhad Manjoo Apr 24, 2008
Put down that doughnut, Wii Fit is finally coming: Nintendo announces a U.S. release date for its much-anticipated fitness device.; Farhad Manjoo Feb 20, 2008
How "Guitar Hero" saved guitar music: Contrary to some purists' claims, the popular video game is inspiring kids to rock out for real.; By Farhad Manjoo Aug 15, 2007
A cheaper XBox gets a high-def digital port: Lucky gamers who've recently purchased new lower-priced XBoxes find their systems capable of digital video output to high-definition TVs.; By Farhad Manjoo Aug 9, 2007
"Grand Theft Auto IV" delayed until 2008: Game creators blame technical difficulties caused by a simultaneous release on both the XBox and the PS3.; By Farhad Manjoo Aug 3, 2007
Intel puts out "Extreme" chips for PC gaming addicts: The processor manufacturer will now let speed demons "overclock" their laptops.; By Farhad Manjoo Jul 16, 2007
Playstation 3: Is Sony's $100 price cut a scam?: How Sony reduced the price of the PS3 to increase its profits on the PS3.; By Farhad Manjoo Jul 14, 2007
Put down the doughnut, play Nintendo's new Wii Fit game: The company announces a new "balance board" controller that lets you do push-ups and Hula-Hoops on a video game.; By Farhad Manjoo Jul 11, 2007
Microsoft touts new Halo -- and takes on Wii, too?: At the big game convention in L.A., Microsoft announces the special Halo edition Xbox console, plus some controllers that may be aimed at Nintendo's hot system.; By Farhad Manjoo Jul 11, 2007
Friday game: 4way Pong: Like the classic arcade game, but cooler.; By Farhad Manjoo Jul 6, 2007
Friday game: WordBreaker: Try to guess the computer's secret word before it guesses yours. It's for puzzle nerds, but also for cool people, too.; By Farhad Manjoo Jun 22, 2007
Vector TD: A new take on tower defense (may get you fired): Vector TD is similar to wildly popular Desktop Tower Defense, but the game focuses more on strategy than speed. You have to play this game.; By Farhad Manjoo Jun 15, 2007
A cheating bully is ruining our racquetball games: His behavior is intolerable, but he gets away with it because he's a superior athlete.; By Cary Tennis Apr 13, 2007
My best girlfriend and I are competing for men: We're playing the Man Game. I'm concerned about the implications -- and I'm concerned about losing!; By Cary Tennis Mar 23, 2007
Girls, start your engines: In a new Mattel game, girls race candy-colored cars to the mall.; Catherine Price Feb 27, 2007
"The Hair Petting Game": Reaching out and touching everyone.; By David Puner Jan 10, 2007
Four square for grown-ups?: Childhood games like tag, dodgeball and rock paper scissors are being reclaimed by adults. Is there some deep societal reason why people are returning to kiddie fun?; By Christopher Noxon Jun 28, 2006
No more "booth babes"?: Video-game conference threatens to enforce its no-nudity policy.; Page Rockwell Jan 26, 2006
"Grand Theft Auto: Myst": In the most gorgeously conceived AND ultraviolent video game in history, you can open fire on passing cars with a bazooka while exploring universal archetypes!; By Jason Roeder Feb 2, 2005
The year in games: Developers, critics, gamers and analysts weigh in: What they loved, what they learned, what they worried about.; By Wagner James Au Dec 22, 2004
A change of heart for Scrooge?: A leaked memo hints that Electronic Arts might change its exploitative ways. But the workers are unimpressed.; By Katharine Mieszkowski Dec 6, 2004
Santa's sweatshop: Electronic Arts developers work night and day to crank out hits like "Madden NFL 2005." But now the elves are revolting.; By Katharine Mieszkowski Dec 2, 2004
No boring fighting parts: Rich and evocative, "Myst IV: Revelation" is a worthy successor to one of the greatest computer games of all time.; By Laura Miller Nov 23, 2004
Gameboys: "Hitman: Contracts" lets you kick major bad-guy butt -- but dealing with all the blood-oozing dead bodies isn't so easy.; By Jeff Alexander and Tom Bissell May 27, 2004
14th century video games: In Lev Grossman's "Codex," an investment banker manages the neat trick of simultaneously getting lost in medieval England and a 21st century computer game.; By Andrew Leonard Mar 4, 2004

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