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'Journey' sweeps Game Developers Choice Awards
"Journey" arrived on top at the Game Developers Choice Awards. The artsy video game developed by thatgamecompany swept the 13th annual ceremony ...
New book shares insights from Steve Jobs' 1st boss
When Steve Jobs adopted "think different" as Apple's mantra in the late 1990s, the company's ads featured Albert Einstein, Bob Dylan, Amelia Earhart ...
Baldwin gives $2,500 to RI high school chess team
Actor Alec Baldwin has donated $2,500 to help the chess team at Central Falls High School in Rhode Island defray the cost of traveling to a national ...
Indie sensibilities embraced at gaming conference
It's a time of transition for the video game industry. With last year's launch of the Wii U, the impending arrival of the PlayStation 4 and the ...
Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello leaving
Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. said Monday that its CEO, John Riccitiello, will step down on March 30. The company has named Larry Probst ...
Carnegie Mellon, NSA seek high school hackers
Bored with classes? Carnegie Mellon University and one of the government's top spy agencies want to interest high school students in a game of ...
Leap jumps to capture next step in motion control
In a bustling tent set up in a parking lot here at the South By Southwest Interactive Festival, people are pointing their hands and gesturing with ...
AP IMPACT: Combat stress felt far from front lines
They may never come face to face with a Taliban insurgent, never dodge a roadside bomb or take fire, but they still may be responsible for taking ...
EA apologizes for 'SimCity' launch woes
The creators of "SimCity" are hoping players don't move on after connectivity issues plagued the game's launch last week. The updated edition of the ...
Tanks, aircraft interact for virtual Army training
More than a dozen troops carefully maneuver through overgrown shrubs, firing laser-tag rifles at the enemy as they advance on a compound in the New ...
Allan Calhamer, creator of game 'Diplomacy,' dies
As a kid rooting around in the attic of his boyhood home, Allan Calhamer stumbled across an old book of maps and became entranced by faraway places ...
Christie signs NJ Internet gambling bill into law
Get ready for betting in your jammies, at work, from the kitchen table, or at the beach: New Jerseyans — and possibly many others — will soon be able ...
T. rex not a stand-up guy? Test your dino skills
Here's a test of your dinosaur knowledge: Did Tyrannosaurus rex stand upright, with its tail on the ground? The answer: No. But a lot of young people ...
Oscar animators ready to be taken seriously
In the animated feature film category at this year's Oscars, there's a film set in medieval Scotland, another that features old-school video game ...
Sony shows PlayStation 4 capabilities, but no box
Sony showed off what the PlayStation 4 can do, but not what it will look like. The Japanese electronics giant talked about its upcoming game console ...
Official: Calif. gunman was loner, 'gamer'
The first of three people killed in a gunman's rampage was identified Wednesday as a 20-year-old woman but police did not know why she was in the home ...
Study: Better TV might improve kids' behavior
Teaching parents to switch channels from violent shows to educational TV can improve preschoolers' behavior, even without getting them to watch less, ...
My classmate, the robot: NY pupil attends remotely
In an elementary school hallway, a teacher takes her second-graders to the library, leading a single-file line of giggling boys and girls that's ...
Online chatter continues over Dorner rampage
The death of ex-Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner in a fiery standoff with authorities has done little to quell online chatter over a man ...
Cheap yen a boon and a risk for Japan companies
As the yen weakens, famous Japanese exporters from Toyota to Nintendo are getting a boost but the favorable exchange rate also carries risks by ...
No need to leave the room: Bet by TV at NJ casino
Guests at one New Jersey casino won't even have to get out of bed in order to place a bet. The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City said it ...
The sound of NY Fashion Week: smartphones snapping
Remember clapping? As in when a fashion designer puts on his runway finale and then takes a bow before an adoring crowd. The fashion hordes these days ...
Video game composer taking 'Journey' to Grammys
Austin Wintory still can't wrap his head around the fact that he's up against "Star Wars" composer John Williams for a Grammy Award. "Thank God I've ...
Review: 'Dead Space 3' a less scary, solid shooter
Isaac Clarke has grown over the first two "Dead Space" games from a troubled systems engineer into a full-fledged action hero, so it would be naive ...