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Video Games Come Out "on top" for the Women of Toronto

Facebook poll conducted by Best Buy Canada shows men and women are serious about video games; what they play and for how long >> TORONTO, Oct. 17 /CNW/ - Video games or sex? The women of Toronto have spoken! Video games never lie, you can happily spend hours with them, and no matter how hard you push their buttons, they won't talk back. This may explain why almost one third of women would rather give up sex for a month than video games. Of the 500 respondents to a recent Facebook poll, 29 per cent of women would rather ditch the deed than can their consoles. A recent survey of Torontonians conducted by Facebook on behalf of Best Buy Canada on October 9th, showed that while 29 per cent of women would rather give up sex for a month than video games, only 19 per cent of men would do the same.

Market turmoil hits video games industry hard

The volatile financial market rollercoaster is hitting the big name interactive entertainment industries hard. Both Activision/Blizzard and Electronic Arts – the industry’s biggest companies - have shed more than US$6 billion in value this past week. Why?

Verdict Research: Video game spend surpasses music & video

There has been a huge shift in consumer attitude towards the entertainment market says Verdict Research in its latest reports - UK Music & Video 2008and UK Video Games & Consoles Retailing 2008. In the 12 months to the end of 2008 Verdict predicts that the buoyant video games market will have grown by a massive GBP1.37bn - at a time when the combined music & video sectors have stagnated, with growth of just GBP0.03bn between them. This will see the video game retail market overtake music & video, to become the largest entertainment sector in the UK.

Video Games Industry Planning to Release 'Traffic Light' Ratings System

Tuesday 28th October/... In a move mirroring efforts by food manufacturers and retailers to give consumers a clear and easy way to understand food content, the games industry is close to launching a traffic light system for the ratings on video games. As the government gears up to close its consultation into video games ratings on November 20, the industry has responded to observations made by Dr Tanya Byron in her report that there is a lack of consumer awareness of the PEGI rating symbols. The industry feels that by employing a traffic light system that is simple to understand it will be effective in combating any confusion previously felt by consumers. The new system has been designed to give parents‘at a glance’ indicators of the age appropriateness of any game’s content.

Video Games Come Out 'on top' for the Women of Toronto

Facebook poll conducted by Best Buy Canada shows men and women are serious about video games; what they play and for how long >> TORONTO (CNW) - Video games or sex? The women of Toronto have spoken! Video games never lie, you can happily spend hours with them, and no matter how hard you push their buttons, they won't talk back. This may explain why almost one third of women would rather give up sex for a month than video games. Of the 500 respondents to a recent Facebook poll, 29 per cent of women would rather ditch the deed than can their consoles.

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Video Games And Console Sales Start To Slide

Australians are still buying up video games and consoles say EB Games and JB Hi Fi however in the US video game sales have started to slow with NDP research reporting that sales were down 7% in September, to $1.27 billion from $1.35 billion a year ago They said that the market did not appear to be affected by current economic woes. "Overall, the health of the video games industry remains quite strong despite the rocky economic conditions," said NPD analyst Anita Frazier.

Mobile Video Infrastructure Market Ramps Up In Spite of Economy

The market for mobile video infrastructure will experience rapid growth rates over the next several years in spite of the economy, reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com). There are many ways to deliver video content to mobile devices; some of these require mobile video-specific infrastructure, such as broadcast out-of-band video services and cellular in-band video services, the high-tech market research firm says. Others, like Internet access and digital terrestrial broadcast TV, utilize infrastructure in place for other video services.

Study Reveals Women Choose Video Games Instead of Sleep

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- Results from a survey recently fielded by Entertainment for All(R) Expo (E for All(R)), the consumer video game expo held October 3-5, 2008, in Los Angeles, and PoshMama.com, an online community exclusive to women around the world, indicate some surprising trends relating to women and video games. Front and center: many women would rather play video games than catch up on sleep, according to the new survey which polled more than 120 PoshMama members on their video game habits. Responses were gleaned from the high percentage of female respondents (71%) who said that they play video games.

Video Games Come Out "on top" for the Women of Toronto

Video games or sex? The women of Toronto have spoken! Video games never lie, you can happily spend hours with them, and no matter how hard you push their buttons, they won't talk back. This may explain why almost one third of women would rather give up sex for a month than video games. Of the 500 respondents to a recent Facebook poll, 29 per cent of women would rather ditch the deed than can their consoles.

HIGH POINT MARKET HAS ONLINE VIDEO OF NEW HOME FURNISHINGS LINES HIGH POINT, NC ? The High Point Market has released an online video overview of new home furnishings products being introduced during the upcoming Fall market Oct. 20 to 28.

The High Point Market has released an online video overview of new home furnishings products being introduced during the upcoming Fall market Oct. 20 to 28.

Chinese Killer Blames Video Game Addiction

For years, video game haters like Jack Thompson have tried to use bogus claims about video games to absolve criminals of responsibility for their crimes. It's really rather sickening, that rather than getting criminals to stand up and accept responsibility, they try to blame some video game. However, with China now embracing the concept of internet addiction, it appears that an accused killer is now trying to similarly pin the blame for poisoning his parents on his online video game addiction. These stories really have nothing to do with video games, and everything to do with criminals trying to skirt responsibility for their actions by throwing the blame on video games that had nothing to do with the actual crimes.

Linux Games: Fun with Tux

It is time to take a break from Linux commands and have some fun playing computer games. Luckily, the open source software community offers many gaming and educational choices among the other applications. Whether you want to exercise your own mind or give a child a new learning tool, there are many free games and applications out there to help build and exercise knowledge. You might find on-the-screen puzzles, memory games, games to build math, reading or writing skills, or even applications to explore outer space. The same goes with entertainment software; you can find fun and interesting games out there for free. You can your sharpen card games or board games, create and run your own empire with strategy games, fly or race with simulators, or shoot 'em up in action games.

3 Linux Games: Fun with Tux

It is time to take a break from Linux commands and have some fun playing computer games. Luckily, the open source software community offers many gaming and educational choices among the other applications. Whether you want to exercise your own mind or give a child a new learning tool, there are many free games and applications out there to help build and exercise knowledge. You might find on-the-screen puzzles, memory games, games to build math, reading or writing skills, or even applications to explore outer space. The same goes with entertainment software; you can find fun and interesting games out there for free. You can your sharpen card games or board games, create and run your own empire with strategy games, fly or race with simulators, or shoot 'em up in action games.

Video Games Come Out "on top" for the Women of Toronto

TORONTO, Oct. 17 /CNW/ - Video games or sex?The women of Toronto have spoken! Video games never lie, you can happily spend hours with them, and no matter how hard you push their buttons, they won't talk back. This may explain why almost one third of women would rather give up sex for a month than video games. Of the 500 respondents to a recent Facebook poll, 29 per cent of women would rather ditch the deed than can their consoles.

Emote Games: Emote Games To Improve Online Artificial Intelligence With Funding From The Technology Strategy Board; Improved artificial intelligence will provide new opportunities for the online games market

TMCNet: Emote Games: Emote Games To Improve Online Artificial Intelligence With Funding From The Technology Strategy Board; Improved artificial intelligence will provide new opportunities for the online games market

Google's 'AdSense for Games' to tap gaming market

San Francisco: Industry statistics find approximately 200 million people play games online and their ranks are growing at a rate of 17 percent annually. To tap the growing online computer games market, search giant,Google is looking to expand its online advertising dominancy by developing AdSene for Games software, which enable website operators to weave video, text, or picture advertisements into online games.

Women Choose Video Games Instead of Sleep

Results from a survey recently fielded by Entertainment for All Expo indicate some surprising trends relating to women and video games. Front and center: many women would rather play video games than catch up on sleep, according to the new survey which polled more than 120 PoshMama members on their video game habits. Responses were gleaned from the high percentage of female respondents (71%) who said that they play video games.

CDC Games Launches Digimon RPG In the World's Largest Online Games Market

BEIJING, Sept. 25, 2008 -- CDC Games, a business unit of CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA) and pioneer of the "free-to-play, pay for merchandise" model for online video games in China, announced today it has launched Digimon RPG, an online role-playing game based on the popular Japanese television animated series, in China, the world's largest market for online games.

Video games set to knock CDs off top spot

It has been revealed that UK consumers are expected to spend in the region of £4.6 billion on video games in 2008, which is an increase of 42%, and "only" £4.46 billion on music and video sales. While this will come as a surprise to many, the move towards games consoles and video games over the last decade has been enormous.

Video Games Linked To Child Aggression

the4thdimension writes "CNN is running a story this morning that explains new research showing a correlation between video games and aggression in children. The study monitored groups of US and Japanese children, asking them to rate their violent behavior over a period of several months while they played video games in their free time. The study concludes that it has "pretty good evidence" that there is a link between video games and childhood aggression." Stories like this make me want to smash things.

The video games market is set to overtake music and video to become the biggest entertainment sector in the UK, according to research released today.

By the end of 2008 the video game retail market will have grown by £1.37bn, while the music and video sectors will have stalled, with a growth of just £30m between them.

Violent video games tied to aggression

Adolescents who play violent video games may become increasingly aggressive over time. Teens who regularly play violent video games are more likely to get into physical fights over time. The following studies lend weight to evidence that violent video games can encourage violence in some kids.

Where Are the Video Games Women Really Want?

Females have just as much fun with video games as males, but is the gaming industry giving them enough attention? Developers of casual games may commonly target women and girls, but when it comes to heavier, more complex games, the target market seems to be quite male-oriented. That may be beginning to change.

London MCM Expo: the consumer event for the video game industry

With support from the video game industry’s heavy weight publishers, an expected attendance of 30,000, a whole host of European exclusive first-plays of the games set to dominate the Christmas charts, and now an established date in this year’s London Games Festival, the London MCM Expo once again proves it’s the consumer event for the video game industry.

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