Games

China dictates Games' direction (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)

6 Jul 2008

You know the Olympics are near when the usual gang of juiced-up Bulgarian weightlifters gets tossed from the games before even learning how to say in Chinese, "These needles are for therapeutic use only." The traditional ousting of Bulgarians got under way early for this Olympics after 11 of them tested positive for steroids last month, prompting the country's weightlifting federation to throw ...

Games Of Summer: Video Game Writer Trying To Cut Down On the Lingo (Bristol Herald Courier)

6 Jul 2008

For most parents, video games are just too alien to understand. Unlike books and movies, parents can’t preview the material of a 10-to-20-hour video game their kids are begging them to buy. And with foreign terms like “first-person shooter� or “platformer� used to describe games, reviews might as well be written in a foreign language. However, one of the most respected video game journalists, ...

Games Of Summer: Mario Kart Wii (Bristol Herald Courier)

6 Jul 2008

Like other Wii games, “Mario Kart Wii� is trying to make the way games are played a little less confusing.  Those familiar with the franchise know that this kart-racing game features all of the lovable characters from the popular “Mario� games, like Luigi, Bowser and Princess Peach. While the old “Mario Kart� games used thumbsticks in order to play, “Mario Kart Wii� uses only a steering wheel ...