!['A Game Has Never Made You Cry' [Culture]](/images/news/44804.jpg)
Chris Bateman (of Only a Game) has a thought provoking article on his new, games only blog on whether or not a game has ever made you cry.
The contention here isn't that people have never cried while...
Serious Games
Serious Games Competition Is Serious Business [News]
![Serious Games Competition Is Serious Business [News]](/images/news/47311_l.jpg)
Whosegame is right in the middle of their first annual Serious Games competition which runs from Dec. 8, 2008 to Mar 31, 2009.
To enter, you have to be a student or someone who really, really wants to make a Serious Game. The jury prizes are 5000, 2500 or 1000 euros worth of gift checks in the winner... Read more
Viral Video Engagement Is A Serious Game
OTOinsights release neuromarketing study on viral video
New report uses Quantemo (the neuromarketing research lab) to glean insights into how users locate, respond to, and engage with internet video
Via: One To One InteractiveEmotion, Engagement and Internet VideoJeffrey Bardzell, Ph.D., Shaowen Bardzell... Read more
Playing Videogames Improves Brain Power
Computer games attenuate cognitive decline in older adults
Via: SharpBrains Blog - Games for Brain HealthCan training in a real-time strategy video game attenuate cognitive decline in older adults?A new study found that adults in their 60s and 70s can improve a number of cognitive functions by playing... Read more
See also
![Considering the BusinessWeek Arcade [Indie Games]](/images/news/43995.jpg)
We mentioned the somewhat odd BusinessWeek Arcade back when it launched; now Ian Bogost has taken up the whys and wherefores over at the Journalism & Games Project blog.
The titles selected for BusinessWeek...
The titles selected for BusinessWeek...
![Outgrowing Games: The Rebuttal and Challenge [Culture]](/images/news/43063.jpg)
A few weeks ago, designer Brice Morrison talked about how a game designer outgrew games; since kicking off a flurry of discussion, he's returned to GameSetWatch with some in-depth answers to common question...
![Entries Announced for IGF '09 [Igf09]](/images/news/43054.jpg)
A couple of Kotakuites have written to underline what I'd already noticed — the lists of the 2009 Independent Games Festival entrants are finally up. This year was apparently a record year, with...
Nov 15 Games as Language [Language]
![Games as Language [Language]](/images/news/41374.jpg)
L.B. Jeffries has a nice essay up on the idea of 'games as languages' — a combination of coercing players to take certain actions and encouraging certain responses, creating a dialogue of sort...
![The Art and Rendering of Brutal Legend, Killzone 2 Coming to GDC [Gdc 09]](/images/news/47439.jpg)
The Brutal Art of Brutal Legend and rendering techniques of Killzone 2 will both be making an appearance at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco later this year.
Michiel van der Leeuw and Michal...
Michiel van der Leeuw and Michal...
![Playstation 3 Invades Yankee Stadium [Ces]](/images/news/47418.jpg)
Playstation 3s will be showing up in every suite of the new Yankee Stadium and in a gaming zone for non-rich folk, as part of a new agreement between the stadium and Sony Electronics.
The plan will bring...
The plan will bring...
![Fable II's Knothole Island DLC Hits Next Week [Fable II]](/images/news/47354.jpg)
Fable II's Knothole Island hits Xbox Live worldwide on Jan. 13 for $10 (800MP). And the expansion isn't coming without gifts. Even gamers who don't purchase it will get some freebies next week.
Knothole...
Knothole...
!["How Do I Change The Color Of SoulCalibur Female Underpants?" [Maximum Risky]](/images/news/47340.jpg)
This is serious stuff. Very serious. An interoffice Namco conversation regarding changing panty colors for the Dreamcast version of SoulCalibur. No, really.
According to the individual who supplied these...
According to the individual who supplied these...
![Sony To Bring In-House Racing Studios Together [Sony]](/images/news/47336.jpg)
Sony have two in-house racing developers. Evolution Studios, who do MotorStorm, and SCEE Liverpool, who do WipeOut. Seems a bit silly having two teams doing the one genre, doesn't it? Does to Sony.
In...
In...
![No Men Allowed (For A Long Time Now...) [Purikura]](/images/news/47332.jpg)
Girls only. Japan's Asahi Shimbun has an article about how Japanese arcades are banning men from sticker picture machines. Why'd they do that?
According to the piece, "A growing number of arcade operator...
According to the piece, "A growing number of arcade operator...
![Sony Pictures Dates Ghostbusters Game [Sony]](/images/news/47317.jpg)
The release date for the Ghostbusters game has been announced by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in a Ghostbusters Blu-ray movie release — accidently announced, maybe! Doh.
A Sony Pictures pre...
A Sony Pictures pre...
![The Kinetics of Pinball [Pinball]](/images/news/47291.jpg)
The man behind such pinball greats as Fun House, the Addams Family and The Twilight Zone, Pat Lawlor, recently sat down with Gamasutra to discuss the history and design of pinball games.
The interview...
The interview...
Jan 7 EGM, RIP
If you're following the sale of 1up.com and the mass layoffs that ensued on Tuesday afternoon, you'll likely soon be reading a bunch of blog posts and goodbye letters from the dozens of displaced staff...