Gaming Technology Blog

What else can you do with your gaming machine? No really, what else? Aside from using it as a doorstop?

Sony wants your Ps3 to become your music, TV episode and movie download outlet.

And while you’re waiting for your download you can check the out the weather or the news.

The Xbox 360 can be converted into a Netflix Watch Instantly Box.

Nintendo’s DS is being used to teach Japanese kids English.

World of Warcraft subscribers can now opt for additional account security by purchasing a little gadget at the Blizzard Store for $6.50.

The gadget is a random code generator that users enter into an additional password screen they can use to better protect their WOW accounts. The random codes will only be valid once.

Sorry boys, though rumors have been popping up of the next installment in the beloved Half-Life franchise being announced at E3 2008, Valve marketing head Doug Lombardi have put those rumors to rest.

Instead, Lombardi turned attention to Valve’s latest offering, the cooperative zombie romp Left 4 Dead. Oh well.

Check out this list of the ten best Xbox 360 games out in the market right now. The compiler describes himself as someone who plays nothing but XBox 360 games. What do you think about his ranking?

10. Orange Box
9. Assassin’s Creed
8. Mass Effect
7. Bioshock
6. Guitar Hero
5. COD 4
4. GTA IV
3. Madden 08
2. Gears of War
1. Halo 3

Read the complete list here.

If you’ve ever felt that the US presidential race is just a big game, or that you could run a presidential campaign better than that other guy or gal, well now here’s your chance.

“Political Machine” is a PC strategy game for Windows computers that allows players to take up the role of Barrack Obama or John McCain, among others, in their pursuit of the White House.

The game goes on sale this week.

Sales forecasting company Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR) has predicted in a note to investors that Microsoft will likely announce a price cut for it Xbox 360 game console in the USA at E3 this year.

It was added that such a price cut would probably have Sony following suit with a similar price cut within two months.

So if you plan to buy a console this year, it might be a good idea to wait a bit.

Anthony Puzo, son of the late Mario Puzo, is suing Paramount Pictures for at least $1M for breach of contract, after the studio allegedly failed to turn over revenues from the video game adaptation of Mario Puzo’s novel “The Godfather”.

Paramount licensed game published Electronic Arts to turn the original 1972 film into a video game in 2006. According to the younger Puzo, the Puzo estate has not received any revenue from the video game since then.

It’s interesting to me that the PC game version of the latest Narnia film, “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” is being released before the film actually comes out in theaters.

Could it be that the publisher expects demand to be so great that players will want their Prince Caspian fix any which way they can get it? Or is this just another one of those throwaway obligatory movie-to-game ports that no one cares about?

A recent study by an Australian Psychology graduate suggests that gaming addicts, for all their shortcomings, are not the antisocial nerds we tend to make them out to be.

Of the 621 adult respondents to the study, 15% calimed to spend more that 50 hours a week playing video games, but only 1 percent exhibited behaviors like poor social skills and low-self esteem.

One caveat is that the survey was done online, where people tend to be less shy any way.

If you haven’t heard about Video Games Live, it’s just about the coolest concert series there is. They play video game music, live, on a full-on classical orchestra with all the works, hi-tech lights show and everything. It’s one of those few gaming-related things (like conventions and such) that simple cannot be recreated as a home experience.

Video Games Live will be playing in Las Vegas for the first time ever, and will be premiering music from that beloved and genre-defining series, Command & Conquer.

For more info:

VIDEO GAMES LIVE
LAS VEGAS/HENDERSON, NEVADA
SATURDAY, JUNE 24TH, 2008 - 8:00PM
HENDERSON PAVILION
LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC
TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE!!