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MADDEN BOWL XVIII - Tebow Time in Indianapolis
Playing in front of a capacity crowd filled with NFL stars, college All-Americans, and the local Indianapolis faithful, the Madden
"Clutch Team" featuring Drew Brees, Jimmy Graham, and Tim Tebow, rallied late to knock off the 2012 NFL Draft eligible
"Rookie Team" of Justin Blackmon (wide receiver, Oklahoma State University), Robert Griffin III (quarterback, Baylor University), and LaMichael James (running back, University of Oregon), 16-13, capturing the Madden Bowl XVIII championship.
GameGadget official release date confirmed as March 30th 2012
GameGadget offers gamers, game developers and game publishers, unrivalled choice and flexibility in how they play, create and sell games. Described as the iPod for Games GameGadget is the first games console to be developed in the UK since the heyday of Spectrum and Amstrad over 20 years ago.
GameGadget are working directly with video game publishers and developers to license their back catalogue via a proprietary iTunes style digital download platform.
Silverlicious Coming to Nintendo DS March 2012
Following the enchanting storyline of Silverlicious written and illustrated by
Victoria Kann, Silverlicious the game lets players set out on an adventure as
Pinkalicious who has lost her ability to taste anything sweet. Help Pinkalicious
regain her sweet tooth as you practice kindness, good manners and helping others
in need. Unlock magical rewards including butterflies, sparkle rides and
fireworks, as you explore the beautiful lands and meet new friends.
Dangers of Video Games
Violent Video Games Make us more aggressive?
These four links prove the science behind the violence. It is
interesting to note that whenever you bring up these facts to those
whom support violent video games; they aggressively attack the
messenger trying to help them heal their minds. Their aggressive
attack(s) are added to the already mounting scientific data. Below
are some links on this topic:
http://www.apa.org/releases/videogames.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0329/p01s05-ussc.html
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/nation/5355288.htm
Video game addiction
These four links give scientific evidence, and concerns about how
addicting video games can be. This is a real danger to all of us
gamers in this industry. We need to be open, and honest about
getting real help for those who become addicted to video games. God
should be #1 in our lives, so an addiction to anything is a serious
problem. What makes the addiction to video games worse, is many are
not even aware of it. Below are some links on this topic:
http://www.mediafamily.org/facts/facts_gameaddiction.shtml
http://www.theparentreport.com/resources/ages/preteen/kids_culture/130.html
http://www.selfpsychology.org/_forum/0000014b.htm
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro02/web2/mschlimme.html
Exploitation of women in video games
There is a deep rooted problem in video games; and as the
technology has gotten better, this problem has gotten worse. The
problem is women being exploited in video games. This is rarely
discussed in the industry, however it should be. There needs to be
accountability on all sides. The companies that are selling this
trash should be held accountable for the ways they are molding young
minds. The players who comit acts of violence against women need to
own up to the fact they did it of their own free will. Below are
some links on this topic:
http://www.mediascope.org/pubs/ibriefs/vwm.htm
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,37416,00.html
Linkage of obesity to video games
As American children grow larger sideways, there is the question
of what is the root cause. Well video games are being blamed by
some. I personally have not made up my mind, but it is an important
discussion we should have inside the video game industry. Below are
some links of interest:
http://www.cfah.org/hbns/news/video03-17-04.cfm
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,64407,00.html
http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/90/100540.htm
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/deanfulltexttopics.cfm?ID=60891&storytype=DeanTopics
http://www.mediafamily.org/research/report_vgrc_2003-2.shtml
