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Non-player Characters Getting More Realistic

The New York Times offers an interesting article about how games are starting to create more sophisticated non-player characters to make games more challeging and interesting. June 8, 2005

Slowly Learning More About Quake 4

The Quake 4 trailers are now available. June 7, 2005

Pacman Comes to Life in Human Pacman

Just when you thought you had seen every kind of Pacman game variation you could, along comes Human Pacman. June 6, 2005

Got Used Games Includes Poom Distraction

Got Used, a network of college bookstores, has a games section that includes a couple of good diversions for bored students and workers in cubicles. June 4, 2005

Safe Games Illinois Act Passes

Illinois lawmakers have voted to pass a law that bans the sale of violent and sexually explicit video games to minors. June 1, 2005

Controversy Over Nudity in God of War

While some people complain about the nudity in the God of War game, others are actively searching for it. May 31, 2005

80 Year-Old Woman Wants World Record Title Back

Doris Self, of Fort Lauderdale, eats, drinks and sleeps Q*Bert, the classic video game from the early 1980s, practicing day and night. May 30, 2005

Voice Actors Considering Game Strike

Voice actors are threatening to strike against game makers like Electronic Arts and Rockstar Games. May 27, 2005

Here Come the Christian Games

Christian game developers say they want to develop games that deliver a wholesome Christian message without the blood and gore. May 26, 2005

Lara Croft Gets a Makeover

Eidos is giving Lara Croft a makeover in order to make the next game in the Tomb Raider series more appealing to women. May 25, 2005

PlayStation 5: As Powerful as the Human Brain?

It sounds like an absurd question -- will a future gaming system run on a computer as powerful as the human brain? However, Ian Pearson, head of the futurology unit at BT Labs in England, recently told The Observer that it might be possible. May 24, 2005

Sports Gamers Get Their Own Magazine

All In Media and Time/Warner Retail Sales and Marketing have announced the launch of a new print magazine called Sports Gamer. May 23, 2005

Spore Game Generates Buzz

Spore, a new game from Electronic Arts, is generating a big buzz. May 22, 2005

Inside the E3 Expo

The E3Expo has provided material for thousands of articles and hundreds of thousands of blog entries. May 20, 2005

Staples Game Lets You Catch Falling Office Supplies

This goes in the time killer category for those of you who are extremely bored. May 18, 2005

Playstation and Nintendo Join Consule War

The Xbox 360 display on MTV may have kicked off the consule war but PlayStation and Nintendo intend on joining the battle. May 18, 2005

Connery Lends Likeness to Bond Game

From Russia With Love will be the next game in the James Bond game series from Electronic Arts (EA). May 16, 2005

G4TV: New Logo and Redesign

G4TV's website has undergone a redesign and has a new logo. May 15, 2005

Xbox 360: Game System or Home Entertainment System?

Every media outlet and game-related blog now has an article or feature on the new Xbox 360. May 14, 2005

Happy Belated Birthday Pac-Man

Sorry Pac-Man. May 11, 2005