KLUB 106.9 The Rock » video games

$8 Goodwill Video Game Fetches $17K at Auction, Pants Still Only Worth a Nickel

Wes Glinsmann — Wed, 01 May 2013 18:00:12 +0000

If you’re like us, your old Nintendo game cartridges are probably collecting dust in your parent’s attic, or stuffed into a closet somewhere. You might want to go dig them out after you hear about the North Carolina woman who recently sold a rare game for more than $17,000. ‘Stadium Events’ is known to enthusiasts [...]

World's Biggest Time-Waster Spends Six Years Playing Video Games in Internet Cafe

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:00:20 +0000

Life is all fun and games for one man in China. Li Meng, 30, has spent the last 6 years spending all day everyday playing video games in an Internet cafÃ© in the Jilin province. Li only gets up from his seat to grab a bite to eat or use the bathroom. He takes a [...]

Dad Hires Virtual Hitmen to 'Kill' Video Game Addicted Son

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 01:17:04 +0000

Feng’s sonÂ Xiao had been a good student with a promising future. But according to Feng, who lives with his son in China, Xiao got really into video games in high school and hisÂ obsessionÂ was such that he hadn’t found a job or moved out of the house by 23. So to cure Xiao of his addiction, [...]

10 Video Games That Should Be Made Into Movies

Donald Deane — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 04:11:01 +0000

Over the years, Hollywood has taught us one thing — it’s easy to churn out movies based on video games, but a whole lot more difficult to make them watchable. For every semi-decent ‘Resident Evil’ or ‘Tomb Raider’ flick, there’s a stinker like ‘Silent Hill,’ ‘Doom,’ ‘Bloodrayne,’ ‘Wing Commander’ and, perhaps worst of all, ‘Super [...]

'Pumpktris' Video Game Lets You Play With Your Food

Kyle Dowling — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:41:30 +0000

Allow us to introduce you to perhaps the coolest game ever… Pumpktris! Seriously, somebody created a playable Tetris game inside a jack-o-lantern. If you’ve got time, patience and brilliance on your side, you can too! We don’t know what’s harder: playing the game or figuring out how to pronounce it! Best of all: the stem [...]

Video: Indie Video Games Push The Limits of Gaming

Mike Moody — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:50:24 +0000

PBS, yes that PBS, has released this awesome videoÂ highlightingÂ and celebrating some of the most creative minds in gaming — the independent game developers.Â ‘The Creativity of Indie Video Games – Off Book,’ produced by PBS Arts: off Book, shines a light on the small scale game developers who clearly have a passion for everything from [...]

10 Video Game Characters with Awesome Facial Hair

Luke Brown — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 12:16:33 +0000

If there’s one thing that proves how manly a man a character in a video game really is, it’s his facial hair.

Game Over: World's Largest eBay Video Game Collection Sells For $1.23 Million

George Roush — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:20:54 +0000

Holy Halo, Batman. The world’s largest video game collection ever sold on eBay fetched a whopping $1.23 million dollars. That’s 1.23 million gold coins Mario would have to collect to afford such a massive library of awesome. eBay seller Collector’s King is now a rich man after his gigantic collection sold for €999,999.99 ($1.23 million). [...]

Paul McCartney Eyes Music for Video Game Company

Chad Childers — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:00:45 +0000

Paul McCartney‘s latest musical project has a little bit of a modern cache to it. The vocalist revealed via Twitter that he’s working with the company behind the music for the popular video game ‘Halo.’

Sega's Newest Video Game Console is…a Urinal?!? [VIDEO]

Danny Gallagher — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:45:07 +0000

Sega hasn’t had a hand in the video game console wars since the awful Dreamcast. Their latest contribution will have players whizzing all over it again — literally this time. Sega has started testing a new gaming console for men only or women with very careful aim and no shame — it’s actually a urinal. [...]

Are Violent Video Games Contributing To the Declining Crime Rate?

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:30:11 +0000

A new academic paper suggests that the proliferation of violent videos games over the past 20 years has contributed to the more than 50 percent decrease in violent crime over that time period.

The paper’s authors analyzed published studies on the topic of violence and video games, and were able to conclude that “though there is evidence that violent video games cause aggression in a laboratory setting, there is no evidence that violent video games cause violence or crime.”

Play On! Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Video Game Sales to Minors

Shauna Wright — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:00:15 +0000

In a 7-2 vote, the US Supreme Court ruled Monday that it’s unconstitutional to ban kids from buying or renting violent video games, saying that despite fears the games may prompt children to emulate what’s seen in them, the government has no right to “restrict the ideas to which may be exposed.”

The decision in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association upholds that of the 9th Circuit federal appeals court, which previously tossed out a California ban on the sale or rental of such games to minors.