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Microsoft Xbox Phone Staffers Giving Away Private Information
PC Magazine   Thursday, 22 March 2007
PC Magazine - Hijackers are getting access to Xbox Live gaming accounts, credit cards and PayPal accounts by repeatedly calling customer service representatives.
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Art imitates video games
AP   Thursday, 22 March 2007
AP - Irish playwright Oscar Wilde once said, "Life imitates art far more than art imitates life."
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Video games' reach bigger than thought: report
Reuters   Thursday, 22 March 2007

Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 game console is displayed in Tokyo April 6, 2006. Video games reach more players than retail sales figures suggest, according to a report issued on Wednesday by private research and measurement firm Interpret. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - Video games reach more players than retail sales figures suggest, according to a report issued on Wednesday by private research and measurement firm Interpret.


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Bank targets European investors for Hollywood
Reuters   Thursday, 22 March 2007
Reuters - Investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort has begun an initiative to recruit European investors for Hollywood films, and is in separate talks to line up private co-financing of TV shows and video games for the first time.
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Review: 'Virtua Fighter 5' is demanding
AP   Thursday, 22 March 2007

This image, provided by publisher Sega of America, shows two of the many combatants players can choose in the video game 'Virtua Fighter 5' for the Sony PlayStation 3. (AP Photo/Sega of America)AP - "Virtua Fighter 5" is the latest installment of the fighting series from Sega.


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Review: Creepies star in non-scary games
AP   Thursday, 22 March 2007

In this image provided by publisher 2K, Johnny Blaze pops a wheelie in the video game 'Ghost Rider' for the PlayStation 2. (AP Photo/2K)AP - There have been only a few truly scary video games, most notably the "Silent Hill" and "Resident Evil" series. Nonetheless, characters we're used to seeing in horror movies — vampires, werewolves and the like — pop up in games all the time.


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Study Links Video Games to Bad Driving
NewsFactor   Thursday, 22 March 2007
NewsFactor - For players of Sega Entertainment's new video racing game, "Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars," the path to success is nothing less than vehicular mayhem. According to the company's own press release, "[o]nly skilled cabbies need apply in 'Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars,' where drivers are more aggressive than ever to earn the big dollars by speeding fares to their destination, no matter what the obstacles."
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Sportingbet says Louisiana drops charges
Reuters   Wednesday, 21 March 2007
Reuters - Sportingbet Plc said on Wednesday the state of Louisiana had withdrawn charges of "gambling by computer" against its former chairman, Peter Dicks, whose arrest heralded a U.S. crackdown on online gaming.
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Mutant Turtle film lets gamer break out of shell
Reuters   Wednesday, 21 March 2007

'TMNT' (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) writer/director Kevin Munroe arrives at the premiere of the film in Los Angeles, March 17, 2007. (Chris Pizzello/Reuters)Reuters - Before he was directing the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movie "TMNT," which opens Friday, filmmaker Kevin Munroe was creating video games at Shiny Entertainment and Midway Games. Like a growing number of Hollywood CGI authors, Munroe entered the world of storytelling through interactive entertainment.


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Video racing games may spur risky driving: study
Reuters   Monday, 19 March 2007
Reuters - People who play car racing video games may be more prone to drive recklessly and get into accidents, according to a study that adds to evidence that video games can influence the behavior of some players.
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Wii sales for February trounce Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3
AFP   Sunday, 18 March 2007

Boxes of Wii Nintendo consoles are seen in a shop in December 2006. US sales of Wii video game consoles nearly matched those of rivals Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 combined, according to figures released on Friday by NPD Group.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - US sales of Wii video game consoles nearly matched those of rivals Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 combined, according to figures released on Friday by NPD Group.


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