107.9 The River » video games

Gamer Proposes to Girlfriend Via Custom Role Playing Game

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:06:01 +0000

If you're a gamer and you find yourself a girlfriend who also loves spending marathon sessions in front of a screen you should probably seriously consider locking her down for life.

That's what Redditor Marchaka was thinking with his special lady Michelle, who shares his passion for video games. So, despite his limited coding experience, Marchaka decided to craft an elaborate role playing game for Michelle that would end with a marriage proposal.

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 [...]

Clever Dad Hacks Donkey Kong Game So Daughter Can Play As a Girl

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:02:30 +0000

Equal rights have finally come to video games. In a bit of ingenuity, a game developer named Mike Mika managed to hack the classic video game Donkey Kong so that instead of playing as Mario, his three-year-old daughter could play as Pauline, one of the female characters who usually needs to be rescued. Mikaâ€™s quest [...]

Five-Year-Old Boy Spends More Than $2,500 on 'Zombies Vs. Ninjas' App

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:54:21 +0000

Everyone knows it costs money to raise a child, but itâ€™s the unforeseen expenses that really add up. A five-year-old boy in England named Danny Kitchen recently downloaded the game ‘Zombies vs. Ninjas’ for free on his parentsâ€™ iPad after getting his fatherâ€™s permission. However, Danny soon came across a screen asking if heâ€™d like [...]

Groupon CEO Leaks Own Resignation Letter, References 'Battletoads'

Emerald Catron — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:27:33 +0000

Andrew Mason, now-former-CEO of Groupon, resigned today. Well, actually, he was more fired, really. And he told everybody. How do we know? Because he also publicly released his own letter of not-resignation, because it was going to leak anyway. Here's what it said.

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

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:20:04 +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, [...]

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

George Roush — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:38:54 +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). [...]

They're Shaking, Not Stirring, Six Bond Movies Into One Game

Phil Villarreal — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:00:11 +0000

The whole “Let’s turn a James Bond movie into a game thing” rarely works out well. We can’t even remember a decent one since GoldenEye 007 for the Nintendo 64 was the dorm game du jour back in 1997. Activision, though, isn’t ready to banish the franchise the way it did Guitar Hero. Instead of [...]

Guess What Parents? Nintendo Wii Isn't Actually Making Your Kids More Fit

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:00:23 +0000

Parents, don’t let your kids fool you into getting them a Nintendo Wii with promises that it’ll make them exercise more. A newly released study says that’s just a bunch of bologna. When the Wii was introduced, some public health experts believed this more “active” game play would actually make kids healthier, but it was [...]

Urine-Controlled Video Games Make Going to the Bathroom Not So Boring [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:21:38 +0000

Guys, what’s the main problem with the bathroom? Could it be the lack of video games? A British gaming company solved this problem when it began testing a line of urinal mounted, urine-controlled video games that allow fellows to use their “joysticks” to control the action. Inferred sensors detect the direction of the player’s urine [...]

'Pig Out' With the Angry Birds Pizza [PHOTO]

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:00:25 +0000

Angry Birds and pizza — two of modern life’s most addictive things — come together in this nifty photo, which was posted on Deviant Art user Ilovetohavfun’s account. As you can see, the cardinal bird topping the pie is made from mushrooms, olives, red peppers and pineapples. If pizza wasn’t so yummy, we’d be reluctant [...]

AC/DC's 'Shoot To Thrill' Joins Hollywood Stars in 'Call of Duty' Commercial

Nancy Dunham — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:34:16 +0000

AC/DC‘s classic song ‘Shoot to Thrill’ has been summoned into battled again, this time in the trailer for ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3,’ that will be released at midnight Nov. 8 and likely go on to become this year’s No. 1 video game, reports USA Today.

Kitten Obsessed With Playstation Controller [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:00:34 +0000

This wee kitty seems pretty intrigued by a Sony Playstation controller, but would probably need a smaller joystick if it wanted to play. Perhaps kitty is as obsessed with ‘Batman: Arkham City’ as we are. [via Say OMG] Read Original: Kitten Obsessed With Playstation Controller [VIDEO]

Play Super Mario Bros. in a Cardboard Box [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:34:18 +0000

The Super Mario Bros. have made hundreds of appearances in different video games since the characters were introduced in 1985, but this one is probably the most unique. It’s an electronic board game version of the Nintendo classic, the player maneuvers Mario analog-style, using a conveyor belt device built inside of a cardboard box. When Mario collides [...]

Are Violent Video Games Contributing To the Declining Crime Rate?

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:14:11 +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 — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:40:15 +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.