Nintendo's New DSi: Bells and Whistles

Kids (by which I mean their parents) will be clamoring for the newest verson of the DS, dubbed the DSi. side from Mario, Zelda and sudoku madness, the dual-screen handheld is getting more online capability, including...

Atlantic City Casinos Preparing for Full Smoking Ban Next Month

"Atlantic City Casinos Preparing for Full Smoking Ban Next Month by KYW's John Ostapkovich Billboards have gone along the highway heading toward Atlantic City, NJ, advertising the smoking ban that...

EA Admits Piracy Does Not Equal Lost Sales

Electronic Arts, that titan of the gaming world, has finally figured out that the alternative to game piracy isn't necessarily buying the game. If price is a factor, then the alternative is simply not getting the...

Nintendo May Trigger Next-Gen War

Nintendo is looking to push the console war into its next phase of battle, as speculations begin to arise that the gaming giant may release a new version of its Wii console sooner than the expected industry-wide...

Christian ‘Guitar Hero’ Spin-Off ‘Guitar Praise’ Coming Soon

Religious gamers will be glad to know that they will soon be able to do some more spiritual shredding when the "Guitar Hero"-inspired Christian rock game "Guitar Praise" launches later this month.Could this...

Put Down the Guitars Guys, It's Time for 'DJ Hero'

So you think you can DJ? Well, music licenses permitting, you might get to live out that A-Trak or Tiësto-inspired bedroom fantasy...as a truly talented DJ Hero."As if plastic guitars, drums, basses and microphones...

Spore: An evolution in gaming

Spore, an a evolutionary step in gaming that allows players to guide the development of races from single cell conception to a galactic empire, will be officially released September 7. Decisions made at the beginning...

iPhone Gaming Control Pads in the Works

OK, just a real-quick iPhone story, since it has been nearly 42 seconds since we've heard one. Anyway, one company's prototype for an iPhone gaming controller has appeared online. Basically, it makes your iPhone (as...

Stinky poker player kicked out of casino

If you stink – get out!  An Atlantic City casino kicked out a 440 lb man from their poker room after receiving complaints he smelled really really bad. The 54-year old said the odor was from playing poker for...

Guerrilla Marketing: How to turn the iPhone into a ultra mega powerful game m...

"We all the mac fans have much in common, we love our fruity company and its products, the mac os x, the Newton makes us cry and the Classic gives us rejoice… 14 years and still running, but there is one thing that is inseparable of mac users is that we are hardcore gamers...

Criminal Organizations Money Laundering in Casinos.

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWow, and the government only figured this out now?This report misses the mark a tad, it is not the slots Criminals play, they know the house wins on that one.  My...

Female gamers on the rise, but where are the heroines?

The number of female gamers are way up, according to the stats, but not surprisingly, the all too common scantily-clad dungeon diva is a less-than-appealing heroine for most women.  The article looks at female...

Apple might enter the gaming market

Apple is now exploring another hardware technology that has the potential to realign a multibillion dollar industry: Gaming.

The future of online social gaming can be found in the Wii

"Yesterday the 8th Facebook developers garage took place which was hosted at the Sun Microsystems conference center. The second main speaker was successful games industry CEO Kristian Segerstrale of Playfish.His...

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