NPD: Kids embrace downloadable games
Market research firm study reveals children aged 2 to 14 increasingly go online for content, gaming by far more popular than music, videos, ringtones.

Braselton library invites the littlest tots to gather for stories, games
BRASELTON ? The Braselton Library has more than just books and videos for the public to peruse, it also has a jumping social scene for the smallest Jackson County residents.

NPD: Game Consoles More Popular Than Music Devices With Kids
A new study by The NPD Group suggests that video games are more popular with U.S. children than music devices. According to its Kids & Digital Content III report, which polled 3,605 children ages 2-14 who use electronic devices, 85 percent of the kids said they use game consoles, while only 60 percent reported using portable digital audio players. One-third said they watch videos such as ...

PC Is Just One of 'Three Screens,' Ballmer Says
Computing has spread from PCs to phones and TVs, and Windows will be on them all, CEO Ballmer said Wednesday.

Nintendo games tap life improvement
Other than remembering to write 2009 instead of 2008, the hardest thing to do in the new year is to keep a resolution. Promises to stop swearing don't get past the next sentence.

14:30 (BST), 08/01/2009 Runes of Magic Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS Berlin, Germany (January 8th, 2009): ...
Berlin, Germany (January 8th, 2009): Frogster Interactive today announced that the population of its highly anticipated free-to-play MMORPG Runes of Magic , passed 300,000 players in early January 2009. The steady growth of the population of Taborea will enable Frogster to continuously update and polish the game in the run up to its commercialization in March 2009.

14:30 (BST), 08/01/2009 Bounty Bay Online Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS Berlin, 2008-01-08: With a new trailer ...
Berlin, 2008-01-08: With a new trailer for Bounty Bay Online, Frogster starts the countdown for the long-anticipated colony add-on today. The second large expansion for the sailor MMORPG will be launched on Thursday, January 15th.

Gare Joyce: Joyce: Easier times await Tavares
Wednesday's game against Belleville didn't look like fun for John Tavares, but the games are likely going to start becoming more enjoyable by the weekend.

Video games inspired by TV, movies, board games
Like so many American creations -- baseball, comic books, rock 'n' roll -- the video game is a mongrel art form. Literature, music, art and film all get jumbled together in this relatively new medium, but even that isn't enough: Designers have to figure out how to make the whole package interactive as well.

Blazers are fired up to return to Garden
Mitch Belisle can see the Garden from his North End apartment and the view gets him jacked up. "You walk outside before Bruins and Celtics games and the fans are pouring in," says the defenseman for the Blazers, the revived version of Boston's professional indoor lacrosse team, which opens its season on the road Saturday against the New York Titans.

More videos now on library shelves
It's not just kids and teens who play video games anymore; folks of all ages are getting in on the fun.

Dolby branching into 3-D videos, games
Dolby Laboratories, a company best known for its audio technology, is now targeting one of the most buzzed-about areas in video: bringing digital 3-D entertainment to the home.

PC is just one of 'three screens,' Ballmer says
With Microsoft it used to be all about the PC. Even when the company acknowledged the rise of smart phones and interactive TV as alternative computing platforms, the PC was always the central hub where people would store their pictures and videos and manage other devices. Not any more.

Expo: New Russell Brown Adobe Photoshop tutorial videos available online
Famed Adobe Photoshop evangelist Russell Brown has posted two new videos online prior to a Macworld Conference & Expo appearance later this week. Masking in CS4 shows off the on-canvas adjustment tool for Hue/Saturation, new feather/density options for masks, and more.

kidthing® and MrsP.com Announce Content Partnership
www.MrsP.com and kidthing , the digital media player made just for kids, announced today a content distribution partnership to bring Mrs. P?s classic children?s stories to kidthing. The new partnership makes Mrs. P?s videos available for purchase and download in the kidthing store beginning today. Ten percent of all MrsP.com?s after-tax profits will be donated by Mrs. P Enterprises, LLC ...

Building up to the New York Giants-Philadelphia Eagles playoff game
Are you ready for the big game? Access all of The Star-Ledger's daily pre-game coverage here -- staff preview videos, newspaper stories, and blog updates from Giants and Eagles practice -- in advance of complete coverage of the game as it happens on Sunday.

11:35 (BST), 07/01/2009 UK industry data Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS Wednesday 7th January, London, UK/... ...
Wednesday 7th January, London, UK/... Sales of videogames hit an all-time high in 2008, according to ELSPA (the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association) which today revealed annual sales figures from GFK Chart-Track.

Cash bowl
Corporations spend stadium-sized amounts of cash to attach their names to college-football bowl games. * Are such investments worth the money, though? Do fans (especially after tailgating) remember which brand name goes with which contest? * The Flip Side, brought to you by too much Mountain Dew, wanted to find out. * With the BCS title game between Florida and Oklahoma on tap tonight, we ...

Japanese team proposed for Tucson spring training
Pima County Sports and Tourism Authority officials have proposed bringing a Japanese baseball team to play up to 15 spring training games in Tucson by 2010 to replace the Chicago White Sox.

DreamWorks Animation Gives a Whole New Reason to Look Forward to Friday ...
THE BIGGEST MOVIE OF THE 4th QUARTER & ONE OF THE TOP TEN FILMS OF THE YEAR ARRIVES IN THE 'MOVE IT! MOVE IT! DOUBLE DVD PACK' WITH MORE FUN, MORE LAUGHS & MORE PENGUINS FRIDAY, FEBRUA...