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Nintendo DSi Sells 500,000 Units in Japan (PC World)

Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:21:45 +0000

PC World - Sales of Nintendo's new DSi handheld passed the half million mark during its first month on Japanese store shelves, according to data published on Tuesday.

Tech Sells on Black Friday (PC World)

Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:57:19 +0000

PC World - The Nintendo Wii was the number one selling item this Black Friday, and tech sales in general blasted through grim economic expectations.

Get Your Cyber Monday Video Game Deals (PC World)

Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:50:54 +0000

PC World - Want EA's Spore for 20 bucks? The new Spore Creepy and Cute Parts expansion pack free? The Xbox 360 Arcade with Guitar Hero III for $270? Have a look at Ian Paul's "20 Hot Cyber Monday Deals" for a general link grab with a few helpful game tips, and the following complementary list for some last minute extras.

Microsoft: Xbox 360 Routs PS3 in Record Black Friday Sales (PC World)

Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:50:46 +0000

PC World - It's a Microsoft press release, so handle with care, but the company's claiming it did more than admirably on Black Friday, it hit the ball out of the park. Not only did the Xbox 360 outsell Sony's PlayStation 3 by three-to-one, says Microsoft, but the 360 managed its best Black Friday sales ever, including a 25 percent lift over 2007 figures.

China’s NetDragon Teams With EA on Online Game (PC World)

Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:40:56 +0000

PC World - Chinese game developer NetDragon Websoft plans to work with U.S. digital game maker Electronic Arts (EA) to create a multiplayer online game based on EA's Dungeon Keeper series of digital games.

A Bold Proposal to Curb Retail Video Games Shrinkage (PC World)

Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:37:41 +0000

PC World - What if a game had to be activated at the store before you could use it?

Quieter, Cooler Xbox 360s Spotted with “Jasper” Chips (PC World)

Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:37:07 +0000

PC World - So long red ring of death? That's what some are asking now that slightly (and stealthily) revised Xbox 360s are finally trickling into the market. New on the inside, anyway, though without so much as a twinge of marketing pomp and circumstance.

Lots of TV and Web harms kids’ health (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:50:56 +0000

Reuters - Spending a lot of time watching TV, playing video games and surfing the Web makes children more prone to a range of health problems including obesity and smoking, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

Nobel Son

MSN Movies: In Theaters — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:36:21 +0000

A young man's moment of triumph is spoiled when he gets kidnapped before he can impress his father in this black comedy. Eli Michaelson (Alan Rickman), a well-respected scientist, has learned that he's won the Nobel Prize in chemistry, which is a mixed blessing for his friends and family; while Eli's ego is a bit strong under the best of circumstances, this affirmation of his talent and intelligence has made him insufferable. Eli's wife, Sarah (Mary Steenburgen), a talented forensic psychiatrist, is more than... [more]

Milk

MSN Movies: In Theaters — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:36:21 +0000

Academy Award winner Sean Penn takes the title role in Gus Van Sant's biopic tracing the last eight years in the life of Harvey Milk, the ill-fated politician and gay activist whose life changed history, and whose courage still inspires people. When Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977, he made history for being the first openly gay man in American history to be voted into public office. But the rights of homosexuals weren't Milk's primary concern, as tellingly evidenced by the... [more]