http://www.bethegamer.com Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:18:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I love the National Geographic Channel. Come to think of it, I have always liked Nat Geo. Back in the day (no, I am not going to reveal my age), we only had access to the magazines. I still remember going through back issues of the National ... http://www.bethegamer.com/2008/11/21/would-you-play-nat-geo-games/ Awards ceremonies are always something to look forward to. When I find a video game that I like, I want that certain validation that I feel when an awarding body chooses to highlight that game. I suppose a lot of other people feel the same way and that ... http://www.bethegamer.com/2008/11/16/nominees-for-video-game-awards-announced/ Will this ever stop? Will researchers ever find something definite about the link between violent video games and the behavior of those who play them? While I was doing my regular news browsing, a headline caught my eye. It read ?Violent video games tied to teen aggression.? ... http://www.bethegamer.com/2008/11/16/teen-aggression-video-game-link/ A headline at the Telegraph?s web site caught my eye a few minutes ago. It read ?Boy learned to drive from video games before stealing family car- A nine-year-old Japanese schoolboy who learnt how to drive from playing video games has used his motoring skills to steal the family car ... http://www.bethegamer.com/2008/11/11/can-you-learn-how-to-drive-by-playing-video-games/ Cooking games have become popular in the past year but many of them tend to be similar to each other. I personally don?t mind this as long as the games are fun. A newcomer to the world of cooking games seems to be catching on like wildfire. ... http://www.bethegamer.com/2008/11/09/casual-game-in-focus-top-chef/ If there’s something strange in your neighborhood Who ya gonna call? GHOSTBUSTERS If there’s something weird and it don’t look good Who ya gonna call? GHOSTBUSTERS I ain’t afraid of no ghosts I ain’t afraid of no ghosts If you’re seeing things running through your head Who can ya call? GHOSTBUSTERS I am not sure if the current generation is in awe of this ... http://www.bethegamer.com/2008/11/08/who-you-gonna-call/ Beatles fans ? this is what we have been waiting for! I have been raving about the juxtaposition of music and video games for a while now but I never really thought about the fact that so many great bands have been featured in various video games and that ... http://www.bethegamer.com/2008/11/04/rock-band-to-feature-the-beatles/ I do not know if I have ever expressed my interest in mixed martial arts in this blog but let me tell you now ? it is one of the most exciting spectator sports for me. Perhaps it is due to the fact that I am a frustrated martial ... http://www.bethegamer.com/2008/10/29/randy-couture-in-command-conquer/ Whoever thought that video games would reach the heights that they have reached today? Long gone are the days when video games were merely for kids who wanted to entertain themselves. We all know this ? with the Wii, PlayStation3, and the Xbox360, more and more people are ... http://www.bethegamer.com/2008/10/28/elderly-drivers-turn-to-video-games-for-help/ Though a lot of people didn?t think that the video game industry was going to be seriously affected by the economic crisis, it happened. The video game industry actually reported lower sales this quarter and I am not really surprised. After all, when it comes to the crunch, ... http://www.bethegamer.com/2008/10/25/guitar-hero-world-tour-are-you-getting-one/ How can they do this if they were able to approve games such as GTA IV? That?s as offensive as you can get! Well, it depends on your definition of offensive and what kind of offensive language you mean. In the case of Little Big Planet, it ... http://www.bethegamer.com/2008/10/23/little-big-planet-recalled-due-to-offensive-words/ Here is another casual game that might get you glued to your computers for hours and hours. Carnival Mania is relatively new tycoon game that challenges the player to create his own fair ground. The basic concept is fairly simple ? just like all the other tycoon games. ... http://www.bethegamer.com/2008/10/21/casual-game-review-carnival-mania/ It?s a first for presidential candidate Barack Obama and it is also a first for everyone. With the elections almost here, the candidates are stepping up their efforts in getting the votes of scores of Americans across the nation. And for the first time ever in American history, ... http://www.bethegamer.com/2008/10/19/obama-first-video-game-ads/ To paraphrase Stephen King, if you find you cannot horrify, you go for the gross-out. EA's third-person "survival horror" game Dead Space (for PC, Xbox 360, and PS3) frequently horrifies and grosses out. It's also ironically produced -- if... http://www.bethegamer.com/2008/10/13/dead-space-scarier-than-clowns-or-invisible-skeletons/ The word on the street is that Apple's new high-end MacBook Pro is set to ship with an NVIDIA 9600M GT, arguably the most underwhelming GPU upgrade to Apple's "pro" part in years. Don't quote me on that, but... http://www.bethegamer.com/2008/10/13/will-the-new-macbook-pros-be-decent-gaming-pcs/ Yes, that is for real. There is such a thing as a peeing game. Ok, the name is not that crude (I apologize if I have offended some with the title) but the idea is basically that. Dubbed the Super Pii Pii Brothers (there isn?t much of ... http://www.bethegamer.com/2008/10/12/the-peeing-game/