Tag: GAMERS

If you're so lucky as to know 100 video game enthusiasts, there's a good chance that you know four people who play with their joysticks more than they work. A new report from NPD Group, and quoted on G4TV.com, claims that a full 4-percent of gamers do their thing for 48.5 hours a week. Before you, or we, start making assumptions, be aware that 34-percent of these maniacs are of the female ...

What's harder than beating a tortuously long 'Zelda' game? Doing it blind. Just ask Jordan Verner. Two years and over 100,000 keystrokes after he set out on his bold mission, the blind student from Canada has finally conquered 'Ocarina of Time,' the first Nintendo 64 entry in the Zelda franchise. But he couldn't have done it without a little help from some total strangers. It all started when ...

Share It's a combination that surely could only come from the hand of God: beer and arcade games. No, this isn't a joke or a dream. Someone really has created this heavenly contraption. According to Uncrate, the Arkeg Drink n Game is an arcade cabinet that holds a five-gallon keg and comes with 69 classic arcade games -- from 'Asteroids' to 'Mortal Kombat II.' (This Internet- and iPod-ready ...

Once a gamer, always a gamer. That's right, you'll be blasting noobs on 'Halo' or banging on those 'Rock Band' drums till the day you die, at least according to a recent report from the Entertainment Merchants Association. The 2009 Annual Report on the Home Entertainment Industry states, "Older gamers continue to be engaged by video games, rather than dropping out and being replaced by a new ...

Gamers might be a little lighter in their wallets these days, but that's not stopping them from playing till their fingers fall off. Not only are gamers spending more time in front of the television, they're getting more bang for their buck, too. A recent Nielsen study, called 'The Value Gamer: Play and Purchase Behavior in a Recession,' found that the number of hours people have spent playing ...

Just as there's plenty of video-game-induced damage, there are also plenty of glorious wins. We know it's not the point, but then again, when it comes to video games, winning is kind of all the matters, right? Especially when professional gamers (as in, folks who work in the electronic entertainment industry) are involved. Last week's 'Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles was the ...

At this year's E3 we saw a press release we just couldn't ignore: food specifically designed for gamers. It not only advertises that it'll let players eat quickly without getting greasy, crumby fingers, but that it'll also boost their performance. Did it live up to its claims? Did it really leave our hands clean? And, more importantly, how does it taste? Read on to find out. ...

Above the Influence, an arm of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, has launched a Web page informing gamers that only n00bs smoke doobs, a move that seems to be in line with the Federal government's grand old tradition of being "down with the kids," According to the site, which we learned about from Business Insider, smoking marijuana can impair gaming judgment and, ...

Get that image of all gamers as over-weight, hermit-like, dorks living in their parents' basement out of you head. Turns out most people who qualify as gaming addicts don't fit that stereotype at all. According to an Australian study, 15-percent of adults qualify as problem gamers (those who spend 50 hours or more a week playing video games). Of that 15-percent, however, only one percent were ...

Think video gamers, and you probably don't think high fashion. Most gamer garb is more low maintenance than haute couture, but there are a few exceptions, as highlighted at Asylum's list of greatest gaming fashions. Some are cool, like a 'Space Invaders' jacket, or the Mario-themed scarf. Others, though, are questionable at best, like the NES controller belt-buckle or, worst of all, a pair of ...

For those among us with a severe case of Halo 3-itis (which seems to be about seven trillion and counting), the new limited-edition Halo Mimobots ($55-$115) make a great stocking stuffer. These USB Flash drives come in sizes ranging from 1-gigabyte (GB) – 4-gigabytes (GB), and you have your choice of either Master Chief (pictured), or blue or red Spartans. They come preloaded with a bunch ...