Xbox 360 Modchip - The Facts by Jason Hobbs
As the Xbox 360 is fast getting more and more popular, there will be people who will want to make the game console a more dynamic machine, so to say. Some enterprising people can do this by trying to make the Xbox 360 capable of playing backup copies of games. ... What is interesting about the Globe 360 is that it doesn't rely on any DVD-Drive firmware hack that have previously been used to get Xbox 360's to be able to play backup copies of original games. ... With the Globe360 modchip, you can use it on any DVD drive model to available in the market today.

Can Anyone Become A Video Game Tester? by Richard Heaney
The video game industry is a very large and profitable area of the world economy. The big games developers make a fortune from selling the latest games to eagerly awaiting gamers. As you know if you are a regular video game player, these games are expensive to buy. ... You could even sell the games on after you have finished with them to further increase your income from games testing. ... Developers will pay game testers up to $90 per hour, depending on the game, for playing through games before they are released in order to iron out any bugs and glitches.

PSP Game Download by Ryan McMillan
Do you want to download PSP Games online but do not know where to go? There are nearly a hundred download sites for PSP games. Are they legal? Are they free? Here are some things that you must remember before you even start trying to download a PSP game online. ... Sure you can probably hop on bit torrent download sites and download psp games, but they are sure to be either fakes or loaded with viruses and spyware which can damage your computer or your PSP or BOTH! ... PSP Firmware Your PSP Software or Firmware must be at a certain level before it will be able to play downloaded games.

Classic Arcade Games At Home? by Greg Lucas
Some people like to unwind by listening to music, some like to watch TV, some like to indulge in a little baking, and some like to play in the Arcades. Those people who belong to the first three categories are lucky because the radio, the television, and the oven could be found in the comfort of... These on-line games, ranging from puzzle games to shooting games to word games, have even become more complex, more interesting, and more addictive. ... There are over a million arcade games in the Internet, a number made possible by the emergence of different versions of different games.

MMORPG-Multiplayer Online Gaming by Scott Soloff
MMORPG, as defined by Wikipedia; "MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) is a genre of online computer role-playing games (RPGs) in which a large number of players interact with one another in a virtual world. As in all RPGs, players assume the role of a fictional character... Yes, there were competitive people who took playing the board games too serious at times, but generally people liked to spend time together and have a blast with these classic games. ... (Most of the games were extremely simple minded, but benefited from excellent marketing campaigns) Part of the...

Video Game Rentals by Steve Valentino
Video games are immensely popular nowadays. Popularity and demand have made video game producers manufacture age-specific video games and video games are now being designed to cater to all age groups. However, studies reveal that the most vulnerable to video game addiction are the teenagers. ... Some plans allow a player to hire only one video game at a time whereas others may allow members to take home multiple games together. ... Rentals should be gotten from retail establishments or else players may be dealing in pirated video games.

Learn the Inside Scoop To Video Game Cheats, Reviews and Previews by Charles Edwin
You know, nobody likes a cheater. But when it comes to discovering video game cheats, "cheating" isn't what you're doing. I prefer to think of it as "discovering shortcuts, tips and tricks," or video game hints. Video games have gotten so complex, since the days of Rubix Cubix and Donkey Kong,... Video game cheat sheets, codes and game hints are sort of useless if you don't own any video games. ... While an end user will generally have spent a great deal more time actually playing the various video games on the most popular video game systems, you'll often find that they are men and women...

Ingredients For A Great Computer Game by Natalie Aranda
When it comes to talking about computer games, it is really hard to focus our mind on a particular one of those thousands and even million of games developed since the time when computers were found to be a source of entertainment and leisure. Some games remain in the player's mind for their... PC games are only limited by the player's computer system and resources, so those users with a powerful computer will find a game worthless if the story is great but the graphics are poor and the actions do not correspond to the actual technology, while others will find it frustrating in not being...

Pocket PC Game Sexual Content Proliferating? by Damian Julien
For some reason, Pocket PC game sexual content is starting to creep into our PDA downloads. I can certainly understand why. A study on Handheld Computer Use in a Psychiatric Outreach Program found that PDA users were likely to be male physicians under 35 than to be female or older physician. ... Females seem to have a proclivity toward non-thumb injuring games. ... This was compounded by s-video based desktop PC gaming which is performed with the same Logitech wireless controller that I described in my September 19th blog entry.

Jobs In The Video Game Industry - Be A Game Artist by Hitoshi Jones
So you’re a gamer. You spend your weekends slaying the Covenant and hunting orcs. You stare into your television set longingly, absolutely enamored by the beautiful artwork that game developers all over the world are able to bring to you right there in your living room. ... Rightfully, there are hundreds of artists whose job it is every day to design these wondrous images for games. ... Video games are one of the most visual mediums we have. ... A cast of hundreds, dozens more monsters and villains, and fantastic landscapes and worldscapes populate all of the greatest games.