A Comparison Of the Next Generation Gaming Consoles (Part 1) by Ron Swerdfiger
It’s been about 5 years since we have seen a new video game console. By spring of next year all three major companies will have released their new systems. At this point, both Sony and Microsoft have released the full specs of their systems, while information on the nintendo revolution... Microsoft Xbox The look of the new console is fine and dandy, but what is under all that cool looking plastic? ... As well as new IBM PowerPC-based CPU running at 3.2GHz, and over a half a gigabyte of RAM, the Xbox 360 will showcase a new ATI video card capable of advanced antialiasing and shader effects.

Electronics: An Evolution and Revolution by Chris Robertson
I often find myself thinking about the ways in which my everyday life has changed over the past twenty years. Usually, I take a step back and wonder how my mother - who passed away seventeen years ago - would view today's world. Aside from the geopolitical changes that have taken place in the... Sure, I had an Atari way back when, but I never would have imagined that Pong would evolve into a myriad of video games that my family could play on the PlayStation, Xbox, and GameCube. ... Nor could I have imagined that my TV would host such a myriad of systems: PlayStation, Xbox, DVD player, and...

Your Kids Are Smart Thanks To Video Games by Michael Connelly
Your daughter just came home with a straight A report card and an academic achievement award. She is already taking college credit classes and she is only in the tenth grade. Her brother who is two years older is graduating this year and heading off to college over the summer. ... Video games played on systems like Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii and PSP (Playstation Portable) should also get a lot of the credit for making your kids so intelligent. ... They can gain access to anthropological information every time they play a video game on their Xbox 360, Playstation 3 or Nintendo...

Video Games Game Cube-The New Revolution by Wycliffe Williams
Video Games Game Cube is another Nintendo creation. Nintendo are undoubtedly the trailblazers of the modern home video game. Their system, Nintendo Game Cube made its foray into the market just after Playstation 2 and Xbox debuted. Surely two difficult if not impossible acts to follow. ... They stayed out of the ring with Playstation 2 and Xbox. ... Video Games Game Cube links up nicely with two handheld video game systems. ... What Game Cube loses on the corners it picks up on the strait. ... Don’t be swayed buy their perceived shortcomings.

Sex and Violence in Video Games, is There an Alternative Option? by Lance Winslow
Can we teach kids to use tools like the Xbox, television and video games to learn rather than to become hateful with images of sex and violence? We all realize that as the action heats up for the most challenging, graphic and appealing video games that many gaming companies are turning up the... Can we use these venues such as video games and the Xbox as platforms so that gamming companies can use them to teach “history,” “science” and “math?” Can we use these technologies to show a brighter future thru writing of future history?

Running Linux On The PlayStation 3 Console by Darren Lintern
One of the many features of the PlayStation 3 is that it's capable of using Linux, which means that owners of the PS3 can customize their system and get lots more out of it. Game consoles tend to be designed in order to prevent foreign systems from running on them, but Sony have gone in total... In addition, the Xbox requires an additional chip to run Linux, whereas the PS3 is capable of running it without. ... The Xbox also utilizes this feature, but the PS3 differs in several ways. ... There is one slight problem with getting Linux on your PlayStation 3 console though, and that is...

PlayStation 3 Preview by Alan Scott
In past one decade Sony has sold around 190 million PlayStation consoles across the world. The estimated units of software sold are around massive 2 billion. As the next generation avatar of its highly successful PlayStation series, Sony unveiled PlayStation 3 at technology fest E3 in Los Angeles. ... The PS3's CELL consists of a 64-bit PowerPC core running at 3.2 GHz and enhanced by eight 32-bit "synergistic processing units," capable of performing 218 teraflops almost twice that of Xbox 360. ... Personally though it’s not as elegant as the PS2 or for that matter to Xbox 360 but it is...

PS3 And Nintendo Revolution May Launch American Thanksgiving by Ron Swerdfiger
Could the Nintendo Revolution and the PS3 launch the same time? It’s beginning to look more and more likely. Both Nintendo and Sony have been less than forthcoming with any real concrete information. Rumors have set release dates anywhere from March to sometime next year. ... By June of this year, Microsoft hope to sell 4.5 to 5 million Xbox 360’s worldwide. ... Microsoft was fortunate to launch their Xbox 360 with absolutely no competition. ... Instead, all 3 consoles will have to split the market share.

Wow Its Nintendo Wii by Carrie Fleharty
Gaming was created to be accessible and fun to people of all ages and abilities, and was inviting as well as being sophisticated. The Nintendo Wii has a compact design that makes a natural addition to any entertainment setup. One of Wii’s drawing factors is the remote control and its... The cost will be an advantage over other systems, such as Ps3 and Xbox 360. ... Between the Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii the games on the Wii look bad to the human eyes. ... The graphics are lacking to some degree, and have been compared to the original Xbox which weren’t very well liked.

Console Gaming vs. Computer Gaming by Jared Strop
It’s an age-old question that will only get more and more intense in the coming year as the Xbox 360 is in full swing and the PS3 and Revolution release. Which is better? What system is right for me? Well, I would suggest both, but if you have to choose one or the other then you have to consider... You could buy a Gamecube if you like innovation, buy a Xbox if you like the best graphics and FPS games, or buy a PS2 if you want a huge library of games or love fighting games, Action/Adventure games, platformers, and RPG games.