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Introduction
A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. The word video in video game traditionally referred to a raster display device. However, with the popular use of the term "video game", it now implies any type of display device. The consumer electronics electronic systems used to play video games are known as platforms; examples of these are personal computers and video game consoles. These platforms range from large computers to small handheld devices. Specialized video games such as arcade games, while previously common, have gradually declined in use.
The input device used to manipulate video games is called a game controller, and varies across platforms. For example, a dedicated console controller might consist of only a button and a joystick. Another may feature a dozen buttons and one or more joysticks. Early personal computer games often needed a keyboard for gameplay, or more commonly, required the user to buy a separate joystick with at least one button.*Patrick Stack. "History of video game consoles" Time Magazine website 2005 / Many modern computer games allow, or even require, the player to use a keyboard and mouse simultaneously.
Video games typically also use other ways of providing interaction and information to the player. Audio is almost universal, using sound reproduction devices, such as speakers and headphones. But other feedback may come via haptic peripherals, such as vibration or force feedback, with vibration sometimes used to simulate force feedback.
Game Consoles And Portables
Wii
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PlayStation 3 40GB
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Xbox 360 20GB [Old Version]
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PlayStation Portable Core (PSP 1000)
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Nintendo DS Lite Onyx Black
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Grand Theft Auto
Grand Theft Auto IV
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Grand Theft Auto Vice City Stories
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Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas V2.0
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Grand Theft Auto III
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Playstation Games
Iron Man
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Speed Racer: The Videogame
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Grand Theft Auto IV Special Edition
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Army of Two
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The Orange Box
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Wii Games
No More Heroes
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Wii Fit
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Speed Racer: The Videogame
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Iron Man
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Grand Theft Auto IV Special Edition
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More Wii Games
Okami
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The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
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Boom Blox
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Super Mario Galaxy
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Mario Kart Wii with Wii Wheel
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Halo 3 Games
Halo 3
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Halo 3: The Official Strategy Guide (Prima Official Game Guides)
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Halo 3 Limited Edition
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Halo: Combat Evolved
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Halo 2
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World Of Warcraft
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World Of Warcraft Expansion: Burning Crusade
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World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Expansion Pack
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World of Warcraft 60 Day Pre-Paid Time Card
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Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures Collector's Edition
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Dungeons And Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons Tactics
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Baldur's Gate 2: Ultimate Collection (Shadows of Amn and Throne of Bhaal)
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Neverwinter Nights 2 Expansion Pack: Mask of the Betrayer
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Neverwinter Nights 2
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Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn
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Tom Clancy Games
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Limited Edition
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ComputerWorld
- Stimulus for tech and telecom $3B, but jobs still guesswork
- The U.S. government has spent about $700 million on IT and telecommunications products and services under its economic stimulus program, part of a total of $3 billion that's in the spending pipeline, according to a private analysis of this data. But how many jobs have been created is not as clear.
- Update fixes iPhone sync problem with Windows 7 for some
- Gigabyte Technology issued a BIOS update on Friday that fixes a problem for some Windows 7 users who have been unable to sync their iPhones.
- Elgan: Online publishing for the cheap and lazy
- I'm a lazy cheapskate. And I'm often on the move. What to do? I've found out how to publish just about everywhere online -- social media, a blog and a newsletter -- at very low cost and with almost no effort.
- Q&A: isoHunt founder says P2P can help create post-piracy world
- isoHunt's Gary Fung talks about how isoHunt has evaded legal trouble so far, why he holds out hope of working together with Hollywood and the music industry, and how he's launched a new P2P site for just that purpose.
- Introducing Speedmark 6
- Back in August, Apple entered the era of Snow Leopard. Today, Macworld's Speedmark test suite enters the Snow Leopard's den.
Slashdot
- Radar Beats GPS In Court — Or Does It?
- TechnologyResource writes "More than two years ago in California, a police officer wrote Shaun Malone a ticket for going 62mph in a 45-mph zone. Malone was ordered to pay a $190 fine, but his parents appealed the decision, saying data from a GPS tracking system they installed in his car to monitor his driving proved he was not speeding. What ensued was the longest court battle over a speeding ticket in Sonoma county history. The case also represented the first time anyone locally had tried to beat a ticket using GPS. The teen's GPS pegged the car at 45 mph in virtually the same location. At issue was the distance from the stoplight — site of the first GPS 'ping' that showed Malone stopped — to the second ping 30 seconds later, when he was going 45 mph. Last week, Commissioner Carla Bonilla ruled the GPS data confirmed the prosecution's contention that Malone had to have exceeded the speed limit and would have to pay the $190 fine. 'This case ensures that other law enforcement agencies throughout the state aren't going to have to fight a case like this where GPS is used to cast doubt on radar,' said Sgt. Ken Savano, who oversees the traffic division. However, Commissioner Bonilla noted the accuracy of the GPS system was not challenged by either side in the dispute, but rather they had different interpretations of the data. Bonilla ruled the GPS data confirmed the prosecution's contention that Malone had to have exceeded the speed limit." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- Skype's Legal Situation Clears
- chill writes "Skype's co-founders, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, have agreed to transfer ownership of the remaining Skype technology that eBay didn't own, paving the way for eBay to complete its sale of a majority stake in Skype to an investor consortium. In exchange, Friis and Zennstrom will join the investor consortium and obtain a 14 percent stake in Skype. The other consortium partners, led by Silver Lake, will own a 56 percent stake in Skype, and eBay will hold on to 30 percent, eBay said Friday." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- Norwegian Court Rules ISP Doesn't Have To Block The Pirate Bay
- C4st13v4n14 writes "In a sudden outbreak of uncommon sense yesterday, a Norwegian District Court handed down the decision that Telenor, Norway's largest ISP, will not have to block access to The Pirate Bay. Telenor was sued earlier this year by the IFPI after being threatened and not backing down. 'The court ruled that Telenor is not contributing to any infringements of copyright law when its subscribers use The Pirate Bay, and therefore there is no legal basis for forcing the ISP to block access to the site. ... In making its decision, the court also had to examine the repercussions if it ruled that Telenor and other ISPs had to block access to certain websites.'" Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- KDE Founder Receives Highest German Honor
- Jiilik Oiolosse writes "KDE founder Matthias Ettrich was decorated today with the German Federal Cross of Merit for his contributions to Free Software. The Federal Cross of Merit is both the most prestigious as well as the only general decoration awarded by the Federal Republic of Germany. It is awarded by the Federal President for outstanding achievements in the political, economic, cultural, and other fields. Matthias was awarded the medal in recognition of his work spurring innovation and spreading knowledge for the common good." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- Sony Demos Natal-Like Control System
- An anonymous reader writes "It's not just Microsoft investigating full body, markerless motion capture. Sony has enlisted the help of Swiss firm Atracsys to develop similar technology. Sony has openly discussed the technology with New Scientist, and has realistic expectations for the new system — it can capture broad body gestures but not individual fingers. That's just one trade-off needed in order to develop a real-time system that anyone can use, according to a markerless motion-capture expert." It's still in the early stages of development, but the accompanying video shows the use of face-recognition software as well. The demo game has players moving their heads left or right to position their character, and then smiling to "catch" an object. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Guestbook
Sonaprint wrote...
I liked the lens. I am a big video games fan...any kind! Yes keep adding to it!!!
Kathi
Posted October 26, 2009
ps3 games wrote
Nice selection of some great games.the detail could have extended past what a Video game is but it's ok for the most part! anyways good work.keep it up . http://www.ps3reviewed.com
Posted July 29, 2009
Standup105 wrote...
Hey! New to the group so I just figured that I'd introduce myself. My name is Standup and what I do is I review World of Warcraft guides online. These guides are all available to download, and some of the splash pages can be bothersome at times. So what I am doing is cutting through all the hard work for the user, and giving comprehensive reviews based on the features, good and bad aspects of the guides, prices, and links directly to the site.
My hope is that by the time that you're done reading my lens about a particular guide, you won't need to wade through a large splash page filled with advertisements, but instead, will allow you to made an educated decision on which to download before you even load up the publishers page! I do the research so you don't have to!
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Thanks for checking it out, see you there!
Posted March 20, 2009
diggyisking wrote...
no personal opinion on games????
for console it would be tekken or soul caliber and on pc something like starcraft and counterstrike:)
Posted January 02, 2009
AndrewGreen wrote...
Not a bad selection. Hopefully you will add to it. Thanks.
Posted December 14, 2008
LouieWpHs04 wrote...
Selections could have been a bit better, and the detail could have extended past what a Video game is but it's ok for the most part! G'job! =o
annd hopefully you plan on adding to it.. at some point. :)
Posted October 22, 2008
tdove wrote...
Nice selection of some great games. Thanks for joining G Rated Lense Factory!
Posted June 23, 2008
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