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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
World of Warcraft Battle Chest
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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
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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
- Control iTunes from the Windows 7 Taskbar
- One of my favorite Windows 7 amenities is thumbnail previews, which appear when you mouse over any running program in the taskbar.
- Elgan: Four things you need to know about Apple
- Here are four things that Apple believes that explain the unexplainable.
- Chrome shines, Gore opines, staffs decline
- Google's Chrome OS captured a lot of headlines and hype this week after the company invited the media in to have a look-see, setting off a whole lot of opinions about whether it will be any good. Microsoft, predictably, doesn't think so. Otherwise, Al Gore offered his opinion on the role supercomputers can play to quell climate change, and for the first time we can recollect there were not one, but two, cat-related IT stories that caught our attention.
- Mobile wireless router from Zyxel competes with Mi-Fi
- Wireless carriers and retailers have been promising a wide array of low-priced gadgets beyond smartphones that will hit the market soon, taking advantage of faster wireless networks.
- Microsoft launches beta tests of free Office 2010, 'streaming' delivery
- Microsoft has launched new betas for its free Office suite and for the "streaming" technology it will use to deliver some paid versions of Office 2010 next year.
Slashdot
- How Heavy Is the Internet?
- An anonymous reader writes "Ever wondered how much the internet physically weighs? 498,438,559,990kg, according to CNET. To reach this figure, they added together public data on the weight of every computer, server and connecting cable. To this they added 6,075,000kg of iPhones, and over 6,800,000kg of Blackberries. Finally, they added the weight of 287,524 viruses and 85 billion+ webpages." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- Anti-Smoking Vaccine Is Nearing the Market
- eldavojohn writes "Almost 6 years ago we discussed a vaccine to help people quit smoking as it entered human clinical trials. Now it looks like the finishing touches have been put on a deal that will go into effect once phase III testing of the drug now called NicVAX is completed. NicVAX was developed by Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, who have agreed to license it to GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals; it is expected to complete phase III testing successfully. Others have fallen short of this goal, in pursuit of a smoking-cessation market expected to hit $4.6 billion worldwide by 2016. Nabi has also sold an experimental vaccine for staph infections; and in 2008 we discussed news of a cocaine vaccine." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- iPhone Owners Demand To See Apple Source Code
- CWmike writes "iPhone owners charging Apple and AT&T with breaking antitrust laws asked a federal judge this week to force Apple to hand over the iPhone source code, court documents show. The lawsuit, which was filed in October 2007, accuses Apple and AT&T of violating antitrust laws, including the Sherman Act, by agreeing to a multi-year deal that locks US iPhone owners into using the mobile carrier. On Wednesday, the plaintiffs asked US District Court Judge James Ware to compel Apple to produce the source code for the iPhone 1.1.1 software, an update that Apple issued in September 2007. The update crippled iPhones that had been unlocked, or 'jailbroken,' so that they could be used with mobile providers other than AT&T. The iPhone 1.1.1 'bricked' those first-generation iPhones that had been hacked, rendering them useless and wiping all personal data from the device. The plaintiffs say that the source code is necessary to determine whether all iPhones were given the same 1.1.1 update, and whether it was designed to brick all or just some hacked iPhones." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- Proton Beams Sent Around the LHC
- feldhaus writes "The BBC reports that the first beams for over one year have been successfully sent around the complete circumference of the Large Hadron Collider. Engineers do not yet have a stable circulating beam but they hope to by 0600 GMT on Saturday." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- Microsoft's Lack of Nightly Builds For IE
- Ricky writes "Many wonder why Microsoft doesn't offer nightly builds of Internet Explorer — or at least something more frequent than months-to-years. Ars talks with Microsoft's general manager for IE, who says the IE9 development cycle will look much the same as previous versions. Not a great idea." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Guestbook
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- Sonaprint Sonaprint Oct 26, 2009 @ 8:41 pm
- I liked the lens. I am a big video games fan...any kind! Yes keep adding to it!!!
Kathi
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- Oct 11, 2009 @ 7:10 pm
- I LOVE HALO GAMES!!!!!!!!!! I tried out the Tom Clancy Games, but I could never get into them for some reason. I am surprised Call Of Duty isn't up there.
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- ps3 games ps3 games Jul 29, 2009 @ 6:15 am
- 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
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- moonpromo moonpromo Jul 24, 2009 @ 8:01 pm
- Tom Clancy the best. Have them all!
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- Standup105 Standup105 Mar 20, 2009 @ 12:26 pm
- 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!
My lens can be seen here:
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Thanks for checking it out, see you there!
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- diggyisking diggyisking Jan 2, 2009 @ 10:14 am
- no personal opinion on games????
for console it would be tekken or soul caliber and on pc something like starcraft and counterstrike:)
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- AndrewGreen AndrewGreen Dec 14, 2008 @ 11:07 am
- Not a bad selection. Hopefully you will add to it. Thanks.
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- LouieWpHs04 LouieWpHs04 Oct 22, 2008 @ 2:46 am
- 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. :)
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- tdove tdove Jun 23, 2008 @ 9:58 pm
- Nice selection of some great games. Thanks for joining G Rated Lense Factory!
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