Most wanted video games of 2009 for XBox 360 PS3 and Wii (Daily Telegraph)

We select the 10 most anticipated video games for console and PC gamers for the next 12 months.

Business lets friends come together to play video games (Evansville Courier & Press)

If a new business where people gather to play video games eliminates the complaint that 'there is nothing to do in the Tri-State area,' Alan 'Drew' Heckert will be happy. Earlier this month Heckert opened eBash at 619 N. Burkhardt Road. For a fee a person can enter, choose from among a large number of games kept in the store’s library and play them on popular systems, including the Xbox 360, ...

TV, Video Games and Bad Parenting Creating Generation of Dumb, Addicted Two-Year-Olds [Wtf] (Gizmodo)

We love HDTV and video games something fierce, but this news out of the U.K. is pretty rotten. Apparently, parents are allowing tots to watch so much TV that they're forgetting their own names. It...

Top 10 video games of 2008: 'Fallout 3' led action-packed year (The Pantagraph)

It’s been another spectacular year for video games, with more than enough compelling adventures to satisfy even the most demanding player. It’s been a particularly gratifying year for Xbox 360 owners, who have benefited from a consistent flow of first-rate software from Microsoft and other publishers.

Video games like World of Warcraft and Second Life could be used for education (Daily Telegraph)

Online computer games like World of Warcraft and Second Life could be a powerful educational tool say scientists.

Rogers: Girls and boys approach video games differently (The Record Searchlight)

The realization flashed in an instant.Leigh, my 6-year-old, was playing MarioKart on the Wii, racing her sister along a track that wends its way through a mall. Partway through the race, she stopped her car to look at the different fake posters hanging in the imaginary store windows.

Urban Tool in Recruiting by the Army: An Arcade (New York Times)

The Army is hoping that new "experience centers," complete with video games that simulate battle, will increase enlistment among young people.