This isn’t news, this isn’t even surprising and yet one of the largest websites in South Africa decided that this story is what they will run a poll about on their front page. To catch you up News24.com, South Africa’s biggest online news website, has a poll running currently on whether or not gaming makes teens more violent and unsurprisingly …

Natal, says Microsoft, is about more than just gaming. Marc Whitten, Xbox 360’s general manager has said that Natal has been created to enhance the living room experience just as much as it was for gaming. He said the device will replace the host of buttons and remotes – and at some point may even react to users reactions when …

I was tipped off about this incredibly interesting TED talk from a game designer that looks at using the amount of hours spent gaming to solve real world problems. The idea is that gaming can be used to take real world issues and portray them in an epic environment, thereby motivating gamers to solve issues or become educated about issues …

From the helpless damsel in distress to the typical gangbanger – gaming has always had stereotypes in place. So let’s take a look at some of the more popular examples shall we? Stereotypes in RPGs And what better place to start at than the titular (hehe) hero? Cloud Strife and Lloyd from Tales of Symphonia are but two examples. and …

Today, for those of you unaware – presumably because you’ve spent the last 2 weeks playing Modern Warfare 2 untill the wee hours of the morning, and have lost all perceptions of reality – is the 1st of December. This is generally considered to be the beginning of the Silly Season. The Silly Season brings with it a host of …

So I think Lazygamer has had a total of 4 articles on different movie companies joining the gaming world now. We have Jerry Bruckheimer, Steven Spielberg, Legendary Pictures and now apparently Ubisoft wants to break into the special effects business. Crazy right? Looks like gaming has now become the flavour of the month! Are you puzzled as to why? Why …

When I read this article I shuddered. Was my precious console now finally facing the firing squad? According to Palo Alto-based OnLive, it was. Unluckily for our console counterparts OnLive isn’t merely all talk either. Apparently it’s been dropping jaws of the press who’ve seen it working this week at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco. GameDaily dubbed …

So at least there are some joys when writing analytical pieces like these. Mostly things like getting to brag when games like the following 4 roll on to my doorstep. And the following are a smoking slice of proof, that 3 is in fact not the lucky number…it’s been 4 all along. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare I decided …