Video Games

Are They Really Making a FarmVille Movie?
Are They Really Making a FarmVille Movie?
Are They Really Making a FarmVille Movie?
Get your crops ready, hayseeds — there might be a FarmVille movie coming. As one of the most popular video games probably ever, the scourge of Facebook is about to hit the silver screen thanks to screenwriters Alec Sokolow and Joel Cohen.
Is the Full Tilt Poker Site Just a Massive Ponzi Scheme?
Is the Full Tilt Poker Site Just a Massive Ponzi Scheme?
Is the Full Tilt Poker Site Just a Massive Ponzi Scheme?
Full Tilt Poker, one of the Internet’s most popular poker sites, operated “as a massive Ponzi scheme against its own players,” alleges Manhattan’s US attorney. The allegations come as part of a civil money laundering complaint claiming that funds the site raised went to pay members of its board of directors, which includes poker pros Howard Lederer and Christopher “Jesus” Ferguson. The board i
Play Super Mario Bros. in a Cardboard Box [VIDEO]
Play Super Mario Bros. in a Cardboard Box [VIDEO]
Play Super Mario Bros. in a Cardboard Box [VIDEO]
The Super Mario Bros. have made hundreds of appearances in different video games since the characters were introduced in 1985, but this one is probably the most unique. It’s an electronic board game version of the Nintendo classic, the player maneuvers Mario analog-style, using a conveyor belt device built inside of a cardboard box.
Wii Game Country Dance 2 Features Carrie Underwood, George Strait, and More
Wii Game Country Dance 2 Features Carrie Underwood, George Strait, and More
Wii Game Country Dance 2 Features Carrie Underwood, George Strait, and More
If you own a Wii, love country music, and enjoy shaking your tail feather, you’ll be excited to learn that Country Dance 2 is on its way. The game so nice they made it twice, this installment of Country Dance will boast more than 30 tracks from artists such as Carrie Underwood, George Strait, Blake Shelton, and Eric Church.
Lindsay Lohan Makes Fun of Shoplifting Past in Air New Zealand Ad [VIDEO]
Lindsay Lohan Makes Fun of Shoplifting Past in Air New Zealand Ad [VIDEO]
Lindsay Lohan Makes Fun of Shoplifting Past in Air New Zealand Ad [VIDEO]
Though her personal choices have been — how do we put this lightly? — questionable over the last few years, nobody can deny that Lindsay Lohan has a pretty good sense of humor. Which might be the reason why the ‘Mean Girls’ star agreed to sit down for an interview with Air New Zealand mascot, Rico, on the airline’s series of web ads, ‘On the Skycouch With Rico.’
Teacher Uses Angry Birds to Explain Projectile Motion to Students
Teacher Uses Angry Birds to Explain Projectile Motion to Students
Teacher Uses Angry Birds to Explain Projectile Motion to Students
With over 200 million downloads to mobile devices, Angry Birds is a full-fledged phenomenon. Now an Atlanta teacher has found a way to use it as an educational tool as well. Since the birds are catapulted into the sky, John Burk, a ninth-grade physics teacher, felt it was a great way to teach students the laws of projectile motion.
Are Violent Video Games Contributing To the Declining Crime Rate?
Are Violent Video Games Contributing To the Declining Crime Rate?
Are Violent Video Games Contributing To the Declining Crime Rate?
A new academic paper suggests that the proliferation of violent videos games over the past 20 years has contributed to the more than 50 percent decrease in violent crime over that time period. The paper’s authors analyzed published studies on the topic of violence and video games, and were able to conclude that “though there is evidence that violent video games cause aggression in a laboratory se
Play On! Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Video Game Sales to Minors
Play On! Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Video Game Sales to Minors
Play On! Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Video Game Sales to Minors
In a 7-2 vote, the US Supreme Court ruled Monday that it’s unconstitutional to ban kids from buying or renting violent video games, saying that despite fears the games may prompt children to emulate what’s seen in them, the government has no right to “restrict the ideas to which may be exposed.” The decision in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association upholds that of the 9th Circuit federal a