Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Nintendos Latest Game Wants You Off The Couch

Sumo wrestlers were the main inspiration behind Wii Fit, Nintendo’s latest attempt at getting you off the couch when you play video games.
Because they are so huge, sumo wrestlers need two scales to weigh themselves. Wii Fit’s balance board works kind of like two scales fused together, which, as its designers found, makes it instantly [...]

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Brazil Judge Bans Video Game Bully

Made by Rockstar Games and mainly distributed in Brazil by JPF Maggazine, the game lets players act out the life of a 15-year-old student and decide how to deal with teachers and cliques at a boarding school.A local youth support center had requested the ban.”We have not been notified of the judge’s decision,” JPF Maggazine’s [...]

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Sony Quarterly Profit Rises 25 Percent

In its core electronics business, sales for the quarter rose 10.2 percent on healthy demand for liquid crystal display TVs, Vaio personal computers and digital cameras.But profitability in electronics declined for the quarter compared to the last quarter of 2006 despite the better sales because of plunging gadget prices, the Tokyo-based company said in a [...]