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Video games for girls 

The conventional wisdom on gender differences and play is that girls like to create things, boys like to destroy them. A girl can enjoy building a...

Quiz show 

What's the most successful trivia game to appear on a video-game console?

It's a trick question.

There's never been a...

Week in video-game news: 'Rock Band' in short supply; Romantics sue 

News from the virtual world: --PUNKED ROCK: Yes, the Nintendo Wii is going to be hard to find before Christmas, but there's another piece of...

'Mario,' 'Zack & Wiki' help celebrate Wii's birthday 

On Black Friday 2006, I wound up being part of one of this nation's great holiday rituals: standing outside a store at 6 a.m., hoping to get...

Gore! gore! gore! good? 

Gory movies such as "30 Days of Night" and "Saw IV" come and go without much of a fuss. Directors Martin Scorsese and Joel and Ethan Coen can...

'Halo' team leaves Microsoft; Wii shortage continues 

News from the virtual world: BUNGIE JUMPS: It's always sad when a seemingly happy marriage breaks up. We still haven't gotten over Brad and Jen,...

Week in video-game news: 'Madden' takes Manhattan; the philosophy of 

News from the virtual world: A world gone Madden: The NFL season is bookended by two spectacles: the release of "Madden NFL" at the start and...

A flood of downloadable games; a fairy-tale serial 

News from the virtual world: -- BEAM ME DOWN: In the six months since its debut, Nintendo's Wii has been breaking records and racing past...

More 'Raving Rabbids' from Ubisoft; Nintendo's summer fun 

News from the virtual world: -- KING UBI: The most consistently intriguing "third-party" publisher of video games (that is, a company not named...

'Halo' coming in September; Sony promises PS3 exclusives 

News from the virtual world: -- ONE TRUE RING: Since the debut of the Xbox 360 a year and a half ago, players have been thirsting for one title:...