"As a proud nerdy parent, I've been showing my kids 'Star Wars' since before they could talk. Reading them Little Golden Books versions of the saga. Quizzing them on the names of Princess Leia, Greedo and Lando Calrissian. Buying them loads of 'Star Wars' toys and donating my own action figures to the cause. So they know 'Star Wars.'
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Kevin Coffey is the entertainment editor and critic, covering music, movies, video games, comic books and lots more. Follow him on Twitter @owhmusicguy. Phone: 402-444-1557.
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Video Games, Hardware Spearhead Record Online Black Friday Sales – Media Play News
Sales of soccer-themed video game FIFA 20 and NFL-based Madden 20 helped drive record online sales on post-Thanksgiving Black Friday (Nov. 29), according to new data from Adobe Analytics. The Nintendo Switch console ranked among the most-popular online purchases — as it has all year in the video game market.
Adobe said consumers spent $7.4 billion online, which trails only the all-time $7.9 billion spent a year ago on Cyber Monday. The software giant, which tracked the majority of Web retailers, is projecting $9.4 billion is online spending on Cyber Monday (Dec. 2) this year.
Chicago PD: 12-year-old boy grazed by bullet while playing video games in his bedroom |
CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 15: Chicago police officers attend a graduation and promotion ceremony in the Grand Ballroom on Navy Pier on June 15, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. Several civil rights organizations have filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Chicago seeking federal oversight of changes in the Chicago Police Department following repeated accusations of civil rights violations by officers in the department. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
CHICAGO — A 12-year-old boy is in fair condition after he was grazed by a bullet that came through the wall of his bedroom Thursday afternoon.
11 nostalgic games to play on Apple Arcade if you miss your childhood - CNET
You can play Apple Arcade on the iPad, iPhone and Apple TV. Some games are starting to come to Mac.
Here are some of the best games on Apple Arcade so far that will tap into that part of your brain that's still nostalgic for the early days of video gaming -- just on a more updated platform.
This classic arcade game is now on the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Mac and Apple TV. Play up to four friends with Battle Mode and eat pellets to gain speed, but watch out for ghosts and the 265 glitch. Gobble up the Super Pellet and the ghosts will scatter. Game maker Bandai Namco plans to release more game modes and mazes over time.
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Shenmue 3 review – a return to slow pleasures | Games | The Guardian
At the time of Shenmue's original release, it was understood that video games offered an escape from the boredom of reality. In more recent years, the success of myriad games in which players are invited to engage in, essentially, virtual work – Car Mechanic Simulator, Farming Simulator, Euro Truck Simulator, and so on – has demonstrated that our relationship with games is more complicated. There is, it seems, a certain comfort in routine.
What's Your Favorite Video Game Soundtrack?
Whenever I got a new Sega Genesis game, I used to plug in the earphones to the console's headphone jack to play it. I felt an invisible bubble form around me as the game started and I listened to the music in stereo sound. It was like I'd jacked into my own private universe.
There's a weird JRPG on the Genesis called Super Hydlide that I loved mainly for its outstanding soundtrack. Shining in the Darkness felt even more labyrinthine and onerous with the music flowing through my ears. I really enjoyed the music from Sonic the Hedgehog as I sped at sonic speed from stage to stage. The Phantasy Star games stood out for their breadth of tracks and the way the OST ran the gamut from exhilarating battle songs to plaintive reflections on an ominous fate.
Black Friday 2019: The Best Video Game Deals At Walmart
Black Friday continues to get bigger every year, stretching well beyond the 24-hour period that encompasses the Friday after Thanksgiving, bleeding over into the weekend, Cyber Monday—and weeks after.
Still, many of the best savings are either Thursday evening or Friday morning–the limited "doorbusters" for instance, tend to be some of the best deals you'll find.
Walmart always offers some of the best video game deals of any retailer each year on Black Friday, and we've figured out what some of the best are for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and the various games and gaming accessories you'll need.
No Man's Sky Shows Video Games Can Radically Reinvent Themselves on Demand
Before No Man's Sky was released, Hello Games' Sean Murray talked about it like it really did contain an entire universe, as if the experience would never be the same from one planet to the next. The reality of its launch is well-known – the game that had flourished in the minds of players, fed by interviews and slivers of preview footage, didn't match the one on our TV screens.
Backlash followed, but it mostly served as a cautionary tale about the dangers of selling the vision of a game rather than the game itself . There was an expectation that the studio would quietly abandon the game and move on. But that wasn't what happened. Instead, after months without comment, the team announced something that few saw coming – they planned to release a big update for the game.
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