Jul 13 - By Don Babwin, AP Writer
If gays want to play flag football or darts, Chicago is the place to be. If they are looking to see how they measure up against the best gay handball players or are looking for a rousing game of bridge, Montreal is the spot.
Jul 12 - By Allison Linn, AP Business Writer
Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 may exemplify the high-tech future of video game consoles, but the company is hoping some of its avid players still pine for the good old days of Pac-Man and Frogger.
Jul 7 - By Allison Linn, AP Business Writer
Anyone desperate for a break from crunching numbers, minding the kids or studying for exams knows how easy it can be to find distraction in the simple brain teasing of computer games like Sudoku, solitaire or mahjong.
Jul 6 - By Arnie Stapleton, AP Sports Writer
Waneek Horn-Miller, the most decorated athlete at the North American Indigenous Games and one of the world's best water polo players, easily could have called it quits after she was stabbed in the chest during the 1990 Oka standoff in Canada.
Jul 2 - By Mary Pemberton, AP Writer
After a roadside bomb exploded under his 5-ton truck in Iraq, Tyler Hall remembers an Army buddy asking if he was alive.
Jun 21 - By LOU KESTEN
Have intellectual challenges suddenly become sexy?
Jun 14 - By Matt Slagle, AP Technology Writer
"Hitman: Blood Money" (Rated M, $39.99 PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC; $59.99 Xbox 360) is a lesson in lethality, with shooting, strangling and poisoning among the main character's deadly repertoire.
Jun 7 - By Matt Slagle, AP Technology Writer
Sony Corp.'s diminutive PlayStation Portable finally gets a decent turn-based military strategy game with "Field Commander" (T-rated, $39.99).
May 31 - By Matt Slagle, AP Technology Writer
As powerful as they are in comic books and movies, superheroes seemed destined for eternal lameness in video games.
May 24 - By Matt Slagle, AP Technology Writer
Two defining video games from the 1980s are back for the Nintendo DS handheld. "New Super Mario Bros." and "Tetris DS" are updated versions of classic games aimed at giving 21st century players a fresh dose of retro, old-school goodness.
May 23 - By Associated Press
Microsoft's Shane Kim sees opportunity in getting people who don't know an X-box from a PlayStation turned on to the joys of gaming. And he sees content as the key.
May 17 - By Michael Felberbaum, AP Writer
Developers continuously try to reinvent how gamers interact with titles and consoles. But the addition of high-quality graphics to the portable gaming scene with Sony Corp.'s PlayStation Portable makes for new gameplay and, sometimes, more complex controls.
May 12 - By Matt Slagle, AP Technology Writer
After years of promises and high expectations, consumers will finally be able to purchase next-generation video game consoles as the industry's painful transition to the latest technology comes to an end later this year.
May 11 - By Matt Slagle, AP Technology Writer
The latest round in the video game console wars appears to be a race among Sony Corp., Nintendo Co. and Microsoft Corp. for the flashiest, most powerful system. But that's not how Nintendo President Satoru Iwata sees it.
May 10 - By Gerard Cagayat, AP Writer
"Kingdom Hearts II" is a superbly crafted role-playing game with an intricate plot that weaves three characters — Sora, Donald and Goofy — through different worlds. With Disney and Final Fantasy characters at their side, they battle their enemies: the Heartless, Nobodies and Organization XIII.
May 7 - By The Associated Press, AP Writer
Some demographics and details about the AP-AOL Games poll on attitudes about gaming. The results are taken from a poll of 3,024 adults, including 1,046 who play electronic games, that was conducted April 18-27. The poll, conducted by the international polling firm Ipsos, has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2 percentage points, 3 points for the sample of those who play electronic games. This looks at how different groups feel about various aspects of games.
May 7 - By The Associated Press, AP Writer
The AP-AOL Games poll on public attitudes about gaming is based on telephone interviews with 3,024 adults, including 1,046 who play electronic games, in the United States from all states except Alaska and Hawaii. The interviews were conducted April 18-20 and 24-27 by Ipsos, an international polling firm.
May 7 - By Matt Slagle, AP Technology Writer
Rather than reach for the television remote control when she wants to be entertained, Karalyn Valente goes online to play "EverQuest," "Ultima Online" and other video games — a gaming habit shared by millions in the United States.
May 3 - By Matt Slagle, AP Technology Writer
Most persistent online role-playing games seem to have a fixation with dragons and dungeons, orcs and elves.
Apr 27 - By Associated Press
The NCAA approved four new bowls Thursday, including a fifth Bowl Championship Series game in Glendale, Ariz., which will host the national championship Jan. 8.
Apr 26 - By Matt Slagle, AP Technology Writer
Nintendo Co. seems intent on getting gamers to do more than simply tap buttons on a controller. The Nintendo DS handheld has a touch screen and accepts voice commands, and the upcoming Revolution console touts an interesting remote control gamers will be able to wave around, simulating sword strikes or bat swings.
Apr 24 - By Associated Press
Viacom Inc., the entertainment conglomerate that owns MTV and VH1, on Monday said it would buy an online video gaming company called Xfire Inc. for $102 million in cash.
Apr 19 - By Matt Slagle, AP Technology Writer
Scantily clad archaeologist Lara Croft is back for more danger and hidden treasure in "Tomb Raider: Legend." This T-rated game ($49.99 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox, $59.99 for Xbox 360, $39.99 for personal computers) revives a long-suffering franchise.
Apr 13 - By Matt Slagle, AP Technology Writer
The "Metal Gear" series pretty much invented a style of military action video games where sneaking around and a sly sense of humor are at least as important as blasting away. Two new editions to the series make these contrasts exceptionally clear.
Apr 11 - By Associated Press
Organizers of a Gay Games rowing competition have received final approval to hold the event at a suburban Chicago lake during the Olympics-style gathering of gay athletes this summer.
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