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It's the golden age of video games — here's what's making that happen
To paraphrase a bit of Internet wisdom, experts agree that pop culture was at its peak when you—yes you—were 12 years old. Most of us never escape the spell of the things we loved when we were young,...
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Pro gamer making 6 figures explains why many players don't have girlfriends
Professional video game players fall predominantly into a particular demographic: young men ages 18 to 24. In the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS), there are no female players.Despite the...
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Pro gamer describes the difference between playing in the US and Korea — the...
Despite its popularity online, professional gaming has yet to break through to mainstream American culture. Compared to sports like football or basketball, it has a tiny fan base. In Korea, the mecca...
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US intelligence: We found video game guides and a lot of books at bin Laden's...
Osama bin Laden's compound apparently contained some unexpected reading material.On Tuesday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence release a trove of documents found at the slain Al Qaeda...
View ArticleThere’s a strange new live-action trailer for the next Batman game we've been...
With only one month left until the highly-anticipated "Batman: Arkham Knight" video game is released, the hype machine is in full swing with an unusual new ad that encourages everyday people to heed...
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A maker of video game graphic cards is making a big push into self-driving cars
Nvidia is best known for making graphics cards for running image-intensive games like Crysis 3. Driving a car is not a game, but Nvidia has designs on putting its graphics chips in vehicles, too....
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Teenage hacker admits to stalking and 'swatting' female gamers who turned him...
A 17-year-old hacker from British Columbia, Canada, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to 23 charges of extortion, public mischief, false police reports, and criminal harassment.The teen had been targeting...
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The unlikely story of a 23-year-old Venezuelan who makes 6 figures playing...
Two years ago, 21-year-old Diego “Quas” Ruiz flew from Venezuela to Los Angeles for a job playing video games. It was a drastic move. Ruiz had no friends or family in LA, and he didn’t know how long...
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Here's why pro gaming is exploding in popularity
Last year, 27 million people watched the League of Legends world championships on the live-streaming site Twitch and ESPN3.That’s more viewers than the 23.5 million who watched Game 7 of the World...
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A developer accidentally leaked a huge amount of information about one of the...
The developers of "Star Citizen," one of the most-anticipated video games in the world, have been forced to beg fans not to share a link to a huge cache of data from the game after an employee...
View ArticleHere's the best look yet at the next big game starring Batman
A lengthy look at "Batman: Arkham Knight" has finally arrived; the next — and presumably last — chapter in Rocksteady and Warner Bros. Interactive's critical and commercial smash game series starring...
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Ted Cruz: I'm a video game 'addict'
Presidential candidate and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) announced on Thursday that he had been "outed" by a new Daily Beast article identifying him as a video game addict. "The Daily Beast has outed me as...
View ArticleThe best PlayStation 3 franchise is heading to PlayStation 4 this year
There's no Indiana Jones in the world of video games, but there is Nathan Drake: an archaeologically-minded explorer who doesn't mind throwing a punch (or twenty). His adventures first came to life on...
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These are the 6 greatest video games of all time, according to the video game...
Video games now have their own hall of fame.Established earlier this year, The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York, announced the first inductees into the World Video Game Hall of...
View ArticleThese guys make more than $100,000 a year playing video games
We spent a day with "Team Liquid," a professional video gaming team. Here's what it's like to be a professional video gamer.Produced by Devan Joseph. Photographs by Harrison Jacobs.Follow BI Video: On...
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Amazon is hiring a dream team to build its first PC game (AMZN)
Amazon has wanted to become a major force in the video game scene for years. And now, it's hired a dream team of video game developers who are working on "an ambitious new PC game project using the...
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Nintendo's first new original game in years is incredible
When you think of Nintendo, heroic Italian plumbers and cartoon dinosaurs come to mind. Maybe you think of an angry gorilla, or an elvish boy with a sword and a penchant for saving a certain princess....
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You need to watch this beautiful, intense trailer for the video game that...
The harrowing tale of Sandra Bullock and George Clooney floating around in outer space depicted in "Gravity" is coming to your house. And you'll be able to experience it personally. Well...sort...
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Inside the 'dream job' of a video game tester
In the realm of "dream jobs," video game tester ranks pretty highly for a significant number of people.But if you dream of endless days spent playing your favorite video games, you'll be sorely...
View ArticleHere's the new Oculus Rift that everyone can buy early next year
The Oculus Rift – Facebook's virtual reality system – has finally unveiled its virtual reality set that it will be sold in stores early 2016 for around $1,500.Produced by Matthew StuartFollow BI...
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