A teenage girl in Xianyang, Shaanxi province, cut off the cable of her parents' computer because she felt neglected. The girl said her parents were addicted to an online game called "Happy Farm", and were always on the computer whenever they were home.

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"Some German kid going crazy in front of the computer. He's having trouble with his Unreal Tournament game. "

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With the launch of Windows 7 this week, PC makers are trying some new things, including laptops with touch screens. Acer is going further - introducing a laptop with a 3-D screen.

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Microsoft has shown off the full version of the long-awaited follow-up to the first person shooter, Halo 3, ahead of its launch on Tuesday. The Halo series is one of the most popular video games of all time, selling millions of units worldwide.

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A chilling look at artificial intelligence in computer games. Ever played Medal of Honor or Call of Duty?

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When Alexey Pajitnov put the finishing touches on Tetris 25 years ago Saturday, he had no way of knowing his modest videogame would become Russia's most entertaining export. Yet June 6, 1984, has become a landmark date in the history of videogames: That's the day the then-29 …

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Tetris the classic computer game in which players rotate a series of falling block shapes to make them interlock at the bottom of the screen celebrates its 25th anniversary this week.

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Not only do I love Rock Band, but the Beatles also happen to be my favorite band in the entire world that ever was or will be from now until the end of the world. Suffice it to say, as The Beatles: Rock Band gets closer to release, I'm struggling to suppress my glee.

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Want to skip a trip to the salon to save some cash? Learn how to properly care for your mane on a budget.

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Dave Arneson, one of the co-creators of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy game and a pioneer of role-playing entertainment, died after a two-year battle with cancer, his family said Thursday.

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Six months, 163 interviews and thousands of product samples later, InStyle reveals the expert product picks for makeup, hair, skin care and nails at a range of prices. Find out what's worth the credit card swipe.

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Playing video games may help sharpen your vision

Watching TV and playing video games for too long is considered bad for your vision. But according to a team of researchers, spending time playing video games might actually sharpen your vision.

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A mother who bought a Scrabble game for her eight-year-old son's computer console to improve his vocabulary has told of her disgust after it produced a string of swearwords.

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Ninety per cent of the young people who seek treatment for compulsive computer gaming are not addicted. So says Keith Bakker the founder and head of Europe's first and only clinic to treat gaming addicts.

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Why does a blockbuster video game that embraces biological evolution resemble intelligent design?

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A computer game in which players control an American soldier sent to "wipe out the Muslim race" has been condemned as offensive and tasteless by a British Muslim group.

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The distribution model of computer games has seen changes in the last several years, going from an exclusively brick-and-mortar model to an age of emerging digital distribution.

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One of the first "killer" game applications for what was then the nascent personal computer gaming market in 1983, was Microsoft Flight Simulator. While the graphics weren't spectacular by today's standards, they were graphics; which were a change from what had come before.

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The "Spore" alien population is exploding, boding well for the September launch of the latest brainchild of computer game legend Will Wright.

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Sid Meier's Colonization: Scandal and Thoughts

I came across an article today by Ben Fritz, expressing concern that Sid Meier's renowned Civilization series would once more be dipping its toes into the murky waters of Colonization.

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COMPUTER games may have received a bad rap for fostering behavioural problems among young children, but one child psychologist has discovered some games have therapeutic benefits.

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The MMO genre is stagnant. Even those games that during the pre-release hype promise "revolutionary gameplay" and vast new worlds to explore all end up being rehashes of ideas already in play. It's obvious that incremental changes simply aren't happening fast enough to divert t …

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A new game, named Foldit, turns protein folding into a competitive sport.

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The second World War has fueled a nearly uncountable sea of video game titles, but while most have drawn inspiration from the same handful of historic events, none yet have captured the reality that was Joseph Stalin.

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