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Link Between Gun Violence and Video Games is Flawed, Says Media Coalition

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The discussion about whether playing violent video games causes real-life gun violence has been raging for years. A new report today by Media Coalition Inc. is bound to fuel that fire, claiming that the harm of violent video games has “skewed the debate and fuels misguided calls for censorship.” Although the report’s headline focuses on […]

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PS4 vs. Xbox One - Part 3: Software

PS4 vs. Xbox One: Microsoft’s Advantage if Hardware’s Irrelevant

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All the talk before E3 was the battle looming between Sony and Microsoft going toe to toe with dueling press conferences. Sony seemed to have the last laugh, both literally and figuratively, with its press conference scheduled for the end of the day and the revelation that the PS4 would retail for $399, a full

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Sony Apologizes for Bricked PS3s, Promises New Firmware Update Next Week

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So much for all that pro-Sony momentum coming out of E3…. For all the goodwill and the subsequent rush on PS4 pre-orders at Amazon and GameStop, Sony undid much of the positive press this week when a faulty PlayStation 3 firmware update to version 4.45 bricked “a small number” of PlayStation 3 consoles. Now, Sony

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PS4 and Xbox One Pre-Orders Result in Amazon’s Biggest Week Ever

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We’ve covered a lot of Amazon pre-order news in the past week, from the PS4 pre-orders on Amazon either sold out or selling out to the massive resurgence of Xbox One Amazon pre-orders following the so-called “Xbox One-80” announcement a few days ago in which Microsoft reversed its policies with regard to DRM, online check-ins

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Battlefield 4 “Angry Sea” Single-Player Demo Gameplay Video

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Battlefield 4 needs no introduction – unless you’re talking to gamers who are more enamored with single-player games than multiplayer ones. In that case, BF4 — if not the entire Battlefield franchise — may very well be foreign ground. Much like the Call of Duty series, the Battlefield games have a massive multiplayer following and

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