After playing the game online for three continuous hours, 11 Class of HCM City has suffered a brain hemorrhage that left him a permanent vegetative state. The victim is a student of 16 years, 11 Nguyen Hue High School class is District 9, HCM City. The boy and his friend had an online game called War craft for three hours in the afternoon of October 24, in an Internet cafe. They left the internet cafe because it ran out of money. According to friends of the fatality, after walking several hundred meters, the boy said he had a headache and felt faint. He was later taken to hospital and diagnosis of cerebral hemorrhage. The boy’s

Even though the Play spot 3 and 3D technology may be BFFs, Microsoft is not yet ready to push the new technology just yet. In a discussion with CNN, Phil Spencer, corporate VP for Microsoft Game Studios, made it clear that Xbox 360 is in no rush to force out 3D games. “As an entertainment company, we are trying to do things that millions of people can go enjoy today,” Spencer told CNN. “And for better or for worse, people just don’t really have TVs in their house right now that are going to do 3D in a way that’s going to work.” In a vacuum, the story of Xbox not fully embracing 3D gaming might be

In Online Games researchers Jonas Linderoth and Camilla Olsson at the University of Gothenburg analyse the culture of online games and the boundary-crossing community associated with the activity. The report looks at meetings with other cultures, development of language skills and players who travel to meet up with other players. But it also deals with culture clashes, exclusion and sexualisation. The report, which was released by the Swedish Media Council on 5 October, shows that digital online games function as social meeting places, where players from all over the world come into contact and play together. The social aspect of the game is often the key element for the players, something that has been overlooked

Casinos Change Posture on Online Gaming. The debate over online gaming in the United States (US) has been dissected by politicians, economists, and businesspeople all over the world. Congress has been mulling over Representative Barney Frank’s bill that would legalize Internet gambling (besides sports wagering). One special interest group with a huge stake in the debate is the huge casino corporations such as Harrah’s Entertainment, MGM Resorts, and Wynn Resorts. The postures taken by casinos on this debate is an especially important one due to their deep pockets and strong lobbyists in Congress. Up to recently, the casinos have been opposed to any regulation of Internet gaming and experts gave the bill little chance of