New ‘Mortal Kombat’ movie brings fantasy violence to screens

Reuters 04/21/2021

LOS ANGELES — The “Mortal Kombat” movie reboot from Warner Bros, which debuts Friday in theaters and on the HBO Max streaming service, aims to better depict the extreme gore of the video game franchise than two…

New PlayStation hits market as console battle with Xbox begins

11/13/2020

TOKYO, Japan – Sony’s PlayStation 5 hit the shelves on Thursday, November 12, 2020, just two days after rival Microsoft released its newest Xbox, with the next-generation consoles vying for holiday season dominance as the pandemic boosts…

‘NBA 2K’ video game joins league of televised esports

05/08/2020

After a May 5 debut, Season 3 of the NBA 2K League will continue to be aired on ESPN2 on Tuesdays, and Tuesdays through Fridays through the network’s website and app until the end of the NBA’s…

Compulsive video-game playing could be mental health problem

AP 06/24/2018

GENEVA —Obsessive video gamers know how to anticipate dangers in virtual worlds. The World Health Organization (WHO) says they now should be on guard for a danger in the real world: spending too much time playing. In…

When a video game comes to life

Jeff Ruffolo 04/12/2018

I HATE it when movies emulate real life. Case in point—“Rampage” which is taken from—of all things—a coin-operated video game. I remember playing Rampage at Sgt. Pepperoni’s Pizza joint in Newport Beach, California back in 1986. They…

Gambling now used as cover for illegal drugs operations

Dominic D. Yasay, Nestle L. Semilla, Nestle L. Semilla with Marc Eric Cosep 11/17/2016

With the Duterte administration’s all-out war on illegal drugs, peddlers have found another clever, if not creative, way to sell prohibited substances under the radar to avoid detection. On the pretext of people just idly playing a…

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