Engineers at Rutgers University have come together to create a modified Xbox to help stroke patients through their rehabilitation. The Rutgers Virtual Rehabilitation System consists of a modded Xbox and Essential Reality’s P5 gaming glove. Kira Morrow is an undergraduate [See the full post…]

MENLO PARK, August 30, 2006 (PodTech News) — Video game developer Rockstar Games, maker of the controversial Grand Theft Auto series, is causing quite a stir with its latest game, Bully. Jayne Hitchcock is president of Working to Halt Online [See the full post…]

MENLO PARK, August 28, 2006 (PodTech News) — With the 2006 NFL season set to kickoff September 7, fantasy football geeks are doing their research, hoping to draft the perfect fantasy team and lead their virtual team to victory. PodTech’s [See the full post…]

The Consumer Electronics Association predicts that video games will bring in more than $12 billion dollars this year. In this podcast, CEA’s Sean Wargo talks with PodTech’s Rio Pesino about the growth of the industry, the impact next-gen consoles will [See the full post…]

University of Southern California is one of more than 10 universities adding Microsoft’s XNA Game Studio Express into their curricula. PodTech’s Rio Pesino spoke with Michael Zyda, who is the Director of USC’s Gamepipe game development school, about the impact [See the full post…]

SAN JOSE, August 14, 2006 (PodTech News) – Microsoft to gamers: DIY! The company kicked off its two-day Gamefest in Seattle today by announcing the release of XNA Game Studio Express. The video game developer’s toolkit will allow consumers to [See the full post…]

Over 1,000 gamers converged on this recent tournament in Edmonton to compete for cash, prizes, and bragging rights. Intel attended Fragapalooza and celebrated the launch of its latest and most powerful processor, the Core 2 Extreme processor. The new Core [See the full post…]

Meet the professional girl gamers, the Frag Dolls and others, as Eddie Codel wanders the floor of the Intel Core 2 Duo launch party at Intel’s headquarters in Santa Clara, California. See demos of Intel’s new processor in action and [See the full post…]

Eddie Codel shows you what it’s like inside Intel’s Performance Benchmarking Lab by interviewing Matt Dunford, Intel Worldwide Chief Benchmarking Manager, and Regina Wu, Performance Engineer & Mad Gamer. Related Stories: IntelGaming

“The Future of Pinball” is a film that documents Williams’ plan to recreate the pinball machine and revive a dying industry. PodTech’s Rio Pesino spoke with Greg Maletic, who is the producer, writer and director of the documentary, about the [See the full post…]

“The Future of Pinball” is a film that documents Williams’ plan to recreate the pinball machine and revive a dying industry. Hear Rio Pesino’s interview with Greg Maletic, who is the producer, writer and director of the documentary. Official film [See the full post…]

Steve Jobs, former Atari employee? Atari co-founder Al Alcorn tells PodTech’s Rio Pesino about Jobs’ role with Atari, his involvement in some of the historic meetings with the Apple CEO and how the video game manufacturer rejected Jobs’ concept of [See the full post…]

Daishiro Okada, President and Chief Operating Officer of Square Enix, Inc. handles operations in North America, including development, marketing and publishing of well-known Square Enix games including Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. PodTech’s Rio Pesino talks with Okada about porting [See the full post…]

Trip Hawkins, founder of video game juggernaut Electronic Arts and designer of John Madden Football and High Heat Baseball, was at this year’s Mobile Game Conference in Bellevue, WA. Hawkins, who is currently Chairman and CEO of mobile phone game [See the full post…]

During his keynote speech at MGC, Digital Chocolate Chairman and CEO Trip Hawkins called the mobile phone a social computer and stressed the importance of making the mobile phone a first-rate platform. See photos on Flickr

Pinball Photographer Kevin Tiell displayed a series of pinball-eye-view photographs at California Extreme 2006 in San Jose, CA. PodTech’s Rio Pesino asked Tiell about his approach to creating these enhanced photos. More info: kevin.tiell.com

Legends of the videogame industry share their thoughts on working for Atari during the early years. Al Alcorn, Eugene Jarvis, Steve Ritchie, Ed Rotberg and Dave Sheppard discuss the stories behind the creation of some of the classic Atari coin-op [See the full post…]

Eugene Jarvis, creator of breakthrough arcade games such as Defender, Robotron, NARC and Cruis’n USA, tells PodTech’s Rio Pesino about how he got into the video game business and what he thought about games during the golden age of gaming [See the full post…]

Al Alcorn, former Vice President of Engineering at Atari, spoke with PodTech’s Rio Pesino about designing the classic video game PONG, the early days of gaming, game emulation and his prediction on where coin-op arcades will be in five to [See the full post…]

NVIDIA’s Drew Henry and George Myers introduce NVIDIA nForce(r)-based motherboards, the stable, reliable, high-performance foundation for Windows Vista Capable PCs. Get details on how the combination of NVIDIA nForce-based motherboards and NVIDIA GeForce GPUs are essential ingredients for a great [See the full post…]

Eugene Jarvis, part of the “Vid Kidz” team responsible for some of the most popular video arcade games of all time, talked about the making of Robotron. Jarvis reveals how the concept of the game came about, how the Robotron [See the full post…]

Bob Ellingson, a California Extreme staff member and exhibitor, tells PodTech’s Rio Pesino about the Arcade Classic Game show, it’s history and where he thinks retro gaming is headed in the future. For more information see: www.caextreme.org See photos on [See the full post…]

Retro arcade games, pinball machines and other novelties are celebrated annually at the California Extreme Classic Arcade Games Show in San Jose, CA. Hundreds of classic coin-op arcades will be on display, including Pac-Man, Asteroids, Robotron and Star Wars. PodTech.net [See the full post…]

In the halls of Gnomedex 6.0 Robert Scoble podcasts with Beth from Linden Lab to speak about the rules around Second Life and why kids under 13 can’t participate. Beth goes into detail with Robert, a Second Life lawbreaker, about [See the full post…]

Whether it’s using your favorite wooden bat for Triple Play Baseball, your exercise bike to run a NASCAR game, or a more realistic feel for your favorite Tony Hawk game, Amro Albana, QMOTIONS’ CEO says he has some unique game [See the full post…]