There are so many games nowadays and parents are usually hesitant of their child spending time on video games as it is a distraction to their studies and it doesn’t provide any benefit to brain development of people.

Georgia Institute of Technology and North Carolina State University have teamed up via a $1.2 million grant to research the benefits of video game playing. The initiative aims to determine whether playing video games can boost the person’s thinking skills and memory. Their first task is to identify the qualities that make a good game for the brains and build a game …read more

Steven Spielberg is creating a sci-fi series which will air on the TNT network.  I hadn’t heard about this project before but after learning that Dreamworks Television is producing it along with Robert Rodat, my interest immediately increased. 
Spielberg and Rodat have worked before on the Oscar-nominated movie, Saving Private Ryan, so it’s clear that they work pretty well together.
Variety is reporting that Noah Wyle has been cast in the lead role as “the leader of a rag-tag group of soldiers and civilians as they struggle against an occupying alien force.”  Somehow, I see that working perfectly.  I really …read more

Everyone’s talking about it.
It was by far the biggest news to come out of the E3 video game expo last week, and it carries implications far beyond the world of gaming. Heck, even Steven Spielberg was on hand to help unveil it.
It’s called “Project Natal,” and it’s the code name for a new device that will one day soon hook into your Xbox 360 — but I’m betting Microsoft will find ways of putting it to use in other ways, too. The technology it uses is just too cutting-edge for it to have only one use. Take a look at …read more

It’s not every day you get to say you were present for history in the making. But Microsoft made history on January 1st, 2009, and I was there to see it.
Xbox set the bar insanely high with its 2009 E3 Media Briefing. This multi-million dollar affair was a star-studded venture filled with juicy exclusives, jaw-dropping demos, and revolutionary surprises that just might turn the entire gaming industry on its head. Microsoft stunned the audience with surprise appearances by Steven Spielberg, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and others.
But let’s get right to the big: Microsoft is about to change the way you …read more

Steven Spielberg will join filmmaker Zhang Yimou in designing the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Zhang, who directed films like “Hero” and “House of Flying Daggers,” is to lead a team that reportedly includes Spielberg.
It said that Zhang didn’t make any commitments to direct new films for the next couple of years just to prepare for the Olympics. Though he does have other ongoing commitments that may or may not affect his role in the Olympics.
Having Spielberg in that team will sure attract curiosity in Hollywood since he is considered as one of the best directors in …read more