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We always hear about dead load consumption and how it affects us all. Anyways, this article which actually is a report compares your electricity costs when you keep ur console one and when you turn it off (after playing that is).

I must admit, I sometimes leave it on but mostly I turn all my gizmos off before I go to bed. Wanna be a green-gamer??

"The report concludes that the power used by consoles each year is roughly equal to the annual amount needed to power San Diego. This massive amount of power usage is due to two factors: a) most modern consoles use far more electricity than other types of consumer electronics, and b) Americans have a habit of simply leaving their consoles turned on even when they're not in use. "

Turn your Console Off!

Ganesh
Desithemes.com

Wanna stack boxes all day and so nothing else? Well this is the game for you then!!

There is no motivation to stack boxed or are there any rewards, no violence, no competition. There is nothing that can preach violence or sex or anything for that matter. So if you are looking for a game that has no impact whatsoever on your life or your kids, this is the game for you.

I cannot believe that anyone would come up with something like this but then its even harder to believe that some parents have a problem with this game as well.

Check this out!!

Ganesh
Desithemes.com

I have to say, for the first time in my life, I admired the people of America when I saw Barack Obama on stage yesterday giving his speech after he had been elected the new President of the United States of America. One of my colleagues was talking about why he was voting for Obama before election day. “The world sees America as an old grumpy white guy who wants blow their country up.” Its about time we change that. Seeing Barack elected did change that.

Coming to the topic at hand, after the election speeches and celebrations, everyone started thinking about what it would be like in various areas to have Obama running the country. As gamers, obvious look at this is to see how it will affect the gaming industry as a whole. There was a very nice article on 1up by Sam Kennedy outlaying Obama’s views on video gaming. He quotes Obama saying

"I would call upon the video game industry to give parents better information about programs and video games by improving the voluntary rating system we currently have. Broadcasters and video game producers should take it upon themselves to improve this system to include easier to find and easier to understand descriptions of exactly what kind of content is included. But if the industry fails to act, then my administration would."

In an article on Vooks, EA sports president Peter Moore talks about the future of Cricket as a video game and the long term plans of EA for it. The growing gaming potential in India as well as the growing popularity of the 20/20 version of the game are enough motivation for any Game Developer to come up with a new Cricket game. Here’s a excerpt from the article

"We continue to look at Cricket, you will see us talk about a little bit more about the Indian market for Cricket," Moore said. "We continue to watch the 20/20 format and seeing where that is going, but the National Test game is still the pre-eminent way people want to play the game."

As I have always been saying, its about time for the Game Developers to take note of the gaming boom in India and start making plans for it. In any case I am happy that EA is thinking about a new cricket game for the Wii, and hope others or EA itself will come up with something for the PS3 and Xbox too.

To find the full article at vooks.net, please click here.

Ganesh
Desithemes.com