Consumers likely to shop cautiously for toys. NEW YORK - Will financial-market turmoil be the Grinch this Christmas? With parents already facing high food and gas costs and slumps in the job and housing markets, the turmoil in the financial sector could..

STRYKER IS GONNA LEAVE :O. STRYKER 007 said in the Video Games Forum: no one gives a d*** about me.. I think i should go for a while.. T_T.

The Age Old 'Skill vs Luck' Debate. In a response to post I wrote last week, "BionicArm" demonstrated the difference between people who know and play poker, and those that have little exposure to the game.

5 steps to reduce scary debt. Whether you're buying coffee and the morning paper at the convenience store, paying for a getaway vacation cruise, or settling your tax bill with Uncle Sam, it's all too easy to pull out your plastic.

Grant Turismo 5: Prologue gets an update. Announced recently on the US PlayStation Blog, a producer at Sony Computer Entertainment America, Taku Imasaki, announced the addition of three new cars to the game, as well as gameplay and performance..

Tenchu Brings Party Game Play to XBLA. From Software's stealth action series Tenchu is about to make the jump to Xbox Live Arcade in Japan with Tenchu: Shadow Assault.

SF Eats :: Espetus. If you're bothered by sexy Brazilian waiters brandishing succulent rods of meat, stop reading now.

INo Quiz Game requires fast minds. Are you curious to find out what songs your friend has on his iPod? Why not make the discovery process a fun time with the iNo Quiz Game ? Specifically designed for iPod owners, this brilliant party..

Game On! with "AdSense for Games". Are you a casual gamer? Do you like play web-based games? If so, you might soon be seeing Google ads before, during or after a game. If during, it would be during a level change, fortunately.

PS3, Xbox 360] Fracture Hits Retail Stores. LucasArts and Day 1 Studios have announced that Fracture is is now available at stores in North America for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game will release in Europe on Friday, October 10 and in Asia-Pac..

New Halloween Party Game Ideas. There are a ton of Halloween game ideas out there, in fact I just wrote an article about the best Halloween game ideas on AC.

DARK REAPER IS BEN!!!!! :0. Dark Reaper is sorry said in the Video Games Forum: im sorry guys.. im worse than ben.. i am ben : DARK REAPER IS BEN, HE LIED TO ALL OF US, HOW COULD HE PUT US ALL THROUGH THIS!? HE IS WORSE THAN HITLER!.

Debate Critical In Political Games. Politics are often considered a game, and polls show the McCain campaign waning, a reason Tuesday's debate may prove pivotal for the Republicans chances to keep their place in the Oval Office.

Crash Bandicoot: Mind Over Mutant Now Available For Xbox 360, Wii. That pesky bandicoot is at it again. I remember at one point in Crash's career, he was the official mascot for Sony's PSX.

39 Arrested In Illegal Gambling Bust In Fayetteville. The owner of Yadkin Road Poker House and 39 of his patrons were arrested Friday night and charged with illegal gambling.

City Hall Versus Philly Schools In Scrabble Month. To try to infect Philadelphia students with the Scrabble bug, the mayor and schools superintendent will sit down to show what they can do with a selection of seven letters.

Casino's 'ban list' will likely get longer. Three of the eight people now prohibited from entering West Virginia casinos are former racetrack employees.

Hand over the controller, girl gamers say. By Deborah Jian LeeNEW YORK - Gina Sutton takes aim and deftly strikes down several targets in a row as they pop up on the screen in front of her.A self-described girl gamer, she traveled from her home in Virginia to spend her 16th birthday at the Nintendo World Store in New York, and she can't understand why anyone would think video games are just for boys."It's like saying boys play with action figures and girls play with dolls," she said as she used a Wii Zapper in a game called Link's Crossbow Training. "I'm the girl who plays with action figures.".

Scrabble mad man becomes a 17 point word. Scrabble-mad Allan Simmons has finally scored the 17 point word he has wanted for over 30 years, Champion.

The body of one of six African immigrants murdered in Caserta last month. Italy's Interior Minister, Roberto Maroni, has described it as a civil war and 18 bullets pumped into an innocent man playing cards on a Sunday morning proved him right.