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by Irma Arkus

With revival of Star Trek come news of gaming spinoffs, including the long awaited MMORPG by Cryptic Studios.

The game production company behind City of Heroes and City of Villains, will work on generating the first MMORPG based on Gene Rodenberry’s Star Trek universe. Moreover, the first glances reveal Captain Pickard’s ship, Enterprise NCC 1701-E, which begs the following question: how are we going to be dealing with timelines between different generations of StarTrek franchise, or are we going to see some but not all?

Best Buy really must think people are retards, and you know what I have trouble arguing with them. Especially if they are able to get away with THIS

Game couch.com has an interesting interview posted with Dr Cheryl K. Olson, who was part of a Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts sponsored study into the influence of violent video games on children. However, what was revolutionary about the findings is that children are not lead down the path to nihilistic lifestyles by games like Grand Theft Auto, and are instead using games to manage their feelings. Dr. Olson, discusses in the interview some of the really truly bad science that has been undertaken by psychologists and scientists regarding this issue that has done little but serve political ends. Really a great read and a breath of fresh air in a debate that has used science to voice the same tired blaming that comics, rock and roll, and television have be accused of and scapegoated over.

Spore is coming out this year according to an article on Joystiq. After seven delays, and much hype, the game from Maxis is on its way to Windows PC, Mac, DS, and Cell phones this September. PS3, 360, and Wii are still to be confirmed. Why so excited about this game? It is essentially Sim everything in that you start as a spore and attempt to combine different acids so that you can evolve into ever more complex life forms. The game was originally developed by a guy named Will Wright and is nothing short of innovative genius that is deatailed Here.

Championship Gaming is really taking off in the West recently as we head toward the Championships in Los Angeles in which teams will compete for the Million Dollar First Place Prize. The UK recently held their tournament and Each ten-player team consisting of five Counter-Strike: Source squad entrants, playing in five-on-five matches competed for the right to compete at the grand final in LA. Teams also competed in other games including FIFA 07, DOA 4 and PGR3. Right now on The Canadian National Geographic Channel they are also broadcasting the Starcraft tournament from the World Gaming Championships as well adding to this recent fervor for Gaming tournaments on a broader international level then the simple, epic, and legendary play downs we have all been a part of in our own LAN Parties and through online servers. IGN has the results for the UK tournament posted HERE and stay tued as we move towards the big million dollar finals.

For those going "HOLY CRAP THE NEW PS3 IS TOO EXPENSIVE!!!" like me here is an interesting link regarding prices of various other consoles at launch. However, apart from the price there appears to be another problem with the PS3 in that many programmers have not yet received their kits which are vital to even starting to create games for any machine.

Console Prices @ Curmudgeon Gamer