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A dream jackpot win turns into a nightmare.
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AddictingGames creates fun from current events. Its latest target: naughty governors. >>
The electronics chain starts selling scooters, bikes and Segways alongside refrigerators and video games, hoping to get in on the emerging technology. >>
ENTERTAINMENT
Fans are devoting more time to playing, but many are buying used titles or renting them, a study finds. The trend has been a boon to such retailers as GameStop and GameFly. >>
The movie studio's purchase of the bankrupt video game publisher once owned by Viacom's Sumner Redstone is all but assured. >>
COMPANY TOWN
The maker of the Elder Scrolls games and Fallout 3 says development will stay intact at the creator of Doom and Quake. ZeniMax's strength is role-playing games; Id's is first-person shooter games. >>
COMPANY TOWN
This 'cinematic,' a crucial part of a video game's advertising campaign, is a pocket masterpiece in its surrealistic bravura. >>
IN DEMAND
Weekly roundup of the top five in each category: >>
GAME DAY
Also reviewed: Lego Battles, Fuel, MySims Racing, Legendary Starfy >>
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
Though Tehran has largely shut down communication outlets, protesters are getting out snippets of text and stealthily uploaded photos in a guerrilla-style Internet revolt. >>
TELEVISION
GAMER: Jack (Chris Vance, shown with costar Annabella Sciorra) treats an 8-year-old boy obsessed with a video game that exists only in his imagination on 'Mental,' at 9 p.m. on Fox. Andrew Southam Fo >>
BOOK REVIEW
An exploration of children's literature probes interesting issues but overlooks some important authors and is sometimes unclear. >>
SUMMER BOOKS
What's on your summer reading list? Maybe you've got it all worked out already, but if you don't, here are 60 possibilities, arranged by the months in which they'll be published -- the best of this summer's forthcoming reads. >>
BOOK REVIEW
From the extreme edges: versions of perversion. >>
BOOK REVIEW
A wild child daughter of the South set free. >>
BOOK REVIEW
A book-length poetry sequence looks at the little-known historical episode of a young mulatto violinist's encounters with Beethoven. >>
The pioneer of role-playing entertainment started his own game-publishing and computer-game companies and also taught classes in game design. >>
BOOK REVIEW
The story by Youzaburou Kanari, with art by Kuroko Yabuguchi, is a comedy-adventure manga series with a denunciation of the Iraq war. >>
GAME DAY
Also: The Lost and the Damned, Halo Wars, Street Fighter IV, F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin >>
BOOK REVIEW
A highly readable, interesting account of the actor's rocky career and all-too-brief life. >>
BOOK REVIEW
An anthology that's big, messy, diverse -- just like the U.S. >>
Editorial
A proposed state law targeting the games failed a court test, but that doesn't mean parents don't have weapons at their disposal. >>
GAME DAY
Also reviewed: Rise of the Argonauts, Sandy Beach, Tom Clancy's EndWar and Scene It? Box Office Smash >>
Firms retool their entertainment practices to cater to the video game industry. >>
The flamboyant look is left to his partner, rock star Elton John. Furnish's favorites include Thom Browne suits and Lanvin evening jackets, and he loves to shop at Fred Segal and Maxfield. >>
DARK PASSAGES
"Leaves From the Note-Book of a New York Detective" collects stories of a resourceful sleuth who appeared in fiction years before Sherlock Holmes. >>
VIDEO GAMES
NBA, MLB and ESPN brands are expected to give heft to ActionAllStars.com, the Marina del Rey firm's sports portal for kids. >>
GAME DAY
The upcoming Wii Music and first-person Mirror's Edge >>
MEDIA
Gamers unleash their creativity on the fashion world as name brands get in on the action. >>
GAME DAY
The family-fun game is the first of three the collaborators plan. >>
GAME DAY
Also reviewed: NBA Ballers Chosen One >>
GAME DAY
The much-hyped sequel is morally questionable but technologically thrilling. >>
GAME DAY
Also reviewed: 'Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2008' >>
The FTC is seeking further information on the proposed hostile deal involving the video game publishers. >>
GAME DAY
Sector is a pretty game, but the story is strikingly unoriginal and, worse, the game is technically flawed. >>
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The pair may also make you nostalgic for bygone video games. >>
GAME DAY
It's odd at first to watch the dainty Princess Peach haul off and slug Pikachu, but it's fun. >>
Second Life founder Philip Rosedale wants an experienced leader to expand Linden Lab. >>
Even with consoles like Xbox 360 and Wii in short supply, figures reach of $1 billion >>
BUSINESS
The video game maker says a 'Grand Theft Auto' update should help it steer out of a first-quarter spinout. >>
GAME DAY
Army for one >>
INDUSTRY
Some cite Sumner's obsession with a video games company. >>
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