In Real Life

NBC’s Parenthood Demonstrates Why Parents Are Better Off Letting Kids Game

This clip from next Tuesday’s winter premiere of NBC’s drama Parenthood is really only delivering the sort of common sense knowledge every parent already knows: If you turn off the game before your son or daughter completes the level, you’re a total bitch.


July 12, 2011
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Relationship Experts Don’t Think Men In Their 30s Should Play Video Games

Dudes who play video games in their 30s and beyond? What’s up with that?! That’s the question posed to the leathery co-hosts of the fourth hour of Today, Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb, who explain that, well, that’s just weird!


June 14, 2011
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Fallon Kicks Off Gaming Week Tonight With Modern Warfare 3

Video Game Week kicks off on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon tonight on NBC with the help of Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling who will be playing Modern Warfare 3 with writer and actor Simon Pegg.


March 20, 2011
In Real Life

Creator Of NBC’s "Community" Celebrated Its Renewal With … Bulletstorm?

The Twitterverse went off like a fireworks volley on Thursday when news passed that “Community,” the critically acclaimed but low-rated NBC comedy-drama, was picked up for a third season. How did the show’s creator celebrate? “I came home and I played ‘Bulletstorm.’”


July 14, 2010
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Kinect Makes Its Made-For-TV Movie Debut On Friday

While we won’t be seeing Microsoft’s Kinect until November, the family in science-fiction made-for-TV movie The Jensen Project already has it all set up, though they might want to do something about that errant Xbox 360 logo in the corner.


June 22, 2010
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Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Keeps E3 Going With ‘Video Game Week’

Jimmy Fallon’s Late Night talk show gets all video gamey this week, showing off Kinect tonight, Call of Duty: Black Ops Tuesday, the new Need For Speed on Wednesday and Killzone 3 on Thursday. Friday? A “special surprise” is teased. Hmmm…


January 19, 2010
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The Long Hello: Games ‘Arrive’ As A Threat To Network TV

Anyone old enough to remember RF switchers knows that video games and network television have long competed for the same eyeballs on the same TV set.


January 13, 2010
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Conan And His Mario Backdrop May Leave Late Night

Conan O’Brien, the video game friendly The Tonight Show, could be leaving the program after only seven months in the seat of NBC’s long-running talk show.


December 8, 2009
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House Sets Up House On The IPhone

From the hit NBC medical drama comes Hands-On Mobile’s House M.D. for the iPhone and iPod Touch. How does the intensity and excitement of differential diagnosis translate onto the iPhone?


September 10, 2009
In Real Life

Kathie Lee Butchers The Beatles

Kathie Lee Gifford had a Hard Day’s Night playing The Beatles: Rock Band on NBC’s Today Show. Thankfully Candace Bushnell and Jennie Garth were there to put a stop to the madness.