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

1:30PM December 30, 2011 | Mike Fahey

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. More »


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Relationship Experts Don’t Think Men In Their 30s Should Play Video Games

10:00AM July 12, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

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! More »


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Fallon Kicks Off Gaming Week Tonight With Modern Warfare 3

5:00AM June 14, 2011 | Brian Crecente

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. More »


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

2:00AM March 20, 2011 | Owen Good

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.’” More »


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Kinect Makes Its Made-For-TV Movie Debut On Friday

2:20AM July 14, 2010 | Mike Fahey

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. More »


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Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Keeps E3 Going With ‘Video Game Week’

10:15AM June 22, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

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…


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The Long Hello: Games ‘Arrive’ As A Threat To Network TV

10:30AM January 19, 2010 | Owen Good

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. More »


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Conan And His Mario Backdrop May Leave Late Night

8:20AM January 13, 2010 | Mike Fahey

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. More »


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House Sets Up House On The IPhone

2:40AM December 8, 2009 | Mike Fahey

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? More »


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Kathie Lee Butchers The Beatles

1:20AM September 10, 2009 | Mike Fahey

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. More »