Nexon's free-to-play multiplayer online FPS "Combat Arms" just added a new feature called the "Nut Shot," which awards points for shooting males in the nether region. But I asked the game-makers: What if you're playing a female avatar? Read more...

A designer from an independent studio told us how his comic book-styled, caveman-starring CryEngine 2 game will succeed among the skeptical gaming community. Read more...

"The comic book world does not demand the realistic graphics that 'Crysis' does, so our game looks fantastic even when run in low spec. You don't lose much realism in a game that is not realistic to begin with. Another advantage that 'M.O.B.' has is that 'Crysis' was released a year and-a-half ago, so many gamers have upgraded to a more modern setup to run the latest games -- which become more and more taxing on the computer every year. We have done what we can to alleviate the burden on most computers, but if you haven't upgraded since Bush Sr. was prez, you're gonna have some problems."

-- "Merchants of Brooklyn" lead designer John Stookey on why his FPS running on CryEngine 2 will work on our PCs, from a recent interview with MTV Multiplayer.

The game designer of upcoming Steam FPS "Merchants of Brooklyn" told us about the game and explained why it's not an FPS-MMO as originally planned. Read more...

The new Nintendo add-on won't be used in the first-person shooter for the Wii as previously touted. Read more...

One of the most popular TV series in America appeared to acknowledge the intense cultural influence of video games last night, when the latest episode of "Lost" briefly turned into a first-person-shooter. Check out the sequence below. (There are no show spoilers in this post.) Read more...

The world sadly ignored the surprisingly good DS horror FPS "Dementium," but Renegade Kid is back with a first-person sci-fi adventure (it's actually out this week) called "Moon," which feels like a happier balance between a competent shooter, impressive tech and creepy atmosphere than "Dementium."

"Moon" -- Shooter / DS / Out Now / Mastiff

The makers of "The Conduit" believe that a viable hardcore Wii market exists. And even though they claim it's "a gamer's game," they think their first-person shooter will hook the casual crowd, too. Read more...

From an October installment of National Public Radio "Talk of the Nation" exploring the topic of multi-tasking and how modern citizens of this world can get better at it....

Daniel Weissman, University of Michigan professor who studies neuroscience and attention: Well, there's no question that technology is accelerating, and that all around us, we are multitasking all the time, essentially. And all around us are these distracting things, cell phones, Blackberry's, text messaging on cell phones. I mean, there's so many things that we're being pushed into a situation where learning to be good multi taskers is actually a very rewarding thing. It's interesting that you were talking before about what people can do to sort of improve their ability to multitask.

It actually reminds me of some studies that Daphne Bavelier and her colleagues, performed at the University of Rochester. They actually trained people to play video games. And what they showed was that after people were trained to play games, their attentional abilities on a wide variety of standard laboratory tasks, including tasks that required some switching between different mental sets or tasks, improved. Video games, I think when you talk about young people today are very popular. And it turned out that some of those results were very specific to particular video games and particular, the ones that are first person shoot them up "Doom" type games. But still, I think that these sorts of experiences may have a training effect that people can learn to become good multi-taskers, if they engage in activities that lend themselves to multitasking.

"Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare" was one of the most lauded titles of last year, and as expected, the game still has a loyal playerbase.

But with the release of "Call of Duty: World at War," only one year after "Modern Warfare," will you make the switch to the new game, or will you stick with "Modern Warfare"? Or perhaps you'll juggle both?

"Call of Duty" players, let us know where your loyalties lie and what you plan to do tomorrow!

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