Valve just announced the Steam Machine, a living room PC/console to compete with the Xbox and PlayStation. But Valve already ...

It’s Mario Day! Many of us have Nintendo’s jumping, mushroom-demolishing, Italian plumber to thank for our love of gaming — and for inspiring an interest in technology. So, why not celebrate Mario Day ...

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Playing a gaming console could be very addicting, especially if parents won't restrict their children. More screen time means paying more attention to a game or an app. Actually, some consoles will ...

Glued to the couch, controller in hand, the average teen morphs into an extra from The Walking Dead for about six hours each week. But that’s okay; there are worse ways to kill time than playing PUBG.

Many of us grew up in a time when playing video games was seen by a majority of adults as a lazy waste of time. Nowadays, the gaming industry has turned that stigma on its head in many ways, some of ...

Tired of arguing which console you should get? Xbox360, PS3 or Wii? Why not build your own console? If you are DIY kind a guy with some programming skills, the Hydra Games Console Kit will be a nice ...

A London-based company called Technology Will Save Us has created a DIY videogame console. While Microsoft and Sony are attempting to cram as much power as possible into the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 ...

The Raspberry Pi is a great platform for running retro video games, and with the addition of some buttons, a TFT screen and some speakers it’s relatively inexpensive and easy to get a working console ...

Your kids might not be as invested in their education as they are in entertainment, and that's natural. However, you may be able to help them by combining education ...

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