Search Game ... What is the best way to search a stationary target in a graph? A natural strategy is to find a minimal closed curve L that covers all the arcs of the graph. (L is called a Chinese postman tour)...
PlayStation Move ... Although PlayStation Move is implemented on the existing PlayStation 3 console, Sony stated that it treated Move's debut as its own major "platform launch", with an aggressive marketing campaign to support it. The tagline for PlayStation Move from E3 2010 was "This Changes Everything", including partnerships with Coca-Cola, as part of the "It Only Does Everything" marketing campaign which debuted with the redesigned "Slim" PlayStation 3...
Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY ... Software PlayStation Suite The device is said to feature games graphically within the range of similar portable devices and will play these games via an application currently known as the PlayStation Suite... A dedicated section in the Android Market specifically for games for the system allowing users to download games on the go is also added... Titles shown off internally on the device include older PlayStation games and newer PSP games, including God of War and LittleBigPlanet together with plans for future games incorporating augmented reality similar to Invizimals...
Video Game Console ... A flood of consoles, low quality video games by smaller companies (especially for the 2600), industry leader Atari hyping games such as E. T... Mattel Electronics sold the rights for its Intellivision system to the INTV Corporation, who continued to produce Intellivision consoles and develop new games for the Intellivision until 1991...
Handheld Game Console ... In 1978, handheld electronic games were described by Popular Electronics magazine as "nonvideo electronic games" and "non-TV games" as distinct from devices that required use of a television screen... This synthesis happened in 1976, when "Mattel began work on a line of calculator-sized sports games that became the world's first handheld electronic games...
Dual Analog Controller ... Before its release in the United States, Sony decided that vibration feedback would be removed from the European and American versions of the controller. According to a Sony spokeperson, "We evaluated all the features and decided, for manufacturing reasons, that what was most important to gamers was the analog feature." It was released in the United States on August 27, 1997; and in Europe in later 1997 with little promotion...
PSP Go ... This also enables users to connect and play games using a Sixaxis or DualShock 3 PlayStation 3 controller or Bluetooth Headset Games See also: List of downloadable PSP games Because the PSP Go does not feature a UMD drive, games are downloaded from the PlayStation Store... While other PSP models have included the ability to run games and demos downloaded from the PlayStation Store, the PSP Go is the first for which this is the only means of distribution... The PSP Go has the demo Patapon 2 loaded onto the system and it also comes with an ESRB ratings guide, both in the internal memory in the games section...
Platinum Range ... In old PlayStation 2 platinum games it is also common for the silver band to act as a border and to contain the game's original cover, which is shrunk to fill about 75% of the platinum cover... PlayStation Portable platinum games use the original games disc design whilst PlayStation 3 platinum games use the original disc design with a platinum design on the disc...
Attempts To Ban Football Games ... Between 1314 and 1667, football was officially banned in England alone by more than 30 royal and local laws. King Edward II was so troubled by the unruliness of football in London that on April 13, 1314 he issued a proclamation banning it: Forasmuch as there is great noise in the city caused by hustling over large balls (grosses pelotes de pee) from which many evils may arise which God forbid; we command and forbid, on behalf of the King, on pain of imprisonment, such game to be used in the city in the future...
XrossMediaBar ... Originally used on the PSX, the XMB is used as the default interface on both the PlayStation Portable and the PlayStation 3. Since 2006, it has also been used in high-end WEGA TVs, the BRAVIA starting with the 3000 (only in S-series and above), the Sony XEL-1 OLED TV, HDTV set-top boxes, Blu-ray players, some Sony Cyber-shot cameras and the high-end AV receivers...
PlayStation Network ... On April 19, 2011 the PlayStation Network (and later also Sony Online Entertainment's network) was temporarily put offline due to a "compromise of personal information as a result of an illegal intrusion". At the time of the intrusion, the network consisted of "approximately 130 servers, 50 software programs and 77 million registered accounts"...
PlayStation Blog ... Coming to PSN this Week: A feature covering upcoming games coming to the PlayStation Network in that week... This Week On The SingStore: A weekly feature exclusive to the PlayStation Blog Europe covering weekly updates such as new songs for the SingStore for the SingStar series of video games... The event will also provide exclusive behind the scenes media not present at the PAX event for games such as Infamous 2 and Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One as well as demoes for games such as Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep and God of War: Ghost of Sparta...
PlayStation Portable Launch ... Japanese launch games Armored Core: Formula Front (From Software) Mahjong Fight Club (Konami) Minna no Golf Portable (known as Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee in North America) (SCE) Lumines (Bandai) Ridge Racers (Namco) Vampire Chronicle: The Chaos Tower (known as Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower in North America) (Capcom) North American launch The PSP was released on March 24, 2005 in North America (the United States and Canada)... North American launch games Available at launch: Title Publisher Ape Escape: On the Loose SCEA Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower Capcom Dynasty Warriors Koei Gretzky NHL SCEA Lumines Ubisoft Metal Gear Acid Konami NBA SCEA Need for Speed: Underground Rivals Electronic Arts NFL Street 2 Unleashed Electronic Arts Ridge Racer Namco Bandai Games Spider-Man 2 Activision Tiger Woods PGA Tour Electronic Arts Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Remix Activision...
PlayStation Suite ... It is expected to be released along side the upcoming Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the 2011 Xperia portfolio Games Further information: List of PlayStation Suite games The games released under the PlayStation Suite will be made available to devices via the PlayStation Store, allowing players to download the titles to their devices...
Olympic Games ... The evolution of the Olympic Movement during the 20th and 21st centuries has resulted in several changes to the Olympic Games... Some of these adjustments include the creation of the Winter Games for ice and winter sports, the Paralympic Games for athletes with a physical disability, and the Youth Olympic Games for teenage athletes... The growing importance of the mass media created the issue of corporate sponsorship and commercialization of the Games...
History Of Games ... The Tafl games were a family of ancient Germanic and Celtic board games played across much of Northern Europe from earlier than 400 CE until the 12th century, although the rules of the games were never explicitly recorded and are only partially understood today... Ancient board games The Royal Game of Ur, or Game of Twenty Squares, dated from the First Dynasty of Ur, before 2600 BCE, has been documented as still being played in Iraq...