Roll Your Own Google
In a move with potentially far-reaching implications for the search market, Alexa Internet is opening up its huge web crawler to any programmer who wants paid access to its rich trove of internet data. Alexa, a subsidiary of Amazon.com that is best known for its traffic rankings, on Monday unveiled Alexa Web Search Platform, a set of online tools for searching, indexing, computing, storing and pub
Video-Game Merchants Under Fire
SEATTLE -- In an effort to protect kids from violent imagery and the rest of us from violent kids, the state of Washington is prepared to make it illegal for stores to give youngsters access to interactive images of mayhem. A bill that restricts the sale or rental of some violent video and computer games to adults-only customers passed unanimously in both the state House and Senate. Gov. Gary Lock
Every Sims Picture Tells a Story
Most people equate The Sims game to an addictive electronic doll house, but faithful players are exploiting a "family album" feature to create rich narratives and social commentaries. By Daniel Terdiman. Many players have used the albums as therapy, demonstrated by the common theme of abuse. This image is from Abuse Lies and Tragedy by short_n_sweet_15.Maxis/Electronic Arts To millions of people,
Game Sparks Bad Behavior Online
NEW YORK -- Jeremy Chase admits to shaking down his enemies. His website advertises extortion, hits and prostitution for a hefty fee. Chase is a mob leader -- but only in the virtual world. He is one of hundreds of players who found the path of lawlessness and deviance too irresistible when The Sims Online challenged them to "Be Somebody ... else." The popular commercial game, where thousands of p
Game Biz Shoots for Older Crowd
For attendees of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, this week will offer four days in the life of a video-game industry in the throes of growing up and reaching out to mainstream audiences. Yes, it is widely expected that brawny, gory shoot'em-ups like Doom III and Half-Life 2 aimed at adolescent and post-adolescent males will garner much of the attention from the thousands of people -- likely mos
Game Makers Aren't Chasing Women
A visit this past Saturday afternoon to a busy video-game store in San Francisco was a snapshot of a gaming industry that continues to be run by post-adolescent males for post-adolescent males. Of the 25 or so people in Electronics Boutique, six were women. Three of them looked bored -- they were accompanying their gamer boyfriends. Two Korean-American girls were in the store on their own, but the
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