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Past hosts to join Samuel L. Jackson at this year’s Spike Video Game Awards
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Spike Video Game Awards are assembling past hosts.
Moscow court bans video of Pussy Riot’s church performance
MOSCOW – A Moscow court has ruled that the video of punk band Pussy Riot’s performance in Russia’s main cathedral is extremist and ordered it to be removed from the web.
Active video games don’t boost kids’ daily physical activity levels, study finds
TORONTO – Active video games may help get kids off the couch, but child fitness advocates say they shouldn’t be seen as a substitute for real exercise.
South Korean rapper PSY’s ‘Gangnam Style’ becomes YouTube’s most watched video of all time
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korean rapper PSY’s “Gangnam Style” has become YouTube’s most viewed video of all time.
The Hitman celebrates WWE’s Attitude Era, savours new video game showcasing it
By one count, former pro wrestling star Bret (Hitman) Hart has been in 21 video games.
‘Journey,’ ‘Assassin’s Creed III’ among Spike Video Game Awards nominees
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The artsy downloadable game “Journey” leads the pack of nominees for this year’s Spike Video Game Awards.
‘We are children’: Boys in video feed describe chaos, fear and gunshots during Afghan massacre
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Stories of the massacre came, one by one, over a live video link from Afghanistan into a military courtroom outside Seattle: torched bodies, a son finding his wounded father, boys cowering behind a curtain while others screamed “We are children! We are children!”
NPD says ‘NBA 2K13’ tops video games titles in October, sales down 25 per cent
NEW YORK, N.Y. – U.S. retail sales of new video game hardware, software and accessories fell 25 per cent in October, marking the 11th straight month of declining sales for physical game products, according to a report from NPD Group.
Defence official: 7 Navy SEALs punished for allegedly revealing classified info to video maker
WASHINGTON – A senior defence official says seven members of the secretive Navy SEAL Team 6, including one involved in the mission to kill Osama bin Laden, have been punished for allegedly disclosing classified information.
Brownface video in poor taste, Defence Minister Peter MacKay says
CFB GREENWOOD, N.S. – The defence Minister says a video showing a Canadian Forces officer with his face in brown makeup pretending to be Osama bin Laden’s brother is in poor taste but does not reflect the wider military community.
RCMP gay and lesbian officers featured on “It Gets Better’ video aimed at youth
VANCOUVER – An emotional video by gay and lesbian RCMP officers and civilian employees has been released with a message to young people that life does get better.
Music video release accompanies Dutch rebel’s arrival in Havana for Colombia peace talks
HAVANA – Colombia’s main rebel army has marked the arrival of its Dutch combatant in Cuba for peace talks with two YouTube videos. One shows Tanja Nijmeijer arriving. In the other, the 34-year-old sings and plays guitar.
Jokes, stories, video clips in operating room can ease kids’ fears of anesthesia
For children who need an operation, the idea of being put to sleep can be one of the most frightening parts of surgery, especially when they see that anesthesia-inducing masked person descending towards their face.
No Doubt apologizes to Native Americans, pulls offensive music video for song ‘Looking Hot’
NEW YORK, N.Y. – No Doubt has pulled its new cowboys-and-Indians-themed music video and is apologizing to Native Americans and others offended by the clip.
In the Halo know: How developers of the hit video game keep track of their world
TORONTO – Kevin Grace was in line at midnight when the first “Halo” video game came out in November 2001.