• Q&A: Chris Melissinos on curating Smithsonian's 'The Art of Video Games'

  A longtime game designer and collector of gaming systems, Chris Melissinos, is the guest curator of the "The Art of Video Games" exhibition, which opens at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. on March 16.

• Games industry pitches "serious" games to enterprise

  The gaming industry is making a play for the enterprise, pitching interactive games to talent managers as serious tools for skill development.

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  States have until July on R18+ rating

  The Federal Government is giving the states and territories until July to agree to a new R18+ classification for video games.

• RMIT launches Games and Experimental Entertainment Lab

  The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) is this month launching the Games and Experimental Entertainment Laboratory (GEELab) in an effort to drive innovation in the games, entertainment and creative media industries.

• Findings on video violence 'too hasty'

  A federal government review of research into the effects of violent video games has been too hasty to dismiss studies showing links to aggression, the Australian Christian Lobby says.

• About Ubisoft, EA's "always online" PC games requirement

  Hostile, bullheaded, mercenary, uncreative, all words that spring to mind when considering Ubisoft and EA's new "always on" PC games policies for upcoming single-player games like Assassin's Creed 2, Silent Hunter 5, and Command & Conquer 4. In order to play any of the latter three, you must have an internet connection or the games won't load. Make that a continuous internet connection, meaning the internet (and presumably each game's respective authentication servers) must be accessible at all times, not just at launch. Unplug your Ethernet cable or disable your WLAN radio (or suffer through a server crash on EA or Ubisoft's part) and the games will simply cease to function.

Whitepapers about video games

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  Avaya Deploys the Avaya Desktop Video Device with the Avaya Flare® Experience

  A revolutionary new video collaboration device, the Avaya Desktop Video Device has been making waves in the communications industry ever since Avaya introduced the product in the fall of 2010. Avaya’s own employees have been among the earliest users and have seen first-hand how the product can improve collaboration and make people more efficient and effective. Read more.