According to Professor Akio Mori of Nihon University, the longer people spend time on video games, the less activity they show in the prefrontal region of their brains.

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Universal Interactive's little purple dragon is finally going multi-console.

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Last year Universal Interactive announced that Spyro the Dragon would be going multiplatform, but no specifics were mentioned. Now the company has finally confirmed that their upcoming game in the series, Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly, will be available for GameCube as well as PS2. Hit the link above for the full press release, with a few details on the game itself.

Check out one of the weirdest GBA designs yet.

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According to GameSpot Japan, Nintendo is releasing a new GBA design to coincide with the July 13 opening of the newest Pokemon movie. The new GBA is alternately colored blue and red, with the primary casing blue and most buttons and triggers red. There are also small... Read more...

A company called Logik State has announced their 3D engine for GBA, with screenshots.

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UK developer Logik State is showing off its new 3D polygonal engine for GBA, with screenshots at the link above. The screens show a car racing demo and a snowboarding demo. These could eventually become actual GBA games, but so far there is no publisher for them.

This one somehow slipped under the PGC radar. A new Bubble Bobble game is releasing later his month!!!

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The name of the game is Bubble Bobble Old & New. For anyone who loved Bubble Bobble on the NES, this definitely sounds like the game for you. This new title has reproductions of all the classic levels from the NES game, as well as new levels made just for this version.... Read more...

The word on the street is that Super Mario Sunshine could be shipping from import stores early. Who the hell doesn't want to get their Shine on ASAP?!

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Various import stores are reporting that Super Mario Sunshine could be shipping 3-4 days early.

I spoke with our partner retailer Lan Kwei about this today, and they said that they expect their shipment of Super Mario Sunshine 3-4 days early.

So if all goes as... Read more...

Here's a quick biography of Nalin Sharma, who conceived ZooCube.

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Acclaim UK sent out this press release with a lot of info on Nalin Sharma, president of Puzzlekings and creator of ZooCube. Thanks to Games Press for snagging it. PGC will have more on ZooCube and Mr. Sharma soon.

UK Developer Winning Industry Awards With First Title

Brits can expect to see lots of GBA ads in the coming months, because Nintendo wants you to play games in the sun.

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With summer arriving in full force and many people (although not necessarily us gamers) spending more time outside, Nintendo wants you to know that the GBA doesn't have to be left behind. The company's UK subsidiary is launching a marketing campaign in Great Britain,... Read more...

Amusement Vision is bringing Virtua Striker 3 v.2002 to arcades on Triforce hardware.

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Sega and Amusement Vision are bringing Virtua Striker 3 v. 2002 to Arcades, powered by Nintendo, Namco and Sega’s Triforce board. The game is a port of the GameCube title, and no updates or enhancements have been mentioned. It is currently unknown if the Arcade edition will be released outside of Japan.

To honor the release of the free soundtrack, we're having a listening party! LOUIE RADIO IS BACK AND BROADCASTING LIVE!

1) Make sure you have Winamp, Real Player,

Windows Media Player, or even iTunes for Mac users.

2) Open up one of those programs

3) Choose "Open Location" and paste this in the box:

http://www.live365.com/play/163792?membername=jonnyboy117&session=jonnyboy117%3A0&pid=1100&SaneID=24.8.178.75-988082068548&lid=803-usa

Europe's big game show unleashes it's first exhibitor list. Come check out who's plannin' to show the goods.

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TOP NAMES AT ECTS 2002

ECTS 2002 announces 100 exhibitors so far with seven weeks to go

Konami, Ubi Soft, Capcom, THQ and Activision are among the first of many huge names in the interactive entertainment industry to confirm they will be exhibiting at ECTS – Europe’s premier interactive entertainment expo - when it returns to central London from 29 – 31 August 2002.

Remember to throw the firecrackers after you light them.

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As usual, even though it’s a holiday weekend we’ll be keeping the updates coming. They might be a little sparse today and tomorrow, because I am urging the staff to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday. But we’ve got a couple things cookin’ for you this weekend. Don’t you worry. Like we can keep all this Nintendo love bottled up! Pfft.

We've got a bit of new info on the upcoming Mickey Mouse games in development at Capcom.

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Today Capcom confirmed to us that both Magical Quest Starring Mickey and Minnie for GBA and Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse for GameCube are being developed by Capcom in Japan, but will be published by Nintendo. This isn't really new info, but we weren't totally clear on the publisher situation, and we thought maybe some of you readers might be confused as we were.

It's like a mini-E3 right in your own backyard ...

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If you want a chance to catch some of this summer's hottest games before they're released, check the press release before for locations and dates!

Game Live Events Announces the "2002 Summer Preview Game Tour"

National 10-city tour to feature top Summer debuts and special ‘first look’ previews of Fall game titles

Check out this upcoming GBA platformer from the developer of Lady Sia.

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NintendoPhiles has an exclusive unveiling of Ronin, an action game for GBA from RFX Interactive, the company that developed Lady Sia, Dinotopia, and Turok for Game Boy Advance. Hit the link above for more info and the first screens.

Looks like Gravity Games on GameCube just came crashing down.

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Midway has just announced worse-than-expected sales for many of its titles and has canned the GameCube version of Gravity Games: Street. Dirt. Vert. which was planned for the release in Q3 2002. The game will still come out on PS2 and X-Box. Midway has also announced a delay for Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance.

Whoops! It seems Sonic Adventure is a rehash after all…

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Yesterday morning, we reported the news that Sonic Mega Collection and Sonic Adventure (apparently the first one) would be coming to GameCube along with Sonic Advance 2. Much later in the day, Sega released a press release which indicated the Sonic Adventure game for NGC was “new.” Or so it seemed.

Nintendo details its new marketing program that will replace SpaceWorld this year.

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Today Nintendo announced that it will begin a new marketing program to replace SpaceWorld, in order to reach more gamers across Japan than it annual showing because of this year’s big lineup of games. However, Nintendo didn’t make it clear if SpaceWorld was cancelled... Read more...

SHiNE = Seeking Harmony in Neighborhoods Everyday. Huh? Wah? New Mario Nintendo contest ahoy! What's this? Shine.com? SHINE GET BABY!

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Nintendo's Mario Searches Nationwide for Teens Who 'SHiNE'

"Make My Community SHiNE" National Contest

Asks Teens To Beautify Their Communities And Create Neighborhood Art

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 2, 2002--Mario(TM), the world's most celebrated video game hero, and the national youth organization SHiNE (Seeking Harmony in Neighborhoods Everyday) are

Are you freaking out because you have only a couple blocks free on your memory card? Want to know how many you'll need for Super Mario Sunshine? Well fret no longer Timmy!

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Super Mario Sunshine takes a mere 7 blocks. Not too shabby. Heh, if you're still worried, go nab a Memory Card 251!