'Civilization' creator: Games are taking over the world
(CNN)-- Sid Meier's "Civilization" is now 20 years old. But for someone who has been involved in video games since the mid-'80s, one of Meier's early prophesies is just now coming true because of mobile and social gaming technologies, he told CNN.

Shaun White: Winter X Games Needs Flying Tomato Healthy for Halfpipe
Shaun White's injury is bad enough to keep him from participating in the Men's Snowboard Slopestyle event at the Winter X Games. For ESPN and the organizers of the event, they had better hope that he doesn't miss anything else. The good news is that White ...

SPORTS: Shaun White injured, will not compete in key Winter X Games event
Shaun White will not be competing in the Winter X Games slope-style competition this year, even though participating in the event was on top of his list. The Carlsbad native made the decision Friday during a warm up session. On Thursday and Friday, White ...

Shaun White: Winter X athletes marketable
ASPEN Shaun White is capable of doing things nobody else can come close to doing on a snowboard. He looks flashy when he does it, and hes humorous when he talks about it. Corporations have no reason not to throw their support behind the Flying Tomato, and even though a stable of

Games of the Week
West Virginia at Syracuse, Saturday at 1 p.m., ESPNU: The Mountaineers were dealt a surprising 16-point loss by freshman-laden St. John's in their most recent game, and you can bet coach Bob Huggins will have them ready for the No. 2 Orange ...

G4's Knuckle Up: The Best Mobile Games - Week Of January 27
The best mobile video games can be hard to find, simply because of the sheer amount of titles out there. But, worry not! Welcome to G4's Knuckle Up, where we bring you a byte-sized view of our five favorite mobile games every week. The mobile space is ...

The Pentagon Wants You To Play Video Games That Will Improve Their Weapons
The military has a problem. Its weapon systems run on computer code that could have up to five bugs per thousand lines of code and it does not think there are enough experts in America to test their code sufficiently. And robots? They can't get the job ...

'Hunger Games' update: Jennifer Lawrence not really lit on fire
You have to love fans of "Hunger Games." One of them actually asked actress Jennifer Lawrence what it was like to be on fire in a chariot scene. Thanks to green screen technology, the actress never even saw a hint of a spark, she explained in ...

Minecraft Made It Hip To Pay For Indie Games
Game piracy is still a big deal and maybe even more for indie titles, but Notch of Minecraft fame doesnt seem to think so. These days its become hip to pay for indie games. Thats partly down to people charging for it, like with the ...

HyruleCraft Is a Complete Minecraft Re-creation of 'Ocarina of Time'
The project, called HyruleCraft, took roughly 9 months to complete, starting in May 2011. GenGAME painstakingly replicated every environment in the game--from Hyrule Field, to Kokiri Forest, to Kakariko Village, to the Gorgon Mines. The Nintendo 64 graphics translate really well into Minecraft