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Playing to Win: Inside the Video Game Industry

Are you a player? Take a look at the $18 billion video game industry. CNBC's Playing to Win: Inside the Video Game Industry is a behind the scenes look at the creators, games and big business of video games. Enter a virtual world where everyone is Playing to Win !

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Electronic Arts Headquarters
Inside the Industry
It looks like a college campus a week after finals. But don’t let the chilled out setting fool you. This is headquarters of the NFL, the Mafia and 007. Well, at least their virtual counterparts. Playing To Win goes behind the scenes at one of the world’s largest videogame publishers, Electronic Arts and talks with founder Trip Hawkins.


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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Video Game Violence
Violence in the media is nothing new. But video games are different.? Their audiences can shoot back. And that gets a lot of people up in arms.? Playing To Win chronicles video game violence from Death Race to Grand Theft Auto .


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Ben Duskin
Games for Health
Believe it or not, there are video games that are actually good for you. They’re known as Serious Games, games that educate as well as entertain. Meet Ben Duskin, the eight year-old boy who created a video game to help young victims of cancer.


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Second Life
Virtual Worlds
Whether it was Barbie or G.I. Joe, girls and boys alike have always played with some sort of doll. With the best selling video game, The Sims , the dollhouse came to life, inspiring online virtual worlds like Second Life where grownups are making real money playing pretend.


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Video Gaming
A Billion Dollar Industry
As the video game industry posts record ($18 billion in 2007) sales, the goal is to continue to move beyond traditional guy gamers. In the industry’s ideal world, everybody would have a video gamer device. The truth is, that world is already at our fingertips.

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  • Halo 3 Official Web Page

    It is the year 2552. Humanity has long been at war with the terrigyint alien civilization that collectively calls itself the Covenant. This is the site that tells you how to Finish The Fight!

  • Xbox 360

    Microsoft's Xbox 360 features a live on-line serviced for players.? Xbox 360 was launched in 2005.? Online previews, games, accessories and more.

  • Nintendo

    Official site featuring Battalion Wars 2, Guitar Hero III: Leg, Leg, The Legend of Zelda, Flash Focus: Vision, and Donkey Kong: Barrel.

  • Sony PlayStation 3

    Previews of PlayStation 3's newest games including Need for Speed, WWE Smackdown and Assassin's Creed.? Sony's? high-definition entertainment system was unveiled in 2006.? It's among the top three video games along with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii.

  • Atari

    The Witcher, Neverwinter Nights 2, Dragon Ball Z and the original Atari classics.

  • Computer and Video Game History

    Early arcade machines, the history of home consoles, and the history of the video game.

  • The First Video Game

    William Higinbotham designs a game as entertainment for visitors to the Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York state. The 1958 "Tennis for Two" video game was a crowd pleaser and remained on exhibit for several years.

  • The Ultimate History of Video Games

    From Pong to Pokemon -- the story behind the craze that touched our lives and changed the world.? Authored by Seven L. Kent, a technology journalist and self-profess video game addict. (2001)


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