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RATED T
This exceptionally realistic virtual fighting experience may be safer than the real thing. But such immersive imagery, of course, creates its own set of problems.
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RATED M
Most action games at least offer a pretense of good versus evil. Not 'Prototype.' Activision's latest über-gory, blood-drenched, sci-fi brawler disposes with the idea of good altogether.
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RATED T
The popular life-simulation game reboots for round three. The result? Even more realistic gameplay and career options for virtual characters ... combined with the same potential for poor choices we witnessed the last time around.
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RATED T
The antihero union must be having a party. For we live in a day and age when even comic book superheroes can be edgy, dark and powder-keg dangerous.
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RATED M
The idea for this game practically drips with heroic, secret agent potential. Sadly, somebody must have slipped in unnoticed and replaced all that with something much more bleak, grim and desolate.
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RATED E
As much as this game's title might sound like a video game tie-in to Ben Stiller's cinematic 'Night at the Museum' sequel, it's not. The two share a similar setting, and that's about it.
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Your Guide to Platforms
Playing games requires getting a game console (or platform). Each is unique in the types of games it attracts, as well as the kinds of parental controls it offers:
 PlayStation
Sony has long dominated the game console competition. And its latest, PlayStation 3, has quickly become a favorite of dedicated gamers.
 Xbox
Microsoft's entry into the gaming world, the Xbox, has been succeeded by the Xbox 360, a console that touts both its interactive online abilities and its parental controls.
 Wii
The Wii is Nintendo's take on next-generation gaming. And it doesn't just displace the GameCube, it virtually obliterates it. Biggest claim to fame? Wireless, motion-sensing controllers.
 PC
The personal computer is still one of the game world's biggest and most-loved platforms. It not only connects players to software-based games, but also online games.
 Handhelds
Sony's PSP and Nintendo's DS lead the pack in this category which is devoted to gamers who always want something to play—anytime, anywhere.
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