The Kinect is being used to monitor your elders' health.

Before we venture into this topic, I have to say this: the idea of being alone in your older years is a horrible idea to think about, especially when you are getting on your years. With technology and society changing at every second and minute, we will barely be able to keep up with everyone and everything.

However, group of researchers at Missouri University came up with an interesting idea. They are looking to use the Kinectas a vital monitoring solution for our problems as we get older. The concept of the whole thing is fairly simple: Kinect

Research and Science is used to Determine the Xbox 360's Scariest Game (sadly,
Viva Piñata didn't make the cut)

There are tons of video games that claim to be the scariest. Amnesia, Dead Space 2, Silent Hill: Homecoming are to name a few of them. Developers can always claim they made the scariest game of all time, but lets have science have a word on what is the scariest game on the Xbox 360.

User experience studioVertical Slice went and did research

Signs of Microsoft Moving Away from Japanese Market are Showing.

After years and years of promoting the Xbox 360 in Japan, Microsoft still only sells around 2,000 a week in the land of the rising sun. Last week, sales statistics showed that the XBox 360 was being outsold by Playstation 2 consoles. Mind boggling isn't it?

And with the Tokyo Game Show coming up later this year, Microsoft of Japan is showing that they are making a slow withdraw from the region. Proof is shown as its booth at the upcoming Tokyo Game Show is smaller than Capcom's, Namco Bandai's,

Optic Gaming wins the grand prize at the Call of Duty XP Tournament

At last week's Call of Duty XP Event, in addition to the huge assortment of panels and activities, they hosted a Million Dollar Tournament which let tourney participants duke it out on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Many teams took part in the tournament, but in the end, there can be only one winning team, and that team was OpTic Gaming.

Gearbox Software gives away free copies of Borderlands 2 at their PAX panel.

Randy Pitchford and the rest of the top staff of Gearbox Software decided to give a surprise for everyone who attended their panel at Pax Prime last week. It wasn't a preview on any new content for the first Borderlands nor was it free convention-only DLC content. They pulled off an Oprah and gave everyone in the audience

Insomniac Games doesn't have Resistance 4 in its future at the moment.

Insomniac Games was the driving force behind the great Resistance series for the Playstation 2 and Playstation 3 and they are about to release the third title in the series this September. But are they going to make Resistance 4 after this upcoming release?

Insomniac Games creative director Marcus Smith stated in an interview with gaming website GamingUnion the following:

"We've doneResistance

Modern Warfare 3 Optiks

So for those of you gamers out there that play hours and hours on end, I am sure you know the dreadful feeling. Your eyes start to hurt or get heavy and you cant seem to keep them open. Well some of you may know the cure to this and that is Gunnar Optiks. These glasses are seriously the cure to gaming eyes.

Gunnar Optiks developed special glasses that use the i-Amp technology to help put your eyes at ease. They make everything look enhanced, and in a good way. The glasses reduce eye fatigue, reduce glare, improve focus, and sharpen detail. In other words… The just make gaming better!

Boston-based Irish Punk Band Dropkick Murphys to perform at upcoming Call of Duty event.

Released in a statement from Activision, Irish-punk rockers Dropkick Murphys will be performing on the closing of the first night of the Call of Duty XP event in September. They will be joining Kanye West as part of the musical entertainment

Call of Dutys dominance in the first-person shooter category has relied heavily upon their annual releases of new titles. Last years Call of Duty: Black Ops left video game fans in awe of the advanced game play, and stunning additions made to the title. Black Ops has served as a reigning force in the video game universe, and one can expect that this years Call of Duty release will cause the same amount of fervor.

Modern Warfare 3s release date is set for November 8, 2011; a mere two days shy of last years Black Ops release. In celebration of Black Ops success, Jeep dedicated a special edition of the Wrangler to the Call of Duty franchise. Once again, Jeep has decided to celebrate Modern Warfare 3 with an updated version that features MW3 branding throughout the vehicle.

As if the Call of Duty games do not draw

More industry combativeness surrounds the November releases of EAs Battlefield 3 and Activisions Call of Duty 3, and the competition between developers has never been more deeply rooted. The newest comments presented by an EA spokesperson, Jeff Brown, marks EAs distinct goal of dethroning the Call of Duty franchise from the military shooter category,

Last year Activision had a 90 share in the shooter category. This year,Battlefield 3 is going to take you down to 60 or 70. At that rate, you'll be out of the category in 2-3 years. If you don't believe me, go to the store and try to buy a copy ofGuitar Hero orTony Hawk.