TechWeb - InformationWeek - The Nintendo video game encourages physical fitness by letting users ride a virtual snowboard, do yoga, twirl virtual hula hoops, and do other exercises.

Reuters - Japanese videogame maker Square Enix Co Ltd (9684.T) said it is considering taking stakes in game developers to combat rising competition from established game publishers and other entertainment companies.

PC World - Games consoles contain toxic chemicals that would not be allowed in young childrens’ toys, even though the technology to…

AP - If someone had pulled me away from “GoldenEye 007″ in the late 1990s to tell me that I’d one day be using my video game system to get in shape, I would have likely drawn James Bond’s Golden Gun and shot a hole in that cockamamie theory.

PC Magazine - It may seem recently that there’s been an exodus from the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). First came Activision/Vivendi’s departure, and then again more recently with LucasArts just last week. But not all agree that it was the right thing to do.