Think 
the original Super Mario Bros. was hard? You’re right!
Gamers, by nature, are a nostalgic bunch. We tend to fawn over the games that got us into this hobby, often forgetting the agony and frustration suffered at the hands of those very same classics.
If 
you’re a fan of independent movies, you know it’s sometimes hard to find something worth watching. Fandor’s hoping to make that easier, offering over 1,000 indie and international films, with prices starting at $3 – or unlimited access for $10 per month.
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It’s one 
thing to lose a game to a friend or online opponent, but can your ego handle being trounced by your cat?
Friskies, who already made waves by creating a series of single-player video games for your favorite feline, has unveiled the industry’s first multiplayer — and, as far as we can tell, multi-species — game. And early evidence shows that cats are better at it than us.
It’s 
kind of hard to believe now, but when it first came out, Words With Friends really wasn’t all that popular.
The videogame — which is, in many ways, a twist on digital Scrabble — did ok for its first year, but it was only after musician John Mayer called it “the new Twitter” in an Oct. 5, 2009 Tweet, that things began to explode — and the growth rate has been phenomenal ever since.
Sometimes 
the real world can get in the way of keeping up with the golf world but now the PGA is looking to keep you on the green.
2012 
continues to be a real stinker for the video game industry.
Video game software sales were down 23 percent in February compared to 2011 figures, according to the NPD Group.
Mass Effect, 
Madden. Tomato, To-mah-to.
Some customers of online retailer Newegg got a rather unwelcome surprise earlier this week, when a screw-up by the company resulted in them getting a copy of the six-month-old ‘Madden NFL 12’ instead of the brand new ‘Mass Effect 3’ they were expecting.
While 
it seems counterintuitive, the hottest trend in the video game industry is giving away games for free, then offering a deeper-level of interaction — for a fee.
Whether it’s new titles, like “Smurfs’ Village” on iPhone or old standards like “EverQuest,” publishers are in a race to offer free-to-play games — sometimes known as “freemium” games — and in many cases, it’s making them a fortune.
Need 
to know where someone is in a hurry? The SecuraFone app uses the GPS technology that’s embedded in most smart phones to locate them instantly. You’re able to find kids either on an as-needed basis or through regular text alerts.
One 
of the biggest names in Microsoft’s stable of developers is leaving the company.
Peter Molyneux, the creator of games like Fable, Populus, Theme Park, and Black & White, has announced plans to leave both Microsoft (where he serves as creative director) and his own Lionhead Studios once development is complete on his latest title, Fable: The Journey.
Chris Morris: Journalist 