It has been one heck of a week for nine-year old Caine Monroy.
Since 
the story of his handmade cardboard arcade first surfaced on Tuesday, he’s become one of the most popular figures on the Internet. Pretty much every major news outlet has written or aired a story about him. The arcade is certain to be standing room only when it opens on Saturday. And as for his collegiate future?
That’s pretty much taken care of now.
Every 
Thursday, I join Chris Salcedo and Lori Lundin on the mid-day edition of America’s Radio News Network to discuss trends and news in the technology and video game space. This week’s topics were Sony’s restructuring, the Dept. of Justice’s antitrust case against Apple and several book publishers (which could result in lower eBook prices) and the heartwarming story of Caine’s Arcade.
2012’s 
losing streak for video game sales unfortunately kept right on going in March.
Sales of video game software were down 25 percent compared to last year. Hardware sales were down 35 percent, according to The NPD Group, which tracks the numbers. The totals, while disappointing, were within the range expected by Wall St. analysts.
The 
winner of more Game of the Year awards than you can count, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim isn’t exactly a title that causes you to shout at your TV.
But by the end of the month, you’ll have that option.
The 
seemingly never-ending saga of the ending of Mass Effect 3 has taken another odd twist.
The Better Business Bureau, in a blog post on its site, concedes that yes, technically, EA and Bioware are guilty of false advertising with the game.
However, the Bureau doesn’t seem overly concerned about it.
When 
nine-year-old Caine Monroy spent his summer vacation building an elaborate arcade out of cardboard boxes found in his father’s used auto parts store, it was the sort of project that typically would have been remained a cute tale told at family gatherings.
But then filmmaker Nirvan Mullick stopped by the east Los Angeles shop. He was looking for a door handle for his car, but was captivated by the world Caine had created — and quickly became the first customer of Caine’s arcade.
Veteran journalist 
Chris Morris tackles six reasons why the next-gen systems won’t kill used gaming
There’s a lot of talk making the rounds these days about used games and the next generation.
The popular theory is the next Xbox or PlayStation 4/”Orbis” might altogether block people from playing previously owned games – something that has the core gamer base feeling a bit backstabbed. But the shock of seeing these reports seems to be causing those same people to lose perspective.
One 
of the last studio holdouts for Apple’s iCloud service has joined the fold.
Films from Universal Pictures purchased via iTunes can now be re-downloaded through the tech company’s iCloud program. That leaves only Fox among major studios not participating — a stance that’s expected to end in the near future.
Take-Two’s 
CEO was blunt when he recently said THQ would be gone in six months. Gamasutra editor-at-large Chris Morris argues it’ll still be around in 2012, but THQ needs to figure out a gameplan soon.
Industry watchers were treated to a rare bit of executive candor Thursday from Take-Two Interactive Software’s CEO.
Strauss Zelnick’s comment that “THQ won’t be around in six months” was shocking not so much because of his prediction, but because they seemed less like the contrived back-and-forth between Electronic Arts and Activision-Blizzard – and more honest opinion. The bigger question is: Was he right?
The 
war on terror has taken an odd — and kind of fun — turn.
The U.S. government has hired a white hat hacker collective to dig through used video game systems in an effort to track down bad guys.
Chris Morris: Journalist 