As studios 
continue the transition from film to digital, the indie filmmaking community is going through a metamorphosis of its own.
The introduction of video recording options on Digital SLR cameras opened a lot of doors for budding auteurs on a budget, but advances to the camera quality of the latest iPhone could bring a flood of new offerings from people who haven’t previously been able to afford quality video equipment.
On the 
surface, you can’t beat free-to-play games. After all, having access to titles people used to pay $15 a month for without ever having to open your wallet? It sounds too good to be true.
Unfortunately, it often is.
The 
joystick generation is growing fast.
A new report finds that the video game playing population of the United States now totals 135 million — a 140 percent increase over the amount recorded in 2008.
Jedi 
wannabes will finally have a chance to join the Rebellion this spring.
After a series of delays, Kinect Star Wars will hit store shelves on April 3…and Microsoft is rolling out all the stops to promote it.
Next time 
you’re about to bet on a football game, run a simulation on the latest version of EA’s Madden franchise first. You might make a bundle.
The reigning football video game champ accurately called the winner of Super Bowl XLVI two days before the game — and was pretty close on the point spread, to boot.
While the 
gaming world was busy watching THQ implode last week, a funny thing happened in the background. Zynga began trading in positive territory.
Boosted by Facebook’s IPO filing, the social games maker finally escaped the mire of mediocrity it had been stuck in since its first day as a public company and began to grow. The question is: Is it a short-term surge or the start of a true growth curve?
It really doesn’t matter if you’re a Giants fan or a Patriots fan when it comes to this week’s Super Bowl. Heck, if you’re a dedicated geek, you don’t even have to like football at all to throw a good shindig.
The big game 
is often secondary at Super Bowl parties. Instead, the event marks the informal end to those insane New Year Resolutions and offer a chance to show off some of your latest and greatest tech gadgets.
If you’re planning on hosting this year’s bash, here are a few essentials that will ensure your man cave is the go-to destination for all future sports-related parties.
It’s easy 
to get absorbed in a game, but it’s another thing entirely to be so absorbed that you don’t notice the guy next to you has died.
Gamers in a Taipei internet café failed to notice the newly deceased for a staggering amount of time earlier this week. Officials estimate that 23-year-old gamer Chen Rong-yu had been dead up to nine hours before anyone realized it.
THQ 
is taking some drastic measures after a string of sales disappointments.
The game publisher, once the industry’s third largest, has laid off 240 employees and cut its CEO’s salary in half for a year, according to an SEC filing. This follows a recent announcement that the company’s stock might be removed from the NASDAQ stock exchange.
Five 
years ago THQ was one of the videogame industry’s biggest publishers. Today, the company is struggling to stay afloat.
The troubled game maker is facing a possible delisting from the Nasdaq stock exchange, announced the layoff of 240 employees Wednesday and slashed its CEO’s salary in half for the next year as sales have plummeted. Further, last week the company announced plans to abandon the once lucrative children’s licensed games business to focus on titles for a core audience.
Chris Morris: Journalist 