Another thing that's awesome about Japan: Video game designers are often seen as rockstar celebrities.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/digg/container/gaming/popular/~4/dBnO9q4O1pw" height="1" width="1"/

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Let's say you're playing poker and you need one more diamond for a flush. The dealer turns a card, reveals a diamond and you win the hand. Was it skill or luck? The answer is affecting the fates of people across the country accused of breaking anti-poker laws.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/digg/container/gaming/popular/~4/hUfFQQGm0_Q" height="1" width="1"/

Here's a suggestion: Play a real game.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/digg/container/gaming/popular/~4/d-yujTi0zn0" height="1" width="1"/

Whether you're finding creative ways to wake up your box or stacking various geometrical shapes physics games are fun in its purest forms. Here's a collection of 9 of the best physics-based flash games out there.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/digg/container/gaming/popular/~4/vg_AZH0Wq54" height="1" width="1"/

If there was ever a greater feeling in the world than that of levelling up, we are yet to experience it. While this is true of you in-game, it's also true of you and your own abilities themselves. Increasing with each game, your own attributes are advancing as gaming teaches you to 'evel-up' yourself in ways that make you almost super-human.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/digg/container/gaming/popular/~4/YZPOFbP_nBE" height="1" width="1"/

The girl shot herself in the abdomen allegedly after mistaking a semi-automatic handgun for a Wii remote.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/digg/container/gaming/popular/~4/u4S9XWguuBo" height="1" width="1"/

Though gaming support on the operating system could be considered as dead, Valve has announced that its Stream, gaming digital downloading service, will be coming to Macs.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/digg/container/gaming/popular/~4/77lHVT8Unfs" height="1" width="1"/

God of War III is billed as the final chapter in Kratos' story, and it's a shame, because this is the iteration that took me from liking the series to loving it. The series has always been fun, but this is the God of War you have to play.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/digg/container/gaming/popular/~4/ewLCmIJz2kM" height="1" width="1"/

Fans of the classic football game franchise, Tecmo Super Bowl, are cheering. Game publisher Tecmo officially announced on Tuesday a downloadable console game for Xbox based on the Nintendo classic.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/digg/container/gaming/popular/~4/cqNlGcRNiqA" height="1" width="1"/

Never, in the entirety of history, has there been so much gaming to be done. You'll need great tools! Here is our list of vital tools for today's gamer. First up, because almost every game today has a multiplayer aspect, is communication tools. Read more:img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/digg/container/gaming/popular/~4/-CWvVBzebZg" height="1" width="1"/

Bernie Hou, creator of the popular long-running webcomic, Alien Loves Predator and a rabid fan of the Alien and Predator franchises gives his (hilarious) take on AVP.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/digg/container/gaming/popular/~4/Werg5cX8DpU" height="1" width="1"/

Everyone loves Zelda, right? Spirit Tracks was vastly superior to Phantom Hourglass, no? Apparently that opinion may not be as wide spread as we once thought. The Kartel states plainly that Spirit Tracks is boring, so boring in fact that Phantom Hourglass is the superior game. They do have a few of their facts mixed though.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/digg/container/gaming/popular/~4/aM9nXyd8-p4" height="1" width="1"/

This is a demo of Shera Jutt a game which was supposed to come out 2 years ago but couldn't due to sponsorship issues.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/digg/container/gaming/popular/~4/YzQ26M4RnHs" height="1" width="1"/

Video games like “Halo 3” and “Modern Warfare 2” have made headlines for the amount of money they earned, but the Hollywood-sized budgets needed to create them are just as noteworthy. And like the box office blockbuster hopefuls, there is no guarantee that a huge budget will equal a hit – there is a bloated failure here for every critical success.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/digg/container/gaming/popular/~4/EZBF55q7wd4" height="1" width="1"/

Joystick Division chats with the creators of Bejeweled about its humble beginnings and what it's been like to work on the most successful casual game franchise of all time.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/digg/container/gaming/popular/~4/3mLRoWdgVEU" height="1" width="1"/

You remember the Matrix Punchograph's and punch card's in Gnomeregan and always wondered what all that binary (01010101) really means?Well, here's the translation to them all.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/digg/container/gaming/popular/~4/uSdieebp2QE" height="1" width="1"/

Can Apple really see themselves competing, with a minuscule desktop market share and 25% of the smartphone sector?img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/digg/container/gaming/popular/~4/cpC_tqxSLFo" height="1" width="1"/

If Matt had to change his pants over the Valve Apple teasers the other day, what will today's wardrobe malfunction be? I only ask because the latest GameInformer confirms Portal 2 is coming to Mac.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/digg/container/gaming/popular/~4/e9vc7jrmAPY" height="1" width="1"/

Fallout: New Vegas is firmly on the list of most anticipated games of 2010. Apparently, around these parts, we're all avid supporters of a thick, lustrous beard. Though our tastes for the gaming industries various genres differ greatly, we can all get behind any game so long as it includes characters with copious amounts of facial hair. See galleryimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/digg/container/gaming/popular/~4/jP9ulPZgwOE" height="1" width="1"/