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Hilda Knott (Credit: BBC)Still under the impression that video games are strictly for kids? Hilda Knott would like to have a word with you. And perhaps a game.

The 85-year-old British gamer has been mashing buttons for 40 years -- roughly the life of the video game industry – and is showing no signs of slowing down.

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Wii U (Credit: Nintendo)The Wii U has taken some heat from critics post-launch. The system is slow, they say. There haven't been any new games. Where's Zelda?

Nintendo met those accusations head-on Wednesday in the company’s latest Nintendo Direct online press conference, unveiling a collection of new games and enhancements that would cheer even the most skeptical fan. Before the year is out, Wii U owners can expect a double dose of Mario, Yoshi's return to the spotlight and a high-definition take on a classic Zelda game.

Ralph Nader (Credit: Getty Images)By Dara Keer, CNET

Not one to keep his opinion to himself, former presidential candidate Ralph Nader has come down hard on video games. In fact, he has gone as far as to call the companies that make them "electronic child molesters."

In an interview with Politico yesterday, Nader blasted President Obama's gun control package that was unveiled last week. The two-time Green Party presidential candidate said that the president's plan needs to go further in regulating video game creators that add violence to their games.

Atari 2600 console (Credit: Atari)One of the most famous names in video games has run out of lives.

Iconic video game company Atari has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and plans to auction off all of its assets, including its famous logo.

Jonathan Coulton vs. Glee (Credit: Getty Images/Fox)Fox’s sugary hit "Glee" hasn’t met a hit song it wouldn’t cover with Broadway pizzazz. And while the show’s tight arrangements are often thrilling to legions of Gleeks, legions of geeks are steaming over a track they believe was stolen from one of their own.

Jonathan Coulton, a songwriter best known as the man behind the epic “Still Alive” from the critically-acclaimed game Portal (as well as the equally awesome “Want You Gone” from Portal 2), took Fox to task on Twitter for what appears to be the outright theft of his cover of the 90’s hip-hop anthem “Baby Got Back.”

It’s one of the best-selling video game franchises in the world, but what if you could play Mario Kart for real?

A group of Texas gamers/engineers from Waterloo Labs decided to give it a go, and the results are pretty amazing. This real-life Mario Kart racing track features actual power-ups, including mushrooms, lightning bolts and even those pesky turtle shells.

(Credit: Joe Raedley/Getty Images)If you play lots of video games, it’s a safe bet you’re pretty familiar with the delights of the used games market -- and if for some reason you’re not, you should be. It’s the perfect way to turn games you’re no longer playing into fresh, shiny new ones, and a handy method of getting some payback from your habit. What’s not to like?

Plenty, if you’re a game publisher or developer. They only make money from a game’s original purchaser, so as far as they’re concerned, used buyers are getting the game for free. And the amount of money on the table is considerable; used game products account for more than half of retail giant GameStop’s not-insignificant profits.

It’s hardly surprising, then, that publishers are fighting back -- and their tactics could spell the end of the used games market for good.

By Erika Niedowski, Associated Press

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling - whose video game company underwent a spectacular collapse into bankruptcy last year - is selling the blood-stained sock he wore during the 2004 World Series.

Curt Schilling (Credit: Getty Images)Chris Ivy, director of sports for Texas-based Heritage Auctions, says online bidding begins around Feb. 4. Live bidding will take place Feb. 23.

The sock previously had been on loan to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. It has been at Heritage's Dallas headquarters for several weeks and will be displayed at the auction house's Manhattan office before it is sold, according to Ivy.