| Video games' benefits go beyond fun The Seattle Times If you've ever looked up from a computer to discover you've just lost two hours to Farmville or World of Warcroft, you might want to believe that playing video games has some redeeming value. Though I'm not a gamer, I'd argue that there are plenty of ... | ||
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| Video games bond kids and parents BCS Four-fifths of mums and dads who play video games with their children claim that such a hobby provides them with 'quality time' together. This is the finding of a new joint study by Goldsmiths University and PopCap, which also revealed that a third of ... | ||
| Xbox Live Gamer Modifies TOS, Sues Microsoft for $500 Billion ITProPortal In what could be termed as a rather bizarre attempt by yet another Internet 'parasite' to exploit legal loopholes against big corporations in order to become rich overnight, a man from Arkansas filed a motion in Seattle against Microsoft Corporation ... | ||
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| Lawyer sidelined by video games | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-08-22 Philadelphia Inquirer By Maryclaire Dale Associated Press A Carlisle, Pa., lawyer blamed an addiction to video gamesfor the sloppy legal work that has resulted in a three-year suspension. Mathew Eshelman, 43, retreated into the world of video games to fight job stress and ... | ||
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| Lana Del Rey: “Video Games” (Video) Prefixmag New York singer-songwriter Lizzy Grant's mood-altering debut single, "Video Games," is creating a ton of buzz. She goes by the stage name Lana Del Rey and sounds like a sultry mix between Cat Power and Nancy Sinatra. ... | ||
| Gamer breaks record for lowest-scoring Super Mario Bros. playthrough CBS News YouTube gamer "NotEntirelySure" managed to nearly get the lowest score possible on Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Entertainment System. According to the video's description, he used some technical tricks to achieve avoiding some of the enemies and ... | ||
| Plug Pulled on Video Games in Jail Canada Free Press After filing information requests with the government, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation recently discovered that Saskatchewan taxpayers have been picking up the bill for video games in government-run youth jails. Yes, video games. ... | ||
| Hot Corner: Playing video games with White Sox left-hander Chris Sale Chicago Sun-Times (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images) R:\Merlin\Getty_Photos\119301615.jpg White Sox relief pitcher Chris Sale is a relative newcomer to video games. “Believe it or not, I never played them in high school,'' he said. “But when I went to college, ... | ||
| Lithium hires a new CEO for helping enterprises engage with customers VentureBeat “We are building more strategic relationships with companies,” said Fong, who was once a professional gamer and whose brother, Dennis Fong, is CEO of gamer social network Raptr. Tarkoff was senior vice president and general manager of the digital ... | ||
| "The Gamer" T-Shirt is Beautiful, Will Also Haunt My Nightmares Kotaku "The Gamer," a hairy creation by powerpig, shows us that gaming is not just skin deep. Look deep into his d-pad eyes and see into the eyes of madness. Or maybe it's just an awesome gamerimage, either way. Love it or find it creepy, it's a compelling ... | ||
| Green Video Games National Review Online (blog) By Jason Fertig In the past, video games promoted playing sports and fighting evil. But now, some kids are forgoing battling the bad guys, and instead, they are fighting real evil: carbon dioxide! According to USA Today: In the PC strategy game Fate of ... | ||
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| More and More Universities to Teach Video Games About - News & Issues By Roger Altizer, About.com Guide August 21, 2011 It's no secret that video games are hot. And according to the ESA the number of schools responding to the demand continues to increase. They claim that over 340 programs in game design, development, ... | ||
| Great Falls gamers aim to break world record KXLH Helena News ... broken in the world of video games. At 10:00AM Saturday morning the boys started the endeavor and they plan to play for 50 straight hours and they made sure to take plenty of precautions in case games or equipment freeze up. Gamer Jeff Nation said, ... | ||
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| Exergaming Can Help Kids Fit In More Activity WKMG Orlando If you gave your kids the choice of playing outside for an hour or playing video games, which one would they go for? There is a way you can feel better about the video games, if exercise is included. Ten-year-old Bailey Imes is learning that fitness ... | ||
| iPhone gaming podcast - Gamescom 2011 special Pocket Gamer by Will Wilson Jon and I are in Cologne for Gamescom for this edition of the Pocket Gamer podcast, which means it's all a bit confused, slightly drunk, and has quite loud background noises. Still, we somehow manage to struggle through it all, ... | ||
| Diablo 3 "Not Played Right If It's Not Online" We Got This Covered PC Gamer got a chance to ask Diablo 3's Director, Jay Wilson, about the controversial need for an always-on internet connection in order to play the game. His remarks are likely to make sense to people for whom this was not an issue and are likely to ... | ||
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| Metal and Wine - Exactly the Same Australian Gamer To become a better and more knowledgeable gamer as a result. Probably also to be called a "faggot" a whole lot. There might be differences in the games, but the players really are all the same. The other night I was driving home and listening to JJJ, ... | ||
| The Kids Are Not All Right New York Times By JOEL BAKAN WHEN I sit with my two teenagers, and they are a million miles away, absorbed by the titillating roil of online social life, the addictive pull of video games and virtual worlds, as they stare endlessly at video clips and digital pictures ... | ||
| Mall Event Gives Video Game Fans An Early Look At New Titles NJ TODAY ... the hottest video games before they are officially launched and available in stores – will come to Menlo Park Mall in Edison on Tuesday, Aug. 30. “One of the great things about Simon GamePlay is that it has something for every gamer – young kids, ... | ||
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| A Visit To the Thousands-Strong Gaming Tent City of Cologne Kotaku Tucked between the fourth largest convention center in the world and the towering, majestic Cologne Cathedral, more than 3000 people set up a small town of tents, camp chairs, bonfires and video games each year. They are a growing number of campers ... | ||
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| 3DS 3D Classics: One Big Disappointment Business Insider Shortly before the 3DS eShop debuted, Nintendo announced the 3D Classics collection, the company's ambitious endeavor to take old school NES video games and glam them up for the new dual screen handheld with snazzy 3D effects. ... | ||
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| In 'Catherine,' growing up is hard to do Boston Herald By Garrett Martin / Video Games The Entertainment Software Rating Board's “M” designation stands for Mature, but that's often the last word that describes the games that earn this judgment. That M mostly signifies R-rated violence and language strapped ... | ||
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| UK top 20 video games chart, week ending 13 August | Technology ... UK top 20 video games chart. You won't be surprised to see Zumba Fitness .... @ Berzerker - I'm sure a real gamer like you will be lining up to laugh at the ... www.guardian.co.uk/technology/.../aug/.../top-20-video-game... | ||
| Video Games And Fear Of Death | ThinkProgress Thomas Bissell in his profile of video games voice actress Jennifer Hale in this week's New Yorker (which I think is good, but feels somewhat truncated, ... thinkprogress.org/alyssa/.../video-games-and-fear-of-death/ | ||
| Video Games: There's No Escape - Joystick Division Video games have come a long way in the past few decades but, like all great revolutions, the biggest boom has taken place in the span of just a handful of ... www.joystickdivision.com/.../video_games_theres_no_escape... | ||
| GELID Announces Gamer Series GX-7 CPU Cooler | techPowerUp Thermal Solutions specialist GELID Solutions reveals the GX-7 CPU cooler of its GAMER product line. Engineers at GELID Solutions have created an outstanding ... www.techpowerup.com/.../GELID-Announces-Gamer-Series-... |
Video games' benefits go beyond fun
