Time spent playing video games pays off for student

Time spent playing video games pays off for student
CNN (blog)
by Katherine Dorsett Bennett, CNN (CNN) Complaints by some parents to their school-aged children that video games "aren't good for you" may not necessarily be true. Apparently, a "PlayStation" mentality can pay off for students interested in aviation ...

Canadian Video Game Award winners
Canada.com (blog)
Many gamers might not know it, but a number of notable video games are actually developed right here in Canada. Each year, the Canadian Video Game Awards, hosted at Vancouver's Convention Centre during Fan Expo Vancouver, honors the best in Canadian ...

Ron Paul video game in works
Politico
Ron Paul may not be in line for the presidency anytime soon but he's being fast-tracked to video game stardom. In the upcoming “Ron Paul: The Road to REVOLution,” players take control of a leaping, punching Super Mario Bros.-esque one-man 50-state ...

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Can Video Games Promote Healthier Aging?
Science Daily (press release)
Video Games May Help Combat Depression in Older Adults (Feb. 25, 2010) — New research suggests a novel route to improving the symptoms of subsyndromal depression (SSD) in seniors through the regular use of "exergames" -- entertaining video games that ...

New Video Game Retail Site Plans to Share Used Game Revenue with Publishers
Gamasutra
Video game publishers have a love/hate relationship with current used game retailers as they do a significant share of “new” game and console business but at the same time they often promote their sale of used video games first-and-foremost (over new ...

SPARX Video Game Helps Teens Battle Depression
PsychCentral.com
By Traci Pedersen Associate News Editor Shooting down negative thoughts in avideo game may alleviate depression just as well as traditional talk therapy, a new study shows. The game, developed by researchers and teachers in New Zealand, ...

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ArcadeWeb Survey: Who Is the Online Casual Tournament Gamer?
MarketWatch (press release)
IRVINE, Calif., April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- ArcadeWeb, a highly trafficked gaming site, today released key findings from its national user survey, designed to provide the first insight into a new, growing type of online gamer: the casual ...

How the video games industry is faring
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More >> AP National News VideoMore>> By The Associated Press April 12: Market tracker NPD Group says US retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories fell 25 percent in March from a year earlier to $1.1 billion.

Ron Paul video game rockets past its funding goal on Kickstarter
The Guardian (blog)
Ron Paul's real-life presidential campaign may have limped into obscurity, but now the veteran libertarian is set to receive a timely boost thanks to a video game documenting his quest to reach the White House. The Road to Revolution game, described as ...

'The Avengers' to spawn video game franchise
TG Daily
Put an entire team of class-A superheroes together, and you get more than just a video game. Usually when a big blockbuster movie is due out in a couple weeks, especially if it's one aimed at kids or teens, it means you should be able to go to the ...

Facebook Faces Underage Gamer Lawsuit
Escapist Magazine
The world's most popular social network is once again facing legal trouble, this time from a California woman who claims that the ability of underage gamers to purchase Facebook credits for use in its games violates her state's consumer protection laws ...

Ron Paul video game is on the way
Death and Taxes
Now he'll have a new outlet to propagate that message: a Ron Paul video game. A developer in Houston, Texas launched a Kickstarter campaign to build “Ron Paul: The Road to REVOLution,” to launch this July. “The beta version will be ready by mid-June,” ...

The truth about 'hyper-realistic' video games as war simulators
The Verge
"He set off a bomb and then walked into a campground and shot a lot of people," she said. "That doesn't require mission rehearsal in a video game." "Video games, at their best, deliver not a realistic experience, but a hyper-realistic one.

Supporters Are Working On The Ron Paul Video Game
Daily Gossip
But some supporters believe they could change that by bringing more focus to their favorite candidate with a video game. Supporters working on the Ron Paul video game are taking the presidential race to a whole new level. Over the past few years it...

Daily Gossip

Video game reviews: 'Army Corps of Hell' and 'Shinobido 2: Revenge of Zen'
NorthJersey.com
BY CHRIS CAMPBELL Each of us has dreamed of being lord over all, subjecting minions to our every command. But what happens when this power leads to tedium and repetition? Thus is the vexing question of "Army Corps of Hell." Certainly this is not the...

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Another Day, Another Death Threat From Gamers to The People Who Make Video Games
Kotaku
They have, however, ensured that as the people who create video games reach out to communicate with their fans, at least some of those fans will, rhetorically, try to draw blood. And if video gamecreators don't reach out? The angriest gamers will find ...

Study: Video game helping teens beat depression
ABC Action News
His wife says he's a good father. but one man's video game addiction may have its limits. Whilevideo games have been considered a source of obsession or mental instability for some teens, a new video game is gaining recognition for its ability to help ...

Video game cooperation adds dimension to Pirelli's marketing
Tire Business
The partnership between Forza Motorsport — a racing video game developed by Turn 10 Studios and published by Microsoft Corp. for its Xbox gaming system — and Pirelli was forged during the development of Forza Motorsport 4. The Rome-based tire maker ...

Amidst Industry Controversy, Waygoz Launches A Social Network For Gamers To ...
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
Waygoz.com, a newly launched free web service, is hyper-local game-trading social network that connects gamers to meet up and swap used video games directly, bypassing the need to trade in games to traditional retailers (like GameStop) at below market ...

'Call of Duty' and Mass Murders: Are Video Games Too Violent?
PolicyMic
Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian man currently on trial for the terrorist attack that resulted in the death of 77 people on July 22, 2011, in Norway, admitted to playing violent video games like Modern Warfare to plan for the killings.

PolicyMic

'London 2012' Olympic video game confirmed for June 26 release
Times LIVE
The 2012 Summer Olympics' official video game, London 2012, is to go on sale from June 26 in North America and June 29 in European regions, one month before the quadrennial Olympiad's real-world opening ceremony on July 27. Track and field, cycling, ...

Times LIVE

Video Game Character Throws Down an Earth Day Challenge, Dares CEO to Plant 1 ...
RedOrbit
XEOPlay, the company that designed the first accelerometer game on the iPhone, offers an Earth Day challenge! On April 22, join players all over the world to play Tilt World a beautiful game that sets Flip, the mighty tadpole, against pollution and the ...

Pa. man sues 'Assassin's Creed' video games' maker
abc27
(AP) - A Pennsylvania man is suing the maker of the popular "Assassin's Creed" video game series and asking a federal court to stop the release of its new installment. The Carlisle Sentinel reported (http://bit.ly/IyEc4k ) that John Beiswenger of ...

New Video Game Releases List for 4/23 on Xbox 360, PS3, PC, PS Vita, Wii!
HawtWired (blog)
The video game release highlights for the week of April 23, 2012 on Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Playstation Vita, Nintendo Wii, Sony PSP, Nintendo DS, 3DS, and PC/Mac include Prototype 2, Risen 2, Binary Domain (PC), Shifting World, plus a few more gems.

Video Game Fights Depression
Newsmax Health
A computer game designed to lift teenagers out of depression is as effective as one-on-one counseling, New Zealand doctors reported on Thursday in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). Researchers at the University of Auckland tested an interactive 3-D ...

The truth toggle: Video games don't drive players to rampage or harm, exist to ...
The Maine Campus
By Chris Chase I make no apologies about it — I'm a gamer. As in, someone who spends a great portion of their time playing and/or swearing at various video games in multiple mediums. And as agamer, there's one news story I see often that never seems ...

Video games qualify as art by critics' own criteria
Kansas State Collegian
By Patrick White Last month, the Smithsonian started up a new exhibit called “The Art of Video Games,” prompting another round of the long-running argument about whether video games can be considered an art form. In 2010, film critic Roger Ebert ...

The video game bucket list: Great achievements in gaming
SideQuesting
These are all on the Bucket List of video games. Without question there are more, and we'd love to find out what those are. So, help us! Help us put together a list of things we NEED to do in video game culture to enjoy some of the things outside the...

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Tank Wars: a video game controlling a physical bot - Hack a Day
By Caleb Kraft
[Joe] sent us an email to show off his latest build. Tank Wars is the beginning of a video game/robot hybrid. You control the tank via an iPad, telling it where to go and how to fire. You have real life targets, in this case another robot. When you ...
Hack a Day

Time Spent Playing Video Games Pays Off for Student | FOX8.com ...
By Dan Jovic
Complaints by some parents to their school-aged children that video games "aren't good for you" may not necessarily be true. ... Twenty-three-year-old Trace Curry, a student at Sinclair, is enrolled in the UAS program and credits his passion for aviation and his video game playing background for part of his success in the school's coursework. He's among a handful of students ... “The classroom simulator came naturally to me after playing so many video games,” he said. Curry is armed ...
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Amazing Video Game Art (100 pics). Posted in Arts » Digital art 2 hr ago / 1780 views. 3. Tweet. 1 Amazing Video Game Art. 2 Amazing Video Game Art. 3 Amazing Video Game Art. 4 AmazingVideo Game Art. 5 Amazing Video Game Art ...
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Local Video Game Companies - Seattle | The GameJobHunter Blog ...
By Paul Teall
The Seattle area is home to some of the most biggest game companies in the industry. Microsoft, Nintendo of America, and Valve – all have their headquarters in the area. Genre-defining titles like Half-Life and Halo were created here.
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Basement Dweller Makes Ron Paul Video Game - I Own The World
By BigFurHat
... Basement Dweller Makes Ron Paul Video Game. » News. Basement Dweller Makes Ron PaulVideo Game · Home - by BigFurHat - April 23, 2012 - 08:30 America/New_York - Be first to Comment! How many points for changing his diaper?
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Sunday Ad Video Game Deals (4/22/12 to 4/28 ... - Cheap Ass Gamer
A current listing of cheap video games, video game sales and video game deals: CAG. ... Target (Mobile) promotes $20 off any video game $29.99 and higher when you trade in "any 2 video games". Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Uncharted ...
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Screen Grabs: Serena's packing steam, Gossip Girl turns gamer ...
By Sean Buckley
Little Ms. Serena van der Woodsen is a closet gamer. Well, at least that's what her icon tray is saying. A screen grab from a fresh episode of Gossip Girl betrays the little busybody while she's negotiating the future of show's namesake hearsay ...
Engadget

Meanwhile, in Capcom's Basement - Video Games - Memes ...
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video game memes - Meanwhile, in Capcom's Basement.
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'Uncharted' Video Game Fan Transforms Games Into Movies ...
By Mark Poynter
While most fans of the Uncharted video game were lamenting the script and casting of the Uncharted movie, YouTube user morphinapg was doing something about it. You see, morphinapg is a big fan of Uncharted. A really, really, big fan with ...
nerdbastards.com

Kirby 20th Anniversary Compilation Announced For Wii
By Ferry
Is Nintendo dragging down the entire video game industry? Check out Nerdy News Episode 63 to find out more! Laura's Links · Angry Birds Rio Walkthrough · Angry Birds ... Latest Video Games News. Kirby 20th Anniversary Compilation Logo ...
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6 Video Games to Look Forward to in 2012 ~ www.popgive.com
By Admin
Dream Drop Distance has seen great success in Japan. It has received positive reviews from many Japanese video game reviewers. Some even believe that the game's release has contributed to an increase in Nintendo 3DS sales in Japan.
www.popgive.com

Monsieur Lacenaire 'Sheep Invaders' Knitwear & Video Game ...
By David Fischer
Monsieur Lacenaire 'Sheep Invaders' Knitwear & Video Game. Young French premium knitwear brand Monsieur Lacenaire keeps things interesting and presents as part of their Spring/Summer 2012 Collection the Sheep Invaders Knitwear ...
Highsnobiety.com

Oh No They Didn't! - Queen Lana performing Video Games live at a ...
By vlada
tbh, I wasn't really big on her when I had first heard Blue Jeans, but after hearing some other songs on her album, I realized that she's kind of refreshing in a weird way...like she definitely has that distinct voice that makes you think of Lana.
Oh No They Didn't!

ScrewAttack Video Game, Video Game Vault: Jazz Jackrabbit ...
GameTrailers.com - Video Game Reviews, News, Videos, Trailers, and Game ... any pc gamer will find out what their doing wrong, it was that good back then.
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Ron Paul Is Getting His Own Video Game — And It Looks Hilarious ...
Ron Paul supporters are constantly complaining that their candidate doesn't get enough love from the national news media — just today Business Insider editors ...
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