Monthly Archives: June 2013

Posted on June 27, 2013 by

Study Tries to Tie Video Games to Risky Behavior, Does So Poorly A New study by a German research team wants to make you believe that playing video games will increase your likelihood of preforming risky behavior. This is it … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 26, 2013 by

Preserving The History of Video Games Here’s a very interesting piece about the International Center for the History of Electronic Games (ICHEG), a group seeking to preserve the history of video games. You may be saying “Hey, that’s not that … Continue reading →

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ESA: 2013 Data on Video game Consumption

Posted on June 24, 2013 by

The Entertainment Software Association, one of the foremost collectors of data on the video game industry, has released their 2013 data about video game consumption and use. It’s some pretty nifty information on gamers, their buying habits, and their make-up. … Continue reading →

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Racial differences in video game preferences

Posted on June 21, 2013 by

Originally posted on The TechAddiction Blog:
Study finds that MMOs and FPS video games are most often associated with problematic gaming. Also, what kinds of games are preferred by different racial groups? Association between race and preferred video games? The…

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Is Nintendo Being More Gender Inclusive?

Posted on June 21, 2013 by

With E3 having wrapped up last week, we’re now left with the empty void of having to now wait for many of the games announced to actually come out. Of course there were a lot of headlines: Microsoft announcing ridiculous … Continue reading →

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Conflict Minerals: Should Gamers Care?

Posted on June 20, 2013 by

This is an issue I didn’t know too much about until recently. I promise to try and not be preachy and only focus on the facts. More aware gamers probably can already imagine that many of their favorite consoles or … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 19, 2013 by

Can Video Games Help Kids Read Classic Books? Probably not, but the people at Amplify have invested a pretty penny in the hope that they can! This article was posted today on USAToday and it asks the question whether video … Continue reading →

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Racist Games: Punch-Out!

Posted on June 18, 2013 by

Some games of our favorite games are racist. Now, of course many are unintentionally racist or products of a earlier time or a less sensitive place. So every now and then I’m going to be taking a look back at … Continue reading →

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Animal Crossing: Life Lessons

Posted on June 17, 2013 by

I’ve been playing a lot of animal crossing. I mean, more than is healthy to play. Something about being in debt to a raccoon just seems so much more fun than being in debt to a university. During one particular … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 14, 2013 by

Study Shows Parents Are More Positive about Media Use, But Not Video Games Northwestern University published this report last about parents’ attitudes towards media use for their children. Exciting stuff! Well, maybe not so. However, it’s worth a read because … Continue reading →

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