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Monthly Archives: June 2013
Study Tries to Tie Video Games to Risky Behavior, Does So Poorly
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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Tagged risk, study, Video Games, violence
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Preserving The History of Video Games
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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Tagged DRM, history, legend of zelda, Nintendo, Video Games
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ESA: 2013 Data on Video game Consumption
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
Posted in gaming, Uncategorized, video games
Tagged equality, Females, Gaming, Gender, stats, Video Games
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Racial differences in video game preferences
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?
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
Posted in gaming, Uncategorized, video games
Tagged Donkey Kong, e3, equality, Females, Gaming, Gender, Mario, Nintendo, Pikmin, Video Games
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Conflict Minerals: Should Gamers Care?
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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Tagged conflict, Nintendo, sony, Video Games, walk free, war
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Can Video Games Help Kids Read Classic Books?
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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Tagged Books, education, Gaming, MMO, Reading, Video Games
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Racist Games: Punch-Out!
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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Tagged Gaming, Nintendo, punch-out, racism, Video Games
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Animal Crossing: Life Lessons
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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Tagged animal crossing, Gaming, new leaf, Nintendo, social, Video Games
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Study Shows Parents Are More Positive about Media Use, But Not Video Games
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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Tagged education, family, Gaming, media, Video Games
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