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[Review] Chariot
Carting around the body of a dead king may sound like the premise for a horror game featuring zombies rather than a cute, colorful platformer with a princess, but that’s exactly...Read More
Help Your Kids Become Responsible Online Citizens Through Guilds
When I was growing up I was part of school-sponsored sport teams, drama societies, and sci-fi clubs. What my friends and I enjoyed most, though, were the unofficial clubs we...Read More
Review: Hyrule Warriors
Hyrule Warriors, Nintendo’s new game that marries The Legend of Zelda series with Dynasty Warriors, pits the player against massive hoards of enemies in a frantic fight to reclaim territory. When I say...Read More
Are Your Children Stuck in a Video Game? How to Get the Info You Need to Be a Hero!
This article originally appeared on EngagedFamilyGaming.com, a website dedicated to providing families with the information they need to make informed gaming decisions. We’re happy to be crossposting articles from Engaged...Read More
[Interview] “Would Ash Ketchum Give Up?” How Psychologist Kelli Dunlap Uses Video Games To Reach Kids
I first heard Kelli Dunlap speak at PAX Prime 2014 in the panel “Giving Through Gaming: Making the World a Better Place,” and her stories blew me away! Here’s a...Read More
[Review] Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution (henceforth referred to only as Naruto Shippuden: UNSR) is a pleasant surprise of a fighting game. Based on the ridiculously popular Naruto manga and anime,...Read More
[Video] Teens On the Autism Spectrum Can Find a Safe Space In Dungeons and Dragons
Can Dungeons and Dragons help build social skills? We sat down with Adam Johns, one of the founders of Wheelhouse Workshop, to talk about tabletop roleplaying games and what we can learn...Read More
[Review] Cannon Brawl
Cannon Brawl, by Turtle Sandbox Games, is incredibly fun. It’s a family-friendly real-time 2D strategy game with a fast pace, a smart design, and a good sense of humor. It took me...Read More
Industry Insights: How Screen Time Helped Me in School
This article is part of our ongoing Industry Insights series where parents who work in the video game industry share their personal stories. This entry comes to us from Mike...Read More
Is The Sims the New Foreign-Language Textbook?
When I first began learning to play World of Warcraft, I felt like I was learning a foreign language. I was too shy to speak over a headset and instead...Read More
[VIDEO] Teaching With Portals? You Bet. Josh Weier Explains How Portal Can Help Kids Learn.
Do you know how to think with Portals? Valve, the makers of Portal and Portal 2, launched a program to bring Portal into classrooms. It’s called Teach With Portals, and it...Read More
5 Reasons Why You Don’t Like Video Games
This one is for you non-gamers in the audience, all you readers who came to learn about gaming for the sake of someone else, but who don’t consider video games to be your thing. Reader,...Read More
[Review] Destiny
Destiny, a T-rated online shooter with a science-fiction theme, is probably best described as a cross between Halo and Borderlands. The most interesting thing about it might be how seemingly...Read More
We Aren’t Losing a Generation of Boys to Games
“How We Lost a Generation of Boys to Video Games.” That’s the title of a recent article in The Week, and it’s a familiar sentiment; kids nowadays, eh? They’re pretty...Read More