OpinionTips for Parents Where Are You on the Video Game Violence Spectrum? Video game violence is a more complicated and nuanced issue than most people think. Let's take…Linda BrenemanNovember 4, 2014
Reviews [Review] Project Spark Project Spark isn’t a video game. It’s an environment and an elaborate toolset for making…Linda BrenemanOctober 20, 2014
News [New Release] Disney Infinity Now Free on the PC In August, Disney Interactive announced that their popular kids' game Disney Infinity would be free…Linda BrenemanOctober 6, 2014
Feature [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…Linda BrenemanSeptember 30, 2014
Tips for Parents Is The Sims the New Foreign-Language Textbook? When I first began learning to play World of Warcraft, I felt like I was…Linda BrenemanSeptember 22, 2014
Reviews [Review] Gummy Drop! Adds Its Squishiness to the Match-3 Mix I’m 59-year-old woman and, like most middle-aged women, I’m a gamer. That’s right. More than 60%…Linda BrenemanSeptember 12, 2014
Opinion Parents Who Hate On Technology in the Classroom Are Wrong Not long ago I spoke to a really angry mom at a business networking event.…Linda BrenemanSeptember 5, 2014
News What’s Twitch and Why is Amazon Buying It for Nearly $1 Billion? Non-gamers out there may not have heard of Twitch, but in the video gaming world,…Linda BrenemanAugust 26, 2014
OpinionTips for Parents 9 Reasons Kids Game So Much and What You Can Do About It When I identify myself as an authority on family gaming, the conversation often goes something…Linda BrenemanAugust 22, 2014
FeatureTips for Parents 4 Types of Typing Games That Can Help Your Kid Learn Keyboarding Skills When my son was young, he had a learning disability called dysgraphia—a problem that affects…Linda BrenemanAugust 6, 2014
Opinion Are Games the New Sesame Street? The Survey Says…. Remember Sesame Street—just about the most successful media-based learning offering ever created? (And an extremely entertaining…Linda BrenemanJuly 23, 2014
FeatureGet Connected Gamer Profiles “It’s just the two of us”: A Mom and Daughter Who Love Video Gaming Together Last week, KayLee Jaech and Natalie Jaech, a mom and daughter who love playing video games…Linda BrenemanJuly 16, 2014