GAMING NEWS, REVIEWS, TIPS, AND MORE
Gender, Horror, and Sex, Oh My! How to Talk to Kids About Media
Last weekend, three members of the Pixelkin staff had the joyous opportunity to spark some excellent discussions at Seattle’s Emerald City Comicon. We participated in two panels, “Growing Up Geek:...Read More
ECCC Report: Geeks of All Creeds Gathered for a Great Weekend
Last weekend Pixelkin attended Emerald City Comicon in Seattle. We conducted two panels for geek parents on Sunday—more on that later! First things first: it was an amazing weekend.Read More
7 Best Tweets of GDC
The 2014 Game Developers Conference (GDC) ended recently, and boy do we wish we could have been there. Thousands of the leading thinkers in game design came together in San...Read More
Gotta Catch 'Em All: This Is the Best April Fool's Day Ever
Not everybody is a huge fan of April Fool’s Day. I count myself among the “terribly gullible and thus un-trusting” on the first of April—you could say just about anything...Read More
Break Out the Scissors. These 5 Geeky Craft Projects Will Make Your Day!
There comes a time in everyone’s life when you must craft. Maybe it’s a rainy day. Maybe you need some time away from the screen—or your kids do. You know...Read More
Games and Movies Aren't the Same. Let's Talk About It.
There’s a lot of ground to cover when it comes to treating games the way we do many books, TV shows, and movies: as a gateway to discussion with our...Read More
Why College Students Need Pokémon
The sounds of fingers clicking on keyboards filled the dim auditorium. On a stage, a dozen gamers sat in a row, their LAN party projected onto a screen behind them....Read More
Hi-Res Episode 1: Conventions!
In this first episode of Pixelkin’s new webseries, Hi-Res, Simone de Rochefort and Keezy Young look at conventions: what to expect, what to get excited about, and—most importantly—a hearty reminder...Read More
Interview: Prof. Steinkeuhler on Being a Mom, Scholar, and Gamer
Constance Steinkeuhler is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and co-directs the Games+Learning+Society (GLS) center at the Wisconsin Institute of Discovery. Professor Steinkeuler has earned a PhD in Literacy...Read More
Why Isn't Bilbo a Girl? Pixelkin Panels at Emerald City Comicon
We have an important and very exciting announcement!Read More
Tenacity: Something We Can Learn From Games
If you’ve watched your kid get hypnotized by a game, you know what focus looks like. Now some educators are trying to turn that focus into a teaching moment. David...Read More
The All-Purpose Con Survival Guide: Family Edition
Whether it’s your first con or your fiftieth, it’s always handy to remind yourself of the bare necessities. Cons are fantastic fun, but they also mean action-packed days of scheduling...Read More
Why Computer Game Gone Home Deserves a Place in Your Teenager's English Curriculum
Should video games be taught as literature? Like television and film before them, video games are taking their sweet time to catch on as academic curriculum. Luckily, that’s changing. The...Read More
Your Grandpa Can Play Video Games—And Beat You!
A few weeks ago, I interviewed my 83-year-old dad, Richard Breneman, about his life as a gamer. I also somehow convinced my 16-year-old nephew, Tyler Wojcik, to sit for a...Read More
