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Daughter Blames 77-Year-Old Mother for Addiction
My addiction is my 77-year-old mother’s fault. I was visiting her at her home in Wickenburg, Arizona, and she was doing the usual: waiting on me hand and foot, watching...Read More
Getting Started with Machinima
Machinima (/məˈʃiːnɨmə/ or /məˈʃɪnɨmə/) is the use of real-time 3D computer graphics rendering engines to create a cinematic production. Most often, video games are used to generate the computer animation. –WikipediaRead More
Here's How Education Can Improve
In the digital age, the work we do is increasingly fluid and improvisational, and yet our learning models haven’t really changed since the Industrial Revolution—a time when education was designed...Read More
What You Need to Know About American vs. Japanese Games
What are the core differences between Japanese and American games? Since so many are translated into English, we don’t always even recognize the games we play are coming from different...Read More
Don't Make Educational Gaming Into Dessert
Are games our just rewards? Or are they something more? Lucas Gillispie, teacher and founder of his school’s MMORPG club, says we should stop treating classroom gaming as the “fun”...Read More
How a Teacher Used This Video Game To Explain Feminist Theory
It can be difficult to teach one group about the oppression of another, especially in situations when the oppression stems from multiple factors. “Intersectionality” is the feminist theory that when...Read More
New Release: Killzone: Shadow Fall
Killzone: Shadow Fall, the new first-person shooter from the Killzone series, was released today. It is the 4th installment for console and the 6th overall. The game is a PlayStation...Read More
PlayStation 4: What You Need to Know
As you may already know, after many months of mounting excitement in the media, the PlayStation 4 is finally here. It’s hard to keep track of all the stories, features,...Read More
Games Unplugged: 5 Board Games You Should Be Playing
Just as the video game industry is exploding with fantastically creative games every day, so has the board game industry been expanding in new and delightful directions. Board gaming is...Read More
What to Do When Your Spouse Chooses Gaming Over Dinner
“Lost in Angry Birds Space” writes to advice columnist Captain Awkward to find out what she should do about a husband and father who won’t stop gaming and won’t listen...Read More
How a Mom Bonded With Her College Kid Through Online Gaming
Malinda felt herself growing apart from her son Dillon when he left for college. “It seemed over time our conversations were less meaningful and … we were starting to disconnect....Read More
Signs That Gaming Is Stressing Your Kids Out
Many people say they like gaming because it’s an effective stress-reliever—it’s engaging entertainment that keeps your mind off immediate real-world problems. It’s relaxing and it works as a mood-enhancer for...Read More
