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Tunisia, Egypt And Libya Look To Computer Games To Help Stabilise The Region

5:20AM November 29, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Think of it as a very specialised version of SimCity; one that replaces UFOs, monster attacks and city-flattening meteors with political unrest and economic upheaval; and replaces charming tiny animated people with real-time charts and in-person advisers. More »


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A Secret To Fighting Parkinson’s Disease? Play A Video Game

6:00AM October 21, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Video games might be the key to fighting off some of the debilitating symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease, according to research results released this week. More »


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Russian President Suggests Warcraft Ripoff To Teach History

4:20AM July 26, 2011 | Brian Crecente

First Russian President Dimitri Medvedev joined Twitter. Next he visited Twitter and Apple HQs. Now he’s suggesting that someone make a World of Warcraft knock-off to teach about his country’s history. More »


In Real Life

Learn Physics The Angry Birds Way

8:20AM June 21, 2011 | Brian Crecente

I’m a bit of a physics hobbyist. That doesn’t mean that I understand or can even converse in the language of motion, but I love reading about it. More »


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"Grace’s Diary" Educates About, Explores Teen Dating Violence

6:00AM June 4, 2010 | Brian Crecente

Grace’s Diary has players work there way through an interactive story, working to discover what happened to Grace and, perhaps, learning the danger signs of Teen Dating Violence. More »


Playing Political Games

6:00AM March 19, 2010 | Ian Bogost

In a large theatre at the 2010 Game Developers Conference, 10,000 game makers gathered for the Independent Games Festival and Game Developers Choice awards ceremonies, where the best indie and mainstream games of the year are celebrated by and for their creators. In between the two, an unusual video was shown. Aneesh Chopra, the United States’s first Chief Technology Officer, made an unusual address to the game development community. More »


Libraries Got Game

8:00AM August 1, 2009 | Brian Crecente

There are, perhaps, few more disconsonant scenes than of the austere silence of the library and the boisterous play of video games, but a growing movement is starting to put the two under one roof. More »


In Real Life

Librarians Explain: Why Video Games At the Library

5:00AM March 6, 2009 | Brian Crecente

Why exactly should libraries carry video games? Or music or movies for that matter? Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of free gaming, but I can’t help but question the increasing multimedia nature of libraries.

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Wii Fit Helps Paralysed Girl Walk Again

7:00AM January 22, 2009 | Brian Crecente

A 10-year-old girl left paralysed by a virus four years ago is learning to walk again thanks to her doctors and a copy of Wii Fit, the Herald.ie reports.

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Urine The Video Game: Clicking And Dragging To A Healthy Tinkle

6:20AM January 3, 2009 | Brian Crecente

From the makers of Gas Attack, a pinball machine that teaches about flatulence, comes Urine the video game.

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