Video Game News

Posted February 9, 2011:

• Girls' Interest in Computing Science Piqued by Making Video Games

Posted February 1, 2011:

• Video Games Are Good for Girls, If Parents Play Along

Posted January 31, 2011:

• Mixed-Reality Scavenger Hunt With a Smartphone: Just Play the Game or Create One of Your Own

Posted January 20, 2011:

• How Computer Games Could Help Us All Make Better Decisions in Life

Posted January 19, 2011:

• Risks, Consequences of Video Game Addiction Identified in New Study

Posted January 14, 2011:

• Living Cells Used to Create 'Biotic' Video Games

Posted January 13, 2011:

• Researchers Can Predict Your Video Game Aptitude by Imaging Your Brain

Posted January 11, 2011:

• Played by Humans, Scored by Nature, Online Game Helps Unravel Secrets of RNA

Posted December 21, 2010:

• Catching Video Pirates: Invisible DNA-Like Fingerprint on Video Assist Law Enforcement

Posted December 20, 2010:

• Motion Sickness Reality in Virtual World, Too

Posted December 7, 2010:

• Providing Incentives to Cooperate Can Turn Swords Into Ploughshares

Posted December 6, 2010:

• Improving Children's Diets Using Behavior Change Video Games Shows Promise

Posted November 17, 2010:

• How Video Games Stretch the Limits of Our Visual Attention

Posted November 15, 2010:

• Video Game-Based Therapy Helps Stroke Patients Recover Study
• When Video Games Get Problematic So Do Smoking, Drug Use and Aggression

Posted November 8, 2010:

• Taking Movies Beyond Avatar -- For Under £100

Posted October 19, 2010:

• Video Games Can Be Highly Effective Training Tools, Study Shows: Employees Learn More, Forget Less, Master More Skills
• Culturally Inspired Mobile Phone Games Help Chinese Children Learn Language Characters

Posted October 18, 2010:

• Watching Violent TV or Video Games Desensitizes Teenagers and May Promote More Aggressive Behavior, New Study Finds

Posted October 12, 2010:

• Mobile Phone Game Trains Players to Make Healthier Diet Selections

Posted October 10, 2010:

• Online Games as Social Meeting Places

Posted October 5, 2010:

• Phillies, Rangers, Yanks, Giants to Win, Says Math Guru

Posted October 4, 2010:

• Interactive Video Games Can Cause a Broad Range of Injuries

Posted September 24, 2010:

• Video Gaming Prepares Brain for Bigger Tasks

Posted September 20, 2010:

• Too Much TV, Video and Computer Can Make Teens Fatter
• Violent Video Games Increase Aggression Long After the Game Is Turned Off, Study Finds

Posted September 13, 2010:

• Video Games Lead to Faster Decisions That Are No Less Accurate

Posted September 2, 2010:

• Human Unconscious Is Transferred to Virtual Characters

Posted August 26, 2010:

• Analyzing Audio-Visual Content

Posted August 12, 2010:

• Video Quality Less Important When You're Enjoying What You're Watching

Posted August 10, 2010:

• Medical Students Open to Learning With Video Games

Posted August 4, 2010:

• Gaming for a Cure: Computer Gamers Tackle Protein Folding

Posted July 29, 2010:

• Computer Game Helps Nurses Master Drug Calculations

Posted July 26, 2010:

• What Does Your Avatar Say About You?

Posted July 19, 2010:

• ‘The Friend of My Enemy Is My Enemy’: Virtual Universe Study Proves 80-Year-Old Theory on How Humans Interact

Posted July 12, 2010:

• Taking Computer Games Into the Future
• Avatars as Lifelike Representations and Effective Marketing Tools

Posted July 6, 2010:

• TV Viewing, Video Game Play Contribute to Kids' Attention Problems, Study Finds

Posted June 9, 2010:

• Sleep May Help You Become a 'Guitar Hero'

Posted June 8, 2010:

• Invention Provides Quicker, More Efficient Use of Surveillance Videos
• When Screen Time Becomes a Pain

Posted June 7, 2010:

• Stroke Recovery Goes 3-D: Canadian Video Game Takes Rehab to the Next Level

Posted June 3, 2010:

• Online Games New Marketing Tool for Unhealthy Foods

Posted May 28, 2010:

• Video Game Research Project to Help Blind Children Exercise

Posted April 29, 2010:

• Communication Trumps Penalties in New Study of Social-Ecological Systems

Posted April 27, 2010:

• 3-D 'Occupational Therapy' for Children: Virtual Muscle Machine for Kids With Disabilities

Posted April 22, 2010:

• Getting Families and Friends Together Again, Virtually

Posted April 15, 2010:

• Playing a Video Game Before Bedtime Has Only a Mild Effect on Adolescent Sleep

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