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I was just listening to NPR and this story came up about some new very scientific study about how people who say "like"…
Artists, Even Game Developers, Are Weird. That's A Good Thing.
Video games have their rockstars. But they're not the same kind of rockstars as the ones who strut around in dresses…
Scientists Use StarCraft II To Prove How Scary Aging Is
Getting old is never easy. Candy tastes less sweet. Hangovers get ever more brutal. Pop music becomes increasingly…
Playing Video Games Makes Old People Happier, New Study Says
If you are old, you should probably play video games. Really, everyone should play video games. But especially if…
25 Video Game Violence Studies, Summarized
With video games so consistently a topic in the mass media's examinations of the recent Sandy Hook shooting, we decided…
Want To Be A Better Surgeon? Play Video Games.
This is rather interesting: a study floating around over the past few days (and documented in the above video)…
In A World Full of Fantastic Fictions to Try, Guild Wars 2 Players Remain Fixated On Humans
Guild Wars, the first game, didn't offer a whole array of character races for players to choose from. Players were…
Latest Study To Look At Violent Video Games Claims They Make Teenagers More Aggressive
The battle over whether and how violent media damage the youth of the world who consume them continues apace. Today's…
Playing MMORPGs Can Actually Make You Better At Your Job
Sneaking in a little World of Warcraft during business hours is probably a great way to get yourself fired from most…
Playing Violent Video Games Actually Makes You Feel Less Pain, Researchers Find
It seems that violent games may indeed desensitize players—but in a way that can actually be helpful.
Players New to Violent Games Feel The Need to Go Wash Away the Moral Distress After
Many years ago, researchers confirmed the existence of the "Lady Macbeth Effect." The gist of it is that we humans…
Shooting Virtual People Makes You Better at Paying Attention, Science Says
It's good timing for everyone to be excited about Call of Duty: Black Ops II, it seems. New research finds that…
Nearly 40% Of The US Population Enjoys Free-To-Play Games, And Bunches Of Them Pay
Free-to-play games are all the rage here in 2012. With MMOs, social games, and mobile games leading the way, some…
Studies Linking Game Violence with Real-World Aggression May All Be Wrong
Studies in the past have found that winning competitions can make you mean, and we've all seen the stereotype of the…
Kids Spend Less Than 20% of Their Media Time Playing Video Games, Study Finds
It's become a well-worn truism over the past few years now that video games, far from being "just for kids," appeal to…
Certain Video Games Can Help Kids Beat Cancer, Researchers Say
Researchers have looked at mainstream video games for years, trying to determine the effects games have on players'…
Nearly 6 Million Years of World of Warcraft Healthy for Players' Brains
A number of recent research studies conducted on games and gamers have found a generally positive trend in the effect…
Research Finds That Winning Makes You Mean
Apparently, being a gracious victor in a competitive situation really is hard to do.
Wii Fit Doesn't Actually Make Kids Fit
It's been close to thirty years since video games began their great leap from arcades to living rooms, and for all of…
World of Warcraft is Good for Grandparents' Brains
For many years, researchers have conducted various studies on the effects games and play can have on the aging brain.