#studies

I was just listening to NPR and this story came up about some new very scientific study about how people who say…

Video games have their rockstars. But they're not the same kind of rockstars as the ones who strut around in dresses…

Getting old is never easy. Candy tastes less sweet. Hangovers get ever more brutal. Pop music becomes increasingly…

If you are old, you should probably play video games. Really, everyone should play video games. But especially if…

With video games so consistently a topic in the mass media's examinations of the recent Sandy Hook shooting, we…

This is rather interesting: a study floating around over the past few days (and documented in the above video)…

Guild Wars, the first game, didn't offer a whole array of character races for players to choose from. Players were…

The battle over whether and how violent media damage the youth of the world who consume them continues apace.…

Sneaking in a little World of Warcraft during business hours is probably a great way to get yourself fired from…

It seems that violent games may indeed desensitize players—but in a way that can actually be helpful.

Many years ago, researchers confirmed the existence of the "Lady Macbeth Effect." The gist of it is that we humans…

It's good timing for everyone to be excited about Call of Duty: Black Ops II, it seems. New research finds that…

Free-to-play games are all the rage here in 2012. With MMOs, social games, and mobile games leading the way, some…

Studies in the past have found that winning competitions can make you mean, and we've all seen the stereotype of…

It's become a well-worn truism over the past few years now that video games, far from being "just for kids," appeal…

Researchers have looked at mainstream video games for years, trying to determine the effects games have on…

A number of recent research studies conducted on games and gamers have found a generally positive trend in the…

Apparently, being a gracious victor in a competitive situation really is hard to do.

It's been close to thirty years since video games began their great leap from arcades to living rooms, and for all…

For many years, researchers have conducted various studies on the effects games and play can have on the aging brain.