gonintendo.com Do you have a grandpa that plays video games? I certainly don’t and I never did! You guys might be in a different situation though. Some grandpas might like to game, but today’s gaming situation is a lot different from what it was 20 years
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  • Money Guy: At $0.20 per play, Video Games are King of New Media
    gamepolitics.com Sure, at $50 or $60 bucks a pop, video games aren't cheap.But Steve Harmon, who describes himself an investor and entrepreneur, claims that the retail cost averages out to a mere twenty
    1 year ago
  • Nannies Upset by Children Playing Video Games
    gamingangels.com When there is a problem with kids the first thought is often to blame is video games. And that’s exactly what a [...]
    1 month ago
  • Your Homework is Play Video Games
    slashdot.org GuitarNeophyte writes "Four schools in the UK will be testing a new program idea to use video games for educational use. An IT researcher, along with Electronic Arts (the software game giant) are funding the proposition. 'We're looking at developing some
    4 years ago
  • Survey: More Parents Playing Video Games (AP)
    news.yahoo.com AP - In a sign that video games are becoming more popular as family entertainment, a national survey released Thursday indicates joysticks aren't just for kids.
    4 years ago
  • Survey: More Parents Playing Video Games (AP)
    yahoo.com AP - In a sign that video games are becoming more popular as family entertainment, a national survey released Thursday indicates joysticks aren't just for kids.
    4 years ago
  • Survey: More parents playing video games
    usatoday.com In a sign that video games are becoming more popular as family entertainment, a national survey released Thursday indicates joysticks ...
    4 years ago
  • One in three parents play video games
    msnbc.com In a sign that video games are becoming more popular as family entertainment, a national survey indicates joysticks aren't just for kids.
    4 years ago
  • Go To Jail, Play Video Games?
    digg.com Prison isn't all fun and games, but a new program in Oregon finds that some games actually produce better prisoners. A recent incentive program allows inmates to purchase a US$35 game console after 18 months without disciplinary problems, and to play thei
    4 years ago
  • Guard at Three Mile Island plays video game, ignores inspector
    tgdaily.com The Associated Press is reporting that a security guard at the infamous Three Mile Island nuclear power plant was concentrating so much on a hand-held video game that he failed a surprise security inspection.
    3 years ago
  • Seniors Staying in Shape By Playing Video Games
    n4g.com New Games Get Users Off the Couch. By Lori Corbin Nov. 7, 2007 (KABC-TV) - Once blamed for hooking kids to television, video games might just the ticket to get our game on. Fitness-wise that is. Young and old alike are becoming hu
    2 years ago
  • Is it OK for adults to play video games?
    n4g.com There was a time where video games were once the domain of young children and 'computer geeks'. Nowadays it's a multi billion dollar industry, with some games receiving the hype usually reserved for Hollywood blockbuster. But can a gamer confidently talk
    2 years ago
  • Play Video Games? Join the Army!
    gamegrep.com Are you good at video games and live in Arizona? Army recruiters want to see your skills with America's Army! The enlistment rates are so low that the military is trying to come up with creative ideas, so what better than to target video gamers? It's n
    2 years ago
  • By The Numbers: Who Really Plays Video Games
    n4g.com Video games and gamers have long been associated with the younger crowd (AKA: kids). However, according to a report from the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the public perception of the gaming demographic couldn’t be further from the truth. Chec
    1 year ago
  • Turns Out It's The Kids Who Don't Play Video Games Who Are Most At Risk
    techdirt.com Time and time again we see headlines blaring out about how dangerous violent video games are, with politicians insisting they need to do something to "protect the children." However, every time you look closely at the research, you discover there's
    1 year ago
  • Athletes play Video Games as Olympics go virtual
    i4u.com  By John Gaudiosi RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - If 24-hour coverage of the Olympic Games in China isn't enough for fans, Sega has rolled out the official video game of the 2008 events in Beijing for PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
    1 year ago
  • Athletes play Video Games as Olympics go virtual
    i4u.com  By John Gaudiosi RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - If 24-hour coverage of the Olympic Games in China isn't enough for fans, Sega has rolled out the official video game of the 2008 events in Beijing for PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
    1 year ago
  • Some people are born to compete in the Olympics. Others - to play video games. Or so they thought.
    gamegrep.com One man. 24 hours. And a box full of video games. It was a deathmatch made in... well, somewhere in the back of a GameStop, probably. Oh, with that PS2 controller gripped tightly in his clammy little hand, it had seemed so easy...
    1 year ago
  • Old People: Play Video Games, Maybe Get a Break on Car Insurance [Geezers At The Wheel]
    kotaku.com Is President Palmer still doing the Allstate insurance ads? Why didn't he tell us about this? It seems the U.S. auto policy underwriter wants to test whether video games can help make 50-year-olds...
    1 year ago
  • Don't worry - America's still playing video games
    halo.bungie.org It looks like for the first time since March 2006, retail sales of video game software (year over year - that is, for the current month compared to the same month last year) will decline in September. However, Wedbush Morgan analyst Morgan Pachter says d
    1 year ago
  • Vote, Don't Play Video Games, Obama Ad Suggests
    gamepolitics.com A new get-out-the-vote ad for Barack Obama includes a shot of a Wii controller accompanied by the words "You Can't Make History From Here."In other words, put down your video game for a while and go vote. A sofa and a cubicle
    1 year ago

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