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Female Halo 3 gamers receive three times as many negative comments online
The male-dominated online environment in first-person-shooter games is a markedly hostile place for women. Female gamers playing Halo 3 receive roughly three times as many negative comments compared to a male player, research published in the June issue of New Media & Society found. “In summary, this study has established…
Studies show that online brain games can rehab ‘chemo brain’
Did you know that playing video games is not only good for you, but that they can make you a better person? No, this is not a plug for Steven Johnson’s 2005 book “Everything Bad is Good For You,” although if you haven’t read it, you should. There’s ample… …
Pat Robertson advises Christians to ‘flee from evil’ video games
Televangelist Pat Robertson on Thursday warned Christians that they should “flee” from any video game containing “evil.” In a letter to the TV preacher, a viewer asked if it was “safe for a Christian to enjoy video games that have magic in them, if the person playing the games is…
Former FBI profiler: ‘Video games do not cause violence’
A former FBI profiler on Sunday warned that some gun advocates were making a mistake by rushing to blame the December mass shooting of 20 children in Connecticut on violent video games. Following a CBS News report that investigators had found a “trove” of video games in the home of…
Beck: ‘Medical fact’ that video games were ‘gateway drug’ to Newtown massacre
Conservative radio host Glenn Beck opposes gun control legislation in the wake of the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut because he says that it’s a “medical fact” that video games are the “gateway drug” that lead to mass shootings. “We are, I think, the only network that is sticking to the…
New York museum adds new artistic category: Video games
Are video games a form of art? New York’s Museum of Modern Art thinks so, and starting in March several games will become an integral part of the museum’s collection. The museum, known by the acronym MoMA, has purchased 14 video games, and expects to soon increase its collection to…
Disney blockbuster looks to arcade games for inspiration
Disney is known for traditional holiday-season movies about princesses and fairy tales — but this year it has turned to the world of video games for its latest animated blockbuster. As the lucrative Halloween-Thanksgiving-Christmas period looms, “Wreck-it Ralph” plays on nostalgia for 1980s-style arcade games with the hyper-realism familiar to…
Violent video game targets feminist blogger
A short-lived online video game encouraged players to “beat up” a blogger researching sexist tropes in the gaming industry, The Huffington Post reports Though “Beat Up Anita Sarkeesian,” as the game was called, was taken down from NewGrounds, a games and animation open-submissions site, 24 hours after being posted, it’s…
Smithsonian celebrates ‘The Art of Video Games’
Video games have come a long way since the first simple adventures of Mario and Pac-Man and now enter the realm of art in a major exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington that celebrates gaming’s rich creative side and the people behind a medium that’s still in…
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