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Gamification, education and our children
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January 4, 2024 5:02 PM
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Why are we drawn to video games where we have to complete tasks that, in real life, may be unappealing or boring? Here are four games that show how the mundane can be made extraordinary and surreal.
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January 4, 2024 5:02 PM
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Why are we drawn to video games where we have to complete tasks that, in real life, may be unappealing or boring? Here are four games that show how the mundane can be made extraordinary and surreal.
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January 3, 2024 5:37 PM
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A 13-year-old from Oklahoma appears to have finally done the nearly impossible: beat Tetris.
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January 3, 2024 5:35 PM
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A mind-boggling achievement in a classic video game reveals wider lessons about the extreme limits of human performance – and how we can extend them.
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December 30, 2023 1:34 AM
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Transgender people have turned to games, some with robust character creators, as places where they can safely express themselves.
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December 29, 2023 5:33 PM
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Working with an eight-year-old boy with cerebral palsy, University of Melbourne researchers have co-designed a bespoke video game controller.
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December 16, 2023 5:36 PM
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This was a brilliant year for gaming. Here are a few titles that are a blast to play — plus plenty of hardware upgrades gamers will love.
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December 9, 2023 8:57 PM
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A kiwi gamer says he's spent around $16,000 on loot boxes, or virtual treasure chests, in online video games. Games like Counter-strike and FIFA, now EA FC, allow players to spend real money to open them, and win in game rewards. Problem gambling groups are worried about the sums of money being spent on loot boxes, which they say operate in much the same way as real-life gambling. Luka Forman has more.
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November 10, 2023 5:52 PM
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Seth Burke, 14, who uses a wheelchair, meets the Paris-based team behind hit game Just Dance.
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November 7, 2023 4:22 PM
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The stratospheric rise of esports is forcing parents and teachers to encourage the use of video games in the home and classroom as more professional gamers turn their hobby into a career.
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November 4, 2023 6:30 PM
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Rokhaya Diagne, a 25-year-old A.I. entrepreneur in Senegal, is part of a subset of Africa’s enormous youth population that is confident technology can solve the continent’s biggest problems.
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November 3, 2023 7:16 PM
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At Portland’s Retro Gaming Expo, you can explore rows of arcade games, a market for rare consoles and a hard-core “Tetris” tournament.
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October 28, 2023 5:46 PM
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Call of Duty’s impact on gaming is indisputable. The franchise remains one of the biggest in the world.
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October 24, 2023 6:57 PM
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Grant Stoner said that he has loved playing video games his entire life, and that his earliest memory is of playing Super Nintendo in his parents’ bedroom at roughly 3 years old.
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October 23, 2023 6:51 PM
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AI is opening up a new frontier for video games: endless open worlds, unique content and autonomous characters.
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October 13, 2023 9:37 PM
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The annual comic book and entertainment convention in New York City is a cult favourite. Some attendees shell out thousands to go.
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October 12, 2023 6:04 PM
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What are the climate consequences of developing video games? When an independent studio made its sixth game, it decided to find out.
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September 30, 2023 7:01 PM
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The Atari home video game system took the late1970s and early 1980s by storm, complete with faux wood paneling and a classic joystick with a big red button. Rival systems eventually surpassed the video-game pioneer but its iconic status, and fans, remained.
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September 30, 2023 5:37 AM
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Melbourne was locked down when 76-year-old Harry King decided to use a stereotypically youthful passion to stay in touch with his grandson.
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September 20, 2023 9:05 PM
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They grew up playing ‘Madden NFL,’ the megahit video game. Now they’re using it to teach in college and the pros.
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September 13, 2023 5:42 PM
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Steam is 20 years old. The company’s got a cute walk down memory lane to help celebrate, too. But don’t go looking there for a history of Steam itself... perhaps because Steam was a tad controversial?
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September 6, 2023 6:29 AM
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With films, theme parks and live events, Nintendo is growing beyond its core gaming market.
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September 6, 2023 6:21 AM
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Todd Howard tells the BBC his team wondered if they 'were in over our heads' when creating the game.
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September 4, 2023 6:41 PM
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From Donkey Kong and Bach to Tetris and Tchaikovsky, music in video games is vast and varied, yet some still associate it with 8-bit electronics.
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September 2, 2023 5:11 PM
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The term sports injury evokes images of season-ending torn ACLs or broken legs, but in the world of esports, smaller injuries can be just as catastrophic for a player’s career.
