Man sentenced for selling stolen video games (Charleston Daily Mail)
CHARLESTON, W.Va.--A Charleston man will spend two years on probation for stealing video games and accessories from Target and taking them a few doors down to GameStop to sell for cash. Daniel A. Trapp, 33, of Homer Street, pleaded guilty before Kanawha C...
Clinic opens for children addicted to video games and the internet (Times Online)
Doctors claim to have opened the first dedicated clinic in Britain to treat children addicted to video games and other technology.
Video games teach more than violence (The Red and Black)
The latest studies indicate tomorrow’s psycho killers are being trained not in some dank Saudi bunker, but in our very own living rooms. A statistical analysis of 130 studies from the U.S., Europe and Japan suggests playing violent video games increases aggression and decreases empathy. Video games have long been a boogeyman to many interest groups worried [...]
New 'British Inspiration Awards' Will Include Video Games (Gamasutra)
UK politicians announced cross-party support for the UK government's new "British Inspiration Awards," which will include categories for varying creative cultural sectors, including video games. Prime Minister Gordon Brown MP, Conservative Leader David Cameron MP and Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg MP jointly announced the new awards on Tuesday. The inaugural BIAs will take place Friday ...
Study Finds That Video Games Hinder Learning In Young Boys (Slashdot)
dcollins writes "Researchers at Denison University in Ohio have shown that giving PlayStations to young boys leads to slower progress in reading and writing skills. Quoting: 'The study is the first controlled trial to look at the effects of playing video games on learning in young boys. That is to say, the findings aren't based on survey data of kids' game habits, but instead on a specific group ...
Game Trading Technologies, Inc. Acquires Over 320,000 Video Games for Refurbishment and Redistribution (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Game Trading Technologies, Inc. , a leading game trading services provider focused on technology, supply and services in the fast growing, pre-owned video game market, announced today that it has purchased over 320,000 units of video games and accessories assisting a national retail firm in monetizing defective and slow moving retail and rental merchandise. Â
Video games can disrupt schoolwork: study (Sydney Morning Herald)
Parents who fear that buying a video game system will hurt their kids' schoolwork might be right.
Popular Ramsey County library system adds video games to its list of attractions (MinnPost)
Popular Ramsey County library system adds video games to its list of attractions By Joe Kimball | Monday, March 15, 2010 The addition of video games comes at a time of record use for Ramsey County's seven-branch suburban library system. Its new Roseville library opens in July and will feature a new radio frequency identification system that will help the system track its materials.
Video Games May Hinder Learning for Boys (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)
Parents who buy their children a video game system might want to be careful that all the fun doesn't interfere with their learning. A new study suggests owning a game system could hinder academic development, at least for young boys.
Vallejo man has fun with music for video games (Vallejo Times-Herald)
If the video game or toy whistles, whines, whoops or warbles, Wolfgang Wein of Vallejo may well have made it happen. The Innsbruck, Austria native composes music and other sounds for toys and video games in his home studio as well as playing bass in a jazz band and
