Tag: Games/Gaming
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From the gaming trenches
This weekend I’ve had a chance to spend some time with a young cousin of mine who has just recently gotten into the “gaming thing”. As a new gamer she is very serious about what she does and feels that it is very important to get through the stories. Is this childish enthusiasm? Too much…
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Pixel Style Transfers
eLearning Post directed me to this article “Play and learn”” by David Stonehouse that has a couple of interesting points raised by Steve Johnson (Discover article). Johnson says in this recent article that violent games like GTASA help to reduce violent juvenile crimes by giving “thrill seekers an escape”. Pointing to a study (Child Well-Being…
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APA on violent games – post 100
Ok, this is just a quick link to a story that Canoe ran about what the APA said about violent games. They say that violence in games is having an effect on kids and recommend that children be taught media literacy, that games show consequences for actions and that a rating system should be in…
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The Economist on Games
I found an interesting story by the “high brow” press (The Economist) that actually has a very even handed look at gaming and it’s impact in society. It even mention’s gaming in education and Prensky’s “digital natives”. One of the points it makes is that there is a divide between the generations who “get games”…
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Rock’n Hot Coffee
When GTASA first came out, I had a feeling that it was going to rock the world in terms of game play and what it would do to those who fear games that extoll violence. I also knew that if I could, I would make sure that if I had any say in it, my…