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Games and computer use healthy for kids, says reasonable psychologist.
By now, we’ve heard the tired and rather baseless complaints that gaming makes children antisocial and violent. While stepping away from the console (especially for those more formative years) is important, psychologist Peter Gray writes an extended piece for Psychology Today explaining why kids SHO
FLASHBACK OF THE DAY: Bart Simpson paints the town yellow.
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Are PCs just imitating consoles?
There’s been some speculation recently how a prohibitively expensive and complex media platform like a PC could continue to survive financially. Then, as if in response to these fears, Alienware unleashed this new curiosity: a slimmed-down personal computer that looks so much like an Xbox 360 that m
What do Cormac McCarthy and Alan Wake have in common? (Aside from writing, of course.)
Remedy’s thriller Alan Wake has always been built around atmosphere, initially aping the cool, detached creepiness of the American Northwest. For the latest episode of the tale, Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, the eponymous author finds himself in the American Southwest battling his alter-ego Mr. Sc
Next on Apple’s list of game-changers: school.
Ever seen those funny but vaguely disturbing youtube videos of toddlers becoming frustrated and confused when their magazines don’t automatically resize or reorient themselves at the brush of a finger? Apparently, Apple realized that it was on to something—the company recently announced a partnershi
Kickstarter of the Day: "Help!" could give you an extra life.
Joseph Reilly says “Help!” could save our lives. Or give us clout in a legal battle. The app, designed for Android and iPhone, supposedly begins recording as soon as you tap the icon, sends it to a secure server, and transmits the data to people of your choosing. This could have a number of applicat
Motion-capture actors are still actors. So why aren’t they treated that way?
Nominees for the 2012 academy awards were announced this week. And once again much to Andy Serkis’s irritation, he’s not getting the credit he deserves: “The acting community has worries about performance capture because they believe it’s some form of replacement for performance when in fact, it’s t
Rap Map #8: Starlito
Welcome back to the Rap Map, where we speak with rappers about videogames. Today we’re talking with Starlito, whose Stepbrothers, a collaborative mixtape with the rapper Mr. Don Trip, won heavy acclaim throughout the rap world. I was talking to Mr. Don Trip earlier, and he said that you guys met thr
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