Research + News | Topic: Video Games
May 2, 2016
Study Finds Video Games May Have Positive Effects on Kids
Researchers at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health and colleagues at Paris Descartes University and a number of other European universities assessed the association between the amount of time spent playing video games and children’s mental health and cognitive and social skills. They found that playing video games may have positive effects on young children.
Read the full article here.
Mar 11, 2016
Everything You Need to Know About Minecraft
Common Sense Media provides the scoop on this incredible — and incredibly absorbing — game, from how to play, how to “speak Minecraft,” and how to choose videos, games, and apps for every age. Read the article here.
Jan 13, 2016
Smoking Gun: Kids Overexposed To ‘Cool’ Cigarettes In Their Video Games
Jan 11, 2016
Certain Adolescent Brains Can’t Stop Gaming. That’s Good and Bad – Here’s Why
Psychologists refer to the addiction as Internet gaming disorder, identified as a “condition for further study” in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Read the article here.
Jan 6, 2016
When Video Games Become An Addiction
Can video games be addictive? One U.S. expert has no doubts. Read the article and view the video here.
Dec 16, 2015
10 Things Every Parent Should Know About Gaming
The Fuller Youth Institute passes along helpful information for parents of gamers.
Read the article here.
Dec 11, 2015
How to Parent (or Teach) a Gamer
Tim Elmore says “the greatest way parents can help children with heavy gaming tendencies is to re-introduce external stimuli and pair those experiences with meaningful conversations.”
Read the rest of his blog post here.
Nov 25, 2015
Pornhub’s Traffic Dipped Significantly the Day Fallout 4 Came Out
Statistics were reported to show a decline in pornography use immediately following the release of a popular video game. Read more here.
Oct 29, 2015
10 Most Violent Video Games of 2015 (And What to Play Instead)
Common Sense Media has this advice about violent video games, “when you need to say no — and these games prove that sometimes you have to — it helps to have solid alternatives.”
Read the rest of the article here.
Oct 26, 2015
Every Big Video Game Coming Out This Fall
There are lots of video games coming out over the next few months. View the list of upcoming releases here.