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9/1/2010 — Video Game Distracts Patients from Pain — KOLR-TV (MO)
9/1/2010 — Magna cum Pac-Man — The Post and Courier (SC)
8/31/2010 — Who says video games aren't art? — CNN
8/30/2010 — Dodging the oil-spill bullet but still looking for jobs — The Sarasota Herald Tribune (FL)
8/30/2010 — Video gaming software development growining in Wisconsin — The Post-Crescent (WI)
8/30/2010 — Game on at ACU — Abilene Reporter News (TX)
8/29/2010 — Training retooled for road workers — The Advocate (LA)
8/26/2010 — Georgia a hotspot in video game development — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
8/24/2010 — ISU students sought for video game development competition — Ames Tribune (IA)
8/24/2010 — Play Hard, Work Hard — Ashland Daily Tidings (OR)
8/23/2010 — Video Game Economics — The Washington Post
8/22/2010 — Rocklin's Sierra College gets serious about video games — The Sacramento Bee (CA)
8/20/2010 — Boston University center on Moody Street teaches 3-D animation — Daily News Tribune (MA)
8/19/2010 — Universities turn to Wii Fit as way of examining concussions — The Washington Post
8/18/2010 — The importance of video game history — CNN
8/17/2010 — List of Texas colleges and universities offering video game courses and degrees — Dallas Morning News
8/17/2010 — Video games sweep education — Kansas City Business Journal (MO)
8/17/2010 — Pittsburgh starts to earn name in video training circles — The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (PA)
8/16/2010 — Study: Massachusetts Makes Gamers — Worcester Business Journal (MA)
8/16/2010 — Number of gaming industry degrees rises 20% — Austin Business Journal (TX)
8/14/2010 — Kalamazoo-area game company part of a small but growing industry in Michigan — Kalamazoo Gazette
8/13/2010 — NewsWatch: Entertainment software sector adds $106 million — The Gazette
8/11/2010 — Video game industry brings $48M into state — New Haven Register
8/11/2010 — Report: Games boost economy — The Advocate
8/11/2010 — N.C. remains a top gaming hub — News and Observer
8/11/2010 — Game industry adds billions to U.S. economy — MSNBC
8/11/2010 — Business Briefs: Game software adds $28M to state economy — The Detroit News
8/10/2010 — Video Games Impact the Economy More Than You Think — CNBC
8/10/2010 — Game Industry Pumps Nearly $5 Billion in GDP — USA Today
8/10/2010 — Gaming industry had $52M impact for firms in Boulder County, rest of state last year — Daily Camera
8/10/2010 — Entertainment software gives Arizona's economy a $60M boost — Phoenix Business Journal
8/10/2010 — Dallas: A Gamer's Paradise? — Dallas Business Journal
8/10/2010 — Study: Game industry added $490 million boost in Texas — San Antonio Express-News
8/10/2010 — Video game industry added $270 million to New York economy — Democrat and Chronicle
8/10/2010 — Hawaii's Video Game Industry: New Study Shows Millions of Dollars Added to Hawaii State Economy — Hawaii Reporter
8/10/2010 — Video game firms add $180m to Mass. economy, study says — The Boston Globe
8/10/2010 — Golden State still golden for game industry employment with 4 out of 10 jobs in California — LA Times Blog
8/9/2010 — When Playing Videogames At Work Makes Dollars And Sense — Forbes
8/9/2010 — Medical students believe video games can help them become better doctors — Med.Umich.edu
8/4/2010 — In a Video Game, Tackling the Complexities of Protein Folding — The New York Times
8/4/2010 — Video Game Hall of Fame inducting Pac-Man and pals — USA Today
8/3/2010 — 'Wii-hab': Video Game Therapy — ABC News
8/2/2010 — FTC hopes web game will teach kids about advertising — KOMO-TV (WA)
7/30/2010 — Video game teaches cell microbiology — United Press International
7/30/2010 — Maryland's video gaming industry packs a punch — The Gazette (MD)
7/29/2010 — Computer Game Helps Nurses Master Drug Calculations — Science Daily
7/28/2010 — Why does the media still think video games are bad for kids? — CNN Tech
7/28/2010 — Video-game concerts, a movement that's more than a blip on orchestral landscape — The Washington Post
7/26/2010 — UCF gets $434K NIH grant — Orlando Business Journal (FL)
7/25/2010 — Blumenthal Takes On The Zombies — Hartford Courant (CT)
7/22/2010 — Governor signs incentives, jobs bill — News 14 Carolina (NC)
7/19/2010 — How Playing Videogames Can Boost Your Career — Forbes
7/16/2010 — How gamers might help bring about social change — Adweek
7/16/2010 — Video Game For Older Drivers Reduces Crash Risk — Hartford Courant blog (CT)
7/15/2010 — Why Video Games Crush All Media — Forbes blog
7/15/2010 — Tech camps teach kids to create video games — Houston Chronicle (TX)
7/14/2010 — Let's Hope the Supreme Court Agrees That AB 1179 Is Unconstitutional- It's Is 'Nanny Statism' At its worst — Flashreport.org
7/12/2010 — State's violent video game law goes supreme — KGO-TV (CA)
7/11/2010 — Everyone and Their Mother's a Gamer — Adweek.com
7/11/2010 — Carnegie Mellon grads serious about games — Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (PA)
7/8/2010 — Gameworld: Motion games broaden uses beyond exercise — Reuters
7/8/2010 — Animators, video game makers drawn to Michigan — The Detroit News (MI)
7/7/2010 — Calling all gamers: UCR hosting summer video game academy — Southwest Riverside News Network (CA)
7/5/2010 — Revolution Needed for Teaching Literacy in a Digital Age — The Huffington Post
7/5/2010 — Doctors: Videogame like surgery device medical breakthrough — KNXV-TV (AZ)
6/29/2010 — Gaming Degree a Sign of the Times — The News Journal (DE)
6/29/2010 — NASA Introducing "Moonbase Alpha", a 3-D Game Set on the Moon — Popular Science
6/28/2010 — School Uses Video Games To Teach Thinking Skills — NPR
6/26/2010 — Editorial: Video Game Decisions Best Left to Parents — Northwest Herald (IL)
6/23/2010 — Video Game Generation Taking Over — WTFX-TV (PA)
6/23/2010 — Chevrolet and Microsoft Team Up for Volt 'Test Drives' on the Xbox 360 — Cnet
6/22/2010 — Health Watch: Wii Fit And Brain Damage Rehab — WCBS TV (NY)
6/22/2010 — To Get Away From Soccer, Players Play More Soccer — Associated Press
6/22/2010 — Gaza Video Game Highlights Enclave's Hazards — Agence France-Presse
6/18/2010 — Kids' Computer Characters Take Form at Tech Camp — The Coloradoan (CO)
6/15/2010 — Video Games to Triple Music Market by 2014 — Financial Times
6/11/2010 — Video-Game Heaven Comes to Brogan — Tallahassee Democrat (FL)
6/4/2010 — Culture Shock — Northfield News (MN)
6/1/2010 — A Powerful Teaching Tool That's Fun Too — The Kalamazoo Gazette (MI)
5/27/2010 — Video Game Helps Kids Wise up to Advertising — The Chicago Tribune
5/27/2010 — Cutting Edge Alternative to Physical Education Program Offered in Idaho — KTVB-TV (ID)
5/26/2010 — Virtual Pain Can Yield Real-world Gain — The Boston Globe
5/26/2010 — O'Connor, in NY, Gives Schools Poor Civics Marks — The Associated Press
5/26/2010 — Fleet Considering Video Games to Tone Recruits — The Navy Times
5/26/2010 — APA: Virtual Reality May Help Relieve PTSD — MedPageToday.com
5/25/2010 — Saving the World, One Hit Point at a Time — New Scientist Magazine
5/25/2010 — “Experimental” Videogame Theme Park and Resort Planned — Game Politics
5/24/2010 — Ford Assembly Line Optimized by Gaming Technology — BusinessWeek
5/23/2010 — Designers Create Video Games to Teach Kids About Healthy Diets — The Washington Post
5/22/2010 — Game Designers' Bright Future — CBS Evening News
5/22/2010 — Theme Park 'Rock Band' Debuts at Dorney Park in Allentown on Friday — The Morning Call (PA)
5/21/2010 — Mayo Clinic Explores the Virtual World of Second Life — MedCityNews.com
5/18/2010 — Another View: Editorial wrong about California's violent game law — The Portland Press Herald
5/17/2010 — DODEA Overhauling Vocational Programs — Stars and Stripes
5/17/2010 — Wake Forest's Videogame Featured at the White House — LocalTechWire.com
5/17/2010 — Heart Group Backs Video Games in Obesity Campaign — The Associated Press
5/17/2010 — Are Video Games the Answer to College Counseling Shortage? — EcampusNews.com
5/16/2010 — Using Online Games to Get Movie Audiences Involved — The New York Times
5/16/2010 — For Cultural Lessons, Military Turns to Training by Avatar — Daily Press (VA)
5/14/2010 — Turn the Virtual into Reality — The UCLA Daily Bruin
5/14/2010 — Feds Expand Virtual Worlds Use — Federal News Radio
5/12/2010 — Expert: 3-D Games Can Help Ease Pain, Anxiety — CBS News
5/12/2010 — NU Has Game for Kids: Pest Control — Associated Press
5/10/2010 — Editorial: Video Games Don’t Cause Children to be Violent — US News and World Report
5/9/2010 — UNF Creates Gaming and Mobile App Program to Meet Booming Student Demand — The Florida Times-Union
5/8/2010 — Dangerous Playthings? Berks DA, Experts See No Need to Regulate Violent Video Games — Reading Eagle (PA)
5/7/2010 — ‘No Quarter’: Can Videogames Grow Up? — The Wall Street Journal Blog
5/6/2010 — Avatars Go to School, Letting Students Get a Feel for the Work World — The New York Times
5/6/2010 — Editorial: Video Games and Free Speech — The New York Times
5/4/2010 — Q&A: A Real Study of Virtual Worlds — Digits: A Wall Street Journal Blog
5/4/2010 — Let parents decide on children's video games — The Denver Post
5/3/2010 — Wii Applaud Games with Cops Event — York Dispatch (PA)
5/3/2010 — FTC Game Teaches Kids about Ads — Game Politics
5/2/2010 — Learning with Fun and Games — The Charlotte Observer (NC)
5/1/2010 — Op-ed Column: The Court as Mr. Fix-It? — The New York Times
5/1/2010 — Editorial: Judging Video Games — Los Angeles Times
4/29/2010 — Scouts Honor: Video Games Will Do Good Things — NPR
4/28/2010 — Editorial: Video Games are Protected Speech — The Los Angeles Times
4/28/2010 — Boy Scouts to get Video Game Awards — CNET
4/28/2010 — Violent Video Games — The Diane Rehm Show
4/27/2010 — Supreme Court to Hear Videogames Case — The Wall Street Journal
4/27/2010 — Supreme Court to Enter Fight over Violent Video Games — The Washington Post
4/26/2010 — Doctors Make Game out of Learning Infection Control — American Medical News
4/26/2010 — Justices to Consider Law Limiting the Sale of Violent Video Games — The New York Times
4/26/2010 — Using Virtual Reality To Make Nuclear Reality Safer — NPR
4/26/2010 — Blog: Could Violence Become 'Obscene' in Law? — First Amendment Watch
4/26/2010 — Top court to rule on state video game regulation — MSNBC
4/23/2010 — 3-D Video Gaming Aspires to Become Spectacle — Associated Press
4/23/2010 — ‘If I can Dream it I can Create it’ — Marshalltown Times-Republican (IA)
4/23/2010 — Airmen to Live Out Their Careers In Cyberspace — National Defense Magazine
4/23/2010 — The Business Game — Jdeshiel.Wordpress.com
4/23/2010 — New Video Game Academy Won't be Child's Play — Houston Chronicle (TX)
4/22/2010 — Video Game Helps Alcoholics Prevent Relapse — The Orlando Sentinel (FL)
4/21/2010 — Quality Gains Through a Virtual World — Industry Week
4/21/2010 — Video Games and Injured Vets — Federal News Radio
4/20/2010 — Students Take Video Games to National Competition — KTRK-TV (TX)
4/20/2010 — New Gaming Degree Program ‘Wildly Popular' at GMU — The Fairfax Times (VA)
4/18/2010 — Program Teaches Students Science of Video Games — Richmond-Times Dispatch (VA)
4/13/2010 — Avatar II: The Hospital — The Wall Street Journal
4/12/2010 — Red Hill Studios Wins NIH Grant for Interactive Game — North Bay Business Journal (CA)
4/11/2010 — NIU Professor Brings Video Games to Class — Associated Press
4/11/2010 — Weber State Researcher Discovers Good of Gaming — Deseret News (UT)
4/9/2010 — Stony Brook Gets Serious About Games — The Stony Brook University Independent (NY)
4/9/2010 — Professor to Show Real-life Applications of Video-game Technology at Quest — Oswego.edu
4/8/2010 — Avatars Rising in the Enterprise — Computer World
4/8/2010 — Diabetes Is No Fun, but It Can Be a Game — BusinessWeek
4/8/2010 — Cousteau Leads UVA Research Game — WVIR-TV (VA)
4/7/2010 — The Future of Mine Safety Training — WSAZ-TV (WV)
4/6/2010 — UPS Thinks Out of the Box on Driver Training — The Wall Street Journal
4/5/2010 — Gaming Degrees Grow in Popularity and Application — NPR
4/5/2010 — Staying Strong in Video Games — The News and Observer (NC)
4/2/2010 — For Pro Athletes, Practice That’s All in the Thumbs — The New York Times
4/2/2010 — From pong to Pinball, Fun's a Thing of the Past at Beacon Arcade — The Poughkeepsie Journal (NY)
3/31/2010 — More Than Child's Play — Business Lexington (KY)
3/29/2010 — Video Game Technology Extends to Heart of Africa — San Jose Mercury News (CA)
3/25/2010 — Women and Gaming — Forbes
3/24/2010 — Play These Video Games to Perform Better in Life — KNDO / KNDU – TV (WA)
3/23/2010 — At Indiana U., a Class on Game Design Has Students Playing to Win — The Chronicle of Higher Education
3/17/2010 — Program at Bailly Helps Pupils Cultivate Cognitive Skills — Post-Tribune (IN)
3/13/2010 — Rah-rah for Algebra — The New York Post
3/9/2010 — Teacher turns classic video game system into educational tool — Utica Observer-Dispatch (NY)
3/9/2010 — PE Class Combines Exercise and Video Game — OzarksFirst.com (MO)
3/8/2010 — Looking in-depth at video games — Laramie Boomerang (WY)
3/4/2010 — MSU develops video game to help kids avoid landmines — MSU News (MI)
3/3/2010 — Not Just Fun and Games — Campus Technology Magazine
3/1/2010 — Online game seeks to empower Africa — CNN
3/1/2010 — Random House Sets Out to Apply Storytelling Skills to Videogames — Wall Street Journal
2/28/2010 — USC ranked No. 1 among video-game design programs — USA Today
2/28/2010 — Video Games May Help Combat Depression in Older Adults — ScienceDaily
2/28/2010 — Video gaming captivates not only the young in years; it's becoming a family affair as moms and dads relive years of original video consoles — Wooster Daily Record (OH)
2/27/2010 — Louisiana cities blaze the trail for economic development — The Missoulian (MT)
2/26/2010 — Pac Rat: The fight to preserve old video games from bit rot, obsolescence, and cultural oblivion — The Atlantic
2/25/2010 — In Development at Champlain College: a Video Game to Help Prevent Domestic Violence — Chronicle of Higher Education
2/25/2010 — Wii Games Speed Stroke Rehab — WebMD Health News
2/24/2010 — Growing up gaming — New Times of San Luis Obispo (CA)
2/23/2010 — League of gamers — ESPN.com
2/23/2010 — Money Matters: Teaching seniors to avoid money fraud — NY1
2/22/2010 — Future animators, developers offered more options at colleges and universities — Newark Star-Ledger (NJ)
2/22/2010 — Purdue assistant professor develops suicide prevention educational material — The Journal and Courier (IN)
2/22/2010 — Playpower offers video games, skills to youth internationally — The Carnigie Mellon University Tartan (PA)
2/22/2010 — Fashion 2.0: New video games help kids try the field on for size — New York Daily News
2/22/2010 — For Mature Audiences Only: Video Game Ratings — NPR
2/22/2010 — Turning Flat Photos Into 3-Dimensional Buildings — New York Times
2/22/2010 — Handing the city over to nerds — Philadelphia Metro (PA)
2/22/2010 — Winning video game creation nets Santa Rosa man's team $100,000 — Santa Rosa Press Democrat (CA)
2/19/2010 — Video Games Teaching Students Math — WCIV-TV, Charleston, SC
2/11/2010 — WPI Students Garner Credits for Helping to Create New Video Game — WPI News (MA)
2/7/2010 — New game warns of abusive relationships — Central Florida Future
2/7/2010 — A High-Tech Alternative for Hollywood Hopefuls — The New York Times
2/2/2010 — DU students pursuing degrees in gaming — KDVR-TV, Denver, CO
2/2/2010 — Minnesota Zoo releases new chapter in wolf game — Minneapolis Star-Tribune (MN) blog
1/29/2010 — E. Boston students make game of history — Boston Globe
1/28/2010 — DigiPen gets new campus, teaching kids game development — Seattle Times
1/28/2010 — ASU students creating video games for education — Arizona State University State Press
1/26/2010 — Colleges play into demand for video-game developers — The Denver Post (CO)
1/25/2010 — Game Changers: How Videogames Trained a Generation of Athletes — Wired
1/21/2010 — Video Gamers: Size of Brain Structures Predicts Success — ScienceDaily
1/20/2010 — Apps And Videogames To Keep You Healthy — Forbes.com
1/20/2010 — Business gets smart, video game style — CNNMoney.com
1/19/2010 — Why Berklee is teaching its students to compose scores for video games — Boston Globe
1/12/2010 — Virtual Reality Tele-Rehab Improves Hand Function: Playing Games for Real Recovery — ScienceDaily
1/11/2010 — Partnership Helps Parents Protect Children Online — KCNC-TV, Denver, CO
1/11/2010 — Videogaming Weathers the Storm — AdWeek
1/11/2010 — Art Institute of Washington holds first Gigacon, an animation convention — Washington Post
1/8/2010 — Chicago Transit Barred From Banning Video Game Ads — Associated Press
1/7/2010 — When Play Means Pay: Video Game Jobs On The Rise — NPR
1/4/2010 — The cognitive benefits of video games — Time.com
1/2/2010 — Games for change - Let’s educate digital kids — Naples Daily News (FL)

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