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12/28/2008 — Georgia’s video game industry heating up — Atlanta Journal-Constitution
12/28/2008 — Aliens Are Attacking. Cue the Strings. — New York Times
12/24/2008 — Video Games: Still Booming in a Bad Economy — Time Magazine
12/23/2008 — Dairy Queen, the Video Game — New York Times
12/23/2008 — The virtual battle of the sexes — BBC News
12/18/2008 — Big video game fans prove crucial to the industry — The Associated Press
12/18/2008 — Music Games Driving Music Sales, Says NPD — Escapist Magazine
12/16/2008 — Phelps plans to dive into video game world — Baltimore Sun
12/16/2008 — Fight your fear with virtual reality therapy — Orlando Sentinel
12/16/2008 — Give your thumbs a rest ... Study finds more than half of adults play video games — St. Louis Post-Dispatch
12/15/2008 — Wii Fit games bridge the generation gap — Raleigh News & Observer
12/15/2008 — NYU Establishes a Center for Video-Game Design and Research — The Chronicle of Higher Education
12/15/2008 — Despite a recession, it's time for fun and games — Washington Times
12/15/2008 — New game archive at U-M integrates research, play — Detroit Free Press
12/14/2008 — Putting kids on learning trail — Minneapolis Star Tribune
12/12/2008 — Game Changer — National Review Online
12/12/2008 — Game industry booms amid the economic gloom — San Jose Mercury News
12/11/2008 — Nickelodeon thinks green with online multiplayer title — CNET News
12/11/2008 — Video Games May Improve Cognition in the Older Population — MedPage Today
12/11/2008 — Video Games to Get Kids Reading — ABC News
12/11/2008 — Wii-hab? — Long Island Press
12/9/2008 — Video games grow up — Christian Science Monitor
12/9/2008 — Whose Wii is it really? — Atlanta Journal-Constitution
12/9/2008 — NYU launches video gaming degree — Crain's New York Business
12/8/2008 — Their music for video games depends on play — Los Angeles Times
12/6/2008 — For New Leader of U.S.O.C., It’s About More Than Games — New York Times
12/6/2008 — Games for Change — The Huffington Post
12/5/2008 — Warner Bros. launching AIDS prevention game — Variety Blogs
12/3/2008 — Video game sales come into play — USA Today
12/3/2008 — Local gaming company gambles on the strength of Texas economy — KEYE-TV (Austin, TX)
12/3/2008 — Video-Game Law: The Niche Legal Practice Du Jour? — Wall Street Journal Law Blog
12/3/2008 — These lawyers got (video) game — Los Angeles Times
12/2/2008 — Video game helping screen kids vision — KABC-TV (Los Angeles)
12/2/2008 — Video games top gift lists; retail sales rise — USA Today
12/1/2008 — Gaming: It's a career path now — The Oregonian
12/1/2008 — Rehab facilities finding many uses for Wii Fit — Press of Atlantic City
11/30/2008 — How America Got Game — Parade Magazine
11/30/2008 — Video Games Hone Triage Skills — Government Technology
11/28/2008 — Teams plug in to video game to evaluate talent in NBA — Los Angeles Times
11/27/2008 — Videogames to go on vacation — Reuters
11/26/2008 — Army uses video games in suicide prevention — Christian Science Monitor
11/25/2008 — Game Ratings: Kids Virtually Protected — ABC News
11/23/2008 — Not playing around: Army to invest $50M in combat training games — Stars and Stripes
11/23/2008 — Playing games at the library — Roanoke Times
11/22/2008 — Thriving video game industry hits right buttons in troubled economy — Dallas Morning News
11/21/2008 — Video Game Technology Gives Veterans New Lease on Life — Washington Post
11/21/2008 — Ode to joysticks — Boston Globe
11/21/2008 — Video game to help save indigenous languages — Cherokee Phoenix (OK)
11/19/2008 — Missouri's attorney general warns parents to check game ratings before buying — St. Louis Post-Dispatch
11/18/2008 — National Geographic getting into video games — Associated Press
11/16/2008 — Libraries use gaming to attract teens — Albany Times-Union
11/15/2008 — Fun, games, vocation? — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
11/8/2008 — Move Over Teens: Adults Are Gamers Too — CBS Evening News
11/7/2008 — British soldiers could be trained on a computer game with smell — The Telegraph (UK)
11/6/2008 — Studies: Videos games can aid students, surgeons — Associated Press
11/5/2008 — Vim and vigor videos — Philadelphia Inquirer
11/4/2008 — Fighting Digital Pirates — Forbes
11/2/2008 — Games That Turn Players Into Creators — Washington Post
11/2/2008 — College courses dip into everything from video games to chocolate — The Press-Enterprise (CA)
11/1/2008 — Video-Gaming with Your Kids — Family Circle
10/31/2008 — You say you want a digital revolution? Beatles deal highlights videogames’ role in music industry — Chicago Tribune
10/30/2008 — Even video games can be educational — Las Vegas Sun
10/29/2008 — Game Makers Push 'Family' Fare — Wall Street Journal
10/28/2008 — Nissan unveils 370Z in 'Need for Speed Undercover' — USA Today
10/28/2008 — Consumers Feel the Next Crisis: It’s Credit Cards — New York Times
10/28/2008 — Video Game Industry Workforce Up 13% in North America — GameDaily BIZ
10/27/2008 — New Insight Into Gamers Reach — WRAL-TV
10/27/2008 — Video Games Help Elderly Drivers — ABC News
10/27/2008 — Video game makers lobby for attention — Austin American-Statesman
10/24/2008 — The Changing Face of Videogamers — Mediacaster Magazine
10/24/2008 — E3 Expo Powers Up — New York Times
10/23/2008 — Game CEOs like the new E3 format — San Francisco Chronicle
10/21/2008 — Video game journalism is still evolving — Deseret News
10/20/2008 — Majoring in video games — Los Angeles Times
10/19/2008 — A brief history of video games — Los Angeles Times
10/19/2008 — ‘Wiihab’ helps physical therapy patients put fun into recovery — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
10/19/2008 — Game to take on domestic violence — The Christian Science Monitor
10/19/2008 — The work of play — Los Angeles Times
10/17/2008 — G.I. Joes take on Packers pros, 'Madden' style — Green Bay Press Gazette
10/16/2008 — Game On! — Backstage.com
10/16/2008 — Video game makes Valley managers better bosses — KNXV-TV ABC 15 (AZ)
10/16/2008 — What Videogames Teach Us About Security — Forbes
10/14/2008 — Obama Reaches Out To Gamers — The Washington Post
10/14/2008 — Video Games Feature Ads for Obama's Campaign — The Associated Press
10/13/2008 — New Video Games Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em — Investor’s Business Daily
10/13/2008 — Report: Women Make Up 40% Of U.S. Video Game Users — The Tampa Tribune
10/12/2008 — Growth Spurt — The Telegraph Herald
10/12/2008 — The Next Page: The triumph of the gamer — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
10/12/2008 — Taking their gaming to college level — The Allentown Morning Call
10/8/2008 — Video Game Helps Math Students Vanquish an Archfiend: Algebra — New York Times
10/6/2008 — Using Video Games as Bait to Hook Readers — New York Times
10/6/2008 — Game designers focus on girls — San Francisco Chronicle
10/6/2008 — New video game may help save lives — KGO-TV ABC 7 (CA)
10/5/2008 — Death of Detained Immigrant Inspires Online Game With Goal of Educating Players — New York Times
10/4/2008 — Orange County students create environmental video game — The Orange County Register
10/2/2008 — For some NASCAR drivers, video games are a learning tool — The Kansas City Star
10/1/2008 — Drivers may get insurance breaks for playing computer games — The Associated Press
9/30/2008 — Video Gamers Tackle Powerful Project — WCAX-TV (Vermont)
9/30/2008 — In Tough Economic Times, Video Games Console — National Public Radio
9/29/2008 — How to Make Business More Interesting: Video Games — Wall Street Journal
9/29/2008 — Hilton Garden Inn Makes Innovative Employee Training Program Available on PSP Handheld Entertainment System — Business Wire
9/29/2008 — Video gamers are surprisingly fit, says study — MSNBC.com
9/24/2008 — NCSU researchers, Virtual Heroes land $1.5M grant to get serious about games in high schools — WRAL.com
9/21/2008 — Maybe video games are not leading us to hell — St. Petersburg Times
9/19/2008 — Survey kills gamer stereotype — The Detroit News
9/18/2008 — Sports Illustrated for Kids cheers on video games — Los Angeles Times
9/18/2008 — The Rock Stars Of Video Game Marketing — CBS Evening News
9/18/2008 — Game On — ABC News
9/17/2008 — Tuned in but not checked out — Chicago Tribune
9/17/2008 — Video game industry a powerhouse — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
9/17/2008 — Video Games Help In Study Of ADHD — The Ohio State University Medical Center
9/16/2008 — Are Video Games Actually Good For Kids? — CBS Evening News
9/16/2008 — Therapists have new tool to improve seniors' health — McClatchy Newspapers
9/16/2008 — Major New Study Shatters Stereotypes About Teens and Video Games — Pew Internet & American Life Project
9/16/2008 — Survey: Nearly every kid a video gamer — Associated Press
9/14/2008 — Game Changers — Washington Post
9/14/2008 — Video games not just a guy thing anymore — The Miami Herald
9/11/2008 — Wii helps burned kids recover — WABC-TV (NY)
9/6/2008 — Some points you can raise to get a conversation flowing this weekend — Detroit Free Press
9/5/2008 — At ESPN, Play-by-Play Goes Virtual — New York Times
9/4/2008 — Those seeking video game jobs hope to find matches in Austin — Austin American-Statesman
9/4/2008 — Burn Center: Orlando team's game will help save lives in disasters — Orlando Sentinel
9/3/2008 — Dr. Deborah Stokes Presents Findings on Study Involving Use of Neurofeedback Video Games to Treat Migraine Headaches — PRWeb
9/3/2008 — Active Video Games Increase Heart Rate And Calorie Expenditure In Children — Medical News Today
8/28/2008 — More colleges offering gaming degrees — WRAL.com (NC)
8/26/2008 — Reality Bytes: Eight Myths About Video Games Debunked — PBS.org
8/24/2008 — Economy in trouble? Not for video games — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
8/21/2008 — Videogames attract top music talents — Variety
8/19/2008 — Video game helps young cancer patients — The Examiner
8/19/2008 — Professor Creates Video Game About the Lecture Circuit — The Chronicle of Higher Education
8/17/2008 — Playing video games offers learning across life span, say studies — American Psychological Association
8/13/2008 — Georgia courts video game developers — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
8/11/2008 — On the Job Gaming — Forbes
8/5/2008 — Video game helps young cancer patients take meds — Reuters
8/4/2008 — Startup uses video games to heal young people — San Francisco Chronicle
8/4/2008 — On a 'Re-Mission' to save lives of kids with cancer — USA Today
8/4/2008 — Game helps young patients keep focus — San Antonio Express-News
8/3/2008 — Gaming industry appears to be recession-proof — The Examiner (NY)
8/1/2008 — A Video Game Improves Behavioral Outcomes in Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer: A Randomized Trial — Pediatrics
7/31/2008 — Nintendo Wii improves skills, trains surgeons — Ivanhoe Broadcast News
7/30/2008 — Exercise video games get kids off the couch — USA Today
7/25/2008 — Software Teaches Web Safety To Middle Schoolers — The Tampa Tribune
7/24/2008 — Quiet in the library? Shhh! — Chicago Tribune
7/24/2008 — Ode to Joystick — San Diego Union-Tribune
7/21/2008 — Gaming isn't just a boys club now — The Mercury News
7/20/2008 — The End of Gamers — Edge Online
7/20/2008 — Youth learn game design — Philadelphia Inquirer
7/18/2008 — Can Video Games Be Good for Your Health? — Discover Magazine Blog
7/17/2008 — More video game art is now museum quality — USA Today
7/15/2008 — Medicinal use of video games growing — Associated Press
7/13/2008 — Columbus could benefit in many ways by growth in video-game development training opportunities — The Columbus Dispatch
7/12/2008 — Cleveland State University students use Wii boxing game to research technology's role in physical fitness — Cleveland Plain Dealer
7/9/2008 — Just stop it already: Women do play video games — CNET News
7/9/2008 — Warner pins its hopes on video games — Financial Times
7/8/2008 — What they play: Kids and video games — MSNBC
7/8/2008 — Survey: Two-Thirds of Parents Think Educational Games Give an Advantage — GameDaily BIZ
7/8/2008 — Video Game Music Strikes a Bigger Chord — Business Week
7/8/2008 — Wii Fit Finds A Place With Austinites Undergoing Physical Therapy — CBS 42 TV - Austin TX
7/8/2008 — Nintendo's 'Wii' trains doctors — KABC-TV (Los Angeles)
7/7/2008 — It's inevitable: soon we will all be gamers — Times Online
7/7/2008 — I, not the state, will decide what games my kids can play — Manchester Union-Leader
7/7/2008 — University of South Carolina to Test Game Technology's Impact on Health — Converge Magazine
6/30/2008 — Video games are newest tricks in your library's book — Chicago Tribune
6/29/2008 — Fashion hits the virtual world of video games — Los Angeles Times
6/29/2008 — New breed of armchair tourists explore fantastic virtual worlds — Boston Globe
6/29/2008 — The Crack of a Bat, the Wail of Guitar Hero. Wait, What? — Washington Post
6/28/2008 — Face to Face: A Council of Online Gamers — New York Times
6/28/2008 — Studies in Videogames — Wall Street Journal
6/26/2008 — Playing a Video Game? No, It's Health Therapy — Reuters
6/26/2008 — Nintendo DS teaches English in school — Associated Press
6/24/2008 — Gaming not just fun and games — USA Today – Technology Live
6/24/2008 — Wii Fit keeps the whole family active — Dallas Morning News
6/23/2008 — Not Quite Grand Theft Workplace — Wall Street Journal
6/23/2008 — Video game industry's needs spur schools to offer degree programs — Boston Globe
6/23/2008 — Games as employee training: A new ESA study — San Jose Mercury News
6/22/2008 — Not the Usual Game Application — The Washington Post
6/20/2008 — Virtuous video games — USA Today
6/19/2008 — Report: NYPD's cops can learn from video simulators — Newsday
6/18/2008 — Video Game Sales on Winning Streak, Study Projects — Reuters
6/17/2008 — 'Brain fitness' market booming with aging Boomers — The Associated Press
6/16/2008 — UCSD to Study Impact of Video Games on Teenage Health — San Diego Business Journal
6/16/2008 — MSU professor creates online game to teach Chinese culture, language — Detroit Free Press
6/13/2008 — 'Darlings' of UK games honoured — BBC News
6/12/2008 — Wii Fit Finding Its Way Into Rehab — Reuters
6/12/2008 — Play-along video game genre amps up music industry — The Associated Press
6/12/2008 — Is Grand Theft Auto IV Actually the Best Popcorn Movie of the Summer? — Rolling Stone
6/12/2008 — Can video games be a force for change? — MSNBC.com
6/11/2008 — 3D game glasses help surgeons work on beating hearts — Ars Technica
6/10/2008 — Students Create Video Game for Blind Players — The Chronicle of Higher Education
6/8/2008 — Violent video games – the myths and the facts — Christian Science Monitor
6/5/2008 — Sandra Day O’Connor’s Plan for Joystick Justice — New York Times
6/2/2008 — Seniors find out no play, no gain — Chicago Tribune
6/1/2008 — UCF Study Finds Video Games Increase Student Achievement — The Journal (CA)
5/31/2008 — Researchers: Video games benefit seniors — Miami Herald
5/31/2008 — A Wii Bounce in Seniors' Steps — The Washington Post
5/30/2008 — Video game makes quitting smoking child's play — Agence France-Presse
5/30/2008 — Promoting peace, not violence, in video games — CNET News
5/30/2008 — ACC to offer degrees in game development — Austin American-Statesman
5/29/2008 — Researchers to examine video games and health — The Associated Press
5/27/2008 — 'Virtual Iraq' Game Aims to Help Vets with PTSD — National Public Radio
5/26/2008 — Colleges see the future: Video games — Philadelphia Inquirer
5/24/2008 — Video and electronic games help seniors stay fit — Newsday
5/24/2008 — Vid game exercises more than the thumbs — Miami Herald
5/23/2008 — Our view: Leave video game choice to parents — The Salem News (MA)
5/23/2008 — Inland seniors get active with Wii video games — The Press-Enterprise (CA)
5/22/2008 — Barack Obama vs. Video Games — Examiner.com
5/19/2008 — Analysis: Here Come the Girls — Next Generation
5/19/2008 — Virtual Iraq — The New Yorker
5/19/2008 — Despite Recession, Video-Game Industry Shows Massive Growth — Advertising Age
5/15/2008 — Wii finds home in retirement communites, medical centers — USA Today
5/15/2008 — Video Game Industry: One of the Most Attractive Areas to Invest — Seeking Alpha
5/15/2008 — Gaming Your Way to Fitness — National Public Radio
5/14/2008 — Los Angeles Film School Offers Game, Animation Degrees — Animation Magazine
5/11/2008 — The Whee! Factor — Chicago Sun-Times
5/10/2008 — Shuffleboard and Bingo Are So Last Year — Washington Post
5/7/2008 — “Virtual Iraq” Therapy Aids Veterans With Stress — Bloomberg News
5/5/2008 — Whole-Body Gaming — ABC News
5/4/2008 — Westin adds Wii video games to hotel fitness centers — The Dallas Morning News
5/2/2008 — National trend of video-game fitness classes hits Mitchell — The Daily Republic (SD)
4/28/2008 — Video game looks to — Seattle Post-Intelligencer
4/24/2008 — U.S. Spies Use Custom Videogames to Learn How to Think — Wired
4/23/2008 — Bellevue company's video game teaching kids math — King 5 News (WA)
4/21/2008 — Video games: There's something for everyone — San Jose Mercury News
4/20/2008 — Video games, from scratch — Baltimore Sun
4/19/2008 — Play Game, Combat Malaria In Africa — Kotaku.com
4/19/2008 — Videogames: Music Bytes — Wall Street Journal
4/18/2008 — Video game sales rise 57 percent in March — Reuters
4/17/2008 — In some L.A. County libraries, video games -- and noise -- are welcome — Los Angeles Times
4/16/2008 — Exploring Fantasy Life and Finding a $4 Billion Franchise — New York Times
4/15/2008 — Video Game Helps Sugar Plant Burn Victims To Heal — NBC Augusta
4/15/2008 — Video Game Industry Offers Scholarships, High Paying Jobs For College Students — NY 1 News
4/15/2008 — Games to Bridge the Gap — The Washington Post
4/14/2008 — Touring classical-music video game makes everyone an orchestral conductor — The Associated Press
4/14/2008 — Therapy is a whole new ballgame — St. Louis Post-Dispatch
4/14/2008 — Computer games design goes on the curriculum — The Herald (Scotland)
4/13/2008 — DePaul University Announces the College of Computing and Digital Media — PRNewswire
4/10/2008 — Firefighters Use Video Game as Training Tool — WIBC 93.1 FM (Indianapolis)
4/9/2008 — Mainstreaming of video games underway — San Francisco Chronicle
4/8/2008 — Students want more use of gaming technology — eSchool News
4/6/2008 — Wii turns grandmas into gamers — The News & Observer
4/3/2008 — Game On — Newsweek
4/3/2008 — Chip Maker Trains in the Virtual World — Wall Street Journal
4/2/2008 — Virtual-reality game helps burn patients — Chicago Tribune
4/2/2008 — Role-playing the way to health — The Duke Chronicle
4/1/2008 — Exhibit explores artful play of gamers — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
4/1/2008 — Study: Violent Games Relax Players — Next Generation
4/1/2008 — Video games girls play — Contra Costa Times
3/31/2008 — March madness for video games — The Hollywood Reporter
3/30/2008 — Preparing to Create the Sims of the Future — New York Times
3/30/2008 — Are You a Good Driver? Here’s How to Find Out — New York Times
3/28/2008 — Video game a big hit in retirement communities — San Diego Union-Tribune
3/16/2008 — Just Click the Mouse. Follow the Cursor. You Are Calm. You Feel Good. — New York Times
3/14/2008 — Power of video games — The Bend Bulletin (OR)
3/1/2008 — The Game Has Changed — Vanity Fair
2/20/2008 — Future Oil Wars Made Fun — ABC News
2/20/2008 — Specialized Video Game Helps Stroke Victims — WHAM ABC TV (Rochester, NY)
2/19/2008 — Video Game Gym for Kids Opens In Round Rock — KXAN TV (Texas)
2/19/2008 — IBM's New 3-D Game Challenges Students to Save a Dying Planet — TechNewsWorld
2/19/2008 — Video Games Aren't a Waste of Time — BusinessWeek
2/19/2008 — Patterns: A Video Game, an M.R.I. and What Men’s Brains Do — New York Times
2/19/2008 — Virtual immigrants struggle for citizenship in new game — Mcclatchy-Tribune
2/18/2008 — Libraries Turn Up the Noise, Draw Teens — The Associated Press
2/18/2008 — Nintendo Wii leads video game industry revolution — San Jose Mercury News
2/17/2008 — An Undersea Trip That Leaves Gaming Home — The Washington Post
2/15/2008 — IBM's New 3-D Game Challenges Students to Save a Dying Planet — TechNewsWorld
2/11/2008 — Hospitals use computer games to keep children active — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
2/11/2008 — The Future of Videogames — Forbes.com
2/10/2008 — More hospitals use Wii-habilitation — Boston Herald
2/9/2008 — Doctors get patients to go to 'Wiihab' — Associated Press
2/7/2008 — Video games triumph as Hollywood falters — Orange County Register
2/3/2008 — Video games help kids shed weight — The Record (NJ)
2/1/2008 — In the List of Top-Selling Games, Clear Evidence of a Sea Change — New York Times
1/28/2008 — Alhambra High School students sample 'Financial Football' program — The Business Journal of Phoenix
1/28/2008 — Nintendo Wii system swings into popularity with seniors — The Arizona Republic
1/28/2008 — Retirement communities get into swing with Nintendo Wii — Augusta Chronicle (GA)
1/28/2008 — Hilton Garden Inn to Use Serious Game for Employee Training — GameDaily BIZ
1/23/2008 — Seniors discover high-tech workout — The Orange County Register
1/21/2008 — Army Video Game Helps Save a Life in Raleigh — WRAL (North Carolina)
1/21/2008 — Video game makers market to Christians — The Tennesseean
1/17/2008 — Surgeons Hone Skills on Nintendo Wii — Wall Street Journal Health Blog
1/14/2008 — Game On: A Fourth of Video-Game Players Are Over 50 — ABC World News with Charles Gibson
1/14/2008 — The kids are alright — Boston Globe
1/10/2008 — 'Exergaming' helps jump-start sedentary children — Boston Globe
1/9/2008 — Utah students will play video games to learn about Web safety — The Salt Lake Tribune
1/8/2008 — Paying To Save the World — The Huffington Post
1/8/2008 — Students embrace exercise video — Poughkeepsie Journal
1/7/2008 — Video games pushed as high school subject — The Associated Press
1/6/2008 — LSU Players Use Video Games to Prepare — The Associated Press

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