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12/31/2010 — Edutopia: Computer Simulators Play a Role in Education — WMFY News 2 (NC)
12/27/2010 — Patients use virtual reality game during therapy — Galveston County Daily News (TX)
12/26/2010 — The Whitney Museum Plays an Art Videogame — The Wall Street Journal
12/24/2010 — Tchaikovsky and Space Invaders: Not So Far Apart — The New York Times
12/20/2010 — Video Games Boost Brain Power, Multitasking Skills — NPR
12/20/2010 — Getting a degree in gaming — The Salt Lake Tribune
12/19/2010 — Science shows no link between games and violence — The San Diego Union Tribune
12/15/2010 — Aggression may not be linked to video game — UPI
12/14/2010 — Preparing for the game of life — The Northwest Herald (IL)
12/10/2010 — Computer-based Program May Help Relieve Some ADHD Symptoms in Children — Medical News Today
12/8/2010 — Seattle's getting a new school for video game, film studies — Seattle Times
12/8/2010 — Virtual Driving Just Got More Real — The Wall Street Journal Blog
12/7/2010 — Active video games lead to healthy habits, study finds — The Reporter (PA)
12/6/2010 — Health Advice by Dr. Weiss: How Video Games are Changing Our Lives — Naples Daily News (FL)
12/6/2010 — On a Hunt for What Makes Gamers Keep Gaming — The New York Times
12/3/2010 — LTE: Video Game Ban 'Unconstitutional' — Athens Banner-Herald (GA)
12/2/2010 — Editorial: Violent video games: Leave it to parents — The Orlando Sentinel
11/29/2010 — Does playing video games help reduce pain? — Cnet
11/28/2010 — Our puritanical progressives — The Washington Post
11/22/2010 — HPU Freshman Receives Scholarship From ESA Foundation — HighPoint.edu
11/19/2010 — Health Insurers Aim to Build Consumer Trust With Games, Services — The Wall Street Journal
11/18/2010 — Opinion: Court Should Kill California's Video Game Law — AOLNews.com
11/17/2010 — Editorial: No need to ban violent video games — The Seattle Times
11/17/2010 — Video game has a mission for NFA students: Learn Latin — Norwich Bulletin (CT)
11/15/2010 — IEMA launches video game to teach children about preparedness, earthquake safety — KHQA-TV (IL)
11/15/2010 — Separating fact from fiction in video game debate — The Tampa Tribune (FL)
11/12/2010 — EDITORIAL: High court mulls video game ban — Northwest Florida Daily News
11/12/2010 — Our view: Government has no business usurping parental authority — Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (TX)
11/10/2010 — Traumatized? Playing Tetris may reduce flashbacks — CNN blog
11/9/2010 — Editorial: Court should tread lightly on free speech — The Times-News (NC)
11/9/2010 — College News — Issaquah Press (WA)
11/8/2010 — 'Black Ops' Jeep Imitates Videogame — The Wall Street Journal
11/8/2010 — Video games help teachers drum up interest in math — Las Cruces Sun-News (NM)
11/7/2010 — Playing doctor: Learning about slips of the knife better on 'patients' than patients — The Washington Post
11/7/2010 — Gear-head nirvana: U-Md. space center is voted one of nation's 'most awesome college labs' — The Washington Post Magazine
11/7/2010 — The quake faker: GWU 'shake table' helps engineering students brace for nature's wrath — The Washington Post Magazine
11/7/2010 — 3,500 students navigate virtual classrooms at 3 Texas public online schools — The Dallas Morning News
11/6/2010 — Viewpoints: California irresponsibly hit video-game panic button — The Sacramento Bee (CA)
11/5/2010 — Editorial: Free speech, video games — The Toledo Blade (OH)
11/5/2010 — LTE: Post weak on free speech in video game case — The Washington Post
11/3/2010 — Proposed Ban puts Justices in 'Mortal Kombat' Ring — The Washington Post
11/3/2010 — Editorial: Justices Should Refuse to Chip Away at First Amendment Protections — Spartanburg Herald-Journal (SC)
11/3/2010 — It's No Game: High Court Takes On Video-Game Ratings — Fox Business
11/2/2010 — Supreme Court Weighs Ban On Violent Video Games — NPR
11/2/2010 — Editorial: Supreme Court Should Strike Down Violent Video Game Ban — Washington Square News (NY)
11/2/2010 — Court Evaluates Violent Video Game Case — PBS News Hour
11/2/2010 — The Supreme Court Tackles Violent Video Games — Time
11/2/2010 — Supreme Court Debates Video Game Violence — CNBC
11/2/2010 — Violent Video Games Get "Play" in Supreme Court: Justices Weigh California Ban — CBS News / Associated Press
11/2/2010 — Court tests Californian Law on Video Games — Financial Times
11/2/2010 — Justices challenge ban on violent video games — USA Today
11/2/2010 — Can a State Ban Sale of Violent Video Games to Children? — ABC News
11/2/2010 — Supreme Court Debates Violent Video Game Ban — The New York Times
11/2/2010 — Calif. Pushes To Uphold Ban On Violent Video Games — NPR
11/2/2010 — Court Voices Doubts on Violent Videogame Law — The Wall Street Journal
11/2/2010 — Don't be so quick to ban violent video games — The News Journal (DE)
11/2/2010 — Justices appear skeptical of violent video game law — MSNBC
11/1/2010 — Violent video games — The National Law Journal
11/1/2010 — Editorial: Good intentions, bad law — The Los Angeles Times
11/1/2010 — In the War on Violent Video Games, Arnold Has No Clothes — The Atlantic
11/1/2010 — Videogames as Free-Speech Issue — The Wall Street Journal
11/1/2010 — News Hub: Videogames Become Issue of Free-Speech — The Wall Street Journal
11/1/2010 — Redken Video Game Beckons Girls to Hair Salons — The New York Times
11/1/2010 — The GPU Revolution — Science and Technology
10/31/2010 — Why the Supreme Court should rule that violent video games are free speech — The Washington Post
10/29/2010 — Leave the Video Games Alone! — The Rush Limbaugh Show
10/29/2010 — Our view on First Amendment: Zap California's video game law — USA Today
10/27/2010 — Bloody Video Games May Get Same Age Curbs as Porn — Bloomberg Business Week
10/27/2010 — California's Misguided War on Violent Video Games — Time
10/27/2010 — High court case on violent games tests limits on speech — USA Today
10/25/2010 — The New Hollywood — The Wall Street Journal
10/24/2010 — O'Brien: Get ready for the decade of gamification — Mercury News (CA)
10/22/2010 — Video Game Design Program Boosts Interest in Science Careers — LiveScience.com
10/22/2010 — Video Games More Than Just Games — ABC News
10/22/2010 — ASU Poly could help students make career out of video games — AZCentral.com
10/21/2010 — UCF students learn how to be poll workers in virtual world — Orlando Sentinel (FL)
10/20/2010 — N.J. game developers become big players — NorthJersey.com
10/20/2010 — The Art of PLay for Seniors — The Washington Informer
10/20/2010 — Technology to help autistic children — WJRT-TV (MI)
10/20/2010 — Video games offer kids developmental, social benefits study shows — Creston News Advertiser (IA)
10/19/2010 — Parents, Not Government, Needed to Monitor Video Games — Townhall.com
10/19/2010 — Guest Editorial: A First Amendment Call to Arms — Kotaku
10/19/2010 — Officials: State's Video Game Industry Poised For Growth — Worcester Business Journal (MA)
10/19/2010 — Video Games Can Be Highly Effective Training Tools, Study Shows: Employees Learn More, Forget Less, Master More Skills — Science Daily
10/18/2010 — Hallan/Gallagher: California case could be big trouble for Michigan retailers — Lansing State Journal (MI)
10/16/2010 — Editorial: It's in the game — Philadelphia Inquirer
10/13/2010 — Struggling for Breath: Videogame Technology Documents Abnormal Breathing Patterns in Patients With Sunken Chest — Science Daily
10/12/2010 — Celebrate National Gaming Day @ Your Library November 13 — School Library Journal
10/9/2010 — Trinity College Students Win Top Prize In First Lady's HealthyKids Initiative — The Hartford Guardian (CT)
10/6/2010 — Virtual disasters help police prepare for real threats — The Orlando Sentinel (FL)
10/6/2010 — McDonald's puts its own farm, virtual prizes on 'FarmVille' — USA Today
10/5/2010 — Editorial: Games are a good start to engaging kids — Athens Banner-Herald (GA)
10/5/2010 — Opinion: The First Amendment embraces video games — The News and Observer (NC)
10/5/2010 — Game teaches financial skills — Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX)
10/5/2010 — Students can use Wii video games for fitness — Fort Morgan Times (CO)
10/4/2010 — Restricting video game sales violates free speech — The Baltimore Sun
10/3/2010 — Simulation sizzles — Florida Today
10/2/2010 — From 'Avatar' Playbook, Athletes Use 3-D Imaging — The New York Times
9/29/2010 — Apps for Healthy Kids contest winners announced — Federal Computer Week
9/27/2010 — Extensive Video Game Experience Readies Brain For More Challenging Hand-Eye Tasks — MedicalNewsToday.com
9/26/2010 — Online game helps smokers quit — WCAX-TV (VT)
9/23/2010 — Editorial: Video games don't make kids violent — Moscow-Pull Daily News (ID)
9/23/2010 — Video games increasingly targeted at girl gamers — McClatchy-Tribune News
9/22/2010 — RI joins protest of CA ban on violent video games for kids — The Providence Journal blog (RI)
9/21/2010 — States Join Media Groups in Briefs Opposing California's Violent Video Game Ban — The National Law Journal
9/21/2010 — Our View: AG right on video games — Standard-Examiner (UT)
9/20/2010 — Are video games the 'devil's flute'? — MSNBC blog
9/18/2010 — Movie makers, comic book authors rally around video games as Supreme Court hearing looms — MSNBC blog
9/17/2010 — Entertainment industry opposes California video-game law — The Hill
9/17/2010 — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger going head-to-head with video game violence? — The Los Angeles Times blog
9/17/2010 — States Join Media Group In Briefs Opposing California's Violent Video Game Ban — Legal Times
9/17/2010 — Showbiz calls for end to vidgame ban — Variety
9/16/2010 — Why you should care about Schwarzenegger v. EMA — San Antonio Express-News blog (TX)
9/16/2010 — U.S. ramps up efforts to improve STEM education — eSchoolNews.com
9/15/2010 — Learning by Playing — The New York Times Magazine
9/13/2010 — Study Finds Video Games May Help Decision-Making — CBS News
9/10/2010 — California's politics, free speech, and video games — RedState.com
9/10/2010 — Biz wary of vidgame ban battle — Variety
9/9/2010 — Virtual Reality Hub Opens in Greenville — WYFF-TV (SC)
9/9/2010 — Video game industry gears up for battle against California law — The Los Angeles Times
9/8/2010 — Area developers crack into video game industry — Green Bay Press Gazette (WI)
9/7/2010 — Glenwood School boosting brain power with software — The Times of Northwest Indiana
9/7/2010 — California writes itself a censorship blank check — The Washington Examiner
9/6/2010 — Fairfax's new 3-D online tool could provide rich source of information on development proposals — The Washington Post
9/4/2010 — Attempt to revive video game law a waste of money — The Salt Lake Tribune (UT)
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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2010 Noteworthy News: Archives