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12/26/2011 — The Benefits of Video Games — ABC News
12/23/2011 — Using Prizes to Reach Video Game Players on Their Phones — The New York Times
12/10/2011 — All the world’s a game — The Economist
12/7/2011 — Video Games Don’t Make Kids Violent — Time
12/2/2011 — The Art of the Videogame — The Wall Street Journal
12/1/2011 — How a Computer Game Is Reinventing the Science of Expertise — Scientific American
11/29/2011 — Colleges' latest thrust in learning: Video games — USA Today
11/21/2011 — Inspired By Your Life, a Custom-Designed Video Game — The New York Times
11/18/2011 — Europe’s problems in one inadvertently revealing video game — The Washington Post
11/17/2011 — Video: Washington Capitals Assist Video Games Rating Board — USA Today
11/16/2011 — Video Games That Do the Body Good — The Western Courier (IL)
11/16/2011 — Why Our Daughters Need to Play More Video Games — Huffington Post
11/14/2011 — 'High Demand' For Artists In Video Game Industry — Huffington Post
11/13/2011 — Marketing Life Insurance Is a Game For AXA Equitable — Online — Hartford Courant (CT)
11/9/2011 — NCSU to develop tutoring game with $1M — Triangle Business Journal (NC)
11/3/2011 — Preserving Bits — American Libraries Magazine
11/1/2011 — DC Influencer: Rich Taylor, Entertainment Software Assoc. — PR Week
11/1/2011 — Video game teaches finances through football — The Seattle Times
10/26/2011 — Video Game May Fix Lazy Eye in Older Children — WIAT-TV (AL)
10/25/2011 — A Mobile Game Puts New York City Teachers in Hero's Tights — The New York Times School Book
10/25/2011 — Are video games finally being accepted by the mainstream? — Examiner.com
10/18/2011 — Video games emerging as new teaching tool — The Northwestern (WI)
10/16/2011 — Video gaming — Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA)
10/13/2011 — Hollywood Plays Video Games for Inspiration — CNBC
10/12/2011 — London Philharmonic chases video game 'high score' — CNET
10/11/2011 — Ready to play? 91 percent of kids are gamers — MSNBC
10/10/2011 — Latest Game Theory: Mixing Work and Play . — The Wall Street Journal
10/4/2011 — Brothers demonstrate how video games can help learning — Great Falls Tribune (MT)
10/3/2011 — Video games can help recovery of intensive care patients — The Baltimore Sun (MD)
9/27/2011 — State’s video game industry gets boost — The Boston Globe
9/26/2011 — Video Game Design: The Missing Ingredient? — U.S. News & World Report
9/26/2011 — New Video Game to Help Kids With Cancer — Business Wire
9/21/2011 — Gamers Solve AIDS Puzzle — The Wall Street Journal
9/19/2011 — Video Games Become Hot Trend in Real Life Theme Park Attractions — Fox News
9/16/2011 — Video Game Challenge Announces Sponsors and Partners for Second Year of National Competition at White House Event — Market Wire
9/16/2011 — Valve teams with White House in digital learning program — USA Today
9/15/2011 — Video games potentially a booming business in San Diego — North County Times (CA)
9/14/2011 — Technology keeps Elgin students moving — The Marion Star (OH)
9/3/2011 — Aim. Fire. Was that a Coke ad? — Austin American-Statesman (TX)
9/1/2011 — MAM gears up for the digital age — The Montclair Times (NJ)
9/1/2011 — Goal to video games in tussle to win 'art' label — The National
8/26/2011 — Teaching technology — Port Huron Times Herald (MI)
8/21/2011 — Video games' benefits go beyond fun — The Seattle Times
8/21/2011 — College Town — Telegram & Gazette (MA)
8/21/2011 — Fighting fat via a video game — Herald-Mail (MD)
8/18/2011 — Teens get a look inside video game design — San Diego Union-Tribune (CA)
8/17/2011 — Report: College Game Programs On The Rise — Worcester Business Journal
8/16/2011 — A Guide to the Top Undergraduate Game Production Programs at First Tier Universities — Huffington Post
8/15/2011 — Digital game maker coming to New Orleans — Associated Press
8/12/2011 — New video game Junior Achievement Finance Park Virtual teaches kids about money matters, real life — New York Daily News
8/10/2011 — Texas Film Commission to boost incentives for video game industry — Austin American-Statesman (TX)
8/9/2011 — Get your game on with degree in computer game design — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA)
8/9/2011 — Civil Resistance Simulator Teaches Players To Topple Dictators — Fast Company
8/3/2011 — Video Games: The Hidden Benefits Of Playing With Your Kids — Huffington Post
8/3/2011 — The Literacy of Gaming: What Kids Learn From Playing — PBS MediaShift
8/2/2011 — Video game makes rehab fun — East Valley Tribune (AZ)
8/1/2011 — 12 Million People Pay to Play on Facebook - Every Month — The Escapist Magazine
7/29/2011 — Video game exhibit, 'Game On 2.0,' brings its history and interactivity to OMSI — The Oregonian (OR)
7/27/2011 — LouisianaDigitalMediaCenter at LSU to House Video Game Development Workers — KATC (LA)
7/21/2011 — Technology camp builds app-titude — McClatchy-Tribune News Service
7/21/2011 — Kids develop video games, apps at “Tech Camp” — The San Diego Union-Tribune
7/21/2011 — Video Game Music as art? — The Washington Post
7/19/2011 — Summer computer camps allow youngsters to expand skills in technology, design — The Columbus Dispatch
7/12/2011 — Next steps after Supreme Court affirmed First Amendment covers video games — The Seattle Times
7/7/2011 — Court right not to play games with free speech — USA Today
7/5/2011 — Video games can be healthy — The Boston Globe
6/30/2011 — Yee should stop trying to regulate video games — San Francisco Chronicle
6/30/2011 — Editorial: Court made right call on video games — The Sacramento Bee
6/30/2011 — U.S. Supreme Court got it right: Video-game ban restricts free speech — The Seattle Times
6/28/2011 — Supreme Court Has Ruled; Now Games Have a Duty — The New York Times
6/28/2011 — Back in the game — Chicago Tribune
6/28/2011 — Court Protects Free Splat! — The Wall Street Journal
6/28/2011 — Supremes say violence OK. Sex? Maybe — POLITICO
6/28/2011 — Editorial: Ruling on Violent Video Games: Score One for 1st Amendment — Los Angeles Times
6/27/2011 — Our View: Even Violent Video Games are Protected — USA Today
6/27/2011 — Editorial: Free Speech Deserves Protection — Herald Times Reporter (WI)
6/27/2011 — Supreme Court: Books as ‘Interactive’ as Video Games — The Washington Post
6/27/2011 — Supreme Court Strikes Down California Video Game Law — Los Angeles Times
6/27/2011 — Supreme Court Rejects Ban on Violent Video Games — USA Today
6/27/2011 — Supreme Court Sees Video Games as Art — CNN
6/27/2011 — Justices Shoot Fown Violent Video Game Ban — CBS News
6/27/2011 — Violent Videogames Can Be Sold to Minors: Supreme Court — CNBC
6/27/2011 — Cout: California Can't Ban Violent Video Game Sales — NPR
6/27/2011 — Supreme Court Strikes Down California’s Violent Video Game Ban — Forbes
6/27/2011 — High Court Strikes Down California Video Game Ban — Reuters
6/27/2011 — Cout: Calif. Can't Ban Violent Video Game Sales — Associated Press
6/27/2011 — Violent Video-Game Limits Struck Down by Supreme Court in California Case — Bloomberg
6/27/2011 — SCOTUS Rejects Violent Game Ban — Politico
6/27/2011 — Supreme Court Strikes Down California Video Game Law — National Journal
6/27/2011 — States May Not Ban Sale, Rental of Violent Videogames to Minors — Wired.com
6/27/2011 — Court Strikes Down California Video Games Law — San Francisco Chronicle (CA)
6/27/2011 — U.S. Supreme Court: California Ban on Violent Video Games Violates First Amendment — San Jose Mercury News (CA)
6/27/2011 — Supreme Court: Violent Video Games are Protected Speech — Houston Chronicle (TX)
6/27/2011 — Supreme Court: Books as ‘interactive’ as video games — The Washington Post
6/27/2011 — Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban On Video Game Violence — Forbes
6/24/2011 — The Ninny State — The New York Times
6/20/2011 — Supreme Court Considers Ban on Violent Video Games — The Wall Street Journal
6/17/2011 — Preparing to play — Central Penn Business Journal
6/17/2011 — Turning to Software to Help Treat Brain Injuries — The New York Times
6/16/2011 — Today's video gamer? It might not be who you think — CNN
6/15/2011 — Video Game Gives Boost to Underage Alcohol Message — Southern Maryland News (MD)
6/14/2011 — Brain Exercise Video Games Can Improve Kids' School Performance — Medical News Today
6/13/2011 — Immersion in Virtual Reality Eases Pain — Reuters
6/7/2011 — Video games can improve your mind — WTOP
6/7/2011 — Study: Average Gamer Is 37 Years Old (No Joke) — Time
6/2/2011 — Online Game Fuels Students' Interest in Math — San Antonio Express-News (TX)
6/1/2011 — 'Gaming for Newbies' Geared Toward Education — The George-Anne Daily (GA)
5/31/2011 — Serious Gaming: Improving the World, One Power-up at a Time — The Huffington Post
5/31/2011 — Play a Game, Buy a Dress — The Wall Street Journal
5/29/2011 — Video game art event 'Into the Pixel' announces winners — USA Today
5/29/2011 — Students expect big returns from video game class — The Brownsville Herald (TX)
5/23/2011 — Reporter's Notebook: Gamers Stay Up All Night in the Library — The Wall Street Journal
5/19/2011 — Students Get a Chance to Create Video Game at EARTHS — Ventura County Star (CA)
5/18/2011 — Finding Family History Online — The New York Times
5/16/2011 — Video gaming comes to nuclear security — Fox KASA
5/12/2011 — This Game Could Save Your Life — The Atlantic
5/10/2011 — 80 video games head for Smithsonian art exhibit — MSNBC
5/10/2011 — Wannabe SEALs help U.S. Navy Hunt Pirates in Massivley Multiplayer Game — Fast Company
5/3/2011 — Get in the game: Exergames encourage physical activity, enhance cognitive thinking — Las Cruces Sun-News
4/7/2011 — Virtual Reality Tools May Aid Stroke Recovery — WebMD Health
4/4/2011 — Goldberg: Video games are art, pop culture — USA Today
4/3/2011 — Game-Based Learning: Hype vs. Reality — Huffington Post
4/2/2011 — Why video games are indeed Art — Chicago Sun Times
3/29/2011 — Taking school to the next level — Chicago Tribune
3/23/2011 — Virtual Worlds in the Hands of Student Scientists — NPR
3/22/2011 — Doctors use Xbox Kinect in cancer surgery — Money
3/14/2011 — Digital Gaming Goes Academic — Education Week
3/9/2011 — Active Video Games Count as Legitimate Exercise — Wired
3/2/2011 — USC retains top spot among video game design programs — USA Today
2/22/2011 — Video Game Music as art? — The Washington Post
2/1/2011 — Why Videogames are Good for Girls — The Wall Street Journal
2/1/2011 — The Terminator vs. the Constitution — Reason
1/31/2011 — How video games can make you smarter — CNN
1/31/2011 — For post-traumatic stress vicitims, Pentagon video game may help healing — The Washington Post
1/26/2011 — Study Tests Video Games' Effects on Older Adults — Independent Florida Alligator
1/19/2011 — Massachusetts developing plan for video game industry tax credits — Boston Examiner
1/19/2011 — 'Virtual World' Helps with Post-Traumatic Stress — Department of Defense
1/11/2011 — Wii in PE? If it gets you moving — The Washington Post
1/10/2011 — RNA Game Lets Players Find a Biological Prize — New York Times
1/3/2011 — Balto. Co. high school to expand virtual learning technology — Baltimore Sun (MD)
1/3/2011 — How Videogames Are Changing the Economy — Wall Street Journal
1/1/2011 — First Amendment at the heart of proposed video game ban — Austin Daily Herald Joystick Blog (MN)
1/1/2011 — University of Texas archive preserves gaming history — Associated Press
1/1/2011 — Disney's New Attraction: The Happiest Lines on Earth — NPR

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2011 Noteworthy News: Archives