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11/29/2012 — Teachers hope video games teach math skills — Press Enterprise (CA)
11/20/2012 — Want to be a surgeon? Start playing video games — NBC News
11/20/2012 — Video games help teach students math skills — Greene County Daily World (IN)
11/20/2012 — Students design video game to help stop abuse — Boston Globe (via the Associated Press)
11/10/2012 — More than just a game — The Economist
11/7/2012 — Serious Games Zapping Cancer Since 2006 — Wall Street Journal
11/6/2012 — Games May Help In Alzheimer’s Treatments — Wall Street Journal
11/3/2012 — VIDEO: Video game industry takes on politics — CNN
11/1/2012 — Video game teaches relativity by slowing down the speed of light — NBC News
10/31/2012 — Want to Be Smarter? Play Video Games — Forbes
10/23/2012 — Teen cancer survivor creates video game and social network for patients — NBC News
10/18/2012 — Video Games Can Actually Be Good for Kids — Huffington Post
10/17/2012 — Taking a cue from video games, a new idea for therapy — Washington Post
10/10/2012 — Flowing Wells H.S. students play Nintendo in new health class — KVOA (AZ)
10/9/2012 — Video Games That Bring Civics Class to Life — KQED (CA)
10/5/2012 — 'Fitocracy' turns weight loss into a social game — KVUE (TX)
10/2/2012 — Designers teach kids how to make video games — Detroit Free Press (MI)
9/28/2012 — For composers, video games are the surreal land of opportunity — The Los Angeles Times
9/28/2012 — The economics of video games — The Washington Post
9/27/2012 — Computer game lets you run a presidential campaign — CNN
9/25/2012 — Can Video Games Help Your Kids? — Huffington Post
9/24/2012 — Hall of Famer Jerry Rice helps NFL fight obesity — The Associated Press
9/24/2012 — Active video games such as Kinect burn enough calories to qualify as exercise, study suggests — Boston Globe (MA)
9/24/2012 — Students, MSUFCU create finance video game — The State News (MI)
9/21/2012 — MinecraftEdu Teaches Students Through Virtual World-Building — CNN
9/21/2012 — How video game assists the visually impaired — NBC News
9/19/2012 — Some video games can help fight cancer, obesity — Los Angeles Times
9/19/2012 — Where Do Educational Games Come From? — KQED (CA)
9/18/2012 — Sesame Street’s next chapter on the Kinect: Elmo talks back and Grover counts with you — The Associated Press
9/8/2012 — Physical Therapists Turn to Wii Golf — The New York Times
9/8/2012 — Digital games may help aging minds stay sharp — KSL-TV (UH)
9/4/2012 — Video games help NASA control robots, rovers — NBC News
9/2/2012 — From ‘Angry Birds’ to multi-player video games, NASA ramps up investment in educational technology — The Washington Post
8/28/2012 — Distracted-Driving Video Game Aims To Teach Teens — WCCO-TV (MN)
8/27/2012 — How Video Games Could Improve Our Vision — The New York Times
8/24/2012 — Fed up with Congress? See if you do better in the video game edition — The Washington Post
8/23/2012 — Ford Auto Developers Take A Page From Video Gamers' Playbook — NY 1 (NY)
8/22/2012 — It's Obama vs. Romney in new mobile game — CNN
8/22/2012 — Obama and Romney slug it out (literally) in new game — NBC News
8/20/2012 — Neurotopia Video Game Taps Into Brain Waves To Sharpen User’s Focus — KCAL (CA)
8/17/2012 — The art of play — Financial Times
8/15/2012 — Fashion Action Struts Its Way Into Videogames — The Wall Street Journal
8/15/2012 — 'Playforward,' HIV Awareness Video Game, Aims To Curb Epidemic Among Minority Teens — Huffington Post
8/11/2012 — Area students win educational video game design awards — The State Journal (WV)
8/10/2012 — Organization to promote high school science with a video game — The Baltimore Sun (MD)
8/9/2012 — Fear giving way to app-friendly classrooms — Lincoln Journal-Star (NE)
8/9/2012 — Games offer unique platform for education, social change — Deseret News (UT)
8/8/2012 — Students' anti-bullying video game finalist for award — The Charleston Gazette (WV)
8/7/2012 — Video gaming grows up at Becker — Telegram & Gazette (MA)
8/6/2012 — Can Video Games Unite Generations in Learning? — Slate
8/6/2012 — Private industry, military find uses for video game software — USA Today
8/6/2012 — High-tech class gets special needs students moving with Microsoft Kinect — Fox News
8/5/2012 — Video games teach traditional tongue — North County Times (CA)
8/3/2012 — Classical literature “gamified” to encourage children — The Oxford Student
7/30/2012 — Students train to become video game designers — Boston Globe (MA)
7/26/2012 — Interest compounds in finance game apps — Reuters
7/24/2012 — Many students now learning while having fun with video games — Star News (NC)
7/21/2012 — MSU study uses video game to help lung cancer patients recover from surgery — Michigan Radio (MI)
7/18/2012 — When video games become a 'lifeline' — The Today Show
7/18/2012 — Using the Xbox to study locust swarms — CNN
7/16/2012 — NASA's free video game for Xbox Live: 'Mars Rover Landing' — The Christian Science Monitor
7/13/2012 — Video game equipment lets disabled control computer with just their eyes — WTTG (DC)
7/12/2012 — Class Teaches Students to Make Video Games — KOLO (NV)
7/12/2012 — Summer school class offers professional advice to young video game designers — KAME (NV)
7/10/2012 — Physical Education and Technology: Using Video Sports Games to Engage Students with Disabilities — Huffington Post
7/5/2012 — Camp lets high schoolers bring video game characters to life — The Salt Lake Tribune (UT)
7/5/2012 — Mom's wrong! Video games could help you — Democrat and Chronicle (NY)
6/30/2012 — Developing a generation of ‘video game learners’ — USA Today
6/27/2012 — Video games top tablet activities and revenue, survey says — USA Today
6/27/2012 — New Lab Aims to Create, Study Educational Games — The Wall Street Journal
6/20/2012 — How Video Game Computers May Revolutionize Health Care — The Atlantic
6/17/2012 — Video games play role in military training — Times Record News (TX)
6/15/2012 — World Of Battleships Publisher Wargaming.net Blends History With Online Games Aboard USS Iowa — Forbes
6/15/2012 — Video Games Drawing Crowds — The Ledger (FL)
6/14/2012 — From the Virtual Track to the Real One — The New York Times
6/14/2012 — New video games can help people recover from injuries — Boston Globe (MA)
6/14/2012 — 8-Bit Forever: The 1980s Video Game Aesthetic That Shapes Art Today — The Atlantic
6/14/2012 — Survive125 Online Game Simulates Living In Extreme Poverty — Huffington Post
6/13/2012 — Gamers gravitating to multiscreen experiences — CNN
6/13/2012 — Electronic games can guide you to improved health — USA Today
6/10/2012 — For This Video Game, No Hands Necessary — The New York Times
6/3/2012 — Vancouver teen's video game wins national prize — The Columbian (WA)
6/1/2012 — Video games help autistic students in classrooms — USA Today
5/31/2012 — Online games help teach students Math — KVII (TX)
5/31/2012 — Video game art: Into the Pixel 2012 — MSNBC
5/30/2012 — Summer Camps Get Their STEM On — U.S. News & World Report
5/29/2012 — Un-Stuffy Museum: The Louvre Goes High-Tech with Video-Console Guides — Time
5/25/2012 — A Game to Help Doctors Ask Tough Questions — The New York Times
5/23/2012 — Detroit Works online game offers residents a chance to help shape the city — Michigan Radio (MI)
5/23/2012 — Dating websites get inventive with games, apps — Reuters
5/21/2012 — Calling All Gamers: U.S. Navy Wants You! — PBS Newshour
5/21/2012 — Video games aren't just for kids and teens — Sentinel & Enterprise (MA)
5/20/2012 — Game technology vs. cancer — The Charlotte Observer (NC)
5/20/2012 — Austin Community College's video game program grows into key feeder for industry — Austin American-Statesman (TX)
5/18/2012 — Virtual Reality Goes to School — The New York Times
5/17/2012 — Computer game helps rehabilitate stroke victims — BBC
5/16/2012 — Sandra Day O’Connor: Teaching Civics Imperative To Country’s Future — KPBS (CA)
5/16/2012 — SF Giants Buster Posey And Ryan Vogelsong Appeal In Video Game PSA — Bay City News (SF)
5/15/2012 — Gamer's delight: Class plays with another form of screenwriting — The Star-Ledger (NJ)
5/15/2012 — President’s Council on Fitness backs Wii, Kinect and other video games — The Washington Post
5/14/2012 — Gamification Grows Up to Become a CEO's Best Friend — Forbes
5/12/2012 — Video game tool used to teach students at Mountain Gap Middle — WAFF (AL)
5/11/2012 — Walt Disney Imagineers Bringing Video Games To Life At Walt Disney World Resort — Forbes
5/10/2012 — Video game exercise may be boost to workout routine, new survey says — Orlando Sentinel (FL)
5/10/2012 — Survey: More than half of Americans play video games — USA Today
5/9/2012 — U. students showcase first video games — The Salt Lake Tribune (UT)
5/9/2012 — Students learn business tips through video games — KNDO (WA)
5/9/2012 — New business approach borrows from video game design — Tallahassee Democrat (FL)
5/9/2012 — Video Game Class Provides Students Advanced Computer and Technology Skills — KCRG (IA)
5/8/2012 — Students use video game to explore engineering concepts at Alexander Dawson — Las Vegas Review-Journal (NV)
5/8/2012 — Video games at the Smithsonian draws massive audience, perhaps future show — McClatchy-Tribune News Service
5/7/2012 — Game-Based Learning for the Corporate World — Training Magazine
5/5/2012 — Gaming industry becomes creative force in Austin — Austin American-Statesman (TX)
5/5/2012 — Oconomowoc uses video games as teaching tools — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (WI)
5/4/2012 — A Video Game Where Players Help Real Doctors Diagnose Malaria — The Atlantic
5/3/2012 — UIHC doctors develop breakthrough in respiratory technology — The Daily Iowan (IA)
5/2/2012 — More than Fun & Games; Video Gaming Brings Jobs, Money to California — KTXL (CA)
5/2/2012 — Computer and video game industry — The Aransas Pass (TX)
5/2/2012 — Trainers use video games to track concussions — WMAR (MD)
5/2/2012 — Get Moving: It's National Physical Fitness And Sports Month — WUSA (DC)
5/2/2012 — The New Way for Kids to Exercise: Playing Active Video Games — Washingtonian Magazine
5/1/2012 — Drew Brees, Billie Jean King Find Health in Video Games — Bloomberg
5/1/2012 — President's Fitness Council Launches Video-Game Health Challenge — Education Week
5/1/2012 — Group’s Annual Physical Today — Washington Post Express
4/30/2012 — Sebelius gets moving with former Olympian — The Hill
4/30/2012 — Obama Administration Joins Video Game Industry In Fitness Challenge — Huffington Post
4/30/2012 — 3-D maps designed to help first responders — The Columbus Dispatch (OH)
4/30/2012 — iTech Academy, Miami Video Game-Themed Magnet, Aims To Prepare Students For Technological Job Market — Huffington Post
4/30/2012 — Madison Avenue turns to social game advertising — Reuters
4/30/2012 — Thoreau's Walden: The Video Game — Time
4/29/2012 — She’s Playing Games With Your Lives — The New York Times
4/26/2012 — Smithsonian museum explores the art of gaming — The Washington Post
4/25/2012 — Tetris Shown to Lessen PTSD and Flashbacks — Scientific American
4/25/2012 — A Video Game Designed to Treat Depression Worked Better Than Counseling — The Atlantic
4/24/2012 — Calling All Girls: The Video Gaming Industry Offers Exceptional Opportunities to Young Women — Huffington Post
4/23/2012 — Time spent playing video games pays off for student — CNN
4/23/2012 — Students put tech to good use in Microsoft's Imagine Cup contest — The Seattle Times (WA)
4/23/2012 — Henryville students use game systems to stay fit — WAVE (KY)
4/20/2012 — Lessons learned from a lifetime of gaming — WBRC (AL)
4/20/2012 — Tech Beat: Design lab has students entering world of game craft — YNN (TX)
4/18/2012 — UI journalism teacher adds video game narrative writing course to Fall 2012 curriculum — The Daily Iowan (IA)
4/18/2012 — Using math in the real world adds up to a cool job — The Washington Post
4/18/2012 — What Can We Learn From Video Games? — NPR
4/16/2012 — Elementary schoolers learning through video game design — KBIA (CA)
4/10/2012 — Ford simulator gives ECC students glimpse of virtual car design — Buffalo News (NY)
4/5/2012 — Prada Gets Playful With ‘Final Fantasy’ — The Wall Street Journal
4/5/2012 — Video game treatment for lazy eye — BBC
4/4/2012 — 'The Art of Video Games' at the Smithsonian American Art Museum — PBS NewsHour
4/2/2012 — Student-Created Video Games Enter Science Class — KQED MindShift (CA)
4/1/2012 — Game Theory — Government Executive
3/30/2012 — Learning by doing at Parker Middle School in Chelmsford — Chelmsford Independent (MA)
3/27/2012 — STEM challenges teens to create computer games — The Central Jersey Sun (NJ)
3/27/2012 — Virtual Reality Technology Comes of Age — CNBC
3/26/2012 — Xbox now used more for online entertainment than online gaming — Los Angeles Times (CA)
3/25/2012 — 'Zelda' game music becomes full-blown symphony in concert — The Seattle Times (WA)
3/22/2012 — My View: A game-changing major — CNN
3/21/2012 — West View Elementary's online game battles hunger — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA)
3/21/2012 — Cancer fighting game works in real life: study — MSNBC
3/19/2012 — How Video Games Ended Up in the Smithsonian — The Atlantic
3/19/2012 — Smithsonian scores with ‘Art of Video Games’ exhibit — Los Angeles Times (CA)
3/18/2012 — The art of video games — CBS News
3/18/2012 — Smithsonian 'Art Of Video Games' Exhibit Opens — Huffington Post
3/18/2012 — How video games help war vets — Christian Science Monitor
3/18/2012 — Video game nation: Why so many play — Christian Science Monitor
3/15/2012 — Video game art gets the gallery treatment — BBC
3/15/2012 — 'Space Invaders' as Art: A New Look at Videogames — The Wall Street Journal
3/15/2012 — Videogames Take Place in History — The Wall Street Journal
3/15/2012 — An Exhibition in Easy Mode — The New York Times
3/15/2012 — Smithsonian features 'The Art of Video Games' — MSNBC
3/15/2012 — More Than the Art of Video Games — Huffington Post
3/14/2012 — Students creating their own digital learning tools in preparation for future tech jobs — Austin American-Statesman (TX)
3/13/2012 — Game Therapy a Powerful Tool for Paralysis Patients — WFMY (NC)
3/13/2012 — Simulations show perils of distracted driving — Waynesboro Herald-Mail (PA)
3/12/2012 — Is Gaming Changing Health Care and Helping You Live a Healthier Life? Part 1 — Huffington Post
3/12/2012 — Are video games art? Draw your own conclusions — USA Today
3/12/2012 — Kids, Let's Play the Money Game! — The Wall Street Journal
3/11/2012 — Video game reinforces math skills for local students — Rome Observer (NY)
3/11/2012 — Training Doctors Perform Virtual Colonoscopies To Perfect Their Skills — NY1
3/7/2012 — Playing Video Games For Exercise; It's Called "Excer-Gaming" — WDTV (WV)
3/6/2012 — Taking a Page From the Web, Magazine Pitches a Social Game — The New York Times
3/5/2012 — When Gaming Is Good for You — The Wall Street Journal
3/5/2012 — The Bay State Is Becoming The Play State — Worcester Business Journal (MA)
3/4/2012 — Local team designs video game based on transplantation — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA)
3/2/2012 — Video game schools and students are in demand — USA Today
3/1/2012 — The Art of Video Games — Smithsonian Magazine
2/28/2012 — Wake Tech video game grads make mark in industry — WRAL (NC)
2/25/2012 — Giants' Posey, Vogelsong team up to send message — USA Today
2/17/2012 — Two cool contests for kids — The Washington Post
2/14/2012 — Long-distance love helped by games — MSNBC
2/14/2012 — Motivating Students and the Gamification of Learning — Huffington Post
2/13/2012 — The Therapist May See You Anytime, Anywhere — The New York Times
2/10/2012 — Leominster fifth-grader meets Obama — Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA)
2/8/2012 — Schools seeing improvement in math scores as students play video game — The Las Vegas Sun (NV)
2/7/2012 — Obama Pushes for Investing in Young, Inquiring Minds — The New York Times
2/7/2012 — Mercer Island student's video game earns White House visit — The Seattle Times
2/3/2012 — Kids relive history with free role-playing game — USA Today
2/2/2012 — Distracted driving video game to premiere at Teen Driving Summit — KARE-TV (MN)
2/1/2012 — White House office studies benefits of video games — USA Today
2/1/2012 — Video game challenge seeks to inspire local kids — The Daily News (NY)
1/29/2012 — 'Gamification': businesses seek the perfect video game to sell their goods and services — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA)
1/24/2012 — Elementary school students use video games for fitness, health — Morning Sun (PA)
1/24/2012 — Computer Explorers trains tech to Deerfield students — Deerfield Review (MA)
1/18/2012 — Virtual Victuals: A Gamer Turns Video Game Food Into Real Food — NPR
1/18/2012 — Smithsonian details upcoming art exhibit on gaming — Associated Press
1/16/2012 — Study: 'Exergames' boost brain function among seniors — CNN
1/11/2012 — Graduate program in video game design, technology is one-of-a-kind among Ivies — The Daily Pennsylvanian (PA)
1/4/2012 — Real Connections in Game Land — The New York Times

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2012 Noteworthy News: Archives