Computer Games Teach Nutrition to Needy
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In an effort to educate the nation's neediest children on nutrition, a new project uses the familiar medium of video games to broadcast its message.
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Goal is to assist moms and dads in buying family-friendly entertainment for their kids. Video games are a popular item on the Christmas wish lists of kids, which
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Henry Jenkins  and his observations on social responsibility in Chinese video game culture.
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There is a part of gamer psychology that is rarely discussed, but incredibly important: We are thrilled by wanton destruction. We need it like a form of food. Commentary by Clive Thompson.
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Students at a college in Chile use a bespoke video game to learn about about team-building.
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Public radio production company American Public Media has launched an interactive game that allows users to calculate and illustrate their family's ecological impact.  The exercise gives each player a bottom line result that calculates "how many 'Earths'
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CHICAGO (Reuters Life!) - Playing video games appears to  help surgeons with skills that truly count: how well they  operate using a precise technique, a study said on Monday.
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Inhabitants of virtual worlds are giving the games they play real economic power, a study has found.
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Students design mobile data-access system for health-care workers.
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Computer games can promote problem-solving and team-building in children, say games industry experts.
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Health care experts are convinced that games can help people get and stay well, but they don't agree on what's the best approach. By Noah Shachtman.
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Who needs another video game? Teach kids how to watch their money grow.
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HopeLab is a nonprofit that creates innovative products with a health-improvement target goal, like video game 'Re-Mission', which has been shown to improve the attitude and healthy behaviors of teens with cancer.
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Could computer game-inspired lesson plans help attract students to college computer science courses? Two researchers got a $147,000 National Science Foundation grant to find out.
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NEW YORK  - A computer program that  improves one type of memory appears to help kids with  attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), new study  findings suggest.
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A forthcoming video game aims to educate children about the global fight against hunger.
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By Dorsey Griffith, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 21--Excessive video game playing sure can be a problem.