Feb 17, 2017
In November 2015, middle-school students from Westchester County, New York, found themselves on a windswept field in South Sudan mingling with a crowd of refugees fleeing civil war. Suddenly, they… more »
Nov 23, 2015
On the upper floors of the DigiPen Institute of Technology in Redmond, Wash., small teams of student game developers huddle together over monitors, clicking and tweaking visuals and game mechanics,… more »
Aug 3, 2015
Do video games inspire real world behavior? It’s a debate that usually centers on violence. Politicians, educators and parents have been arguing about whether playing violent video games translates into… more »
Dec 14, 2014
Dr. Jeremy Richman, who lost his daughter in the shootings at Newtown, CT two years ago today, and Jessica Berlinski of Adaptive Health Systems call for a new wave of video games that can help young people develop empathy and other emotional skills. The two argue the research is there to prove their effectiveness and the time is now to “move from an unproductive, blame-based dialogue to one that incites positive action.”