Mass Effect 2 is widely considered the peak of science fiction in the gaming world, but titles like Portal 2 and The Last of ...

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Far from rotting our brains, video games may improve our cognition. But how we play them matters when it comes to the benefits they provide. By playing video games, “people are practicing complex ...

Some people just love to play. Give them a ball, or a pen, or a pile of leaves and they'll find a way to play with it. In fact, enough people love to play that just about any time someone invents ...

BOARD GAMES have long fascinated artificial-intelligence (AI) researchers. They have clear rules, well-defined playing fields and objective winners and losers. This makes them perfect “sandpits” for ...

Tristan Donovan, a U.K. writer who has contributed to Edge and The Guardian*, has just released a new book called Replay: The History of Video Games.* While other history books have covered the topic, ...

Numerous creatives and professors gathered at the Michigan State University Museum on March 18 for the collaborative panel "Conversation: Music, Science and Video Games." The event is part of the Arts ...