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A bit of videogaming is good for kids: Study

August 7, 2014

By Anne Collier What?! A little videogame play a day is actually good for children? That’s what an Oxford University researcher found in a study of 5,000 UK

Breadth of videogames’ benefits to kids may surprise

July 11, 2014

By Anne Collier It being summertime here in the global North, there may be a little extra videogame play going on in households with kids. So it may be helpful for parents to

The videogame discourse: Default to open-mindedness!

May 7, 2014

By Anne Collier My heart sinks when I see uncritical thinking in commentaries from Internet safety advocates about the media young people love – thinking that defaults (and

‘No negative impact’ from videogame play: Study

December 9, 2013

By Anne Collier Contrary to what parents have heard about videogames, a UK study that followed the videogame play and TV viewing of more than 11,000 children for three years

Minecraft & the shared, creative safety of gaming, social media

June 27, 2013

By Anne Collier Reporters and reviewers write about Minecraft as if it’s just like any other videogame. Even this highly readable piece about its creator (Markus

Point & counterpoint on young video gamers: 2 studies

June 11, 2013

By Anne Collier What an interesting point and counterpoint about videogames have been turned up by two just-released studies, one from Northwestern University in the US and

Challenging the idea that games can’t be fun AND meaningful

March 18, 2013

By Anne Collier In “Reading, Writing & Videogames,” parent and New York Times features editor Pamela Paul seems to be arguing that digital games are just that