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Video Games: Boon or Bane? Part 2
Editor’s Note: Yesterday, Bob Hoose discussed some of the evidence suggesting that video games can be beneficial—serving to improve hand-eye coordination, reduce stress and even
Video Games: Boon or Bane? Part 1
Editor’s Note:Once upon a time, video games were almost as crude as a cave man’s drawings—a pixelated blip bouncing between two paddles. But as the
For Sale: One Gaming Addict
Alyse Baddley of Logan, Utah, doesn’t have anything against video games. After all, she was up ’til midnight with husband Kyle Baddley to buy Call
Fears, Film and Fairy Tales
My daughter’s reading fairy tales. Just bought a big book of ’em not too long ago, and she’s doggedly plowing through the massive tome princess
Movie Monday: Breaking Muppets
Is there a better way to work off that tryptophan trough than a good family-friendly movie? Well, probably, but don’t tell studio execs that. The
I Was … Batman
Do you ever stop to think about the many roles we play in our personal and professional lives? You probably shift in and out of
Thanks, Hollywood. No, Really.
The words “Thanksgiving” and “health” don’t typically go hand in hand—not with all the stuffing and pumpkin pie and marshmallow-covered sweet potatoes making their rounds.
Candid Conversation with Kermit
It’s the rare child of the ’70s who doesn’t have fond memories of the Muppets. Sesame Street. The Muppet Show. All those wacky movies. Well,
Movie Monday: Breaking Dawn Breaks the Bank
It’s a new dawn at the multiplex. Breaking Dawn, that is. The Twilight Series: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 sucked scads of cash out of
Music’s Greatest Scandal
A dark moment in music history occurred 21 years ago this weekend. That’s when the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences had to strip
Plugged In Parent’s Guide to Today’s Technology
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