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We All Scream for Our Screens

Last week I ruminated on the joys of unplugging for a bit. But truth is, it didn’t take me long to reconnect. Granted, my job

Culture

Vodcast: The Dark Side of Angry Birds

Angry Birds has a deep, dark secret. Their insidious secret? They don’t really care about the eggs. They’re after something much, much more precious. Something each

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Minecraft Play and Autistic Kids

If you’re a gamer, you feel pretty horrible don’t you? I mean, those poor old games á la video have had a lot of shade

Culture

The Day My Life Became a Video Game

I never knew I wanted a Sneakers badge. Or a Redwood Forest badge. Until today. Some of you—perhaps quite a few, actually—know exactly what I’m

Culture

Better than Video Games

Is there anything cooler than video games? Ask me that question and I could name hundreds of things. But I’m a 50-something guy who was

Culture

Resolving to Change Our Media Habits

Editor’s Note: It’s nearly the dawn of a new year, and with the turn of the calendar many of us take stock of our lives

Culture

The State of Teens, Tweens and Screens

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to notice how screen and media time continues to grow for so many of us, young and old, these

Culture

The Clock Ticks, The Tech Pile Grows

One pleasant advantage of having a few years under my belt, is the ability to drone on endlessly about my phenomenal, life-changing adventures in the

Plugged In Parent’s Guide to Today’s Technology

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