Category: Games

The Force Lives On … and On and On

I just finished reviewing the new massive multiplayer online video game, Star Wars: The Old Republic. And while taking note of the plusses and minuses

The Goods on Gaming

I’m a gamer. A pretty good one, too. Good enough to review them for Plugged In, anyway. I just wanted to let you know that

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

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

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

From Newborn to Nintendo

Do you worry about the wicked impact of video games on the youth of today? Do you fear that button-mashing play is growing in popularity

Game Over, Man

Video games are excellent teachers, the experts say. But a new study suggests that these digital diversions may teach some unintended lessons. A gaggle of

Gamers Save the World … Maybe

Hey, video game haters out there, listen up. You probably thought that 30-year-old “kid” living in your neighbor’s basement playing non-stop video games was a

Media Habits of a Grown-up

Here’s a question I’ve been pondering this week: How do our media habits change as we get older? It’s a question that was spurred by

Plugged In Parent’s Guide to Today’s Technology

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