Online Game Reviews Make People Buy and Play by Kevin Dark
Information along the lines of performance ratings, genre, review on the actual game play or special features of the game, the positive and negative aspects of the game, what console it plays on, who created the games, and the overall rating for the audience it is initially targeted to. ... Some examples of these sites and search engines are: Tech TV, Game Spot, Game Zone, IGN Games, Game Rankings, Computer Games Online, Business Week/Game Room, Gamers, Review Center etc. ... And reviews on every single game has to provide some kind of useful information to not only the users of these...

Mental Health From Video Games by Kirk Jensen
New computer video games used to improve self-esteem and reduce stress. A group of computer video game developers where impress by the success of Nintendo's "Brain Age" and felt they should produce a stream of games that help with the psychological growth of the mind. ... "A study conducted by West Virginia University and supported by Konami Digital Entertainment claimed that consistent usage of the “Dance Dance Revolution” game “improved the health, attitudes and behaviors of participating children.”" Researcher at Rochester University conducted a survey which they found that many...

Good News Concerning Children's Video Games by Valli Schieltz
Research that has been published by two leading neuroscientists of the University of Rochester has grabbed national attention because they suggested that playing "action" video games have positive effects. They seem to enhance a student's visual selective attention. ... What attracts kids to the video games of today is not the violence or the surface subject matter, but the learning that the games provide. ... Today's game-playing child goes into the first grade being able to do and understand many complex things - from flying, to building to reasoning.

Video Games; The Good and the Bad by Lance Winslow
For those parents with gamer teenagers they know there is both good and bad to video games. On one-hand video games help children in many ways including developing good hand eye coordination. And we have already all heard about that. On the negative side the video games have been getting... Yet for this the game does not necessarily need to be violent although the intensity is ratcheted up a bit if it is and thus it teaches them all these things and all the bad things you mention too, much faster than SimCity.

Fun, Play, Game and IQ Development by Natalie Aranda
While many parents think that online games have corrupted their child’s imaginations, studies are now showing that the free online entertainment actually helps with IQ development. Although there are many online games that encourage violence, other games help children and adults improve their... For example, Backgammon helps people work on their logic, as if they were playing a chess game. ... By thinking of what their competitor will do next, they can actually manipulate and win the game. ... Many adults feel that their children should not be playing video games or online games frequently.

Kids Online Games: Get Phat! by Scott Soloff
Kids online games are games that kids can play when they are connected to the Internet using either a computer or a video console [Examples: Playstation 2, Xbox]. Kids love games, and with kids getting net-savvier by the day they have latched on big-time to online games. ... Many video console games feature too much graphic violence and that is not nice for a kid at an impressionable age. ... (2) A video console: Kids really freak out on a video console. ... Conclusion There is a silver lining to this dark image depending on how you look at kids online games: statistics show that 62% of...

Violent Video Games: Do They Lead to Aggressive Behavior or Not? by Brian Vaszily
Video games for children, teens and young adults bring in $10 billion a year in the United States. Certainly some of the games offer harmless entertainment and maybe even some educational value. But the games that seem to be the most eagerly anticipated, the games that major... Yes, Video Games Cause Violence Much attention was brought to video game violence after it was realized that the two teenagers behind the Columbine High School shootings played (and even created their own levels of) DOOM, one of the first "first-person shooter" video...

XBox Game Violence vs Pocket PC Pacifism by Damian Julien
News of grisly XBox-related killings is rapidly making the rounds within the relatively docile Pocket PC game community. The MSNBC site recently outlined the jury's recommendations for six people killed over an XBox-related dispute in Florida. After being evicted from the lodging where he had... Developers generally eschew gory PDA game violence but can still encounter erotic PDA game downloads like the sexy Strip Teaser PPC game download over at the Softpedia site. ... Some may say it was small wonder that this would serve as a catalyst for grisly, unadulterated video game related horror.

Kids' Computer Games by Max Bellamy
Computer games have become a popular childhood spare-time activity. But research indicates that kids’ computer games adversely affect children’s physical and mental health. The games featuring excessive violence are actually doing more harm to the kids. ... They even save money to buy the latest game titles. ... This type of kids’ computer game infuses violent behavior into kids. ... The supporters of video games may reason that computer games are phenomenal in enhancing hand-eye coordination. ... The kids’ computer game developers are trying to hard to cash in on their increasing popularity.

10 Reasons Why Everyone Should Play Video Games by Andrew Bermam
Since its inception video games have caught the fantasy of children as well as adults. The success of gaming is reflected in the fact that it is a multi billion dollar industry. And, games fascinate not just children but adults as well. From time immemorial mankind has played games of all... Video game players become successful soldiers, surgeons, architects, software designers, scientists, and more. ... Playing video games enhances the ability to think quickly as the game proceeds. ... Video games ignite a spirit of adventure and daring in city kids who are otherwise living is a...