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Educational EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Wii used to bribe children into being better people 11 Throughout the many eons that man has raised children one fact has been universally accepted by all those involved in the raising of said children: bribery will get you everywhere. It may not see... College credit for playing Wii Sports? How kraaaazy! 12 Contrary to the title of this post, a health and wellness college course at the University of Houston utilizing the uber popular Wii Sports and Wii Fit to better motivate and entertain its studen... Sesame Street approves of videogames 14 While politicians and moral crusaders have done their best to criticize videogames and preach about their perceived ill effects, Sesame Street (by way of the Joan Glanz Clooney Center at Sesame W... Louisiana-based nonprofit funds student game design project 20 As a proud native, I can say with all surety that the state of Louisiana has a lot more to offer than just Mardi Gras and Bourbon Street (although those two things are kind of awesome in their ow... Huge videogame etymology study is educational and awesome! 14 There are some gamers who just play games without giving any part of them outside of what is immediately going on any further thought. Then there are others who play games and wonder, as they sto... Nope, sorry, there probably won't be an Indigo Prophecy 2 19 Ouch. If you thought there was a chance Indigo Prophecy could receive a sequel after developer Quantic Dream finished their PlayStation 3 exclusive title, Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer, you tota... Adventure Quest: The play based on 80's PC gaming 11 PC Adventure games like Day of the Tentacle, Quest for Glory, and King’s Quest are old news. However, age has never stopped fans from celebrating the titles through re-makes, retreads or ..... Mario Kart Wii teaches schoolkids to drive safely 22 Children at Vail Christian High School near Eagle in Colorado are currently being taught how to drive safely, and how not to use a cellphone while getting from A to B. Of course, because most pe... Videogames are stressful things, claims new study 24 According to a new British-backed Taiwanese study, videogames can be a contributing factor in rising stress levels and anxiety in young people. So, not only are they solely responsible for school... Researcher sees no link between videogames and school shootings 10 It's not often that we get to hear about those "experts" not stupid/lazy enough to blame the world's ills on videogames, so it's always nice when we have a story about one. Prof. Christ... Microsoft to cut 17 percent of its staff, Xbox division is safe 34 Microsoft, the behemoth corporation responsible for things like Windows (icky), the modern personal computer, the Zune and the Xbox are feeling the financial crunch associated with the troubling ... FCC: World of Warcraft causes college dropouts 25 The other day we talked about how World of Warcraft was being blamed for failing grades in college students. Federal Communications Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate has gone one step further, cla... World of Warcraft ruining grades as well as social lives? 36 World of Warcraft and a number of other leading MMOs have come under fire recently from the University of Minnesota Duluth, where college students are allegedly letting their work slip thanks to ... Grogger flash game encourages Aussies to think when they drink 7 Australia is known for a lot of things. Kangaroos, Paul Hogan, and aboriginals are but a few examples. And then, there's the cultural stereotype that Aussies love to get hammered. Well, who doesn... UK games getting new 'Traffic Light' labels to help stupid people 26 If you've ever had trouble in the past understanding the age ratings of a video game, then you're a f*cking idiot. Unsurprisingly, Britain is full of these arseholes, so UK games will soon be int... Microsoft: Educational games a waste of money 24 With the success of such "games" as Dr. Hiroshima's Big Brain Suduko How Old Is Your Japanese Coach, it is little surprise that publishers are desperately scrabbling for a piece of the ... Study finds Brain Age improves math perfomance in children by 50% 6 A recently released study by Learning and Teaching Scotland suggests that children who use Brain Age have better performance in math classes. In addition, kids who use the games were found to hav... 10 games to prepare for the zombie apocalypse 56 Look, we all know it's going to happen. Eventually, a meteor is going to strike the Earth or a secret defense department experiment is going to go awry and the dead will rise. It's really only a ... Videogame being used to help children understand bullying 11 Kids in Canada are getting a fresh perspective on the prevention of bullying behavior via a videogame. Quest for the Golden Rule is a simulation game that allows children to virtually contend wit... Play videogames or study for the SAT, now you can do both 11 Did I study rigorously for the ACT when I was in high school? Hell no. I was far too busy leveling up my party in the .hack// series to read through some boring test prep booklet. Yeah, it probab... Play videogames or study for the SAT, now you can do both 11 Did I study rigorously for the ACT when I was in high school? Hell no. I was far too busy leveling up my party in the .hack// series to read through some boring test prep booklet. Yeah, it probab... Global Conflicts: Latin America suggests that games are serious business 7 [video]102201:282[/video]That's the trailer for Global Conflicts: Latin America, a game that puts you in the role of an investigative journalist who seeks to unmask corruption and exploitation. U... Sony exec 'can't remember' the last time he hired a computer games graduate 29 A recent article in the Daily Mail is highlighting a new problem in Britian’s videogame industry –- its lack of suitable graduates coming into companies. Despite computer games degree... Teenager drops out of school to focus on Guitar Hero career 72 Meet Blake Peebles, a sixteen year-old from North Carolina who has aspirations of professional gaming. He's so serious about it that he's dropped out of high school to focus on improving his skil... Sony offers PlayStation-edu program to help groom new talent 12 Doing their part to help ensure an adequate supply of programmers on hand to code for PlayStation platforms for the foreseeable future, Sony proudly unveiled their newest tool: the PlayStation-ed... Carnegie Mellon: Play GWAP and help computers get smarter 26 I have a confession to make: I'm addicted to playing Gwap, a quintet of online games that simply task my human brain to perform menial tasks for the benefit of a computer. No, it's not an MMO (ha... Kid breaks vacuum, mom sells Xbox 360, Internet points and laughs 121 I love it when some snotty punk kid gets taken down a peg or two, and the mother of one particular teenager has truly delivered. The boy was expected to perform chores, but he had other ideas. Ra... Kaplan, Aspyr bringing SAT prep software to DS, PC, and Mac 20 According to a Newsweek scoop, Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions will announce today that they are partnering with Aspyr Media to develop an SAT test-prep game for the Nintendo DS, Windows PC, and ... EA is most of the way there, but needs some more time to master the PS3 27 It has shown itself to be more than a worthy adversary when it comes to producing both visually stunning and enjoyable games, but the PS3 is still proving itself to be the beast that doesn't wish... Destructoid Rewind: Our top stories this week from 2007 43 As Destructoid lurks closer to celebrating its *TWO YEAR* anniversary (this March) I'd like to introduce a new column called Destructoid Rewind: A retrospective of the top stories from  this... Almost 50% of stores ignore ESRB ratings, according to undercover survey 19 The East County Youth Coalition, in conjunction with a number of other organizations has conducted an undercover survey to see just how often children can get their hands on adult-oriented videog... National Institute of Aerospace uses Pokemon to teach kids about science 21 In Voltron-like fashion, Nintendo of America has come together with the National Institute of Aerospace and Nortel LearniT to form the new WMD of education called Master the science ... Master th... The 50 greatest game design innovations listed 19 Pulling together the 50 best game design innovations wouldn't necessarily be a difficult thing, but ranking them in order probably would be. It's a good thing that Next-Gen has done all the work ... New book says "Games are good for you" 14 Games don't make us kill, maim or rape, or mentally retard us into small lumps of drooling pus. We all know that. But a new book by software developer Mark Prensky is rallying to our cause one fu... Masters of Illusion DS: Draw eyes that look like hairy boobs! 13 Bare witness to the first game in Nintendo history that aims to train kids into becoming street magicians instead of going to college and making mommy and daddy happy. Master of Illusion also is ... Booze Cruise teaches the evils of drunk driving 23 The Washington Post tells us about a Canadian-developed video game that aims to demonstrate what it's like to drive drunk.Developer Jim Parker, a digital-media professor at the University of Calg... Be a giant pineapple and make squirrels do your bidding: Eco Creatures FTW! 25 If there's one thing I love, it's a preachy message about healing Mother Earth thinly disguised as childrens' entertainment. From Fern Gully to Captain Planet, those eco-friendly lefties have imp... Education is the key: BBFC launches site to help parents stop being dumb 29 Many parents, like most people, are stupid and don't understand many things about the real world. In a bid to help them figure out what's best for them and their kids so they don't have to, the B... First Amendment specialist criticizes game laws, earns my puppydog love 37 It's not often that my coverage of gaming politics gives me something to feel good about, but when the rare moment comes, I'm more than happy to talk about it. With it being the US' Constitution ... Jack Thompson sends his son to buy BioShock because he is tough 66 Jack Thompson, the whimsical and lovable old kook that enjoys discussing videogames has recently and proudly announced that he sent his own 15-year old son into a Best Buy so that he could purcha... Boy commits PS3 hate crime in local store 48 Everybody knows that console wars are serious business and that cold, hard machinery is completely worth an emotional investment, but how far will the soldiers of this conflict, those truly class... Games studies make their way into UK education 12 Videogames were always the antithesis of high school for me. After seven hours a day of battling through the tedious imagination-press and concentrating as hard as I could on staying intelligent ... UK's new Game Republic Academy, monocles optional 10 Several universities have teamed up in the UK to create the Game Republic Academy, and they say that this program is their solution to the UK talent drought. Wait, there's a drought? Yorkshi... UK's new Game Republic Academy, monocles optional 10 Several universities have teamed up in the UK to create the Game Republic Academy, and they say that this program is their solution to the UK talent drought. Wait, there's a drought? Yorkshi... 'Doing the Mario?' Is that what we're calling it these days? 22 First off, we'll throw out a global NSFW warning for this entire post. The Japanese side (half) of the internet is riddled with fan videos created with the help of popular eroge (erotic ga... ESRB and PTA superhero team up yeah! 16 After providing several irritating and confusing annoyances to the gaming community in the last few weeks, the ESRB has followed up with an announcement that I actually ... agree with. In a rec... Games: SERIOUS BUSINESS 20 Slate just pubbed a piece about the whole "serious games" phenomenon. If you haven't heard, the serious gaming concept refers to games whose primary purpose isn't fun. A game th... Jeremy Soule: from 'Evermore' to 'Elder Scrolls' 13 American video game composer Jeremy Soule is now a huge name in game music, but started out small, fresh out of high school. His first job was to score the Super Nintendo classic Secret of Evermo... Virtual reality medical advancements 12 No, hospitals aren't ripping off the game Trauma Center, they've actually been working on these medical projects for at least a decade:  Scientists have created a computer program th... ESRB: We love smaller retailers too! 12 In a move to show that not just the big retailers deserve proper backing from a self-regulated organization that enforces video game ratings, the ESRB announced yesterday that it is partnering wi... ESRB: We love smaller retailers too! 12 In a move to show that not just the big retailers deserve proper backing from a self-regulated organization that enforces video game ratings, the ESRB announced yesterday that it is partnering wi... Best Buy to rely on common sense to educate consumers 8 It looks like the nation's largest consumer electronics retailer thinks that what its customers need more than lower prices is a little bit of common sense on their side. Best Buy recently an... EA: You haven't seen the last of The Godfather engine 8 It looks like the game engine that powered The Godfather still has a bit more life left in it. According to one industry analyst, EA has planned on using the engine in at least five upcoming proj... Nintendo DS to harness the raw power of THE ABACUS! 179 Tip lord BlindsideDork sent us a link to this Famitsu page with details of a brand new Nintendo DS game that very well may be the greatest artistic triumph known to modern mankind. A GAME ABOUT A... Mastering Mario by memory 23 I can play and complete Super Mario Brothers world 1-1 with out even looking. Okay, maybe I'm full of sh*t, and maybe that sounds like something kids would say on the playground, but if this... Just released: Video tutorial for Mortal Kombat on the Wii 30 Forget the silly diagrams, now we finally have some honest to goodness live-action footage of Mortal Kombat: Armageddon for the Wii. Question is though, are you excited about this? I mean, were... The kids from Spellbound can and will kick your a** 9 They will. I'm serious. I'm also serious about bringing you the most up to date in spelling technology.The most recent Scripps Spelling Bee winner (that's the big, important one) was ... Video game culture doc Pwned -- worth watching 41 Reader and Southern Illinois University student John Scott sent us over his senior thesis (a 20-minute documentary) based on video game culture and wow, we hope he got an A on it. John says the... Gamer Revolution Documentary rocks CBC 14 In Canada, we have what was once a boring, government-funded channel called the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), but in the last year, I've seen this channel completely rethink its pr... Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? On PBS 43 If you were a cable deprived child like me, you were forced to watch the few channels you could dial in on the antenna. You remember playing with the antenna, don't you? It was like being a c...		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