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Article: Video games- a fifth class or just a healthy study break?
University Wire;  November 23, 1998 ;     455 words ......walking into a room full of people playing video games. More often than not, what follows barely...talking to people while they're playing video games," said Philip Cheung '01. "I ask them...conversations, some students find that video games take up great amounts of their time...

Article: Part 2 Pros and cons of video games
Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.;  March 7, 2007 ;     691 words ......persuasive essay on the pros and cons of playing video games. Here are a few of the students work. Persuasive essayPlaying video games is not bad for kids. They can teach us hand- eye-coordination. Video games can also be educational. They can teach...

Article: COLUMN: Video games the answer to society's happiness
University Wire;  November 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ......male students are turning to video games, instead of the Internet, to...much built-up stress. Although video games are as much open to girls as...and "Shrek 2" are only a few video games that men have been drooling over...

Article: Part 1 Pros and cons of video games
Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.;  February 21, 2007 ;     700+ words ......the pros and cons of playing video games. Here are a few of the students...wrong message is being sent. Video games with violence teach kids that...go around killing things. The video games that are out today promote violent...

Article: Study calls video games beneficial
Oakland Tribune;  May 29, 2003 ;     544 words ...All those hours spent playing video games may not be wasted time after all: A new study suggests action-packed video games like Grand Theft Auto III and Counter-Stri...young adults who regularly played video games full of high-speed car chases and...

Article: Study: Action-based video games improve a person's visual perception
AP Worldstream;  May 28, 2003 ;     537 words ......All those hours spent playing video games may not be wasted time after all: A new study suggests action-packed video games like Grand Theft Auto III and...young adults who regularly played video games full of high-speed car chases...

Article: Research update: the joystick generation: video games have measurable social effects on adolescents.
Parks & Recreation;  August 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...The potentially negative effects of video games have received tremendous amounts of...children supposedly influenced by violent video games, laws were enacted to prevent children...enacted similar laws (Vastag, 2004). Video games have been increasing in popularity for...

Article: Study: Some Video Games Boost Perception
AP Online;  May 28, 2003 ;     573 words ...00-00-0000 Action-packed video games may offer more than just entertainment...who regularly played action-based video games showed better visual skills than...People who don't usually play video games but were trained to play fantasy...

Article: Ask Mr. Dad: Violent video games
Oakland Tribune;  December 3, 2008 ;     595 words ...DEAR MR. DAD: My son loves video games and spends a ton of time playing on...or pundits who have tried to connect video games to real-world violence. It's a sure...their times. The same is now true for video games. The truth is that it's pretty hard...

Article: Marshall U. students learning to balance video games, life
University Wire;  January 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Parthenon) (U-WIRE) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Video games at Marshall University are big business...even girlfriends. In Haymaker Hall, video games are a way of life for many of the residents...were drawn together by both chance and video games. Masterson and Engle, are two gamers...

Article: Can we learn life skills from video games
Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.;  November 12, 2008 ;     369 words ...Video games... they can range from adventure to violence...of all teens and children today play video games on a regular basis. However, parents...Nevertheless, recent studies suggest that video games could actually have a positive impact...

Article: Video games may hone mind
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  May 29, 2003 ;     594 words ......Bergen County, NJ) 05-29-2003 Video games may hone mind -- Boost visual...All those hours spent playing video games may not be wasted time after all: A new study suggests action-packed video games like "Grand Theft Auto III" and...

Article: Gaming enthusiasts: Video games getting undeserved bad rap
University Wire;  January 17, 2007 ;     597 words ......technology, more college students are hooked on video games than ever before, paying $500 for the...pale-skinned psycho who hunts people for fun, video games do not really have much to offer. "Video games really get a bad wrap," Matthew Eastin...

Article: Y. student researches effects of video games
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  January 23, 2009 ;     593 words ......research one of his favorite pastimes: video games. What could possibly go wrong? Whatever...learned that the more the students play video games, the worse their relationships are with friends and parents. "I assumed violent video games would be related to lower relationship...