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1voteElf Island, a gaming community for tweens, links online actions to Habitat for Humanity's real-world charity efforts. Check out the game at http://www.elfisland.com/ and the GoodQuests blog at http://blog.elfisland.com/.
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1voteA group of 60- and 70-year-olds using strategy-based video games saw gains in memory, reasoning, and the ability to multi-task.
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1voteOne model for merging real-world actions and online gaming communities. Record your chores (it's an honor system) to help your online avatar earn gold coins and build their experience points.
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1voteLead designer for the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab examines egocentric views, self-reference, and immersion in video games.
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1voteAn eight-year-old who was writing programming code "for fun" in an art class this weekend told me about this site. This is where he started building games once he felt he'd outgrown Scratch.
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1voteA mother frustrated with a lack of fun learning games for her kids has partnered with Microsoft on a new series of games for young learners. Her goals is to "create a computer game for children that bolsters reading skills along with creative expression."
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1voteBrief descriptions and links to video games with joystick-free interfaces. Several are probably familiar--Dance Dance Revolution, Wii, Guitar Hero--but a few may be new. Interesting to consider these interfaces with Universal Design categories.
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1voteNew game consoles (ex: Wii) and virtual worlds create more jobs in gaming.
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