Preschool Video Game Review: Elmo’s Musical MonsterpieceNicole Lazarro, an expert in the emotions of video games, after conducting extensive research, identified four keys of fun, or four reasons why people play video games. They are "easy fun," "hard fun," "people fun," and "serious fun." I and my three-year-old son recently played Elmo's Monsterpiece, a…
Games: 4 Games and Apps with Real-World Benefitsgiving back • bettering communities
If you think of video games as something that only teenagers do alone in their basements, there is a burgeoning body of research that refutes you. The average age of the typical gamer these days, according to a recent USA Today article, is 37, and there are now more women…
Book Review: The Gamer Generation – The Benefits of Video GamingI discovered I had a strong predilection to video games not long after I married my husband 13 years ago. He thought he'd married an intelligent woman with a strong work ethic that bordered on workaholism. But both he and I were surprised to find how much I enjoyed chasing…
