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Video Game Industry

Female Game Developers Look To Shake Up The Boys Club

Reuters | Malathi Nayak | Posted 03.16.2013 | Technology
Read More: Women, Video, Electronic Arts, Gamers, Women Video Games, Video Game Industry, Reuters, Smartphones, Women in Games, Game Developers Conference, Gaming, Video Games, Facebook, Sony, Technology News

By Malathi Nayak SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When video game developer Brenda Brathwaite Romero started her career in the 1980s, she coul...

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Can Video Games Help Your Kids?

Rich Taylor | Posted 11.25.2012 | Home
Read More: Educational Video Games, Education, Video Games Education, Glass Lab, Entertainment Software Association, Video Games, Video Game Industry, Home News
Rich Taylor

In a tough economy where painful education cuts are the norm, it is more important than ever to create an affordable -- and in this case fun -- engine for teaching skills to our children. Why does this work so well?

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An Open Letter to the Video Game Industry, From a Mom Whose Son Loves Gaming

Hayley Krischer | Posted 10.23.2012 | Parents
Read More: Misogyny, Boys, Video Games, Kids, Video Game Industry, Sexism, Video-Games-Sexism, Media Sexism, Video, Parents News
Hayley Krischer

Video Game Industry, could you do us this favor? Could you try, try try to accept that this kind of sexism is real. That it's not just denigrating to women and girls, but it's denigrating to men and boys as well.

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Why Video Games Just Aren't Selling

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 08.14.2012 | Business
Read More: Walt Disney Co, Electronic Arts, Video, Microsoft Xbox, Wall Street, Video Game Industry, Gamestop, Activision Blizzard, Thq, World of Warcraft, Nintendo Wii, Ap, Sony, Business News

A look at results from selected companies in the video games business: April 12: Market tracker NPD Group says U.S. retail sales of vid...

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Video Games Redefined As An Art Form

Posted 03.15.2012 | Arts
Read More: Rise of the Video Game Zinesters, Video, Smithsonian Institution, Super Mario Bros, Video Game Industry, Seven Stories Press, Anna Anthropy, Slidepollajax, Violent Video Games, Video Games, Smithsonian-Video-Game-Exhibit, Arts News

When we typically think of video games we often envision a few teenage boys screaming at the TV amid a cloud of testosterone and the scent of recently...

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Serial Litigant Stands Slim Chance Against Video Game Titans

Suann MacIsaac | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Electronic Arts, Sony, Video Game Consoles, Video-Game-Industry, Litigation, Activision Blizzard, Video Games, Nintendo, Lawsuit, Technology News
Suann MacIsaac

In a society where parents fabricate the disappearance of their small child in the hopes of getting a reality television show, it should be no surprise that Erik Estavillo is seeking his fifteen minutes of fame.

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Overwhelmed By Toy Recalls? Buy Video Games

Los Angeles Times | Alex Pham | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Lead Paint Toys, Mattel Recalls, Mattel, Video Games, Toy Recalls, Video Game Consoles, Video Game Industry, Business News

Kathleen Buczko, a mother of three, is the toy industry's Grinch this year. She plans to cut her spending on toys by 25%. To the video game industry,...

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