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Video Game Math Is The New Reading

Laura Zigman | Posted 02.28.2012

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Laura Zigman

Here, my son -- I mean, a boy -- is explaining to my husband -- I mean, his father -- how the three hours he's already spent playing video games doesn't really count and that he's actually earned MORE time for all the time he's spent playing video games that didn't count.

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WATCH: Your Fake Digital Self

Posted 01.01.2012

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It's all too easy to tweak ourselves online. Changing to become closer to the way we wish others perceived us, only the most flattering pictures, fals...

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Spielberg Unveils Motion Control For Xbox 360

AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Gamers, get ready for your close-up. Microsoft introduced a prototype camera Monday that can be used as a controller for the Xbox...

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Narcissistic Night Sweats

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler

Like its poster child for the cultural crisis, Paris Hilton, the book The Narcissism Epidemic is appealing but thin.

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Stress-Busting Game Play

Tobi Elkin | Posted 11.17.2011

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Tobi Elkin

As far as stress relief goes, there's some evidence that casual games might be helpful. A study conducted this spring measured the stress-relieving and mood-lifting effects of casual video games.

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