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Playing Video Games Improves These Aspects of Daily Life Say Gamers in New Poll

Nearly three-quarters of gamers are certain that video games have improved their lives. A recent survey of 2,000 American gamers revealed how video games are...

Video Games Are Not Associated with Harming Brains of Preteens, According to a New Study

Showing that scientific work so often disproves intuitive rationalization, a recent study found that video games are not damaging children’s brains, but also that...

High Schooler Self-Publishes Fantasy Novel Over Lockdowns as Break From Video Games-Gets Orders Worldwide

Trying to distract himself from his PlayStation during COVID lockdowns, a London high schooler self-published a fantasy novel that's now selling as far away...

Video Games Can Help Boost Children’s Intelligence; TV and Social Media Had No Negative Effect Says New Study

Children have been spending more and more time in front of screens—and whether it has a negative impact on their well being is being...

Boys Who Play Video Games Linked With Lower Depression Risk, UK Shows Study

Boys who regularly played video games at age 11 were less likely to develop depressive symptoms three years later, finds a new study led...

How You and Your Friends May Soon Be Able to Play Video Games Together Using Only Your Minds

A groundbreaking piece of research shows that groups of people can communicate wordlessly by concentrating on the right answer—and they were correct 13 out...
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12-Year-Old Up Late Playing Video Games Saves Family

I bet Jaxxyn Wood's parents are glad Santa brought their 12-year-old son a new video game for Christmas. He was enthralled in one of the...
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Video Games Effective Treatment for Stroke Patients: Study

Between 55 and 75 percent of stroke survivors experience motor problems in their arm. Yet conventional therapy – physiotherapy and occupational therapy – provide...
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Playing Casual Video Games Reduces Depression Symptoms

A new clinical study out of East Carolina University found that playing casual, non-violent video games reduced depression symptoms in study participants. The study...
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Video Games Support School Lessons and Learning

Once shunned as a brain-rotting activity, video games are now winning over many teachers of teenage students as a way to inspire kids to...

Good News in History, March 3

7 years ago today, Nintendo released the Switch gaming console. While video games may not be everyone's cup of tea, it was an inspiring...

Good News in History, January 31

53 years ago today, My Sweet Lord by George Harrison reached number 1 on the UK pop charts. It would hold the same position in the...

Oklahoma 13-year-old is Believed to Be the First Person Ever to Beat Tetris Game

Among the oldest video games in society, Tetris had never been 'beaten' before by a human: until now. Nearly 40 years after its development, an...

Good News in History, November 26

12 years ago today, the Mars Science Laboratory launched from Earth carrying the Curiosity Rover with the objectives including the investigation of Mars' habitability,...

Doritos ‘Crunch Cancellation’ Software for Gamers Removes Munching Sounds From Headsets–and it’s Free

New ‘crunch cancellation’ software has been developed to remove the sound of munching while wearing a headset. Created by software developer Dylan Fashbaugh, the AI-powered...

A Teenager Was Having a Stroke but His Dog Helped Save Him, Explains Doctor

From the Washington Post comes the story of a family border collie whose 5:30 a.m. wake-up call saved the future, and possibly the life,...

Good News in History, October 26

Happy 72nd Birthday to William Collins, better known by his rather eternal moniker, "Bootsy." A bass guitar legend, Bootsy learned how to play in...

Amazon.com Now Builds Packaging to Fit Items And Cut Waste—With Weather-Resistant Paper

Retail giant Amazon.com has developed a weather-resistant paper that stretches into the shape of a package, in order to cut waste—and it can be...

Good News in History September 25

On this day, 133 years ago, Congress established Sequoia National Park in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. Since that day, the protected area in which...

Good News in History, July 15

Though not a pilot, on this day in 1939 the fashionable and smashing Clara Adams stepped off her passenger aircraft in Newark, having completed...