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Game defender Prof. Henry Jenkins leaves MIT,  heads into the “heart of the entertainment industry”

by Jason Townsend-Rogers on Nov 19, 2008 at 10:02 PM

With all of the detractors that have made news in the gaming industry, there has always been one individual who has stood in our defense. That individual is Henry Jenkins, a professor at MIT who not only has his own blog but has frequently spoken in defense of video games… Continue Reading »

Books about gamers for librarians, teachers

by Lucy Newman on Sep 9, 2008 at 07:27 PM

In the Los Angeles Times, writer Alex Pham reports that the San Fernando Library encourages youth to play video games and even invites them to be as loud as they like. “It lets teens be more comfortable with the library and become familiar with librarians,” San Fernando librarian Lydia Harlan… Continue Reading »

Study indicates videogames may stimulate creativity

by Pulkit Chandna on May 30, 2008 at 02:17 PM

A recent study has found videogames may be creatively galvanizing. Researchers around the world seem to be locked in a seesaw battle when it comes to video games as they draw conflicting inferences. But this is certainly not one of those studies that anti-game attorney Jeff Thomson can use to… Continue Reading »

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