Mar 07 Trump reopens a seemingly settled debate on video games and violence By Mae Anderson, Associated Press In the wake of the Florida school shooting, President Donald Trump is reviving an old debate over whether violent video games can trigger violent behavior. There's just one problem: Roughly two decades of research has repeatedly failed to uncover any… Continue reading
Jan 05 10 video games you can play with your family By Michael Boulter It may come as a surprise, but a recent report shows that some two-thirds of parents play video games with their children at least once a week. Continue reading
Jun 23 Why the actors behind popular video games are on an epic strike By Andrew Wagner The gaming world put its best and brightest new offerings on display at E3 last week, but eleven video game publishers remain under pressure from the Screen Actors Guild. Here's why. Continue reading
Oct 30 SXSW walks back its decision to cancel panels on gaming and harassment By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins, Corinne Segal Music and media conference South by Southwest has reversed its decision to cancel two panels related to online gaming and added an all-day summit on online harassment after widespread criticism. Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch 4:54 Teaching girls to write the rules at video game coding camp By PBS News Hour Video games are still largely aimed at a male audiences, which is no surprise since women make up a small portion of game designers and programmers. But that doesn't mean that girls aren't interested in playing and creating. Girls-only computer… Continue watching
Jul 13 A gamer at heart, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata dies at 55 By Justin Scuiletti Satoru Iwata, president and CEO of video game giant Nintendo, died on Saturday at the age of 55 from a bile duct growth, the company announced on Sunday. Continue reading
May 22 8 things you didn’t know about Pac-Man By Corinne Segal Today marks 35 years since Pac-Man debuted at a movie theater in the Shibuya area of Tokyo. Since then, the game has become one of the most popular of all time, producing more than eight other versions, a television series and… Continue reading
Feb 25 Watch 3:08 Teaching computers how to play Atari better than humans By PBS News Hour Tom Clarke of Independent Television News reports on how an artificial intelligence business owned by Google has created software that can teaching itself to play classic Atari games better than a human. Continue watching
Feb 25 Artificial intelligence program teaches itself to play Atari games — and it can beat your high score By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy A new artificial intelligence program from Google DeepMind has taught itself how to play classic Atari 2600 games. And it can probably beat your high score. Continue reading
Dec 08 ‘Father of video games’ Ralph Baer dies at 92 By Justin Scuiletti While 2014 holiday sales boast the latest generation of home video game consoles -- such as the Wii U, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 -- Ralph Baer, an inventor and engineer, was instrumental in giving life to the original idea… Continue reading