In her bedroom, she sprints, squats, stretches and performs other exercises like knee lifts and shoulder presses, all while battling a musclebound dragon and its toadies in Ring Fit Adventure, a new game from Nintendo, the Japanese consumer tech giant.
"I am so focused on beating the high score or conquering an enemy that before I know it, 30 minutes have passed," said Ms. Ruiz, 26, who is studying to become a nursing assistant in Bakersfield, Calif.
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'I was always told I was unusual': why so few women design video games | Education | The Guardian
To improve students' transition into the workplace, universities are increasingly connecting them with a diverse range of role models. "They need windows into their future, through an education that gets them the skills and practices through which they can master their craft," says Anderson. "But they also need mirrors which hold up images where they can see themselves reflected in their field as well. Without that they will not be inspired or see it as even possible for them to succeed."
Code Ninjas teaches local kids basic video game building skills - KVRR Local News
FARGO, N.D. — Not every 10-year-old out there can say they’ve built an interactive video game from scratch.
“It feels good because not a lot of people have made games and I’m one of those, I guess, few that have made a game,” says 10-year-old Carson Huseby of Fargo.
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“I like to create games because they’re fun, and then you feel some pride because you made a game and sometimes people play it and they have fun.”
Collectors Are Spending Thousands on Video Games They Will Never Play - The New York Times
Vintage baseball cards, antique coins and rare comic books, originally bought for pennies, now regularly sell for millions of dollars, sending enthusiasts in pursuit of the next hot collectible: retro video games.
Collectors have been able to quickly flip the most coveted titles, making thousands of dollars in profit and fueling concerns of unsustainable hype.
One collector, Donald Brock Jr., who runs the website Columbia Comics , said he had spent about $50,000 buying vintage video games since his first purchase in March. One sealed N.E.S. game cost nearly $1,500. He had its condition graded, and then sold it for more than $12,000.
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The Worst Video Game in Gaming History | Screen Rant
Colonel George Armstrong Custer was a Union cavalry officer during the U.S. Civil War and later a commander in a series of wars against the Native Americans. In what became known as Custer's Last Stand, he greatly underestimated the Native American population in a village he planned to attack at Little Bighorn.
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Custer was a controversial figure in American history and so was the video game that bears his name. But oddly, Custer's Revenge wasn't the most controversial game in history - at least in the halls of Congress.
Fast-and-loose culture of esports is upending once staid world of chess
Alexandra Botez was sitting in her apartment on a recent Friday in front of three computer monitors, a webcam and a microphone — and losing at chess.
"This is not looking good, but this guy is not very fast," Botez said. "He's not good or fast, so hopefully we're going to win this game."
Botez, 24, is good and fast. She holds the title of Woman FIDE Master, was the first female president of the Stanford University Chess Club and remains one of the best players in Canada . And under normal circumstances, she probably wouldn't be losing to her anonymous online opponent.
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