Video games don't have a reputation for offering tranquility. People tend to think of them as more likely to give a stress-addled adult a headache than lead them into a zen state of relaxation. But reputations can be deceiving. When developers simplify the controls, and weave in beautiful music and relaxing visuals, video games can open up spaces for peace and focus, like silent retreats on a screen. They can rest your mind by letting you occupy a new world and reshaping the way you think.
Quite a lot has been going on:
Video game prices are going up for the first time in 15 years | Business | dailyitem.com
People wait in line to enter Sony Playstation booth during the annual E3 2016 gaming conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
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Rarely has a game exceeded that price threshold in the three decades since, even as inflation drove the dollar's value to nearly half of what it was in the days of the Super Nintendo.
Video game publishers are now pressing ahead with an industry-wide effort to raise the standard price to $70.
Students Bridging Diplomatic Divide Through Videogames | KPBS
Above: Salaam, a video game that's meant to encourage empathy and help refugees. Its developer, 25-year-old Lual Mayen, is speaking as part of an event by the San Diego Diplomacy Council on Friday, Nov. 13, 2020.
Students from both sides of the border are taking part Friday in a diplomatic exercise using video games.
"What can I do to use my experiences as a kid, as a child, as someone who has been in a refugee camp, as someone who grew up in a war, to create something that's going to help people in the future?" he wondered, before settling on video game development.
Canadians Tweet More About Video Games Than Hockey | Game Rant
There's no doubt that it's been a big year for gaming. With the launch of Microsoft and Sony's next-gen consoles and the continuing strength of the Nintendo Switch, gamers have had plenty to enjoy this year. This interest is of course shared by Canadians, who according to a recent interview, are actually more excited about video games than hockey on social media.
Tweeting about games and gaming-related events is such a popular pastime that it's led to Twitter crashing, like when Minecraft 's Steve was announced for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate . The major reveals and releases this year may have partially led to a boost in gaming-related tweets coming out of Canada.
And here's another article:
How Miles Morales in his own Spider-Man video game confronts racial disparity in gaming - CNN
(CNN) When Jorge Castro saw that Marvel's Miles Morales would be walking around New York's Spanish Harlem on the new Spider-Man video game, he quickly choked up.
The Wide Angle: Yeah, I play video games. What of it? - Austin Daily Herald | Austin Daily Herald
For those of you that may be surprised, yes I play video games. For those gamers out there, I can't afford a PlayStation 5 so don't look down your nose at me.
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I grew up in the golden age of gaming when one could still consider the best part of going to Pizza Hut was sidling up to the tabletop game and play me a handful of quarters worth of Pac-Man. Prime gaming I tell you what.
I am old enough to remember Pong, Frogger, Double Dragon, Star Wars, Bad Dudes and a list that continues on.
Montreal police promise investigation after hostage threat at Ubisoft Montreal building confirmed
Montreal police evacuated the offices of video game developer Ubisoft Montreal on Friday afternoon in response to a 911 call about a hostage situation that was later confirmed to be a hoax.
"The police operation in connection with a hostage taking call is over," reads a tweet written by the Montreal police department. The investigation, however, has not concluded; police are looking into the source of the 911 call.
Ubisoft Montreal took to Twitter following the events, to express their gratitude to the police's "quick and professional" response, and for the "support and kind words" the company received.
Jerry Lawson revolutionized video gaming from his Silicon Valley garage.
The 13-year-old obsessed with electronics had already taught himself to make walkie-talkies from scratch, which he sold to other kids in his neighborhood in Queens, N.Y. But Lawson wanted his own ham radio setup. The idea of tuning out his immediate world — one where it often felt like kids like him couldn’t go far — gripped him.
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Through his own research, he discovered that ham radio stations transmitted out of federal housing projects didn’t need the permission of management to set up their own broadcast hubs — a fortuitous loophole. He got his license and built the radio station out of his bedroom, with the antenna hung out of his window. The background chatter of other people’s activities somewhere else in the world fascinated him.
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