Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minutePosted on 16 January 2018 Researchers at the University of York have found no evidence to support the theory that video games make players more violent. Source: No evidence to support link between violent video games and behaviour – News … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has a long history of releasing policy statements on media which are both wildly alarmist and grossly inaccurate. These include their controversial claims about “Facebook Depression” in 2011, their problematic and unrealistic recommendations on … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesAPA Says Video Games Make You Violent, but Critics Cry Bias. It’s disappointing, but really not surprising to see the APA come out with a pronouncement like this. It is pretty clear that the approach was (as it often … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe 12 cognitive biases that prevent you from being rational “The human brain is capable of 1016 processes per second, which makes it far more powerful than any computer currently in existence. But that doesn’t mean our brains don’t have … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesGamifying the classroom is a bad idea | Al Jazeera America “ I was part of a generation of children who learned about dysentery through a video game. Every week, I sat in front of a bay of Apple II … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteTHIS: They’re playing in the comment section of a website about video games: That’s three levels of virtual world created only to entertain them. 5 Gamer Comments That Give Straight White Guys a Bad Name | Cracked.com. This is brilliant. … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is a record of places I have bookmarked. (I also post them to Diigo, but since I don’t like to leave stuff only in the cloud, I am also keeping a copy here. The Rise of the New Groupthink … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteSigh. Sandy Hook Shooting: Video Game Violence Isn’t to Blame | TIME.com. Dec. 20, 2012 Yesterday, Senator Jay Rockefeller introduced a bill calling on the National Academy of Sciences to “study” video game violence on children. Speaking of the recent … Continue reading