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BRAIN CANDY.(intelligence quotient)
Twenty years ago, a political philosopher named James Flynn uncovered a curious fact. Americans--at least, as measured by I.Q. tests--were getting smarter. This fact had been obscured for years, because the people who give I.Q. tests continually recalibrate the scoring system to keep the average at 100. But if you took out the recalibration, Flynn found, I.Q. scores showed a steady upward trajectory, rising by about three points per decade, which means that a person whose I.Q. placed him in the top ten per cent of the American population in 1920 would today fall in the bottom third. Some of that effect, no doubt, is a simple by-product of economic progress: in the surge ...
- Christian video games offer less violence
- Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Ken Fibbe July 9, 2009 700+ words
...said. Many religious leaders use video games as a fun, interactive way to...faith-based events. "We use video games here at our church youth program...him to stop selling Christian video games years ago. "It's terrible, but a lot...
- Video games trigger excitement; toy retailers forecast another year of strong...
- Magazine article from: Playthings Schulman, Milt January 1, 1989 700+ words
...newer generation of video games. Unlike the video game craze of six years ago, when a glut of competing...a major factor in video games six years ago, says it is "comfortable...companies also market video games. Retailers have long...
- Researchers Explore Mental Health Benefits of Video Games
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Shankar Vedantam August 18, 2009 700+ words
...credibility as a medical intervention: video games. Nichols said she discovered the mental health benefits of video games some years ago during a particularly bad spell...phase of testing to see if the video games can have measurable effects on...
- FAO's Zany Brainy Toy Stores to Stop Selling Video Games.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News November 27, 2002 700+ words
...toy stores will stop selling video games by year's end. Its chief executive...said weak sales and a lack of video games that appeal to Zany Brainy...move. "When we started to sell video games two years ago, we hoped (video-game makers...
- Video games for rent // Retailers cash in on demand for game cartridges
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Lynn Voedisch April 23, 1989 700+ words
...that he was afraid to associate his store with video games, especially after Atari games and similar products...which are much more highly advanced than the video games of just five years ago. Plenty of other people also are noticing the...
- Films, Video Games Team Up for Marketing, Sales.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News November 15, 2002 700+ words
...million.) So you have the most popular video games becoming movies, like "Tomb Raider...Rings" and "Harry Potter" becoming video games. "Hollywood five or six years ago didn't pay much heed to video games, and now they're falling all over...
- The 5 raciest video games. (culture).(Buyers Guide)
- Magazine article from: Esquire Kaye, Chris April 1, 2003 700+ words
SEX IN VIDEO GAMES IS NOTHING NEW. Twenty years ago, Atari 2600 owners could buy a lurid little cartridge called Custer's Revenge, in which the pantless general negotiated a battlefield...
- Technology: Violence and Video Games.
- Magazine article from: Phi Delta Kappan October 1, 1999 700+ words
...avoiding the issues of violent video games and nasty Internet sites...technology, research on video games conducted as little as five years ago is ancient. Fortunately...into the phenomenon of video games. The first study, conducted...
