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Use IFTTT to Find Cheap and Free Video Games Online

If This Then That is great for everything from managing your savings to archiving your favorite songs on Spotify, but did you know you can also use it to find free video games? There are dozens of applets (IFTTT’s name for any combination of triggers and actions used through the service) designed to help you track gaming giveaways.

What Does Your Game Console Say About You? [INFOGRAPHIC]

You know what they say: The Xbox doesn't fall too far from the tree. This infographic hilariously breaks down what your game console says about you.

12 Fun & Weird Facts About the Classic Video Games You Love

To help you (80's babies!) relive your glory gaming days, we’ve pulled together 12 fun and weird facts about those classic video games from your childhood that you know and love.

Why ‘Beetlejuice’ Sounds Unlike Any Musical Before It

Sound designer Peter Hylenski discusses process and the undead comedy.

12 Sexy Bachelorette Party Ideas

It's wedding season! So get ready for billowing white tulle, peony overload, teary declarations of love, drunk dancing to Journey, and best of all, bachelorette parties.

Biofeedback video game helps kids control anger

In RAGE Control, users with elevated heart rates lose the ability to shoot enemy spaceships and must calm down to get their game back on.

Playing This Video Game Will Sharpen Your Mind

Researchers at the University of Iowa have been studying ways to reverse the effects of aging on mental agility. Their answer? Play a video game. Not just any game, mind you. Th...

How A Medieval Video Game Can Help Us Think About The Past

A recent video game walks through a version of the Middle Ages. Its imagery might say a lot about modern assumptions related to the period - ones related to darkness and death - but its status as a video game opens up great possibilities to explore the real complexity of the past.

You've been played: when your kids start beating you at video games

I taught my son how to play video games. Now he’s teaching me

Video games can and should inspire entire societies to do better

Video Games Help Surgeons with Dexterity and More

Video Games Help Surgeons with Dexterity and MoreThe next time you’re scheduled for minimally invasive surgery – such as the types used for many back and neck procedures – you may want to ask your surgeon how often he plays video games. Finding a surgeon who plays as hard as he or she works, at least when it comes to video games, has been proven to help dexterity and several other crucial skills surgeons employ in the operating room, according to Praveen…

Video Games Can Help Kids with ADHD

Video games aren’t all bad! Check out these three expert-recommended video games to help your child improve focus, concentration, and ADHD-related planning skills.

How Video Games Are Helping Young Veterans Cope

Two long wars have left nearly a half a million veterans suffering from PTSD. For many of them, gaming offers a unique form of support.

YouTube Video Transcription How-To

While many ways exist to SEO your videos, adding a transcript file greatly improves the possibility that your videos will rank higher in the search engines. Read more about how transcribing videos on YouTube will help get your video found.

Get the training to launch your own video game design career for under $20

Now, you can learn all the skills that it takes to create your own games with the training in The Learn Game Design Certification Bundle. Right now, it’s priced for your holiday budget, only $18.99 and over 90 percent off from TNW Deals.

Study Shows Playing Video Games Really Can Make Your Brain Bigger

Previous research on whether playing video games can make us smarter has been mixed, but a new study demonstrates a very tangible effect of playing video games: Parts of the brain can get bigger.

Why video game engines may power the future of film and architecture

Epic Games, the company best known for Gears of War, has a very different plan for this generation of video games — one that expands far beyond what games are typically assumed to be. Founder Tim...