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A good villain goes a long way in the realm of video games, and let's face it, sometimes they can make or break a game. The revenge and gore filled plight of Kratos in God of War is made much more...

We're a quarter of the way into the wonderful year of 2013 AD, and just like all of NGN hoped when the clocks struck midnight on December 31st, the games have come fast and been incredible. Seriously, has...

But here’s where I extend the most possible benefit of the doubt to Anderson and Bushman. I think it would go too far to say that violent games or media have zero short-term psychological effect. In...

Getting back to Ferguson’s results, he concludes that players of Medal of Honor: Allied Assault were not significantly more aggressive in the CRT than players of Myst III, but there were other factors...

Even before I get to the professional criticism of Anderson and Bushman’s work, I can find some holes in the conclusions on my own. Bushman cites a joint statement made by the American Academy for...

Last week, we explored Anderson's first experiment; this week, we delve deeper into the experiments conducted to answer that age-old question: do video games cause violence? The second experiment in the...

World of Warcraft is a name that has been around for what seems like forever. Released by Blizzard Entertainment in 2004, this game has built momentum and, over the past 9 years, has managed to retain a huge...

  Last week, we took a look at some examples that Anderson gave on video games' adverse effects on children. This week, we'll look at an experiment conducted by Anderson himself. The...

Zombies, zombies, everywhere. Zombies on TV, zombies in films, zombies in graphic novels and books – people just can’t seem to get enough of them. Who could blame us, in all fairness? There’s something...

The second of three initial DLC map packs for Halo 4 has arrived, and Fireteam Majestic is the namesake this time. The emphasis of these maps is without a doubt on tight-quarters and fast-paced action....