Staff / TruthdigOct 14, 2011
With presidential hopeful Herman Cain's ascension to the top of the GOP field, everyone is talking about his 9-9-9 tax plan -- or should we say "SimCity's" 9-9-9 tax plan? (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 20, 2011
To the astonishment of scientists, online gamers deciphered the 3-D structure of an enzyme of an AIDS-like virus in just three weeks, a feat that had evaded researchers for 10 years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 11, 2011
American video game developers are benefiting from an odd combination of tax breaks many analysts say are intended to encourage industries that serve the public good by providing broadly valuable social services. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Robert Scheer / TruthdigJun 29, 2011
Scalia’s opinion is actually quite thrilling in enunciating an extremely broad definition of the free speech rights of minors. But it is simply bizarre in dismissing the claimed harmful effects of violent depictions while still insisting on the strictest puritanical view of the dangers of sexual imagery. This American life of ours has long been pro-violence and anti-sex, unless the two can be merged so that violence is the dominant theme. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 3, 2011
According to a new study, girls 11-16 years old who play video games with their parents are less depressed and, in the words of this Bloomberg report, "generally better behaved" than those who don't. Apparently "Rock Band" creates Stepford children. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 31, 2011
Al-Jazeera's Cairo bureau is shut down during Egypt protests, Jesse Ventura sues the TSA, and the productive use of video games in the U.S. military. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 8, 2011
How video games are changing the economy, the story behind the mythological toppling of the Saddam Hussein statue in Baghdad, and the merits of being grossed out. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Ruth Marcus / TruthdigDec 10, 2010
I could write more about the tax deal, but you're probably tired of hearing about it, and, to be honest, I've been too busy playing iPad Scrabble. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 3, 2010
The first day of deliberation in the Supreme Court about that perennial legal favorite, violence in video games, brought debate Tuesday about the potential damage done by minors' exposure to sex versus violence and a Founding Fathers joke from Justice Samuel Alito. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 27, 2010
Although gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples are still not fully sanctioned in the real world, things are different in at least one corner of the virtual realm Take "Fable III," for example, which gives gamers free rein (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigSep 16, 2010
Don't listen to Hillary Clinton. Video games are good for you. They make you and your children sharper, and kids should be able to play them without permission.Video games make you and your children sharper, and kids should be able to play them without permission. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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