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MoMA video game display

The Museum of Modern Art embraces all aspects of digital culture and design

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From video games to the iconic ‘@” symbol to the original Arduino board, MoMA’s design curator Paolo Antonelli sees beauty, form and function — all the elements of art and design.

Kim Dong Hwan is a South Korean professional StarCraft2 gamer who goes by 'viOLet' in the gaming community. In 2012 he won 1st place at the Intel Extreme Masters gaming competition in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Why foreign video gamers are considered America’s new pro athletes

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Can (online) games save the (real) world?

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A new wave in video games

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How video gaming could be good for you

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In 1989 Gameboy revolutionized video games as the world's first handheld gaming system. Now, developers are looking to continue the portable trend by transitioning video games into our increasingly phone-centered world. Video game developers are meeting at the annual E3 video game conference today to discuss the future of gaming as it relates to mobile […]

Green Gaming

World of Warcraft, the web’s most popular interactive game, might have some lessons for the energy-efficiency movement.

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Is video gaming good for you?

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A host of new studies show that gaming might actually be good for your health. We talk with technology writer Clive Thompson and our tech contributor Baratunde Thurston.

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Immigration video game

Conflict & Justice

Brad Linder reports on a new video game called “Iced” that lets teenagers walk in the virtual shoes of an illegal immigrant trying to avoid deportation.

How Video Games Can Save the World

Arts, Culture & Media

All of her life, Jane McGonigal has been interested in games.
But McGonigal doesn’t simply see games as a career or a diversion. She thinks they can save the world.

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