News Talk KGVO Radio » video games http://newstalkkgvo.com Missoula's News, Talk and Weather Station Thu, 23 May 2013 03:13:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Video Game Researcher, Christopher Ferguson, Offers Thoughts On Biden Meeting http://newstalkkgvo.com/video-game-researcher-christopher-ferguson-offers-thoughts-on-biden-meeting/ http://newstalkkgvo.com/video-game-researcher-christopher-ferguson-offers-thoughts-on-biden-meeting/#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:47:29 +0000 John Llewellyn Martin http://arcadesushi.com/?p=23754 The meeting between Vice President Joe Biden, his task force, and the video game industry took place on Friday, January 11th, 2013. Christopher Ferguson, who offered his opinions on the proposed Southington, Connecticut video game burning, has shared his thoughts on the proceedings.

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]]> http://newstalkkgvo.com/video-game-researcher-christopher-ferguson-offers-thoughts-on-biden-meeting/feed/ 0 Guess What Parents? Nintendo Wii Isn't Actually Making Your Kids More Fit http://newstalkkgvo.com/nintendo-wii-isnt-making-kids-more-fit/ http://newstalkkgvo.com/nintendo-wii-isnt-making-kids-more-fit/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:00:23 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=78095 Parents, don’t let your kids fool you into getting them a Nintendo Wii with promises that it’ll make them exercise more. A newly released study says that’s just a bunch of bologna.

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]]> http://newstalkkgvo.com/nintendo-wii-isnt-making-kids-more-fit/feed/ 0 Astrid Stawiarz, Getty Images for Nickelodeon (Video) Gaming the Republic http://newstalkkgvo.com/video-gaming-the-republic/ http://newstalkkgvo.com/video-gaming-the-republic/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:15:30 +0000 Jon King http://kgvo1290.com/?p=54854 I love video games, probably more than most people and yet I have a very hard time asking the people of the United States to pony up their tax dollars to promote games. Since September, Constance Steinkuehler has been working with the Obama administration as a policy analyst. Her job is to formulate the administration's policies regarding games and their use in education. She is, in essence, a Video Game Czar that we are paying for.

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]]> http://newstalkkgvo.com/video-gaming-the-republic/feed/ 0 Photo coutesy of david_a_ala/flickr What's the Most Popular Children's Gift This Year? http://newstalkkgvo.com/books-popular-childrens-gift-survey/ http://newstalkkgvo.com/books-popular-childrens-gift-survey/#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:33:41 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=62258 According to a Harris Interactive survey of adults planning to buy children’s presents this holiday season, the most popular kid’s gift items — more popular than video games, board games and dolls — are books.

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]]> http://newstalkkgvo.com/books-popular-childrens-gift-survey/feed/ 0 Mr. T in DC, Flickr / Joe Raedle, Getty Images / Ethan Miller, Getty Images Video Games Might Be Warping Our Minds http://newstalkkgvo.com/video-games-change-brain-health-check/ http://newstalkkgvo.com/video-games-change-brain-health-check/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:25:49 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=60718 Is your kid hooked on video games? New research says simple brain-wiring may be to blame.

Brain scans conducted on 154 teenagers who played video games at least nine hours per week found the structure and activity in the part of the brain associated with reward processing was larger than in those who played less often.

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