The Cognitive Dissonance of Game Violence

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A new generation of first-person shooter games causes players to reconsider violence and control.

From D&D to Call of Duty, Parents Are The Gatekeepers

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Lifetime gamer Zach Rosenberg finds that the responsibility for video game violence, like so many other things, falls at the doorstep of parents

Fifty Shades of Being a Mom

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Erik Hinton’s latest story touches on Skyrim, Fifty Shades of Grey, Call of Duty, Nicholson Baker, motherhood, and everything else that’s hot right now.

Are Porn and Video Games Hurting Young Men?

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Joanna Schroeder examines whether nearly non-stop access to porn and video games is damaging our boys’ development.

Shootings, Manhood and Tragedy

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Tom Matlack wonders what would make a teenage boy go into a school cafeteria and blow away three innocent kids he barely knew.

3rd Child Dead in Ohio

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How did guns, video games, war and manhood play a role?

Games: Battlefield 3 Puts You In The Driver’s (or Pilot’s) Seat

The first person shooter steps it up a notch in a new trailer with controllable combat vehicles

News: Technophilia for July 10, 2011

Call of Duty is an amazing first person shooter. It’s super realistic, and it offers a great experience. What if it was set in the Star Wars universe?

News: Word on The Tweets and Technophilia from June 26th, 2011

A summary of news items from our webcast It’s Komplicated on the Geekweek Network.

Games: Call of Duty: Black Ops “Annihilation” Maps Released

Take a close look at the new fighting fields where you’ll get fragged in the near future.

News: Word on The Tweets from June 5th, 2011

All the news stories from the June 5th webcast of It’s Komplicated

Learning to Fail

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Robert Barsanti gives a rallying call for failure. Why? Victory reinforces; failure teaches.