Violence in Video Games: 2/16

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What can we teach our children about violence in video games?

30 Days Without Social Media: The Wrap Up

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Collin Slattery learns which kinds of connections fulfill, and which are unsatisfying in comparison, in his experiment in avoiding social media.

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.

Gaming: Dancing Trumps The Force [@akilshohen]

Even the power of the Force is inconsequential when you can blame it on the boogie.

Is the New Star Wars Game “Good”?

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It may be the largest entertainment production in history. It’s not a movie or a TV series. It’s Star Wars: The Old Republic, the most expensive, ambitious and riskiest video game ever produced.

Games: Lightning Strikes as Black Lightning, Static, The Flash & More Join DC Universe Online

Some of your favorite characters will soon grace your computer screen as DC’s MMORPG gets even more intense.