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Can Video Games Be Blamed for Depression?

I do not believe that video games can be blamed for depression, since playing videogames is enjoyable; if it wasn’t then they wouldn’t be played. And how could doing something fun make you depressed?...

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Rewards in Video Games

I recently read an article by Alison Gazzard on the different types of rewards in video games. According to the author there are four types of rewards in video games. They are rewards of glory, rewards...

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Who Needs Medical School?

While looking for legal images to use in my exhibit, an impossible venture, I ran across an interesting article on the site Lazygamer.  What the article had to say new my mind.  Apparently a group of...

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The Fourth Wall in Games

While it’s a controversial choice to break the fourth wall in literature and film, there are plenty of instances in which the fourth wall is broken in videogames. In easter eggs most frequently, but...

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Basic Football

These types of games are ageless. I found my self playing this for hours, even though its not much it can still be pretty addicting. There are no players just line shapes for players. when you are...

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Banning Violent Video Games: Right or Wrong?

A couple weeks ago in Russia, a shooting spree by Dmitry Vinogradov left six of his colleagues dead.  Although the shooting stemmed from breakup with a co-worker, Vinogradov is said to be a fan of the...

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The Rise of Electronic Music in Video Games

In my opinion, video games and electronic music go hand in hand.  Video games have been around for tens of years, but have not always been popular, as with electronic music. As Sasha-Frere Jones from...

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Chillax, bro!

In this blog I’d like to take a moment to acknowledge those of us who play video games – for fun. I’ve never been one to take myself too seriously and taking video games that way always seemed rather...

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Games on games on games!

For those of you who aren’t as avid of a gamer as I am, the three biggest games of the year all came out this fall. The three biggest games were Halo 4, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and Assassin’s Creed...

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Study Abroad Pre Departure

Well I believe it is time for me to set up my blog and get it ready for my abroad experience. I hope you all will enjoy the several posts and follow me as I explore Spain and the surrounding European...

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