by Unifor | May 8, 2015 | News |
There has been excitement among researchers in recent years that playing certain video and computer games may strengthen core components of cognition, helping us to make quicker decisions, think more fluidly, and avoid harmful distractions. Although practice makes...
by Unifor | May 7, 2015 | News |
Every field of specialty has its own jargon. Terms that can hold different or specific meaning within that field as opposed to outside. “Frag” “noob” “pwn”… These are words that were either born or altered by gaming. Japanese gaming has its own words too. A...
by Unifor | May 6, 2015 | News |
Who of us under the age of 35 has not been admonished for wasting time playing video games? But what if I told you that the sports video games that kids and young adults enjoy playing actually do have redeeming qualities? Electronic sports games such as John Madden...
by Unifor | May 5, 2015 | News |
Polling day looms and, as the clamour for our votes reaches a climax in this extraordinarily close-run election, it might be supposed that gaming has little to add to the debate. But whether democracy really works and how is a question the gaming industry has taken on...
by Unifor | Apr 30, 2015 | News |
Digital animations are great! But so are more traditional drawings! This cute short film by Nata Metlukh pits a digital animation against a traditional drawing and we see the strengths and weaknesses of each as they battle for supremacy. The slickness of digital vs...
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