Women and video games: when you think of them together, a huge-breasted, hot-bodied Lara Croft-like vixen probably comes to mind. 

But the United Nation Population Fund seeks to change all that -- at least in one video game -- in a game that will encourage young boys not to use domestic violence (DV) to solve disputes.

College students in Vermont teamed up with two media organizations to create the game, which will be targeted towards children in Cape Town, South Africa.  According to one senior, who traveled to Africa to interview kids about their views on … Read More

At the core of every guy is a failed athlete.  There are almost no exceptions to this rule. During childhood, just about every single boy in North America aspires to play some professional sport. This pursuit is engrained into our being, passed down from grandfather to father, father to son. It is virtually genetic.

How do I know this? Because I am both a failed baseball and soccer player.

It's great when you're a kid. Spring afternoons filled with wiffle ball, summer evenings with Little League games, and spending autumn nights reenacting World Series highlights.

Then puberty sets in and you realize you're … Read More

Fred bought Guitar Hero last week. I've always thought I was pretty lucky when it came to him and video games. I've dated other guys who would spend hours with that damned controller playing NFL game day and Mortal Kombat 47 and millions of other games. Fred, until last week, owned one game. Some baseball thing. And he plays about two hours a week.

That's why, when he called me and told me he was going to get Guitar Hero, I didn't mind. I figured it would be like having a new puppy. He would forget all about … Read More

We bumped into a great article on Salon today. A woman feels like her marriage is going down the virtual crapper because her husband is a video game nut. And his noise-canceling headphones had her at wits end. Though he probably saw the headphones as a gift to her (so she wouldn't have to listen to him seeing his enemy driven before him and hear the lamentation of their women), she thought they were an affront to her person and womanhood in general.

That changed with a little game called Rock Band. We'll let the author tell you … Read More

From Smart Company

What could be more romantic than snuggling into the couch with that special someone… and playing some computer games? A lot of things, actually, but perhaps that’s just because no one has yet got around to designing a computer game with cross-gender appeal?

According to an Anderson Analytics report covered by Marketing Charts, this is precisely what computer game players are calling out for. The survey of 1000 college students found that about two thirds play computer games – 82% of male students and 59% of female students.

It seems what they really want to do, however, is play … Read More

It can happen in an instant. One minute, you’re holding hands in the park, feeding each other sushi at sidewalk cafés, and dressing up for nights on the town. The next, you’re sprawled in front of the TV in dingy sweats, boasting about who’s going to kick whose ass.

For as long as I can remember, my relationships have evolved—or perhaps I should say devolved—into the video-game arena. And I’m not alone. According to the Entertainment Software Association, 75 percent of all heads of households play video and computer games; 43 percent of these players are … Read More