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Use IFTTT to Find Cheap and Free Video Games Online

If This Then That is great for everything from managing your savings to archiving your favorite songs on Spotify, but did you know you can also use it to find free video games? There are dozens of applets (IFTTT’s name for any combination of triggers and actions used through the service) designed to help you track gaming giveaways.

What Does Your Game Console Say About You? [INFOGRAPHIC]

You know what they say: The Xbox doesn't fall too far from the tree. This infographic hilariously breaks down what your game console says about you.

Can you have a meaningful life in the metaverse?

All of our most precious moments may soon happen in virtual reality. But, as reports surface of harassment in VR spaces, Amy Francombe asks whether we’re ready to go fully immersive

12 Fun & Weird Facts About the Classic Video Games You Love

To help you (80's babies!) relive your glory gaming days, we’ve pulled together 12 fun and weird facts about those classic video games from your childhood that you know and love.

12 Sexy Bachelorette Party Ideas

It's wedding season! So get ready for billowing white tulle, peony overload, teary declarations of love, drunk dancing to Journey, and best of all, bachelorette parties.

Games Don't Just Let You Escape. They Also Help You Remember

Video games aren't unique in the way they make us nostalgic, but those memories do seem to persist more than other forms of entertainment. Here's why.

Biofeedback video game helps kids control anger

In RAGE Control, users with elevated heart rates lose the ability to shoot enemy spaceships and must calm down to get their game back on.

You've been played: when your kids start beating you at video games

I taught my son how to play video games. Now he’s teaching me

How A Medieval Video Game Can Help Us Think About The Past

A recent video game walks through a version of the Middle Ages. Its imagery might say a lot about modern assumptions related to the period - ones related to darkness and death - but its status as a video game opens up great possibilities to explore the real complexity of the past.

Learn how to build video games from scratch for just $40

You’ve probably been spending a lot of time playing video games while in quarantine but why not change things up and learn how to make them yourself? The Comprehensive Game Development Bundle will show you how. This 10-course, 19-hour bundle gives you practical instruction in Unity, Unreal, HTML5, Python, and more so you can learn what it […]

Nintendo Wii Helped Budding Surgeons Move To Head Of The Class

Want to be a better surgeon? Get your game face on. A study finds that surgical residents who played video games for an hour a day performed better at simulated keyhole surgeries than colleagues who refrained.

What To Do Before You Tan

Are you sure you know what you’re doing before getting your tan on? Today I’m going to show you exactly what to do before you tan. Trust me when I say that most girls don’t do what I…

Video Games Can Help Kids with ADHD

Video games aren’t all bad! Check out these three expert-recommended video games to help your child improve focus, concentration, and ADHD-related planning skills.

Video games can and should inspire entire societies to do better

How Video Games Are Helping Young Veterans Cope

Two long wars have left nearly a half a million veterans suffering from PTSD. For many of them, gaming offers a unique form of support.

Video games could help treat cognitive disorders like depression and ADHD

Researchers are turning to a unexpected treatment for cognitive disorders: video games.