Archive for Tag: You Learn Something New Every Play
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You Learn Something New Every Play: RPGs
Columns by Alex Jedraszczak on 
3 Not everyone can be a pro at selecting "Attack" 20 times in a row—it takes practice!
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You Learn Something New Every Play: Online Gaming
Columns by Brian Vanek on Everyone in life is not so lucky. Some people have a terrible social life and don't have many friends. Everyone at school hates them and they don't feel like they belong. The one place they can turn t
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You Learn Something New Every Play: SimCity
Columns by Brian Vanek on While playing games, we can learn things, like budgeting. Today, a kid sits in his basement playing SimCity, where he runs a city that he built up from the ground. 30 years later, maybe he will be
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You Learn Something New Every Play: DDR
Columns by Brian Vanek on Video games have evolved from just sitting in front of a TV with a controller. There are games that actually require you to be active, like the games where you stand on a skateboard or skis. They
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You Learn Something New Every Play: Intelligent Qube
Columns by Brian Vanek on One of the most important things we learn from video games is how to think better. Gamers are put into situations that the average person will never encounter in life. Games give the brain exercis
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You Learn Something New Every Play: Surgery
Columns by Brian Vanek on I was lucky enough to be watching the local news when they actually had put together an interesting story. Video games can actually make people become better surgeons. The newsman spoke with a d
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You Learn Something New Every Play: Tomb Raider
Columns by Brian Vanek on Not many people I know like the Tomb Raider series. I don't know why. The main character is very likeable and attractive. The plot is all about exploring. Oh well, I'll keep playing it as long
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You Learn Something New Every Play: Sports Games
Columns by Brian Vanek on This month, we take a look at sports games. Just recently, I learned the more technical rules of football from Madden 2004. I learned more about volleyball from Summer Heat: Beach Volleyball. Bu
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You Learn Something New Every Play: Yo! Noid and Tekken 4
Columns by Brian Vanek on Have you ever been so overwhelmed by a video game that you imitate it as much as possible? In some cases, this doesn't work out too well -- like with Grand Theft Auto. But if you're not a complete
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You Learn Something New Every Play: EarthBound
Columns by Brian Vanek on In my 14 years of playing video games, I have been told many things. "You should do something constructive", or "quit wasting your time". There is one thing that those people don't realize. I have lea