News tagged with play
First wizards, now pirates for online game maker
(AP) -- For one online game maker, pirates evolved from wizards.
Apr 25, 2012 |
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Game Review: 'Ninja Gaiden 3' a letdown for fans
(AP) -- If you were playing video games in the 1980s, you probably remember flinging your Nintendo controller across the room after the original "Ninja Gaiden" sliced and diced you into mouth-frothing aggravation.
Mar 29, 2012 |
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Facebook game star Zynga opens online playground
Facebook games star Zynga has opened an online playground where users can enjoy hit titles without having to visit the world's top social network.
Mar 06, 2012 |
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Facebook game star Zynga starts online playground
Facebook games star Zynga on Thursday unveiled an online playground where people can share passions for hit titles without having to visit the world's top social network.
Mar 01, 2012 |
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Viewing the world through a 'mathematical lens' can help young children learn math
(PhysOrg.com) -- Teaching children mathematics at a young age may be as simple as helping them see how math is all around them.
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Feb 16, 2012 |
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Schilling's company launches first video game
(AP) -- A teenage Curt Schilling got a paper route so he could afford an Apple II just like the one his Little League coach owned.
Feb 14, 2012 |
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Chimps play like humans: Playful behavior of young chimps develops like that of children
Playful behavior is widespread in mammals, and has important developmental consequences. A recent study of young chimpanzees shows that these animals play and develop much the same way as human children. The ...
Nov 16, 2011 |
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Remodeled PlayStation Home opening doors
Sony on Thursday will open the doors of a remodeled PlayStation Home that puts the focus on games in a virtual world that merges console-quality play with hot trends in online social gaming.
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Zynga adding more ways to play games as IPO looms
(AP) -- Zynga is adding more ways for people to play its Web games as it grooms its business for an initial public offering of stock.
Oct 11, 2011 |
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Examining motherly fears
Neighborhood poverty is likely to make a mother more fearful about letting her children play outdoors, according to a new study by sociologists at Rice University and Stanford University.
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Oct 03, 2011 |
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Music, media firms pin hopes on new Facebook ties
Music and media companies are pinning fresh hopes for reviving their businesses on a small ribbon that Facebook has begun putting on user profiles called the "ticker."
Sep 22, 2011 |
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Mobile shopping: More buzz than buy so far
When it comes to mobile shopping, so far there's more buzz than buy.
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Lack of free play among children is causing harm, say experts
Hovering helicopter parents who restrict their kids' unstructured play may actually harm, rather than help, children according to the latest issue of the American Journal of Play, a scholarly journal which has gathered a dist ...
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Aug 26, 2011 |
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Learning through unstructured play helps kids develop
Roughhousing, or tossing your children around on purpose, can be a hard sell to many parents. We worry our kids will get hurt. We don't want rowdy behavior carrying over into the classroom, especially in schools with no-touching ...
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Aug 19, 2011 |
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Android phones to pit vampires against slayers
Facial recognition startup Viewdle on Wednesday began letting Android smartphone users see which of the people around them are vampires and which are vampire slayers.
Jun 22, 2011 |
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