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What sets games apart from films

Brendan Rowe Staff writer A whole segment of gamers out there believe video games can be art once they step away from the conventions other art forms have set in place. They speak of removing, for...

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York program helps athletes recover through video games

Vera Abdel Malek Contributor Sometimes you just need to play through the injury – at least, that’s idea with one of York’s new rehabilitation studies. York University’s Sports Injury Clinic is using...

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Toronto’s karate dojo arcade

Mark Dyer Contributor Downtown on Spadina Avenue, two brothers opened an arcade for the Call of Duty generation.  A & C World is a new experiment in mixing business with community-building. By...

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A saved file, a saved life

Ernest Reid Science & Technology Editor A video game can help a player when they need it the most. That’s what game critic Ashly Burch hopes to prove with her new project How Games Saved My Life...

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Happiness at the centre of Chinese game and cultural design

Technology Department Chinese companies and politicians are caring a little more about happiness. “You’re starting to hear[...]about this shift from social harmony,” anthropology PhD candidate Heather...

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Chinese game industry transforming rural China

Technology Department Online gaming is forcing game companies to upgrade China’s internet infrastructure. “Right now, all the local [game] companies are complaining about lack of growth,” says...

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The wired, lost generation of China

Mark Dyer Contributor Online gaming is transforming China’s economy, culture, and definition of “youth”. One York researcher works to understand how this is possible. To escape the pressures of...

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A farewell to Science & Technology

Don’t worry, friends. Sci-tech’s not dead, just online Ernest Reid Science & Technology Editor @ernestreid   I am sorry to report there will be no science & technology section next year or for...

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[WATCH] The video game counterpublic

When marginalized groups access the means of video game production, gamers win Daniel Joseph, PhD student in joint Ryerson and York Communication & Culture program, argues that Toronto has embraced...

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Super Classical Bros.

Media Music Concert 2.0 unearths contemporary classical music in music scores of iconic films, television, and video games Scores from The Lord of the Rings, Kingdom Hearts, The Fresh Prince of...

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Hello game, good bye imagination

Video games may be giving us another avenue for enjoyment but they can also have a negative effect on our psyche

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Video game ratings are largely ignored

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Answering that new age-old question

Are video games art? This question has been asked by developers and players for almost as long as videogames have been made.

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The queer perspective on gaymes

Like every other media out there, queer and trans representation in videogames is still struggling – but it’s also heading in its own unique direction

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The changing face of the game

Video games are changing fast, and to predict the future of such a changing industry and medium would be foolish.

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NFL stops at York

Representatives from the National Football League were present today at Vari Hall to promote football.   “We’re here today to support football,” says NFL brand ambassador Siobhan McCarthy.   “The …...

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Pop culture 2015 forecast

The movies, albums, and video games that will define the new year The year 2014 proved monumental for films, while arguably just passable in the music industry, and downright disappointing … Continued

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