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Exercise your brain with these fun games
Have you lost a bit of your mental edge since your younger years? Or are you finding yourself forgetting things more often? Don't worry, that's totally normal.But how do you re
What Are Some Cool Educational Games for Kids?
When kids get bored, trouble brews quickly. Keep them entertained while exercising their brains with some fun educational games for kids in both online and “analog” versions.
4 Simple DIY Games That Make Learning Fun
Hands-on learning doesn't have to mean messy crafts and complicated projects. Try these ideas for DIY games that make learning fun.
Do Your Children Play Video Games?
Parents often feel guilty about how much time their kids spend playing video games and they sometimes have questions about whether their kids should play them at all. When I speak on issues related to families and technology I’m always asked to addresses kids and their games. I take a shot at doing that here. You can purchase the Circle device mentioned in the video here. Transcript Over the last few weeks, I’ve had a bunch of opportunities to speak …
Role-Playing Games for People Who Don’t Like Dungeons & Dragons
If you ever tried to get into tabletop role-playing games—the kind where you sit around with character sheets, describing your actions and rolling dice—it was probably through Dungeons & Dragons. And if you’re sick of medieval fantasy, or you don’t care about fighting monsters, or you hate looking up stats on different charts, you might have walked away thinking “I guess I don’t like RPGs.” Which is a shame, because there are thousands of other RPGs out there.
Why Do Parents Cheat at Family Board Games? To Lose as Fast as Possible
Traditional games are hot again, with mom and dad keen to pull children away from screens, but what happens when they go on and on and on?
Simulations And Games: Making Learning Fun!
Want to know how to make learning fun? Check the benefits of Simulations And Games!
How To Play Super Famicom Games On the SNES
A quick tutorial on how to fit Super Famicom carts into your SNES. Be careful and take your time as does permanently alter your SNES. Tools:Plyers Metal file...
Brain-Training Games Don’t Build Cognition
A review of so-called brain-training games found that rather than strengthening cognition as they claim, they only hone the specific tasks within each game, such as matching colors or strings of letters. What do you think?
Brain Games: Do They Offer Brain Protection or Simply Entertainment?
I’ve never enjoyed games. I am, however, rarely without two or three books, including fiction and non-fiction, by my side. Therefore, I’ve was personally gratified
Fun Apps for 50+ Users, Memory Games, Easy Video Editing
I decided to dedicate one week to trying some new applications purely designed to amuse me. No time management apps, no healthcare apps, no organization apps, no how to count calorie apps -just enjoyable apps. After a bit of playing around, here’s my list of four fun apps for the 50+ crowd: Candycrush Why it’s cool: It’s a new simple game that actually exercises your mind, but keeps your adrenaline flowing so you don’t realize it’s training your memory. How it works: …
Can online brain games keep you mentally sharp?
Staying physically fit is a priority for many people as they age, but one organ we often neglect to care for is our brain. Some subscription services offer online brain games that promise to keep you mentally sharp -- or even make you smarter.The booming m
Who Gets To Be On The Steam Store?
Recently there's been a bunch of community discussion around what kind of games we're allowing onto the Steam Store. As is often the case, the discussion caused us to spend some time examining what we're doing, why we're doing it, and how we could be doing it better. Decision making in this space is particularly challenging, and one that we've really struggled with.
Game on: Four Easy Game Room Design Tips
Whether your game room is a place to entertain, display media or 'play games' and just relax - we've got some do-it-yourself tips to optim...
How to use Twine and SugarCube to create interactive adventure games
Learn how to get started with the open source tool Twine and versatile multimedia library SugarCube.
How To Make Games Without Programming
Whilst a lot of people find programming to be a stimulating activity, for others, traditional programming can be very intimidating; needing to remember what seems like arcane symbology, and seemingly endless streams of specific keywords into an editor can be very off-putting. As many of us know, ...
How a Brain-Damaged Man Rebuilt His Life With Action Figures
When Mark Hogancamp awoke from a coma to find his world in ruins, he decided to build an imaginary one from scratch. He named it “Marwencol.”
How to permanently delete games from Steam
Don't want that game you hated to continue cluttering up your Steam library? You can now do away with it for good.
9 New Portable Travel Games That Are Easy to Learn
Learn some new tricks with these portable travel games that are easy to learn and pack a whole lot of fun wherever you go.
Open Channel: What Are Your Favorite Board Games?
I’m going to let you all in on a little secret. Sometimes, when I need an idea for an article, I just look around my apartment. I have so many posters, DVDs, toys, books, and more laying around that if we’re looking for something to talk about, usually I can find it.
Why you should play games with your kids
If your kids are avid gamers, their game time can be your quality time! Getting…
