video games

My kids love their Wii and I would hate to think how they would react if I threatened to remove it from our home. My kids are young so I don't let them play many games and I certainly don't let them play for long period of times but I have been criticized for letting them play video games at all.

While the critters of  Pokémon are animal-like, you can't actually find Pikachu and his buddies in earth's animal kingdom. Which is why PETA's recent attack on the popular Nintendo characters has many people scratching their heads.

On Saturday my family and I went to Toys R Us and I think my husband bought more toys of him than he did fr the kids.

Last night I overheard a gentlman talking about elderly people playing the Nientdo Wii. Apparenlty the man works for an assisted living company and when their clients can't golf or go bowling anymore they recomend they play the Wii. A lot of them have to play sitting down but they still enjoy being able to play their favorite sport.

Is your kid hooked on video games? New research says simple brain-wiring may be to blame. Brain scans conducted on 154 teenagers who played video games at least nine hours per week found the structure and activity in the part of the brain associated with reward processing was larger than in those who played less often.

You'd never suspect them, but the Mario Brothers are trying to break up your marriage. According to an annual study by Divorce Online from Deseret News, up to 15% of the divorces in the last year cited VIDEO GAMES as a contributing factor to the marriage breaking up.  "World of Warcraft" and "Call of Duty" were the games cited most frequently.

According to the 13,000 gamers who voted on the Guinness World Records’ website, Mario is the greatest video game character of all time. The plumber with amazing leaping abilities edged out another Nintendo favorite, Link, from “Legend of Zelda,” for the top spot.  All told, Nintendo had 11 characters among the top 50. The survey was done for the book “Guinness World Records 2011 Gamer’s Editio