SANTA CRUZ -- A graduation requirement for seniors in the growing game design program at UC Santa Cruz may become a gateway into the business world for some of the hard-core gaming students looking to design games for PlayStation, Zynga and the iPhone.

With 3D movies boosting both audience experiences and box office coffers, videogame publishers are following Hollywood's lead and developing 3D games to immerse players more into virtual worlds.

Violent video games can increase aggression and hostility in some players but they can also benefit others by honing their visual/spatial skills and improving social networking ability, scientists said.

The debate surrounding the effect of violent video games on today's youth is a pretty contentious one: some insist that superfluous exposure to violence only encourages similar behavior in hormonally charged teenagers; others argue that a child's behavioral problems have more to do with parenting than what games he or she plays after school. According to a recent study, though, games' effects on ...

Playing violent video games can make some adolescents more hostile, particularly those who are less agreeable, less conscientious and easily angered. But for others, it may offer opportunities to learn new skills and improve social networking. In a special issue of the journal Review of General Psychology, published in June by the American Psychological Association, researchers looked at several ...

Violent video games may increase aggression and hostility in some players, but scientists say that players can also benefit from visual/spatial skills and social-networking abilities that the games provide.

Violent videogames can increase aggression and hostility in some players but they can also benefit others by honing their visual/spatial skills and improving social networking ability, scientists said.

Telltale Games is going back in time for a new series of video games.

Violent video games can increase aggression and hostility in some players but they can also benefit others by honing their visual/spatial skills and improving social networking ability, scientists said. Video game - Video game controversy - Games - Toys and Games - Shopping

Someone stole video games and liquor from a Bismarck home.Bismarck Police Sgt. Mark Buschena said the woman who lives in the home in northeast Bismarck is in the military, and her 17-year-old son has been staying with grandparents. A neighbor noticed a sliding patio door was ajar and closed it. Later, the boy noticed a bedroom window broken.