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Toy Retailer Zany Brainy to Drop Video Games
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Zany Brainy, the 170-store toy specialist, announced yesterday
that it plans to stop selling video games by year-end, saying there
aren't enough console games appropriate for the chain's target
audience, children ages 3 to 10.
The retailer, which has 13 Washington area locations, will start
slashing prices by this weekend to get rid of its remaining titles.
"We thought there would be a lot of product developed for our age
group, but it just didn't happen," said Jerry R. Welch, chief
executive of FAO Inc., which also owns Right Start and FAO Schwarz.
"We view it as a small business that, for ...
 "The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)")
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Video games aren't the problem; it's the parents.(Springfield Extra)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
; ...children away from their newly unwrapped video games and sent them back to the boring-by...not use their memories. Criticism of video games is merely the latest example of the...popularity - most gamers are adults - video games remain, in the minds of many, brainless...
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Video games reviled as the rock 'n' roll of the 21st century.(Local Opinion)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
; ...children away from their newly unwrapped video games and send them back to the live-action...not use their memories. Criticism of video games is merely the latest example of the...popularity - most gamers are adults - video games remain, in the minds of many, brainless...
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 "USA Today (Magazine)")
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VIDEO GAME VIOLENCE IS NOT THE ATTRACTION.(professor John Sherry believes that video games can teach problem-solving and logic)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: USA Today (Magazine)
; ...his theory that kids are attracted to video games not so much by the violence, but because...present puzzles or problems to solve. Video games teach logic, hypothesis testing, and...let his young daughters play violent video games because research shows a definite problem...
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Live in your world, play in ours: David Leonard examines social fantasy and racial cross-dressing in video games. (Culture).
Magazine article from: Colorlines Magazine
; Video games represent a modern, sophisticated, multicultural...a foreign and dangerous environment. Video games enable the virtual enjoyment of those...rigidly bounded and policed cultures. Video games operate in a similar fashion, breaking...
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Reset; changing the way we look at video games.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News
; 9781576754337 Reset; changing the way we look at video games. DeMaria, Rusel. Berrett-Koehler Publishers...video game design and writing about video games since at least 1994, it is no surprise...negative perceptions about the dangers of video games to childhood development mouthed by...
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Game over: Illinois Governor says some video games are too violent for teens.(Ron Blagojevich)
Magazine article from: Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication
; ...Halo 2, one of this year's must-have video games, it's your job to save the world from...thinks so. Blagojevich says violent video games are dangerous because they desensitize...it illegal for stores to sell violent video games to minors in Illinois. Teens aren't...
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The effects of video games on children: what parents need to know.
Newspaper article from: Pediatrics for Parents
; ...the moon. The promise of computers and video games as teachers was clearly recognized in...academic skill. Over the same period, video games also moved into children's homes. (I define video games broadly here, as including arcade games...
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Reset: Changing the Way We Look at Video Games.(Book review)
Magazine article from: ForeWord
; ...Reset: Changing the Way We Look at Video Games Work Author(s): Rusel DeMaria Berrett-Koehl...9781576754337 Reviewer: Aimee Houser Video games as an educational tool: a surprising...In Reset: Changing the Way We Look at Video Games, DeMaria seeks to course-correct prevailing...
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 "WR News, Edition 4 (including Science Spin)")
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Game time: should handheld video games be banned from recess?(NEWS DEBATE)
Magazine article from: WR News, Edition 4 (including Science Spin)
; Many kids think playing hand-held video games is a great way to spend their break time...have taken the same action. Should portable video games be allowed on the playground? NO! Video games don't belong at school Some school officials...
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Reset.(Reset: Changing the Way We Look at Video Games)(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: California Bookwatch
; ...1576754332, $24.95 www.bkcurrents.com Video games can prove powerful tools for learning...in RESET: CHANGING THE WAY WE LOOK AT VIDEO GAMES, which comes from a gaming journalist...myths and stereotypes revolving around video games. From an analysis of the business forces...
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