A new website, Club Cardinal, is helping students cope with an online-only semester at Stanford. The site was created by a team of Stanford students as part of the Stanford Women in Computer Science Innovation Challenge. It won first place…
Video games sometimes get a bad rap for being violent and addicting. But not all games are like that. The Games for Change Awards celebrate games that help people learn or raise awareness about social issues. One of the finalists…
If you see someone wandering around staring at their cell phone, they just might be playing Pokemon Go. The new game has taken the world by storm. Like other Pokemon games, players try to find and collect Pokemon characters. But instead of…
Next year, the University of California, Irvine will be launching an esports program focused on the popular game League of Legends. The program includes 10 scholarships of about $5,500 each to help attract top players. A few other schools have…
Apple is known for its innovative phones, computers, and recently, TVs. Now Apple is trying to get innovative with video games. Games will be the selling point of its newest TV product. While specifics on the TV are not entirely…
There are many disagreements about how video games can affect the brain. But recent studies have shown positive results. One professor found that some video games can stimulate brain growth. Another found that video games can improve visual abilities. Read…
Virtual reality technology has become essential for today’s video games and social media platforms. Typically it can be very expensive to own, but Samsung and Oculus recently announced that they will sell a virtual reality headset for just $99. This…