arts
Class Of 2019 Inducted Into World Video Game Hall Of Fame
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“It doesn’t mean that the older games don’t hold up, they absolutely do. Every game up there you could play right now, and still have a ton of fun with.”
Education
PA Weighs Plan To Tax Violent Video Games To Fund School Security
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A state lawmaker proposes taxing violent video games as a way to pay for increased security at schools throughout the state.
Science
Code Like a Girl puts more girls in the game
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PBS Newshour Extra
Alexa Cafe and Code Like a Girl teach girls the basics of game design and encourage interest in technology so they can create games and help to diversify the heavily male-dominated gaming industry. Even though many girls love playing video and computer games, the subject matter and design of popular games almost always aim for the interests of a male audience. Part of that lies in who makes the games. Women made up only 11 percent of computer game designers in 2013, and just three percent of programmers. “We’re trying to create that environment to say, hey, you could be the world’s best coder,” said Code Like a Girl instructor Claudia Ortiz.