Recently, Recess! contributor Laurie Taylor spoke with Mary Flanagan, a visual artist and a video game designer who has been at work on a number of exciting…
You’re hearing a little from a performance of the Super Mario Brothers’ theme song. While much of the press on video games deals with their play capacities or their incredible graphics, the music that accompanies the games is about to take center stage, and kids and adults alike are going to be begging to see the concerts.
This month Austin, Texas, hosted the First National Women’s Game Conference. The conference, which ran September 9th-10th concurrently with the Austin Game Convention, will bring…
You may not be aware of it, but there are interesting new ways that people are “playing” video games. For instance, you can actually use…
Despite all our knowledge about vitamins, foods, and exercise, so many of us are not eating or exercising the right way. Because of our poor…
Although many of you may instantly recognize that music, for those of you who don’t, that’s the theme song for the first Legend of Zelda video game.
With the shopping season upon us, you may be looking for good gifts that promise great fun. Despite the negative press that it receives, the…
They’re popping up in comic book stores and on their own in store-fronts and malls across the country. These computer game rooms are more like…
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus is ready to burgle our homes, but for this little trickster it will likely be with our blessing. Sly is…
The first video game, which came out in the 1970s, was a virtual tennis game made of two lines for the two paddles and a…