Can playing video games make you more productive? Gabe Zichermann shows how games are making kids better problem-solvers, and will make us better at everything from driving to multi-tasking.

At the 2008 EG conference, famed puzzle designer Scott Kim takes us inside the puzzle-maker's frame of mind. Sampling his career's work, he introduces a few of the most popular types, and shares the fascinations that inspired some of his...

Torsten Reil talks about how the study of biology can help make natural-looking animated people -- by building a human from the inside out, with bones, muscles and a nervous system. He spoke at TED in 2003; see his work now in GTA4.

Over the next few episodes we're going to talk about the history of video games. Today, we're going to start with the first re-programmable computers in the 1940's. Now, these computers were serious tools. They were for codebreaking and...

I’t teach an old dog new tricks — but that saying might not be as trustworthy as you’d think.

The video explores the evolution of computer games from simple and predictable to complex virtual worlds resembling feature films. It highlights the advancements in processor technology driving the transformation of gaming into immersive...

Have you ever had the experience of being so focused on what you are doing that time just flows past without you even noticing? That is a flow state.



The psychologist, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, first described flow states, and...

In this video I explain how to use the German modal auxiliaries mögen (to like) and möchten (would like). This worksheet accompanies the German with puppets episodes about the same topics. You can find the mögen video here:...

Where in the world, USA. Idarod race, harleys in Dubai and easter eggs.

Can we learn aggression from aggressive media? This film looks at experimental, longitudinal and case study research evidence and how social learning, script theory and susceptibility approaches can help understand and explain this...

In this video, we will learn how to prepare for IELTS writing test, specifically focusing on the problem and solution type. A problem will be given in which you have to state the effect of the given solution. You also have to provide a...

This video serves as English listening comprehension practice for beginner students. In this video, a native English speaker talks slowly and clearly about the topic of technology. The subtitles are included at the bottom of the screen...