Crash Course
Crash Course Games: #23: Handhelds
This video episode of Crash Course Games focuses on gaming devices that combine the screen, speakers, controls, and computer into one little package - handheld game consoles. Handhelds have actually been around since the mid-1970s, and...
AsapSCIENCE
Asap Science: Can Video Games Make You Smarter?
Find out if video games can be good for you, and if they can they make you smarter. [4:13]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Scientist Profile: Game Designer
Microsoft game designer David Ortiz discusses the math and science that go into creating video games. Xbox game designer David Ortiz wanted to be a professional football player or a doctor when he was a boy. Once he got to college, he...
PBS
Pbs: Indian Pride: Tribal Relations, Part 1
This video examines the relationship between Native American tribes and the United States federal government. Topics discussed include health care, justice systems, business opportunities, religious artifacts in museums, gaming on...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Could Gaming Be Good for You?
Jane McGonigal, author of Reality is Broken, explains how to make real life more 'gameful.'
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Can Gaming Make Us More Social?
NYU's Katherine Isbister imagines a future where technology connects us to other people, not avatars.