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Can Video Games Count as Exercise?
Not long ago, playing video games provided good exercise for kids' thumbs -- and not much else. Now, a new generation of more active video games, like Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) and Wii Sports, is changing that. Whether it's using the latest in virtual-reality technology to mimic fast-paced dance sequences or simulate sports moves like swinging a racket or throwing a punch, these games have caught the attention of adults, who may not have been interested in running around a fantasy video-game world -- or may have done so only to humor their kids. The big question on everyone's mind: Can these new active video games help you, your spouse and your kids get (or stay) fit?

No disks, consoles needed for startup's video games streamed over the Internet
SAN FRANCISCO - Music and movies can be streamed over the Internet, so why not video games?

Val Sorensen: Video games pose dangers
Remember when kids could play outside all day without their parents worrying about them? Not that many years ago, children actually would play outside as soon as they got off the school bus, and wouldn't go home until their mothers called them in for dinner. Now, though, parents can hardly leave their children for a second in the supermarket, for fear of abduction.

Girls Got Game!
In the vast land of video games, could it be that the industry is neglecting the girl population? Recent reports prove that girls like to get their game on just as much as boys do. But game developers seem to be missing the mark when it comes to making games that really get girls stoked!

Career Day teaches Rising Sun members hard work, video games
The Rising Sun Youth Club will host the owner of a video game business on a career day event planned for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the old Colbert school gymnasium.