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  Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii is here!
Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii is here!
Super Smash Bros. Brawl is a brawling, battling, action-packed video game that features
  Worms: A Space Oddity
Worms: A Space Oddity
This is the classic Worms game with a twist! The ultimate merging of the classic Worms game modes with all new party games. Experience Worms with the Wii.
  Bully: Scholarship Edition
Bully: Scholarship Edition
This game takes place in a fictional New England boarding school, and tells the story of 15-year-old Jimmy as he deals with the highs and lows of adjusting to a new school.
  Burnout Paradise

Burnout Paradise

Immerse yourself in the open roads of Paradise City… from the downtown streets to the chaotic freeways to swerving mountain roads. This is the ultimate driving arena to compete in car racing!

 
Print Resources about Games & Gaming
Everything Bad Is Good for You

Everything Bad is Good for You: Why Popular Culture is Actually Making Us Smarter by Johnson, Steven

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Johnson presents an examination of popular culture in America, and suggests--with examples from research--that vehicles of mass media and entertainment such as television and video games are evidence of an increasingly sophisticated cognitive culture that makes the mind measurably sharper than in the past.

Got Game: How the Gamer Generation Is Reshaping Business Forever by Beck, John, and Mitchell Wade

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Got Game examines the impact the gamer generation will have on the future of business, and maintains that gaming has created a generation of employees with risk taking, multitasking, and leadership capabilities.
Got Game: How the Gamer Generation Is Reshaping Business Forever
Smartbomb: The Quest for Art, Entertainment, and Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution

Smartbomb: The Quest for Art, Entertainment, and Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution by Chaplin, Heather

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Videogames are no longer a quirky subculture, but a mainstream industry revolutionizing the way we teach, the way we learn, the way we communicate. Smartbomb goes into the center of the videogame explosion, where computer technology is fused with artistic creativity.

What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy  by Gee, Paul

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One of America's most well-respected professors of education, Paul Gee, looks seriously at the good that can come from playing video games. Gee is interested in the cognitive development that can occur when someone is trying to escape a maze, find a hidden treasure and, even, blasting away an enemy with a high-powered rifle.
What Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and Literacy

 
Games

Computer and Video Games
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/front_index.php?/
This site provides previews, reviews, and news with searchable archives. The reviews provide screen shots of the video games, as well as tips on how to become an expert at your favorite game.

Entertainment Software Association (ESA)
http://www.theesa.com/
Many of the top publishers of video games some of which are Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony, are members of the ESA. ESA provides various services to the publishers of video and computer games. Current gaming news and research are also provided on the site.

Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB)
http://www.esrb.org/
This self-regulating organization rates video games for various game platforms, including PlayStation 2, XBox, Game Cube, and PC. Games are given a rating, as well as some information game content. Users can do a game, platform, or keyword search.

G4 TV
http://www.g4tv.com/main.html
Go here for all of you the breaking news in video gaming, with the hottest games and latest trends.

Game Rankings
http://www.gamerankings.com/
Gamerankings.com offers rankings and reviews of video games on all platforms, it will give you the review and let you know which web site reviewed it. They have a list of the latest reviews, recent releases, and the top sellers. The site also contains a section where you can access gaming news from various sources.

Game Spy
http://www.gamespy.com/
This site features news, reviews, and previews of video games. There is information about the different platforms and cheat codes for different games.