Non-Profit for Troubled Teens Spent Money on...Beers, Violent Video Games (Gothamist)

Nassau County audited the Leadership Training Institute, which Newsday describes as an "agency that housed troubled teens," and found it had overcharged counties by $834,000 . And the Hempstead non-profit used the money on "beer and violent video games" and "$47,865 in bonuses to its workers in violation of its contract with the county." Okay, maybe it's only $27 for a case of beer, but they ...

Video games could lead children to high paying jobs (Adrenaline Vault)

Summer vacation has ended, and the kids may be back in school, but parents might not want to put away those video games just yet. Research shows that the multi-tasking trial-and-error mentality could spawn the next generation of scientists or computer programmers. Today’s gamer may also become tomorrow’s top surgeon. An Iowa State [...]

Nonprofit Used Gov't Money for Beer, Video Games (WCBS 880 New York)

A nonprofit organization on Long Island that helps troubled teens is accused of using public money to buy beer and violent video games. READ MORE >>

07:54 (BST), 05/09/2008 Warhammer: Battle March Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS MEDIA ALERT Leading game center ... (gamesindustry.biz)

Leading game center organization iGames will host a series of events to celebrate the release of Warhammer®: Battle March™ from NAMCO BANDAI Games America, Inc., for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.

KID AGENCY VIDEO LAME (New York Post)

There's nothing like violent video games and booze to calm troubled teenagers. A private Long Island agency catering to troubled kids served up a case of beer and sadistic video games - all while overcharging Nassau County $834,000 in costs...

HMV Sales Gain as Video Games Outweigh Books Slowdown (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)

Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) -- HMV Group Plc , the largest U.K. music retailer, said 18-week revenue increased as demand for Nintendo Co.'s Wii video-game console compensated for declining sales at the Waterstone's bookshop chain.

Raptr Moves Video Games into the Activity Stream Era (Mashable)

Raptr is a new video game community launching this evening that aggregates users’ activities across desktop, Web, and console platforms. The end-result is a Friendfeed-like community of activity streams letting you know what games your friends are playing and how they’re performing on everything from Xbox Live to Facebook. Beyond that, social networking features and recommendation tools ...

Tabula Digita's Algebra-Based Video Games Selected as Part of STEM Education Initiative (Centre Daily Times)

The Center for the Advancement of STEM Education (CASE) has selected Tabula Digita's DimensionM(TM) immersive math video games as a new component in the center's drive to ignite students' interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) learning. Two-year licenses for the award-winning instructional games for pre-algebra and algebra will be provided to at least 10 school sites ...

Tabula Digita's Algebra-Based Video Games Selected as Part of STEM Education Initiative (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

NEW YORK----The Center for the Advancement of STEM Education has selected Tabula Digita’s DimensionM™ immersive math video games as a new component in the center’s drive to ignite students’ interest in STEM learning.

Level Up Charity Games Video Game Competition in Austin (Broadcast Newsroom)

AUSTIN, Texas , Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- GameRecruiter announced today the Level Up Charity Games video game competition taking place in Austin, Texas on Wednesday, September 17 at the Four Seasons hotel.