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Gaming

Watch TED Talks about video games, toys and board games -- and talks about using the mechanics of games in real life.

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The illuminating benefits of video games

Are video games eroding our minds? These TED Talks suggest the opposite -- that video games can improve our brain function, and even help better the world.

Talks for gamers

Check out some of these talks on classic games and the benefits of being behind the controller.

Talks about Gaming

Esports, virtual Formula 1 and the new era of play

The awesome potential of many metaverses

How video game skills can get you ahead in life

A game that lets you decide how to tackle the climate crisis

How game design can help schooling

Cornelia Geppert

A video game that helps us understand loneliness

The transformative power of video games

What streaming means for the future of entertainment

A brief history of chess

Christopher Robichaud

How I used Dungeons & Dragons to teach ethics

How video games turn players into storytellers

What playing Monopoly with real money taught me about my kids--and humanity

3 lessons on decision-making from a poker champion

A playful solution to the housing crisis

How I use Minecraft to help kids with autism

A video game to cope with grief

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Exclusive articles about Gaming

Why video games shouldn’t freak parents out

An advocate for educational video games realizes that our kids might actually learn more from Civilization, Minecraft, Call of Duty and World of Warcraft.

Posted May 2016

4 reasons why talented women are shut out of tech

The reasons why women and people of color are not pursuing computer science jobs are complicated. Robin Hauser Reynolds, director of a documentary looking at the gender gap, shares four reasons women don’t seem to flourish in the tech world -- and proposes some solutions.

Posted Jun 2015

What’s it like to be a woman in competitive gaming? A female gamer explains.

Non-gamers love to stereotype the world of competitive gaming. But what's it really like? We asked a former competitive Super Smash Brothers Melee player to tell us her story.

Posted Sep 2014