These days it can seem like making games is an arena entirely dominated by huge studios with millions of dollars behind them. But in actual fact there are more tools than ever, out there to allow you to create your own games, and many of them are completely free to use. Here’s a quick guide to some great beginner’s tools.
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Who would have ever thought that video games could improve the minds of those that play them?
Amid all the cool graphics, the fantastic music, and the intriguing plots, educational opportunities are abound, and in order to find them, one only needs to look at them a little closer.
Here are the positive sides of playing moderately video games- not more than one hour a day:
In any business or organisation, the ways in which employees communicate have a great impact on its productivity. Conversations are most difficult to initiate among strangers. Bolstering activities that help in developing the conversation skill-set of the staff can go a long way in furthering a business or an organisation. Here are three great activities to develop conversation skills among your work colleagues.
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For years, the use of video games has been a hot topic in education. Whether video games improve or impede critical thinking skills of students has been the source of much contention amongst educators throughout the United States. The statistics seem to indicate that video games are actually highly useful in education, and they may be one of the most effective ways to improve the educational system in the United States.
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