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A concerned teacher has found extended late night gaming sessions are having a detrimental effect on his student’s health and education, and contacted over 600 parents to alert them to the problem.

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According to a study conducted by Denison University in Ohio, videogames can hurt knowledge retention in school and with homework.

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The New York Times is running a film made by photographer Robbie Cooper which consists solely of children’s faces as they play games.

It’s both funny and frightening. That little ginger sucker looks as though he’s about to chew his lips off.

Take a look.

Newly launched Edge-Online is reporting that an ESA study has shown that 40 percent of gamers in the US are female.

In addition, 94 percent of parents questioned by the survey said they are present when their kids buy games, and that 64 percent of them feel that videogaming has a positive effect on their children’s lives.

Go parents of America!

Full thing here.

By Mike Bowden

A new site, seeking to provide the necessary information for parents seeking to understand and control games their children play, has launched in the US. What They Play appears to be all about laying the gaming “thing” out in words of one syllable so little Billy can’t blag his parents into believing GTA should be played by three year-olds.

“What They Play is all about videogames, and it’s for parents just like you,” said the site blurb. “We’ll help you understand everything you need to know about the games your kids want to play, and bring you friendly, helpful, unbiased information about the content and the experiences that videogames provide.”

The site’s main feature at the moment is about “how one intelligent game can bring the whole family together”, and after a brief look round it all seems very sensible and noteworthy. Bravo, we say. Take a look for yourself.

Thanks, Destructoid.