Can Associations Attract Millennials with Credentialing?

Minecraft's biggest tournament is entering its fourth season and it's being run by a Scottish YouTuber.

Minecraft's biggest tournament is entering its fourth season and it's being run by a Scottish YouTuber.

The handheld console introduced millions to the joy of video games, and remains one of the best-selling consoles ever

Retro video games and aesthetics are having a moment, but it’s not just gen X and older millennials reliving their heyday: younger millennials and gen Z are getting in on the nostalgia too

Sir Demis Hassabis, co-founder of AI firm DeepMind, says parents should encourage children's passions.

A small team of skilled players set themselves a near-impossible task: to complete every level of Super Mario Maker before Nintendo shut its servers. Did they manage it?

For Lismore resident Kane, Dungeons and Dragons is 'the best game in the world'.

Once the centre of fear campaigns, the classic tabletop experience is now more popular than ever – and even Australian educators are rolling with it

Why the war between the big games console makers may be coming to an end.

Amid a recruitment struggle, branches are using huge hits like Fortnite as marketing tools. Some veterans see the practice as unethical – especially given the age of the gaming audience

In its first survey of the video game industry, the advocacy group GLAAD determined that few console games include queer characters.

Genuine moral dilemmas are frustratingly rare in gaming – change that, and we could learn more about ourselves than any book might teach us

Media ownership has increasingly diminished as music, television and film consumers have settled into streaming. As gaming subscriptions grow, a similar transition is inevitable.

Many English teachers are thinking seriously about how gaming applies in their classrooms. But opinions are divided about how to approach it.

The survival game started as a meme and became a miracle for its developers, who have insisted they are not copying the popular Nintendo series.

Video games can be arduous. But real life is hard enough.

Why are we drawn to video games where we have to complete tasks that, in real life, may be unappealing or boring? Here are four games that show how the mundane can be made extraordinary and surreal.

Why are we drawn to video games where we have to complete tasks that, in real life, may be unappealing or boring? Here are four games that show how the mundane can be made extraordinary and surreal.

A 13-year-old from Oklahoma appears to have finally done the nearly impossible: beat Tetris.

A mind-boggling achievement in a classic video game reveals wider lessons about the extreme limits of human performance – and how we can extend them.

Transgender people have turned to games, some with robust character creators, as places where they can safely express themselves.

Working with an eight-year-old boy with cerebral palsy, University of Melbourne researchers have co-designed a bespoke video game controller.

A kiwi gamer says he's spent around $16,000 on loot boxes, or virtual treasure chests, in online video games. Games like Counter-strike and FIFA, now EA FC, allow players to spend real money to open them, and win in game rewards. Problem gambling groups are worried about the sums of money being spent on loot boxes, which they say operate in much the same way as real-life gambling. Luka Forman has more.