kids brains being rewired apparently

via roo - nice stuff on twitter...

round-up of the success of the wii, bringing more people together around games. 9/10 games on the top 10 market are on the wii.

video games causes violent behaviour in children. apparently. there is a correlation but i don't think it's causation.

not sure if this is a specific japanese phenomenon, think there is a slight misconception about how people use snss in the uk, but people seem to be wising up to privacy in japan quicker than they are here.

red cross have created a simulation humanitarian game...fun.

How well do the BBC meet the needs of young people?

computer games drives ties or the other way round? no strong evidence either way...

more on c4s Battlefront

launched by "the voice of the MSN GENERATION" - duh duh duuuuuuh

8 myths about video games, contrary to popular opinion...

Why are people so scared of technology? it's totally interwoven into society now, that its far better to teach kids how to use it effectively for both socio-personal and academic development rather than to blame it for suicide.

a spam-u-like offer to teens that gives service provision [txt and minutes] in exchange for txts from brands.

Danah Boyd on why teens are hanging out on SNSs. 5 fundamental properties of networked publics: conversations = persisent, content = searchable and replicated, public interactions negotiated in front of invisible audiences. all these roads lead to scala

"Young People are a highly amorphous, fragmented group of individuals. They are a varied group who are changing rapidly between the ages of 16 to 24. At this phase in life there are enormous differences between genders, ages and life-stages" so typologies

A general list of their publications on Teenagers and Digital Media is available here.

which only play in myspace profiles but you can embed 'em. be nice if you could also display dynamic scores amongst friends and wider net. that'd be cool. it potentially opens up simple game genres to more complex narratives too...