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Dino Island, a video game study
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Dino Island is a product of decades of leading-edge research at UVic. And it can improve attention, working memory and executive function in children with disabilities.
Explore campus, learn French with new AR game
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Bernadette Perry, a PhD student in French, has spent hundreds of hours honing Explorez, her new French-language video game that helps students reinforce their language skills while exploring the UVic campus.
David Leach on video game addiction
David Leach is available to media for commentary on recent news about the World Health Organization declaring video game addiction a mental health disorder.
Virtual Ninja Project
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Research culminating in a Street Fighter tournament Jan. 26 at UVic put a different spin on video game culture. Humanities Dean Chris Goto-Jones, who started the project in 2010, has found that far from causing more violence, fighting games are a form of martial art that can make us better people.
A literary twist on gaming
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English students in a fifth-year digital literary studies course turned to literature and DIY culture for inspiration to create video games as part of their class. They created two indie games: a campus-based locative app for mobile phones and a 2-D children’s game.
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