There are times where they would rather be watching TV or playing a computer game than hitting the books.
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Perhaps the biggest obstacle to exporting e-sports to the West is a lingering belief that playing computer games is not a proper job an idea that would no doubt sound familiar to pioneers of professional sports from tennis to snooker.
Working at IRCAM, he wrote a piece that utilized orchestra musicians and a computer playing off each other.
There was a demo that involved playing strategy game StarCraft II on a desktop computer.
Overall, those most at risk for a vitamin-D deficiency were older, female, obese, drank milk less than once a week, and spent more than four hours a day watching TV, playing video games, or working on a computer.
It looks like a TV but acts as more like a computer, playing CDs, slide shows of digital photos, and video on demand.
Often the only reason that someone can tell that a computer is playing is because the synthesizer that produces the actual notes is not that good.
"'Ultima IV' is the game that all modern (role-playing games) flow from, but it's also kind of the impossible platonic ideal of a (computer role-playing game), " said retro-gamer Ben Lesnick, 31, of Washington.
People who spent at least four hours per day watching TV, playing video games, or using a computer for fun were more than twice as likely as those who kept their recreational "screen time" under two hours to experience a heart attack, stroke, or other serious cardiovascular problem, the study found.
Lewis, a longtime player of videogames and Dungeons and Dragons, the forerunner paper-and-pen role-playing game, graduated with a degree in computer systems engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1993.
Have a separate computer (or move a laptop) for when you are playing online versus working.
Playing on your television or computer monitor is a very different experience than on smaller iPhone or iPad screens.
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She and her son, who was busy playing computer games in his seat, were with a tourist group that had toured eight U.S. cities in twelve days.
Robert Coben, a neuropsychologist on Long Island, has recently published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Neurotherapy a study of autistic children who, by playing special computer games, have improved connections among neurons in the frontal and temporal lobes, resulting in fewer repetitive behaviors, better socialization and improved language skills.
The court heard that Mr Dewani has a "withdrawn" attitude and spends his time in a disused camper van outside Fromeside Clinic in Bristol playing computer games.
If what you're good at has no social value, like playing Nintendo, you might want to get a job at a computer-game store, or you might want to take a course in designing computer games.
Right now a computer might play Jeopardy, but it knows nothing about playing chess.
Neither the Jeopardy-playing computer nor the chess-playing one has any sense of how a soccer ball bounces.
It was Davies' first time on a bike on the circuit, although he prepared for his bow by playing computer games.
It actually comes pre-programmed with a game controller script, so you can plug it into your computer and start playing as soon as you open the box (requires the free Super Tux Cart videogame).
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Often, childhood obesity is attributed to a " toxic environment, " filled with endless hours of computer use and video game playing.
Then, as now, there was talk of a new era, with electricity and the motor car playing the role of the Internet and the computer.
It is a hand-held version of the more elaborate role-playing games that keep youngsters glued to TV and computer monitors.
While many of those working in videogames come into the office boasting advanced degrees in computer science and fine art, a game tester can walk in with just a passion for playing games.
Unfortunately, unless you really, truly need to ability to download music when you're away from your computer, the drawbacks to this device when compared to a similarly-priced, video-playing 30GB iPod don't seem to outweigh the limited benefits you'll derive from its wireless capabilities.
On January 11, 2011, Hotz was playing Age of Empires II on his computer in New Jersey when he received an e-mail from Sony announcing a lawsuit against him.
And the indications here are not especially encouraging: the average 15-year-old boy spends four times as long playing computer games as reading, and almost half of fathers have ever read to their children, according to a survey published on Wednesday by Waterstone's.
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