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Upgraded Thinking: Video Games as Art

It's a tricky question that seems to creep up every once and a while, especially after a new triple-a title hits the shelves, or a new popular shooter is released, and draws the question of critical acclaim or censorship of the media to the public's eye. With the release of Naughty Dog's The Last of Us, I've seen this question be resurrected once more, though for the first time in a long time in a positive light.

Six quick ways to get smarter faster

While some of these techniques on their own will make your brain work harder and more efficiently, compiling all of them into one big habit will make you feel, think, and do much more effectively. These are some of the easiest hacks you could do for your body and mind.

Four YouTube channels that you can’t miss!

Every now and then you might stumble across a hilarious video on YouTube and share it with your friends on Facebook or email it to your family members. Likewise, one of your buddies might send you a link to some strange web video with a song, a cat, a nutshot, or a delightful combination of any of the above. But let's cut to the chase - why not just bookmark some heavy hitters on YouTube and keep up with their exploits all the time? We got some for you! You can thank us later.

Call of Duty: Black Ops spawn points suck

But as some have probably already noticed, the spawn points in some MP maps aren't very good. Others are downright broken. Patch this please?

The four kinds of hackers in video games

Hackers are usually considered a bad thing. Or a strange fear left over from 90s hysteria. Hackers are bad, but let's not start a witch hunt every time we play video games online! Either way, there are tons of gamers out there that think every great player in an online multiplayer gaming session is a hacker. Well, we beg to differ.

If real life were like the internet

What if our daily lives reflected what happened on the internet, or even within our range of technology? Here we take a look at how things would be if real life mirrored technology.