Computer and Video Games

Lab offers useful exposure for game designers

9 Feb 2012

In a room filled with computer monitors, video game controllers and white boards covered with numbers and other programming jargon, William Jeffery sat at a small table with his headphones in on Thursday afternoon. Jeffery, a media arts and technology senior in the game design specialization, works in the MSU Games for Entertainment and Learning, or GEL, Lab.

Time to dump your TV?

9 Feb 2012

Is it time to replace your TV with a computer? Should you drop your cable service and watch Internet video instead? Will games be played mainly on phones? Or should you watch 3D TV?

Did video game lead to ex-Marine's spy charges in Iran?

9 Feb 2012

Amir Hekmati's plight has been, for the most part, well documented by the media. What hasn't received a lot of attention is his background in video games, and how it may have played a part in his arrest.