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ScholarGamers Championship Event

“I couldn’t believe it was real.”  Those sentiments were uttered by one of the finalists, and echoed by the rest of the competitors, in Orlando the evening before the Finals Competition began. Yet, here they were fifteen young adults competing … Continue reading

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Aurora, IL’s Eric Martina Wins $10,000 Top Prize at ScholarGamers.com First-Ever Scholarship Competition

Holmdel, NJ (January 17, 2011)— Bringing his college dreams just a little closer, Eric Martina took home the $10,000 top award at ScholarGamers.com’s first scholarship competition. He faced-off in a nail biting series of online games against 14 other students … Continue reading

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Congratulations

Scholargamers.com wishes to congratulate the following winners of the inaugural competition: Etmartina – 1st Place $10,000 Erik – 2nd Place $7,500 Charlie Coombs – 3rd Place $5,000 Congratulations and good luck to all in the current competition!!!!

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The Spirit of Togetherness: Gamers Edition

BY: Vincent Parisi Ahh, the week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Is there anything more amazing? For most young students, the winter break is the greatest time of the year. A time for breaking in the brand new gifts … Continue reading

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A message from the Founder:

Season’s Greetings! On behalf of the entire Scholargamers.com team, we wish you and everyone a very happy holiday season. We started our season of giving at 12:01 AM on December 16th, when we sent notices to all the students who … Continue reading

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O Santa, Where Art Thou?

The Holidays are here, as if you could have somehow managed to avoid knowing, and with the holiday season comes a certain old, round-bellied fellow with a hearty laugh. No, I don’t mean creepy uncle Manny (who always gives you … Continue reading

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CNBC Special Makes the Case For ScholarGamers.com

In this time of economic uncertainty, especially during the holiday season, the stress level can increase as high school students, college students and parents worry about how they will afford the next tuition payment. The founders of ScholarGamers.com understood this … Continue reading

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Violence and video games

New forms of media are often misunderstood and easy to blame for societal ills. Video games are no exception to the rule, interactive and highly immersible, games are an easy target for critics – but is it a fair association? … Continue reading

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Finalists, New Students and Competitors

Finalists Emails have been sent to the users and their alternates that either: 1. Are among the leaders in our competition 2. Are amongst those that scored the highest in an individual game during the 20 minute competition rounds. 3. … Continue reading

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Recreational Gaming; Forging the Path to Metacognitive Thinking

BY: Tony Muccio The mission to entertain has always been linked to the mission to educate. These immortal words appear in Dr. Brian Goldfarb’s 2002 publication Visual Pedagogy not as the title to a chapter, or as the beginning of … Continue reading

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