Tag Archives: scholargamers.com
For Pokemon Fans, The Future Looks Black… and White
In case you’ve just arrived from the outer reaches of the Universe and have yet to grasp the concept of Earthen advertising or missed the legions of salivating people amassing outside game stores across the country, I have news for … Continue reading
“Reality is Broken,” But Jane McGonigal Thinks Video Games Can Help Make It Better
The mission of Scholar Gamers has always been simple. Take something as enjoyable as playing video games and add a layer of productivity to it. Kids need money to get an education. Kids also enjoy playing video games. So, why … Continue reading
Peripherals; The Future of Home Consoles
BY: Vincent Parisi Part 2 of the “Future of Gaming” has arrived as promised. Having a lot to get through, let’s just jump straight into it. If you’ll recall (cue wavy flashback effect) last time around focused on how 3-D … Continue reading
What’s Next for Next-Gen; The Future of Home Consoles
BY: Vincent Parisi 2011 is here and the entertainment community is wasting little time in kicking off the new year with some big announcements. This week is the Consumer Electronics Show, CES, and Microsoft is in charge of warming up … Continue reading
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
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!!!!
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
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
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
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