Video games are one of America's favorite pastimes with universal appeal across generations. According to the Entertainment Software Association's (ESA) annual Essential Facts About the U.S. Video ...

People underestimate video games. Dismiss them as time sinks, distractions, things for kids. They miss the point. Because the best games teach—lessons wrapped in pixels and sound, reflexes honed in ...

Far from rotting our brains, video games may improve our cognition. But how we play them matters when it comes to the benefits they provide. By playing video games, “people are practicing complex ...

Teens compete in a video game tournament at the Portland Public Library in Maine in 2018. (Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images) How we did this Pew Research Center conducted this ...