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  1. self
    The Fantasy of HealingWriter Vanessa Angélica Villarreal found life after divorce where she least expected it — as a witcher in a fantasy role-playing video game.
    By Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
  2. fixations
    I Think About My Painting Goblin in The Sims a LotHe paints and paints and paints, making his Sim family rich. Why can’t he do the same for me?
    By Becca Schuh
  3. sure why not
    You Can Try Tatcha’s New Cleanser in ‘Animal Crossing’Your little mini-me is about to be so dewy.
    By Erica Smith
  4. video games
    This Loathsome Owl Is the Only Bad Part of Animal CrossingA screed against Blathers.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  5. video games
    12 Women on Their Favorite Video GamesZelda: Breath of the Wild, The Sims 4, and more.
    By Amanda Arnold and Katie Heaney
  6. science of us
    Video Games Are a To-Do List You PlayI love video games for the sense of errand satisfaction.
    By Katie Heaney
  7. the simulation
    The Sims Is Now High-FashionMoschino announces a real-life collaboration with the video game.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  8. politics
    Trump Spent $50,000 on an Elaborate Golf Video GameHe recently had one installed at the White House.
    By Lisa Ryan
  9. divorce
    At Least 200 Couples Have Divorced Over Fortnite in 2018According to a new report.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  10. science of us
    The Video Game That Got Me Through My Long-Distance RelationshipWhen I was at my loneliest, my boyfriend and I used our in-game characters to do all the things we couldn’t.
    By Nicole Clark
  11. crime
    Man Says Samurai Sword Attack by Girlfriend Was Just a Big MisunderstandingAlex Lovell’s girlfriend allegedly stabbed him because she thought he was cheating on her, but he says he was just playing too many video games.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  12. video games
    Psychologists: Stop Blaming Mass Shootings on Video GamesThere’s a bit of dissent within the American Psychological Association about the role of video games in contributing to violence.
    By Jesse Singal
  13. There’s a Psychological Explanation for Why Tetris Is So AddictingWhy spend all that time on a game you can’t win?
    By Mary Pilon
  14. A New Book Argues Concerns Over Violent Video Games Are a Moral PanicIn their new book Moral Combat, two psychologists argue that video games are little understood and that fearmongering about them is rampant.
    By Jesse Singal
  15. Playing Action Video Games Might Make You a Better DriverFirst-person shooters: They’re good for you!
    By Drake Baer
  16. Here’s an Overhyped Study About Video-Game Violence and MisogynySometimes the headline doesn’t match what was actually published.
    By Jesse Singal
  17. This Video Game Could One Day Be Used to Treat Social AnxietyIt matches patients with avatars that act just like them.
    By Cari Romm
  18. keeping up with the jenners
    Why Kendall and Kylie’s New Game Is So AddictiveIt has its own social network!
    By Kevin Fanning
  19. debunking
    A Tetris-Related Science Reporting Failure, and How It HappenedNo, playing a video game for three minutes won’t reduce your addictive cravings.
    By Jesse Singal
  20. Here’s a Mean Girls Video Game for You to WinFight the plastics, win the war. 
    By Maggie Lange
  21. No, Killing Prostitutes in GTA V Won’t Make You More Moral in Real LifeMisinterpreting studies is fun.
    By Jesse Singal
  22. video games
    Playing Action Video Games May Make You SmarterTime for some Call of Duty, Einstein.
    By Jesse Singal
  23. gamergate
    Gamergate’s Silver LiningThere is one — if you dig deeply enough.
    By Jesse Singal
  24. video games
    Wii Balance Boards Could Help Manage Multiple SclerosisUse of the boards was associated to changes in the parts of the brain associated with balance and movement.
    By Jesse Singal
  25. video games
    The Problem With Studying ‘Deviant’ Video GamesIs Spider-man teaching your kid to be a delinquent?
    By Jesse Singal
  26. love and war
    Tips for Female Employees at Video-Game Companies: Yell and Wear Bright Clothes“They don’t give you the ‘courtesy pause’ they normally give to the guys. I feel that I always need to wave my hand and yell, I’m here!!! I exist!!!”
    By Maggie Lange
  27. decent proposals
    Now, a Marriage Proposal via Homemade Video-Game She did lose a life on her attempt to get the golden ring. 
    By Maggie Lange
  28. Getting an Abortion, the Video GameTexas’s draconian abortion regulations inspired a role-playing game. 
    By Kat Stoeffel
  29. the karl of it all
    Yes, Karl Lagerfeld Is a Video Game Character (Again)He’ll even deride you.
    By Charlotte Cowles
  30. parenting
    Best Dad Ever Rewrote Donkey Kong to Make Damsel Character the HeroHacker flips the script for his 3-year-old daughter.
    By Kat Stoeffel
  31. cgi models
    Arena Homme+ Styles Video Game Stars in PradaYou might say it’s an “animazing” idea.
    By Alex Rees
  32. game on!
    Beyoncé Waxes Geeky As Spokesmodel for Style Savvy Video GameSoul queen to hawk Nintendo fashion game.
    By Gabriel Bell
  33. high tech high fashion
    Video Games Go From Geeky to Crafty to Attract a Fashionable Female AudienceJewelry-making and ‘Project Runway’ go interactive to lure new generation of gamers.
    By Gabriel Bell
  34. loose threads
    Trovata Settles Lawsuit With Forever 21; Project Runway to Become Video GameAnd Christian Louboutin designs Barbies.
    By Sharon Clott
  35. beauty marks
    See Kate Moss’s New Vintage Fragrance Ad; Tsumori Chisato Partners With Shu UemuraAnd CND is revamping its nail-color line by launching 65 new polishes.
    By Sharon Clott
  36. women are the new men
    Coming Soon: The Fashion Week Video GameWe blame the Wii Fit.
    By Amy Odell
  37. wanna be on top
    ‘America’s Next Top Model’ Becomes a Video GamePlayer must guide one model through various challenges and try not to get eliminated.
    By Amy Odell
  38. run through
    How We Killed Our Virtual Miss BimboWe didn’t carve out feeding time on the game that allows 9- to 16-year-old girls to foster a virtual bimbo with diets, sexy outfits, and boob jobs.
  39. cult of personality
    Karl Lagerfeld Becomes a Video-Game CharacterThe Kaiser will D.J. a radio station in the next installment of Grand Theft Auto, white ponytail included.