Chua wrote that she would never allow her daughters to watch TV, play computer games or be in a school play.

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With many users starting to use computer monitors to play console games, if the Xbox can run Explorer, Office, Skype and most if not all the other 3rd party apps, then a lot of people might just buy an Xbox instead of a PC as their primary computer at home.

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Television and movies play to emotion (as do computer twitch games, which drag down kids' SAT scores).

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Then the big boys with global licences arrive: Lego to make construction kits (build your own Hogwarts castle), Mattel to make Harry Potter toys, and Electronic Arts computer games including, finally, a chance to play the obscure game of Quidditch (a bit like an aerial version of polo, but with the contestants flying on broomsticks).

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Now 34, she is confined to a wheelchair, but can use the computer, read books and play board games without help.

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While strands of DNA may be able to pick fights with other strands, one thing that they can't do yet is play computer games -- that is, until now.

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When you wanted to play video games or use a word processor, you plugged your Apple II, Commodore, or Tandy computer into the television and went from there.

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Like many other programs, Origin uses a web-like syntax to keep track of the places games are found on a computer so they can quickly be started when people want to play.

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To play games at one of the Internet cafes, a customer gets a prepaid card and then goes to a computer.

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