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  2. Capitol Hill (video game) - Wikipedia

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    Capitol Hill is an educational game developed by American studio Amazing Media and published by The Software Toolworks in 1993 for Windows and Macintosh.The game lets the players be a representative from a US state and learn about the U.S. Congress by joining committees as well as meeting with foreign aides.

  3. 1993–94 United States Senate hearings on video games

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    Video game consoles had reached the 16-bit era with the ability to support higher resolution graphics. Alongside this, video games had started to draw older players, creating a market for games with more mature content, both on home consoles and in arcades. [2] During this period, two key players were Nintendo and Sega.

  4. Karen Crowther - Wikipedia

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    She created the educational computer games Math Rescue and Word Rescue, published under Apogee, as well as the shareware platformer Pickle Wars, published by MVP Software. [ 2 ] In 1994, she was a spokesperson for various shareware game groups when the United States Congress was developing a rating system for video games.

  5. Congressional Gaming Caucus - Wikipedia

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    According to founding member and Co-Chair Joe Heck (R-NV), the purpose of the Congressional Gaming Caucus is to: [1]. Address employment and economic issues pertaining to the gaming industry, as well as working with the gaming industry to find solutions.

  6. List of educational video games - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of notable educational video games. There is some overlap between educational games and interactive CD-ROMs and other programs (based on player agency), and between educational games and related genres like simulations and interactive storybooks (based on how much gameplay is devoted to education). This list aims to list games ...

  7. Game canon - Wikipedia

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    He started to preserve video games and video-game artifacts in 1998, and in the years following, he has noted that video games are something worthy of preserving. [1] Henry Lowood submitted the proposal to the Library of Congress in September 2006, and during the 2007 Game Developers Conference , he announced the game canon.

  8. Entertainment Software Rating Board - Wikipedia

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    AO-rated games cannot be published for major video game console platforms, and most retailers do not stock AO-rated games. ESRB President Patricia Vance argued that applying self-censorship to ensure marketability was a compromise that is "true in every entertainment medium", but still believed that the idea of the AO rating eventually becoming ...

  9. Video game controversies - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 January 2025. Video games Platforms Arcade video game Console game Game console Home console Handheld console Electronic game Audio game Electronic handheld Online game Browser game Social-network game Mobile game PC game Linux Mac Virtual reality game Genres Action Shooter Action-adventure Adventure ...