This is the story of Mary & Jason
Mary and her grandson Jason live far apart and have never really known each other.
Follow their journey and see how an Xbox helped bridge the divide and enabled them to connect and learn about each other through gaming.
A former neo-Nazi tells Sky News that video games and extremist content on social media are being used to recruit children.
A live stream of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez playing the popular game Among Us has become one of the most-watched videos on Twitch.
More than 400,000 viewers made it the third-highest peak on record for the the game-streaming platform.
Yet another armed police force has been called in on yet another unsuspecting victim, as the recently crowned Fortnite world champion took a break from a livestream to deal with a swatting incident at his own front door.
Ever since the Christchurch shooting spree, 8chan users have commented regularly on Brenton Tarrant’s high bodycount, and made references to their desire to “beat his high score”.
Four children spent nearly £550 in three weeks buying player packs to play the Fifa football video game online on the family's Nintendo Switch console.
In Fifa, special players can be bought in packs, but the contents are only revealed after payment is completed.
The children's father, Thomas Carter, had bought them a single pack for around £8, and had not realised they had seen how he made the purchase.
"You pay £40 for the game, which is a lot of money in itself, but then the only way to get a great team is essentially by gambling," he said, referring to online play.
"They spent £550 and they still never got their favourite player, Lionel Messi."
There are two themes here; adults' digital literacy and how users (children) become gamblers to be successful players of games.
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