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Dedicated slacker Cameron Boxer thinks he has found gamer heaven: playing video games online for an audience (and money); but the Positive Action Group (the club he created to keep his parents off his back) keeps getting in the way with meetings and fund-raisers for worthy causes, and his friends keep turning to him for plans and girlfriend advice, plus Elvis the beaver is back chewing on the back wall--and all Cameron wants to do is to conquer the...
3) Gamer army
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Even though he is only twelve, Rogan Weber is an obsessed gamer, whose motto, ego sum maximus, declares his confidence in his own abilities, and whose parents are also deeply involved in ultra high tech (a little too deeply sometimes); naturally he is thrilled to receive an invitation to join a tech giant's virtual reality TV gaming contest--but as the games become more and more intense and dangerous, he and his fellow gamers realize that something...
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"Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape"--
8) War stories
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"Twelve-year-old Trevor Firestone loves playing war-based video games and he idolizes his great-grandfather Jacob who came home from World War II a celebrated hero; now ninety-three Jacob wants to retrace his journey in memory and reality and return to the small French village that his unit liberated, and Trevor is going with him--but not everyone in the town want Jacob to come, and Trevor is going to learn an important lesson: real war is not a video...
11) Watch This
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Hack into the ultimate supercomputer - the human brain - as Hollywood filmmakers create mind-bending sensory illusions.
12) Mind Your Body
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Your mind and body are connected in countless ways, and some are more mysterious than others. In this episode, you'll discover how your mind and body sometimes work together like the best of friends ' and how they sometimes betray each other like the worst of enemies. Watch as mixed martial arts fighters are challenged like never before by the simplest of moves, and go head-to-head against them in a game that looks easy but will leave you all thumbs....
13) Babe Ruth
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Babe Ruth, the home-run king, never took himself seriously - until he put on a uniform. In his 22-year career, he made baseball America's favorite sport, always with the promise of an exciting game.
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Innovative and often addictive, apps are changing the way we work and live-helping us shop online, conduct business, or even play computer games while waiting for the bus. Not surprisingly, they are immensely profitable. This CNBC Original documentary introduces some of the creative minds behind apps and considers their implications for the business world. Looking back at the Apple iPhone's original offering of just 11 apps, the program shows how...
15) Focus Pocus
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In this episode we explore your brain's constant battle between attention and distraction by investigating all the ways you focus, from visual processing to mental filtering to prioritizing attention. So pay close attention: your life may depend on it!
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This program examines the effect of political upheaval in Eastern Europe on the music of Bartok, Shostakovich, and Lutoslawski. We see how the composers, in spite of adverse political pressures, managed to develop their own musical language in such works of triumphant originality and power as Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle, Shostakovich's Symphony No. 4, Lutoslawsky's Venetian Games, and others.
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Five seconds left, the game is tied, your hands are sweaty, and your knees are knocking. Could a fear of failure ruin your chances of winning the game or making the putt? Not with the information from Sports Psychology, a comprehensive guide to success by developing the proper mental attitude. Designed by a leading sports psychologist, this program teaches you how to improve performance by commitment, communication, and attitude. The keys to designing...
20) Pay Attention!
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It seems like every week someone tells us how the internet and the digital age are overloading our brains. Sure, sometimes it feels like we're being fed more information than we can handle, that we're paying attention to the wrong things. Are we giving our brain a fair shot?