In this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied.

在这个充斥着网络聊天、电子游戏和电视真人秀的时代，不乏让小孩子沉迷的没头没脑的活动。

With these customer lists in hand, Member Works started dialing for dollars—selling dental plans, videogames, computer software and other products and services.

有了这些客户名单在手上，MemberWorks 公司开始来赚取收入——销售牙科计划、视频游戏、电脑软件以及其他产品和服务。

Different Studies of Videogames Give Different results.

不同的电子游戏研究有不同结论。

Videogames make you feel like you're actually doing something.

电子游戏让你感觉你实际是在做些什么事情。

Cera: Right. We've all played videogames—just at different stages.

塞拉： 没错，我们都是玩视频游戏长大的——虽然我们处于不同的年龄层次。

To be sure, there are limits to videogames' usefulness in the workplace.

可以肯定的是，游戏在工作场所的使用是有限制的。

SAN FRANCISCO — in most workplaces playing videogames will get you fired.

旧金山——在大多数工作场所玩游戏，将会被解雇。

One of my friends admitted that he’s sunk thousands of dollars into online videogames.

有个朋友承认自己在网路视频游戏上花掉了几千美元。

Is it because they spend so much time indoors playing videogames and surfing the Internet?

是因为他们花太多时间在室内打游戏和上网？

I can get them to dream about videogames by having them play intensely, "says Dr." Stickgold.

但是我可以让他们紧张的玩视频游戏，然后就能让他们梦到所完的游戏。

Microsoft, Konami, and Disney Interactive Studios are each showing off karaoke-themed videogames.

微软、科乐美、迪士尼都公布了各自卡拉ok类型的游戏。

The superheroes could also add to Disney's offerings of videogames, amusement-park rides, toys and apparel.

Marvel旗下的超级英雄还将给迪士尼的视频游戏、游乐园、玩具和服装等产品带来提振。

And that was the decade when bowling alleys figured out the addictive, quarter-munching qualities of videogames.

正是在那十年时间里，保龄球馆发现了电子游戏这种容易让人上瘾的吸金机器。

Baker, thinking about the intense focus he'd seen on the face of his preteen son when playing videogames, agreed.

而Baker想到了他那处于青春期的儿子玩视频游戏时脸上那种紧张专注的表情，欣然表示同意。

Sure, kids love videogames—but think of your own experience: can you recall even one educational filmstrip of decades past?

不错，孩子们喜欢电子游戏，但是想一下你自己的经历：你能回忆过去几十年里哪怕是一个教育幻灯片么？

CFO Alexandre de Rochefort says, "When you look at [videogames] it's not as if the industry is creating new genres every week."

首席财务官亚历山大•德•罗切弗特表示：“看看视频游戏业，它似乎并不是每星期都在推出新款游戏。”

The new chip can download data twice as fast and can handle graphics seven times faster, making it better for videogames, Apple said.

苹果说，这种新型芯片下载数据的速度可达原来的两倍，处理图像的速度可达原来的七倍，玩视频游戏的体验会更好。

Brainstorm your list of English keywords (for instance, 'videogames') and select your region to test the traffic for its local equivalents.

努力寻找英语重点单词的清单(如“videogames”)并且在选择的区域去测试同类产品的市场情况。

Your appreciation of the value of videogames is well known, and I would be eager to hear your thoughts on them and your connections to them.

众所周知, 您对视频游戏的价值是非常推崇的, 所以在这儿我特别想听听您对游戏的各种想法.

As DVD sales sink, Hollywood has been scrambling for new sources of ancillary revenue, such as toys, videogames, clothing and rollercoasters.

随着DVD销量下滑，好莱坞一直在努力开发玩具、视频游戏、服装以及过山车新的副业收入来源。

Its show floor is packed with trade booths, but instead of iPad cases or videogames, they are populated by bored arms dealers in bad lighting.

展厅里挤满了交易展台，灯光不佳的展台上摆着的不是iPad原装皮套或者电子游戏，而是站满了无趣的军火商们。

The explosive popularity of the Internet, videogames, and smartphone technology has made this formerly feeble cluster of pasty virgins "cool."

互联网、电子游戏、以及智能手机技术以爆炸性的速度流行起来，让这群曾经孱弱而苍白的原始人类一下变酷了。

The use of mobile phones and portable videogames machines is prohibited in most schools and some do not allow pupils to bring them through the gates.

在绝大多数学校，手机和便携式游戏机都不允许使用，还有一些甚至禁止小学生把它们带进校园。