There is something about “American Idol” that extracts intense emotions from the audience: devotion for the contestants, perhaps, or passion for the songs. For Dave Della Terza, it elicits utter disgust. But it also turns a profit.

The world of Dungeons & Dragons needs no introduction. Recently, however, the D&D community suffered the loss of one close and dear as the game’s co-founder Gary Gygax passed away after battling for some years with heart ailments. But...

An exaggerating number of e-mails as well as text messages may very soon be officially recognized as brain illness. According to an editorial published in the latest issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry, “excessive gaming, sexual...