Playing highly competitive video games may lead to aggressive behavior


Playing highly competitive video games may lead to aggressive behavior
EurekAlert (press release)
WASHINGTON – While most research into video games and aggressive behavior has focused on violent games, competitiveness may be the main video game characteristic that influences aggression, according to new research published by the American ...
Maroon and Gamer: The Early State of 3-D
The State Press
While this is fantastic news for those who haven't purchased one for themselves, this gamer can't help but wonder if there are some other issues at hand. You've probably noticed that Sony has been developing 3-D televisions. ...
VIDEO GAMES: Action Packed New Screens From Spider-Man: Edge Of Time And X-Men ...
Comic Book Movie
Putting the spotlight on the Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2099 and Anti-Venom, check out these great new stills from Edge of Time, along with some cool new shots from X-Men Destiny focusing on Cyclops and Juggernaut... Spider-Man: Edge of Time is a ...
Video Games Live set to tour Australia in 2012
iTech Report
The amazingly entertaining Video Games Live will be arriving on Australian shores some time next year, visiting many of the country's major cities. Video Games Live is a much loved concert group that plays theme music from a number of iconic video ...
Video Games That Screw Over the Color Blind
Houston Press (blog)
Hey, at least we can play video games, right? This is the point in the technology that many environments are indistinguishable from real life except by the number of zombies. Well, you'd think so, but there have been some examples of just blatant ...
A Video Game That Teaches You To Make Video Games – Code Hero Rocks Maker...
Singularity Hub
Use a video game to teach students how to make video games. It's so meta it just might work. In Code Hero, you take the role of a human programmer, roaming through the virtual world of Codia. A friendly AI teaches you some of the basics of your new ...
In Stores This Week: Video Games
Big Shiny Robot!
With the NFL preseason heating up it's time for the annual release of Madden NFL 12. By all accounts the franchise has slowly been making progress each year, but that's also making the legacy flaws that much more apparent. As much as I love football, ...
And On the Seventh Day They Played Video Games
Kotaku
One day of the week that no matter what is going on in your life, you always seem to end up playing video games on that day. I didn't intentionally choose a day and schedule time in for it, but I've noticed that Saturday night almost always results in ...
Physical theraphy patients working through pain using video games
KTAR.com
For rehabilitation the patients are turning to video games to do their exercises and work through the pain. "We're actually putting them in situations where they can practice actual movements that they need to do and get that feedback they need for ...
Video Games: Mortal Kombat vs. Watchmen
Comic Book Movie
When Quan Chi attempts to create a secret portal to Earth Realm with the assistance of Shinnok, their portal tampers with Dr. Manhattan's tachyon particles in the Watchmen universe. With enough power to distort the space-time continuum, the two realms ...
On Costumes, Video Games, and the Art of Pretending
PopMatters
On a sort of diagonal slant, related but not immediately, is the topic of nostalgic video games. An art gallery in my neighborhood, SUPER IAM8BIT, recently re-opened its doors with a group show sampling works inspired by early video games...
They Came, They Saw, They PAXed
Seattlest
A full 72-hours of the yearly gamer take-over of downtown Seattle has come to a close. The Penny Arcade Expo (PAX Prime 2011) washed over the Washington State Convention Center leaving locals and tourists not involved in the event asking, ...
Lawyer Suspended for Spending Too Much Time Playing His Video Games
Technabob (blog)
But for this certain guy, it was video games. If you know someone who's had an addiction or is currently battling one, then you might already be familiar with some of the signs and symptoms of addiction. Video game addiction doesn't really sound as ...
Video games and creative culture: independent or bound by a common shoestring?
The Conversation
The very idea of an independent video game breaks with the most popular narrative of what video games are: things for young men and boys… Daniel Golding spoke at and chaired a panel at Freeplay 2011. Our goal is to ensure the content is not ...
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Review
JOE
It's natural for players to see a mini-map and health bar at all times for their character invideo games, yet here the game's protagonist sees it too. Furthermore, XP and credits earned during the game can unlock a flurry of abilities, ...
The Dell XPS 8300 Is Your Gamer Family's Deal of the Day
Gizmodo
After I moved out not too long ago, my family found themselves in need of a new computer. Obviously, they have a host of options, but they happen to be PC people and don't want to spend too much on just the essentials. BUT my little sister likes MMOs, ...
Video Games Live Is Bringing Their Orchestra To YOUR Home Town!
Kotaku Australia
By Mark Serrels on August 29, 2011 at 4:30 PM Most video game orchestras, if they come over to Australia, head to Sydney — Melbourne if you're lucky — not Video Games Live. These guys are bringing their awesome show to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, ...
Red Sun Gamer Episode 8 – Welcome To The World Of Pandora's Tower
Siliconera
By Red Sun Gamer . August 28, 2011 . 1:30pm After sampling the game, we reckon we wouldn't be off the mark to interpret the ambiguous sub-title, Kimi no moto e kaeru made, Until I Return to Your Side, as, until Ende returns to Seres's side with a chunk ...
Do games really need in-game collectibles?
GoozerNation (blog)
It provides an opportunity to make the gamer play through a second time to find everything and get a prize. The element of collecting GTA IV's pigeons seems to lean toward this. In the end, in-game collectibles can be fun, but some games overuse them...
Contre Jour
Pocket Gamer
by Will Wilson You'll often come across a review in the Pocket Gamer containing a statement along the lines of 'it's like Angry Birds' or 'much as Cut the Rope works'. Some may call it lazy, but in terms of getting across how a game plays it's a far ...
Zynga IPO Reportedly Delayed Thanks to Market Downturn
Reuters
By Brent Lang at TheWrap Investors have been waiting breathlessly for Zynga to make its public debut next month, but the social media gamer's IPO has been pushed back until November, the New York Post reports. A spokesperson for Zynga declined to ...
Does Patriot now offer the best deal on DDR3-1600 currently on the market?
PC Perspectives
According to Legion Hardware the Patriot Gamer 2 DDR3-1600 is the best value on RAM going. They back that claim up with the Gamer 2 1600MHz @ 9-9-9-24 costing only $53 and keeping up with kits costing almost twice as much. They also managed to tighten ...
Photos of babes in bikinis (and as little text as humanly possible)
Metromix New York
... an introduction to the metal as you race through some pixelated city streets? These are just a few of the wonderful things you'll be giving your loved ones (or more likely yourself) if you heed our advice about the biggest video games of the season.
PAX Prime 2011: Rocksmith Impressions & Video
Platform Nation
Or, if you already play and are a gamer (like myself), have you ever had the desire to use your guitar shredding skills in a video game? If so, you are in luck because from what I saw Ubisoft's Rocksmith, our wish has come true. ...
Dark Horse Promises MASS EFFECT 3 Secrets in New Art Book
Newsarama
By Seth Robison, Newsarama Contributor The line between comic books and video games continues to blur and the recent announcement of The Art of Mass Effect only confirms that trend, as does the presence of Dark Horse Comics Editor Dave Marshall the ...
Cinemaware Announces New Website
Gamespy.com
By Mike Sharkey | Aug 29, 2011 Cinemaware holds a special place in many a gamers' heart as the studio that brought Hollywood to video games with immersive, innovative titles like Defender of the Crown and Rocket Ranger. We're happy to report that ...
Blame player, not game
Times of India
Now, that may be a fine cautionary tale, and sure to give plenty of ammunition to those habituated to shouting from the rooftops about how dangerous video games are. But it's both unfair and illogical to think one man's excess applies to one and all. ...
Zap this silliness
Regina Leader-Post
Every govCernment has to be careful about its spending, but Saskatchewan's has misfired in zapping the purchase of video games for youth in custody. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation found the paltry sum of $1616.97 was spent over a four-year period on ...
Facebook wants to mimic consoles, feature wider range of games
ZDNet (blog)
Facebook wants to feature a wider selection range of video games, including first-person shooters, sports titles, and social games. In order to tempt more users to its platform, the company wants to offer different types of games like those found on ...
Punitive policy costs society
StarPhoenix
What's worse than the short-sighted and punitive thinking behind the Canadian Taxpayers Federation raising a fuss about youth detention facilities buying video games for use by children is the alacrity with which the Saskatchewan government acted to ...
Big Fish gets hardboiled again in iOS puzzler Nick Chase & the Deadly Diamond
Pocket Gamer
by Jon Jordan Thanks to its gumshoe setting, the original Nick Chase (a Pocket Gamer Gold awardee) was something of a crossover experience - a hidden object/mini-game title for people who didn't think they liked the genre. ...
Harmful escape from reality
Times of India
As Van Cleave's case shows, the effect of video games on grown-ups is as bad. Studies record how addiction to gaming can cause the breakdown of careers, health and social lives. In a shocking instance, a South Korean couple addicted to gaming neglected ...
Teen copes with summer of surgery
Salisbury Post
Sarah Campbell / Salisbury Post Samual Wyrick, Sam Killian and Macey Beattie spent a good portion of their summer break playing video games while Killian recovered from open heart surgery. Sarah Campbell / Salisbury Post Samual Wyrick looks on as Seth ...
This $25 computer (yes, computer!) also runs Quake 3
VentureBeat
The Raspberry Pi computer is a single-board computer that's capable of rendering video games like Quake 3 at a 1920 pixel by 1080 pixel monitor resolution. The game cruises along at around 20 frames per second with the lighting and geometrical details ...
A Very Oil On Whyte Preview Of EA Sports' NHL 12
Oil On Whyte
Fast forward eighteen annual video games later. You'll soon find yourself in 2012, andvideo games have changed ever so slightly. Grab a cold one and join me as I go on a preview of EA Sports' NHL 2012. Let me start by saying that I think EA Sports ...
In Other News – August 29, 2011
Lazygamer
It's times like these when you remember why it rocks so much to be a gamer (and don't forget what's still coming). In Other News: 10 tips to help you finish every game, tweak Deus Ex to run like a dream on your PC, Uncharted 3 gameplay video and ...
Zeebo raises $17M, plans to move away from gaming
VatorNews
Education and gaming are two industries that don't appear to go together, especially when you consider statistics that show that more screen time (including computer andvideo games) has a direct correlation with poor performance in school. ...
PAX 2011: The Future of DRAGON AGE Panel
Newsarama
Laidlaw then suddenly closed the floor to questions and began to speak about how the Dragon Age franchise is expanding beyond the video games: into the pen and paper RPG and even an animated project being worked on with Funimation. ...
Review: Game Dev Story (iPad)
2D-X
Everyone who has fancied themselves gamer have at one point dreamed of crafting their very own video games. After all, with so many games sopping in the juice called suck, their ideas would succeed because they know games better than some passionless ...

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