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Smartphone Video Games Promote Family Bonding TechNewsDaily By Samantha Murphy, TechNewsDaily Senior Staff Writer Parents who play smartphone video games such as "Angry Birds" and "Bejeweled Blitz" with their kids report that gaming has increased the quality of bonding within the family, a new study suggests. ... | ||
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The Top 10 Weird Children Of Video Games and Neuroscience Gamasutra So if the brain of a compulsive gamer functions like an addict's, can we treat gaming overuse like we would an addiction? One group of scientists decided to try it out. Bupropion, a drug commonly given to heroin addicts to cut their cravings, ... | ||
Studying the art of video games Livemint The next time your children are playing video games late at night, don't tell them to switch off—they just might be doing homework for the future. Arty inputs: Designing 3D games needs artistic and technical know-how. Beginning September, Manipal ... | ||
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Gamer proposes through custom Portal 2 map The Inquisitr We've all seen d'aww-inducing gamer proposals before, but this proposal from Gary Hudston using a custom Portal 2 map really takes the cake. Sorry, I couldn't resist. Moving along! Gary Hudston, like many brave gamers before him, ... | ||
Blizzard Defends the Lack of an Offline Mode Overclockers Club Diablo 3 game director Jay Wilson recently sat down with PC Gamer to talk about the title's controversial requirement: the always-online Internet connection. There will be a few players who may not have the best Internet connection around, ... | ||
Israeli Video Games in Gaza CounterPunch By ALISON WEIR He looks at the camera with bright eyes and the beginning of a smile, wearing a miniature dark blue zipper sweatshirt, the cuffs folded up a bit to make it fit. I can imagine his mother dressing him that morning, making sure he would be ... | ||
Do Video Games Need To Be Fun? Kotaku Australia Some people agreed, some didn't, but it seemed like a topic worth exploring, so I gathered up a group of the best Australian academics writing about video games to ask them a simple question: do video games need to be fun? James O'Connor: Senior Writer ... | ||
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Biggest problem with video games and disability? AbleGamers.com For me, I have to make absolutely sure to be aware of most patterns in a video game since anything can set of my startle reflex. Little things about games that you wish could be changed or reworked to make your life as a disabled gamer easier. ... | ||
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Great Falls gamers unofficially break world record KXLH Helena News The group, who call themselves the "Suspended Specialists," celebrated their 50th straight hour of playing video games at noon. The previous world record was 45 hours, but the group decided they wanted to go for an even 50 hours. ... | ||
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Get Sedentary Kids Exercising with Active Video Games FYI Living These days, keeping your kids away from video games may be a losing battle, but directing them toward the right kind of video games might be worth the effort. In recent years, new games such as Kinetic and Dance Factory have emerged that require ... | ||
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GameStop Balances Risk-Reward Zacks.com The company's strategy is to grow through store expansions in favorable localities, by providing the largest title collection of video games and leveraging its first-to-market distribution network to offer the latest hardware and software releases. ... | ||
In The Future, Video Games Will Call You A Big Fat Liar Kotaku Australia Now, at a behind closed doors panel, SEGA boss Shuhei Yoshida has claimed that in ten years times video games would feature “almost dangerous kinds of interactivity”. Of course, it sounds like hyperbole, but 10 years is a long time. ... | ||
King's Bounty: Legions for smartphones will be compatible with Facebook game Pocket Gamer by Will Wilson A spokesperson for Nival has told Pocket Gamer that the company will be combining the Facebook and smartphone servers for its upcoming 'hardcore' social game King's Bounty: Legions, after all. The statement reads: “All mobile versions ... | ||
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Cities and Knights expansion for Catan heading to iPhone and iPad Pocket Gamer by Will Wilson Exozet has told Pocket Gamer that it is working on bringing the third major expansion pack for the Settlers of Catan boardgame - Cities and Knights - to iOS later this year. Cities & Knights is my personal favourite of all the Catan ... | ||
Research: Video Games Help Reduce Crime Rates in U.S. | GamePolitics By james_fudge Video games help reduce crime rates in the United States, according to new research conducted by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim, the Baylor University and the University of Texas at Arlington. ... GamePolitics blogs | ||
Gamer Proposes Through Portal 2 - News - www.GameInformer.com By Ben Reeves We've seen nerdy proposals before, but this Portal 2 proposal raises the bar. If you're single, you might as well give up, because this can't be beat. News | ||
Gamescom '11: Gameloft plans to release all future ... - Pocket Gamer CU 'HD'. Click to read the full 'Gamescom '11: Gameloft plans to release all future iOS games as Universal builds' news article. For more Gameloft news and ... www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Various/Gameloft.../news.asp?c... | ||
Playing video games considered 'quality time' for children to bond ... According to a new study, a third of parents play computer and video games with their children on a daily basis - and many claim it has brought them closer ... www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Playing-video-games-considered-qual... | ||
Video Games Are Good For Your Health - Technorati Entertainment From Military Training to Nanotechnology, Not All Video Games Promote Violence. technorati.com/.../video-games-are-good-for-your/?... |