In Real Life

I Buy My Mum Video Games Every Mother’s Day. It Helped Heal Her

Mother’s Day is this weekend, and so the commercials for flowers and jewellery and Hallmark cards are incessant and overwhelming. But this year, for a gift, I did exactly what I did last May: I went to Amazon and I ordered my mum a new video game.


February 23, 2012
Nintendo

Is Nintendo About To Piss Off The Bible Belt?

For years, hardline Christians have been calling Pokémon evil. One questionable individual even called the character “Oriental demons”.


February 22, 2012
Nintendo

The New Brain Age Features A Satanic Doctor

If you thought Brain Age was easy, get ready for Nintendo’s new spin on the series: Oni Tore (鬼トレ) or “Demon Training”.


March 22, 2011
News

Brain Age Doctor Is More Than Happy To Drink Your Radiation Milk

In Japan, trace amounts of radiation are being found in vegetables and milk. People are obviously concerned, but fret not, because the guy from Brain Age is here to relax all fears.


November 29, 2010
News

Brain Age To Outsmart The 3DS?

Just because Nintendo’s Brain Age took Japan by storm in 2006, that doesn’t mean it can’t do it again. Neuroscientist Dr Ryuta Kawashima spills the beans that a new Brain Age is in development.


October 22, 2010
News

The Red DSi XL Is Official

After images of the snappy red DSi XL popped up on a US retail site, it seemed like the handheld would be coming to the States. Today, Nintendo made it official.


September 8, 2010
News

Yes, Kinect Is Getting A Brain Training Game

In 2005, Nintendo published Nintendo DS game “Brain Age” in Japan, a title that claimed it could train players’ brains. In 2010, Microsoft’s Kinect is getting its own brain game.


July 10, 2010
In Real Life

When Cheating Makes Brain Age Fun

Brain Age isn’t the most enjoyable of DS games played straight. Playing it through an emulator that lets you substitute answers for stupid doodles sure fixes that.


April 21, 2010
News

Yet Another Study: Brain Training Games Don’t Improve Intelligence

First it was French scientists who said brain training games like Brain Age do not work. Now, it’s UK scientists.


January 26, 2010
In Real Life

Scottish Prisoners May Get DSes For Brain Training

The Sunday Times reports of a plan by the Scottish prison system to raise “literacy” and “numeracy” skills among its prison population by giving the inmates access to Nintendo DS systems.