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Why Robin Makes Batman Better When I was a small child my parents would warn me that spending all day in front of the television playing video games would ruin my eyesight. Today researchers at the University of Tennessee Space Institute in Tullahoma have integrated computer games into a device that could be instrumental in saving a child’s eyesight.
NPR has posted an interesting article about the eye’s defence mechanisms, referring to how defensive enzymes open and close “almost like a Pac-Man mouth” as they chomp harmful bacteria.
The Wall Street Journal has news of yet another gaming study, but this one’s pretty darn interesting: Rather than judge video games’ effect on violent behaviour or socialisation, the study looks at whether games can help people escape nightmares.
I can play games for hours on end. No problems. Good friend of mine, though, there are certain genres — FPS and driving mainly — that make him physically sick.
If you’ve ever slammed a Mountain Dew or similar citrus-flavored soda during a marathon gaming session, you may want to step back and re-evaluate what you’re putting into your body. A new feature published at iwatchnews.org reveals the history and potential health risks of brominated vegetable oil, otherwise known as BVO, a banned-in-Europe emulsifier that is also used in flame retardants.
