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Study Finds 1980s Gamers Less Likely To Be University Graduates

A researcher at Oxford University queried adults who were 16 years old in 1986 and found a correlation between an interest in video gaming and a lower likelihood of going on to university.


March 29, 2010
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Tetris: The Anti-Nightmare Fuel

Playing Tetris shortly after traumatic experiences helps accident victims and war casualties ward off traumatic flashbacks, British researchers have found.


May 5, 2008
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Oxford U. to Profit from GTA IV

Some portion of the £200M that Grand Theft Auto IV is projected to earn will find its way into the treasury of the U.K.’s world-renowned Oxford University. That’s because the game’s Euphoria engine was developed by two Oxford students using research at Oxford’s zoology department.

The university’s technology transfer company then teamed up with Natural Motion, the company the two students, Torsten Reil and Colm Massey, created to build and sell the engine. As such Oxford retains a share in anything Euphoria and Natural Motion should earn down the road. Such as … Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.