A group of Japanese researchers is working on a tongue-controlled tech demo to aid those with oral motor function disorders that impacts their ability to speak or swallow — a very admirable goal.
One of the best things about playing online is playing with others. One of the worst things? Playing with others. Some people are total dicks! Wouldn’t you love to shut them up?
Say the word “railgun” around a PC gamer and they’ll instantly start telling you stories about the Quake series, and how it’s such an awesome weapon in a make-believe future universe.
If Dead Space is to be remembered for one thing, it should be its navigation system, where pressing a button triggers an illuminated “path” in the game world showing you your destination. I don’t know if it was the first game to do this, but it was certainly the first to do it so prominently/so well.
A pair of bright sparks from Johns Hopkins University have taken the Wii version of Guitar Hero and turned it into a rehab tool for amputees. Specifically, people missing their hands/fingers.
When I was a kid, on long road trips I had to look out the window and like it. When I worked in childcare, kids would go home with a Game Boy in their hands. My kids, of course, might ride with something even cooler: games on their car windows.
Is gaming addiction a real psychological affliction that should be recognised by the American Psychiatric Association? According to some studies as many as 10 per cent of all gamers could be considered gaming addicts. A new study from Texas A&M’s Christopher J. Ferguson explains how those studies are doing it wrong.
You gotta know when to hold them, know when to fold then and know when to press X. According to new research, teenage players who game a considerable amount have an enlarged area of the brain’s “reward hub”, the area with a high concentration of dopamine.
