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Report: 60% Of Britain’s Xbox 360s Have Died
11:00PM Luke Plunkett | Following in the wake of Game Informer’s armchair survey earlier in the year – which found that 54.2% of American Xbox 360s had broken down – CNET have done a similar study for the British market. With similar results. More »
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Video Games To Dominate Christmas Gift-Giving
10:00PM Luke Plunkett | When December 25, 2009 rolls around, and wrapping is torn to shreds under Christmas trees across the United States, it’s estimated nearly half of all “transactions” will have involved video games. More »
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More American Homes Play WoW Than You Probably Think
7:00PM Luke Plunkett | Terrifying statistic incoming. According to research performed by the NPD Group, 14 per cent of American homes have an online game subscription. Not 14 per cent of homes connected to the internet; 14 per cent of homes. More »
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Libraries Declare National Gaming Day
12:00AM Luke Plunkett | This Saturday, November 14, has been set aside by libraries across the US as “National Gaming Day”. But don’t think it’s got to do with bowing at the altar of consumer entertainment. Oh no. It’s to do with history. More »
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Study Finds Wii Fit Produces “Underwhelming Results”
4:00PM Luke Plunkett | Anyone who does proper exercise could have pointed this out, but it’s always nice to have it in writing; the American Council on Exercise have claimed that Nintendo’s Wii Fit produces “underwhelming results”. More »
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For 34 Years, Kids Have Wanted Video Games For Christmas
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | Market research firm Permuto Discoveries have published a list of the top-selling Christmas gifts for kids over the past 40 years. Unsurprisingly, over the past few years at least, video games have dominated. More »
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Study: Playing Games Hurts Income, By The Minute
7:20AM Stephen Totilo | Studies about video games say the darnedest things. Either it is plainly obvious that being a gamer hurts your income — because you have to spend money on these games! — or there is a mathematical revelation here. More »
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Gamers Not Great At Finding Explosives
3:30PM Owen Good | Soldiers who grew up in the burbs playing video games instead of shooting varmints in the country, or avoiding trouble in a bad neighbourhood, are singled out by Army research as particularly poor at spotting roadside bombs. More »
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Gamer Kid Leads Study Showing Connection To Joint Pain
11:00AM Owen Good | A St. Louis fifth-grader, with help from his father (a rheumatologist) and researchers from New York University, led a study showing kids were more likely to complain of joint pain the more they played video games. More »
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