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Wonder At The Guitar Hero Muscle Controller
6:40AM Michael McWhertor | Welcome to Bobby Kotick’s nightmare, a world in which Guitar Hero controllers could be rendered useless, a world in which video games can be played by monitoring muscle actions. A brave new air guitar future! 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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How The Wii Can Help Fight Terrorism
3:00AM Brian Crecente | The war on terrorism can be a real hassle, just ask anyone who has flown recently. Fortunately, science and the Wii have joined forces to try and cut-down on those mammoth airport security lines with the Fidget Monitor. More »
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Study: Gamer Aggression Mimics That Of Warfare
12:00PM Owen Good | A study involving Unreal Tournament players, given a cash incentive for winning, found that gamers’ testosterone levels spiked noticeably after pwning complete strangers. When defeating friends, they produced even less testosterone than their vanquished teammates. More »
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Measuring The Time It Takes Between A Button Press And On-Screen Action
5:30PM Luke Plunkett | Digital Foundry’s long-running blog on Eurogamer often throws up some interesting technical studies on games, but few have ever been as interesting, or as comprehensive, as this piece on controller latency. More »
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Tetris Gives You Thicker Brain Meats
1:40AM Mike Fahey | A study conducted by neuroscientist Richard Haier has determined that performing a “challenging visuospatial task” like Tetris can actually alter the structure of your brain. More »
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The PS3 Slim Uses Less Power Than We (Or Sony) Thought
12:20PM Luke Plunkett | Sure, it’s not as sexy a bullet-point as “new design” or “lower price”, but the fact the PS3 Slim was reported as running on 34 per cent less power than the previous model was still appreciated. Thing is, that figure is wrong. More »
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Aussie Prof Connects A Lot Of Dots Between Games And Gamblin’
5:00AM Owen Good | A study of young people who are also pathological gamers, sooprise, turns up a connection to video games, in a report on Australia’s ABC News. Notably, however, another researcher knocks down the suggestion of a causal link. More »
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Survey Says U.S. Gamers Older, Fatter Than Thought
12:20PM Owen Good | Hooray! Video gamers average age is that of mine – 35. Less celebrated: gamers are more likely to be unhealthier, fatter, and more depressed than others. Those are the findings of – ding ding ding!!! – a new study. More »
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