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UK Study: Video Games Have No Negative Impact On Children
18At the University of Glasgow, researchers studied the results of video games on over 11,000 children, some as young as five years old, to measure whether or not video games could affect their behaviour. The results are in: video games have no impact on the behaviour of children.
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Local TV: Sexy Game Characters ‘Worse Than Watching Miley Cyrus Twerk’
This local news report has all of the ingredients: sex, teenage girls, the exploitation of them, video games, and a respected university’s research. Here to synthesise it all for us is Life Coach Jenn Lee: “This is even worse than watching Miley Cyrus twerk.”
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Who Are The ‘Whales’ Driving Free-to-Play Gaming? You’d Be Surprised
Few words in the video games industry are as cynical as “whale,” taken from a Las Vegas term for a high stakes gambler. The difference is, a Vegas high roller may actually win something with his money, and at minimum is comped for everything during his stay. In free-to-play games, a whale is nothing but…
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You Won’t Believe This Violent Video Game Theory
Professor Dong Wong Cho of Chungbuk Provincial College in South Korea has an idea about violent video games. And it’s truly bonkers. According to Professor Cho’s latest study, violent video games make graphics cards run hot and emit more radio waves. Thus, the scholar argues, this means violent video games are more harmful for the…