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FBI Profilers Don’t Believe Violent Video Games Cause Violence
16FBI profilers don’t view video games as a cause of shootings and other violent crime, a former profile said yesterday morning on CBS’ Face the Nation.
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Beaten By Bots: Training AI For First-Person Shooter Games
When you first stare down that tough opponent in a video game (think Big Daddies in Bioshock or Striders in Half-Life 2), it can seem impossible to beat the computer-controlled character you’re facing. But come the end of the game and you’re often ploughing through computerised enemies with ease – the bots are no longer…
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Warcraft-Playing Ph.D Candidate Has Some Questions For You About Gaming Addiction
An East Carolina University doctoral student studying MMOs and video game addiction is looking for survey participants to help in a key component of his dissertation. Notably, the researcher conducting the survey is himself a World of Warcraft player.
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After One Day, 85 Percent Of Facebook Gamers Don’t Care About Their Own Stupid Farm, Either
Research by a “social game analysis firm,” — the existence of that title tells you a lot about the state of the business — indicates that 85 per cent of social gamers, who began a new title sometime between July and September, quit playing it after just one day. Nine out of 10 of them…