http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. While video gaming is generally perceived as a pastime for children and young adults, research shows that the average age of players in the United States is 35. Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Emory University and Andrews University analyzed survey data from over 500 adults ranging in age from 19 to 90 in the Seattle-Tacoma area on health risks; media use behaviors and perceptions, including those related to video-game playing; and demographic factors. In an article published in the October 2009 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, they found measurable correlations between video-game playing and health risks. http://www.physorg.com/news169790360.html Medicine & Health Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:01:23 EST news169790360 (AP) -- The next installment of Microsoft's flagship racing franchise won't offer any clunkers. http://www.physorg.com/news169492588.html Technology Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:00:01 EST news169492588 (AP) -- Football fans have grown accustomed to spending their Sundays in front of gigantic high-def TVs, and they can't just drop their visual expectations when the game goes virtual. http://www.physorg.com/news169404571.html Technology Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:00:01 EST news169404571 (AP) -- If you have a spouse, a sibling or some other relative or friend who loves football and video games, don't expect to see much of him (or her) this weekend. "Madden NFL 10," the latest installment of the series that took armchair quarterbacking to a new level, comes out Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news169202565.html Technology Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:30:02 EST news169202565 (AP) -- "Brutal Legend" will rock out with a lengthy list of metal legends. http://www.physorg.com/news169118729.html Technology Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:00:06 EST news169118729 (AP) -- Lower revenue from packaged video games amid a seasonal slump for the industry gave Electronic Arts Inc. a larger net loss in its fiscal first quarter. But investors cheered as its adjusted results soundly surpassed expectations. http://www.physorg.com/news168624849.html Technology Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:14:51 EST news168624849 (PhysOrg.com) -- Sedentary behaviors such as TV viewing and `screen time` involving computers and video games are linked with elevated blood pressure in children regardless of whether they are overweight or obese, according to research published this month in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news168535921.html Medicine & Health Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:32:25 EST news168535921 Kathleen Byrnes and Justin Choi, a married couple attending medical school at Tulane University, say $40 is just too much to fork over for a Nintendo Wii game they might not enjoy. They haven't bought one since last fall, when they picked up "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed." http://www.physorg.com/news168192376.html Technology Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:40:02 EST news168192376 (AP) -- Although you can win or lose real money, BringIt.com is not considered online gambling, and it's legal in 39 states. http://www.physorg.com/news168102995.html Technology Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:30:01 EST news168102995 If the future of entertainment is interactive media, some minorities are still headed back to the past. http://www.physorg.com/news168097943.html Other Sciences Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:20:05 EST news168097943 (AP) -- A trade group that represents software and video game publishers sued the Chicago Transit Authority on Wednesday, saying a rule barring ads on trains and buses for "mature" and "adults only" games violates the right to freedom of speech. http://www.physorg.com/news167507057.html Technology Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:44:47 EST news167507057 (AP) -- Squeezed by the economic downturn, U.S. retail sales of video games dropped sharply in June, the largest year-over-year decline the industry has seen in nearly nine years. http://www.physorg.com/news167028108.html Technology Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:30:03 EST news167028108 In the science fiction movie "Minority Report," set 50 years in the future, Tom Cruise's character interacts with a computer display by moving his hands in front of it. http://www.physorg.com/news166293891.html Technology Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:45:41 EST news166293891 Researchers at North Carolina State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology have received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study whether and how video games can boost memory and thinking skills in the elderly - and then to use their findings to develop a prototype video game to do just that. http://www.physorg.com/news165564750.html Medicine & Health Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:12:58 EST news165564750 ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Some video games can make children kinder and more likely to help---not hurt---other people. http://www.physorg.com/news164509052.html Medicine & Health Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:30:02 EST news164509052 (AP) -- Electronic Arts has been playing games with attendees of the nation's biggest video-game trade show. http://www.physorg.com/news163409626.html Technology Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:35:35 EST news163409626 (AP) -- Activision is suing to stop the release of the Jack Black video game "Brutal Legend." http://www.physorg.com/news163341328.html Technology Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:40:48 EST news163341328 Students who have trouble staying awake in history class now have a new way to learn about the Civil War and other topics: an interactive video game where they try to stop a band of evildoers from changing the past. http://www.physorg.com/news163334545.html Technology Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:42:57 EST news163334545 Learning is a game to Brock Dubbels and the students in his class at Seward Montessori in Minneapolis. http://www.physorg.com/news163171768.html Technology Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:30:32 EST news163171768 (AP) -- The next generation of Microsoft's Zune music player, due in the fall, will have a touch screen, Web browser and an HD Radio receiver. http://www.physorg.com/news162648413.html Electronics Wed, 27 May 2009 13:07:26 EST news162648413 Hours after Hurricane Ike roared ashore in Texas, more than two million homes were without power, which left some scrambling to preserve food and others looking for ways to entertain children, a move that proved to be, in some instances, poisonous. Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston found that 75 percent of children treated for carbon monoxide poisoning caused by gasoline-powered electrical generators were playing video games. http://www.physorg.com/news162579314.html Medicine & Health Tue, 26 May 2009 17:55:59 EST news162579314 (AP) -- For a brief shining moment in the 1980s, Ottumwa was the unlikely hot spot of the fledgling video game industry as gamers around the globe flocked to this sleepy Iowa city and its video game arcade for a series of landmark tournaments. http://www.physorg.com/news161791124.html Technology Sun, 17 May 2009 14:59:06 EST news161791124 (AP) -- Lacking the big hits that made the year-ago period a standout, U.S. video game sales dropped sharply in April for the second month in a row as customers continued to watch their wallets. http://www.physorg.com/news161583108.html Technology Fri, 15 May 2009 05:12:24 EST news161583108 Recent releases like "Gears of War 2" and "Killzone 2" have offered gamers visual fidelity of unparalleled quality. For over a decade, improving visuals has been the focal point of development in gaming, and titles have advanced by great leaps during that time. We've also improved the audio in our games, and arguably even moved into telling deeper, more interesting stories. Text-adventure advocates may disagree with that last point, but certainly we expect a great deal more story from today's mass-market titles, such as "Gears of War," than we did of titles like "Bubble Bomb" or "DOOM." http://www.physorg.com/news161444875.html Technology Wed, 13 May 2009 14:48:38 EST news161444875 (AP) -- Nintendo Co. reported an 8.5 percent rise in annual profit as the video game maker shrugged off the global slowdown that has battered other Japanese manufacturers. http://www.physorg.com/news160893783.html Technology Thu, 07 May 2009 05:43:41 EST news160893783 Distributing content digitally over the Internet, rather than in physical form, seems to be the wave of the future. http://www.physorg.com/news160850403.html Technology Wed, 06 May 2009 17:40:45 EST news160850403 (AP) -- Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. posted a smaller net loss Tuesday for its fiscal fourth quarter as it further slashed costs in a quarter that had fewer hit game launches. http://www.physorg.com/news160765948.html Technology Tue, 05 May 2009 18:12:52 EST news160765948 (AP) -- The publisher behind a video game based on one of the Iraq war's fiercest battles has pulled the plug on the title, called "Six Days in Fallujah." http://www.physorg.com/news160156149.html Technology Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:49:37 EST news160156149 Nintendo has owned the portable video-game market - first with the Game Boy, now with the DS - for so long that most of us gave up hope of ever seeing a viable competitor. But it's become impossible to ignore the new kid on the block: Apple's iPhone, whose game library has quickly overwhelmed Nintendo's. http://www.physorg.com/news160147406.html Electronics Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:23:53 EST news160147406 One would think Nintendo Ltd. has little to worry about in the video-game market the company seems to rule, having sold more than 50 million of its Wii consoles to date. http://www.physorg.com/news159647555.html Technology Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:33:29 EST news159647555