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Action video game players experience diminished proactive attention

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Video game players are often accused of passively reacting to tasks that are spoon fed to them through graphics and stimuli on the screen. A group of researchers from Iowa State University shows that playing lots of video ...


Social network for gamers helps friends play

Technology / Internet

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Raptr, a social network targeting gamers, is hoping to make it easier to see what your friends are currently playing on a broad range of platforms such as the Xbox 360 and personal computers.


OnLive to distribute video games digitally

Technology / Software

created May 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Distributing content digitally over the Internet, rather than in physical form, seems to be the wave of the future.


A participant of a game tournament is seen behind his Nintendo DS

Nintendo sells 100 million DS consoles

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nintendo said sales of its handheld DS have topped 100 million machines less than five years since its launch, reaching the milestone faster than any other game console.


2008's top tech trends

Technology / Hi Tech

created Jan 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It would have been hard for even the most innovative product to stand out last year in such a lousy economy. But even had the economy been good, the tech industry wouldn't have earned many headlines. In short, there was nothing ...