News tagged with simulator games


Japan software firm shrugs off rape game protests

Technology / Internet

created May 08, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 5

A Japanese computer game maker on Friday dismissed a protest by US rights campaigners against the game "RapeLay", which lets players simulate sexual violence against females.





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High-tech mom helps teach student nurses

High-tech mom helps teach student nurses

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Her name is Noelle and she’s about to give birth, but she isn’t a real mother-to-be. Noelle is a simulated mom who’s helping senior nursing students learn how to take care of mothers and newborns ...


A new computer simulator allows to design military strategies based on ants' movements

A new computer simulator allows to design military strategies based on ants' movements

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 3

A researcher of the University of Granada, Spain, has designed a new system for the mobility of military troops within a battlefield based on the mechanisms used by ant colonies to move using a commercial ...


Mathematics Professor Says Yankees, Dodgers Should Make World Series

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

With the League Championship Series set to begin tomorrow, NJIT Mathematics Professor Bruce Bukiet has, once again, analyzed the probability of each team winning their post-season series. Bukiet updates his calculations ...


`Need for Speed' titles lead pack of racing games (AP)

'Need for Speed' titles lead pack of racing games

Technology / Software

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The video game racing genre is gearing up for a traffic jam.


Fly Flight Simulators Reveal Secrets of Decision Making

Biology /

created Mar 25, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 1

Even flies like video games--and it's not just child's play, say scientists at the California Institute of Technology. With the help of a unique bug-sized flight simulator, Caltech researchers are deciphering the secrets ...


Electronic Arts acquires Playfish for $275 million

Technology / Business

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- As its packaged video games business lags, Electronic Arts Inc. has snapped up Playfish Inc., the creator of popular social networking games such as "Who Has the Biggest Brain" and "Pet Society," for $275 million ...


Study finds many people with hemianopia have difficulty detecting pedestrians while driving

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Schepens Eye Research Institute scientists have found that--when tested in a driving simulator--patients with hemianopia (blindness in one half of the visual field in both eyes) have significantly more difficulty detecting ...


China has launched a campaign to crack down on online games operating illegally alongside content deemed to be unhealthy

China launches crackdown on online gaming

Technology / Internet

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

China has launched a campaign to crack down on online games operating illegally and featuring content deemed to be unhealthy, state media reported Friday, in the nation's latest Internet clean-up effort.


Racing, shooting and zapping your way to better visual skills

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Do your kids want a Wii, a PlayStation or an Xbox 360 this year? This holiday gift season is packed with popular gaming systems and adrenaline-pumping, sharpshooting games. What's a parent to do? Is there any redeeming value ...


ISU psychologists offer parental advice on promoting kids' healthy video game play

ISU psychologists offer parental advice on promoting kids' healthy video game play

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Parents often find themselves in a holiday quandary when deciding on which video games to purchase for their kids. They know that their children want video games, but they also want to ensure ...



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