News tagged with game play
Video games lead to faster decisions that are no less accurate
Cognitive scientists from the University of Rochester have discovered that playing action video games trains people to make the right decisions faster. The researchers found that video game players develop ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 13, 2010 |
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Robots learn to create language
(PhysOrg.com) -- Communication is a vital part of any task that has to be done by more than one individual. That is why humans in every corner of the world have created their own complex languages that help ...
May 17, 2011 |
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Pico projector used in eye based video gaming system
(PhysOrg.com) -- Students at the University of Texas in Austen are playing video games. Honestly, that is really not news. Students all over the country are playing video games, usually when they should be studying. In this ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
May 03, 2011 |
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What gamers want: Researchers develop tool to predict player behavior
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new method that can accurately predict the behavior of players in online role-playing games. The tool could be used by the game industry to develop new game ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 14, 2011 |
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Mobile shopping: More buzz than buy so far
When it comes to mobile shopping, so far there's more buzz than buy.
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Android phones to pit vampires against slayers
Facial recognition startup Viewdle on Wednesday began letting Android smartphone users see which of the people around them are vampires and which are vampire slayers.
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Video games may help combat depression in older adults
Research at the Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine suggests a novel route to improving the symptoms of subsyndromal depression (SSD) in seniors ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 25, 2010 |
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Game Review: 'Ninja Gaiden 3' a letdown for fans
(AP) -- If you were playing video games in the 1980s, you probably remember flinging your Nintendo controller across the room after the original "Ninja Gaiden" sliced and diced you into mouth-frothing aggravation.
Mar 29, 2012 |
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Facebook game star Zynga opens online playground
Facebook games star Zynga has opened an online playground where users can enjoy hit titles without having to visit the world's top social network.
Mar 06, 2012 |
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Facebook game star Zynga starts online playground
Facebook games star Zynga on Thursday unveiled an online playground where people can share passions for hit titles without having to visit the world's top social network.
Mar 01, 2012 |
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Music, media firms pin hopes on new Facebook ties
Music and media companies are pinning fresh hopes for reviving their businesses on a small ribbon that Facebook has begun putting on user profiles called the "ticker."
Sep 22, 2011 |
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National study finds nearly 1 in 10 youth gamers addicted to video games
Parents have been saying for years that their kids are "addicted" to video games, but a new study by an Iowa State University psychology professor is the first to actually report that pathological patterns ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Video game industry bucks downturn with Feb. sales
(AP) -- The video game industry continued to defy the recession in February, posting double-digit year-over-year growth with Nintendo Co.'s popular Wii gaming system leading the way.
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Surprising results: Virtual games players stick close to home
In the real world, tracking a person's social network -- which could include hundreds of contacts that serve different purposes -- is nearly impossible.
Feb 14, 2009 |
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Zynga adding more ways to play games as IPO looms
(AP) -- Zynga is adding more ways for people to play its Web games as it grooms its business for an initial public offering of stock.
Oct 11, 2011 |
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