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Thousands flock to Nintendo 3DS premiere in Japan

Thousands of Japanese game fans flocked to an exhibition hall near Tokyo as Nintendo let the general public try its 3D-enabled DS console for the first time.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Action video game players experience diminished proactive attention

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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

Social network for gamers helps friends play

(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.

Technology / Internet

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

US video game sales slide 23 pct in May

(AP) -- U.S. video gamers spent less on games, hardware and accessories in May compared with a year ago, a sign that this year's release schedule couldn't compete with Take Two Interactive's "Grand Theft Auto IV" last spring.

Technology / Software

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

Excessive gaming associated with poor sleep hygiene and increased sleepiness

Computer/console gamers who play for more than seven hours a week and who identify their gaming as an addiction sleep less during the weekdays and experience greater sleepiness than casual or non-gamers, according ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 5

OnLive to distribute video games digitally

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

Technology / Software

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

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

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 7

Nintendo sells 100 million DS consoles

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.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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

2008's top tech trends

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 ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

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


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