News tagged with video game
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Nintendo 3DS could be hazardous for children under 6, company says
Nintendo's 3DS video game system might be hazardous to the health of children younger than 6, according to a warning posted Wednesday on the Japanese video game company's website.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 04, 2011 |
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Video games and realism
More than 60 percent of parents say video games have no effect on their children. Not true, says Marina Krcmar, associate professor of communication at Wake Forest, who studies the impact of video games on children and teens. ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 22, 2010 |
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App lets you snap photo to see game content detail
(AP) -- Video games come with ratings similar to movies, but plenty of parents buy games rated M for Mature for their kids under 17.
Dec 14, 2010 |
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Violent games not to blame for youth aggression: new study
How depressed young people are strongly predicts how aggressive and violent they may be or may become. Contrary to popular belief, however, exposure to violence in video games or on television is not related to serious acts ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 14, 2010 |
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Game-on for a new way of playing
A University of Portsmouth graduate has designed the first video game of its kind, where the player enters the sub-consciousness of the main character.
Dec 14, 2010 |
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US video game sales rise 8 percent in November
(AP) -- U.S. video game sales in November rose 8 percent from a year ago to $2.99 billion, helped by Microsoft Corp.'s new motion-detecting controller, Kinect, and hot sales of the first-person shooter "Call of Duty: Black ...
Dec 10, 2010 |
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Video games get kids to eat more veg, fruit: study
After being fingered as a key cause of the rising rate of US childhood obesity, video games got a reprieve Tuesday as a new study showed they can be used to encourage kids to eat healthier foods.
Dec 06, 2010 |
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Star Wars studio goes from apprentice to master in Singapore
As an 11-year-old boy, Steven Ong dreamt of being a fighter pilot in the Singapore Air Force and emulating the heroic exploits of Tom Cruise's character in the 1986 action flick "Top Gun."
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Dec 03, 2010 |
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OnLive instant video game streaming box could become the Netflix of games
I've been playing with OnLive's new video game streaming box for a few days now - the MicroConsole - and I am very impressed.
Nov 26, 2010 |
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When the playroom is the computer
For all the work that's gone into developing educational media, even the most stimulating TV shows and video games leave kids stationary. Researchers at the MIT Media Laboratory are hoping to change that with ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 22, 2010 |
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How video games stretch the limits of our visual attention
They are often accused of being distracting, but recent research has found that action packed video games like Halo and Call of Duty can enhance visual attention, the ability that allows us to focus on relevant visual information. ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 18, 2010 |
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OnLive to start selling streaming game console
(AP) -- Video game streaming company OnLive plans to start selling its small gaming console for $99 on Thursday, with delivery starting on Dec. 2.
Nov 18, 2010 |
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PS3 video game consoles getting Vudu films
Vudu will begin routing online films to Internet-linked PlayStation 3 video game consoles in the United States in a deal announced on Wednesday with Sony Computer Entertainment America.
Nov 17, 2010 |
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October video game retail sales slide 4 percent
(AP) -- U.S. retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories slipped 4 percent in October as demand for most gaming consoles declined from a year earlier, according to data from market researcher NPD Group.
Nov 17, 2010 |
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New 'Call of Duty' blasts last year's sales record
(AP) -- "Call of Duty: Black Ops" shattered entertainment records this week when it raked in $360 million in its first 24 hours on sale, once again proving that video games have cemented their place in our ...
Nov 11, 2010 |
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