News tagged with video gamers

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

Foldit gamers improve protein design through crowdsourcing

(PhysOrg.com) -- Gamers on Foldit have succeeded in improving the catalyst abilities of an enzyme, making it 18-fold more active than the original version. The idea is the brainchild of University of Washington ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

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

'Surrogates' aid design of complex parts and controlling video games

Researchers have defined a new class of software, calling it "surrogate interaction," which enables designers and video gamers to more easily change features of complex objects like automotive drawings or ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Montana man builds 30 years of quadriplegic gaming

(AP) -- For Ruben Rios to throw a touchdown, it takes a flick of his tongue. To break away from a tackle, he puffs into a tube.

Technology / Other

created Jun 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Computing professor sparks gamers' creativity at world renowned conference

Gamers don't just play Nicholas Graham's new video game, Liberi Live – they design it. While one player is rolling and bouncing a ball over obstacles and collecting coins another player can control the course design. ...

Technology / Software

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sony console in spotlight at Tokyo Game Show

Asia's biggest annual video game industry event got underway in Japan on Thursday, with games for phones and tablets challenging traditional console kings Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0