According to Doctor Chou Yuan-hua, from the department of Psychiatry of Taipei Veterans General Hospital, gamers risk damaging their brain functions and affect their learning and emotional control.
The Taiwan doctor inspected a circulation in brains of 30 objects of trials, in all 25 years, before and after a play of an informational play, hanging 30 minutes.
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A unique piece of physical irony in currently up for auction on eBay: a copy of Grand Theft Auto 3, signed by none other than Jack Thompson himself.
Jack Thompson is the famous and controversial attorney with a self-proclaimed crusade against videogames’ obscenity and GTA is the game he blames for teenage murderers.
According to the auction’s listing, the seller just wants to show off his unique possession, but if the bids reach $4000, he’ll hand it over and donate all the auction’s money to Child’s Play charity.
The NPD Group has released the list of the top ten PC games for the week ending December 8th. Check it:
1. Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Activision
2. The Sims 2 Bon Voyage Expansion Pack - Electronic Arts
3. World Of Warcraft - Vivendi
4. The Sims 2 Teen Style Stuff Expansion Pack - Electronic Arts
5. World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Expansion Pack - Vivendi
6. The Sims 2 Deluxe - Electronic Arts
7. Crysis - Electronic Arts
8. The Sims 2 Seasons Expansion Pack - Electronic Arts
9. The Orange Box - Electronic Arts
10. World Of Warcraft: Battle Chest - Vivendi
Two weeks ago we have studied a play following Tomb Raider game, for the Tomb Raider: Underworld. This month, PLAY magazine managed to score an exclusive preview of the game.
Tomb raider: the Underworld is prepared by Crystal Dynamics speakers and will be released in 2008 for a PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.
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The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the British parliament provoked today new investigation of potential hazards of the harmful deed on the Internet and on informational plays.
New study studies the following:
1 - profits and the possibilities offered users, including children and youth, and economy production engineering, such as the Internet, informational plays and portable instruments.
2 - the potential risks to users, including children and youth, lack of safety in the contents harmful to the information, on the Internet or on informational plays.
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Military consultant, Woodie Mister discussed how he balanced realism versus entertainment while designing EA’s private military contractor-based FPS, Army Of Two.
Mister is a former Navy SEAL. He works now as a military contractor in the Middle East and he has also consulted on the Splinter Cell series.
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