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It’s difficult for the parents of a child diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) to find ways to control their child’s disorder and help him or her live a normal childhood.

PopCap Games recently contracted Information Solutions Group to conduct a unique survey in April 2008 in which 2,728 respondents (of the 13,296 casual gamers surveyed) indicated they or someone they are caring for has a disability…

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NIS America has announced that a preorders of Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice will receive a bonus soundtrack CD. It won’t be just any soundtrack though, as the potential buyers will be handpicking the tracks from Disgaea, Disgaea 2 and Disgaea 3 that will appear on the CD.

The poll is up on the official Disgaea 3 site and has so far has 14 tracks to choose from. There is also a short sample of each track, so you can play them before-hand to see which ones are your favorites. After selecting five songs, you submit your vote and hope for the best.

Click through to see the 14 tracks to pick from…

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If you’ve been waiting for the Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood rpg from Bioware, you may want to stop by Sonic-City.com and participate in a recent poll. The European Sonic Sega site now has a poll available where anxious fans can vote on the name of the alien menace Sonic and friends will face in Sonic Chronicles. There are nine different names offered - the Bluchaos, the Crushers, the Darknood, the Dusk, the Gravitus, the Guardian, the Icebo, the Psykore and the Zoah.

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Everybody loves a good golf game, which is why Capcom is bringing We Love Golf to the Wii in Summer, 2008. The best part about this title is the cameo appearances. In the Japanese release alternate costumes for each of the ten characters can be unlocked during play. The characters can then transform into familiar faces like Pearl Fey, Apollo Justice, Jill Valentine, Ryu, Chun Li, Sakura and Arthur.

The good news for North American and European audiences is that two additional characters will be added to the overseas release and Capcom is holding a vote on its blog for the two extra costumes for those characters. The male and female characters with the most votes will be added to the game. So far Morrigan is in the lead for the women, with Roll Caskett and Ashley Graham close behind, and Ken is dominating the men’s side, with Frank West and Captain Commando following behind. Personally I voted for Morrigan and Ken. I mean you can’t have a video game where Ryu is an unlockable character and Ken isn’t.

Click through to see Chun-Li and Ryu in action.

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Nintendo recently conducted a web poll concerning the GameBoy and, whether I fit some key demographic profile or it was a lucky pick of the draw, I happen to be selected to partake in the survey this weekend (January 20, 2008).

I was sent an email link to a survey site that was marked with the Nintendo logo and featured a few questions about handheld gaming in general, followed by five or six screens of questions specifically about the Nintendo GameBoy Advance SP, followed by several screens of DS Lite questions. Bascially, the tone of the survey pretty much pitted the GameBoy against the DS. (Note that at one point the survey indicated all references to “GameBoy” were meant to be “GameBoy Advance SP”).

A few of the GameBoy-related questions in the survey include…

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Check out the gallery: Nintendo's GameBoy Survey - January 2008

Nintendo may need to rethink their Wii ads, as a recent poll conducted by AOL Games and the Associated Press has revealed that 62% of the adults who answered do not play video games. The same poll did reveal that 81% of people ages four to 17 do play video games. The information from the survey also revealed that 43% of parents whose children play games make no effort to join in the activity.

The survey also looked into the deciding factors for people when they are buying a video game console. The 18% of people surveyed who confirmed that they would be buying a console before the year ends said that the cost of the system was a major selling point and that the console’s ability to play movies was a minor issue. This revelation could mean that the Wii and Playstation 2 may be the more popular systems this season, compared to the more expensive Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.

It would have been more helpful if they provided information as to what the survey considered an adult. Many hardcore gamers fall between the ages of 18 and 25. Depending on where the poll was originally available and what kinds of brackets they had for age ranges, a large group may have been misrepresented.

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