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The UK is all set to revamp the videogame rating system according to the recommendations made by Dr. Tanya Byron, who is heading a review into the ill effects of games and the internet in the U.K. Byron told Next-Gen that the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has assured her… Continue Reading »
Tanya Byron recommends game ratings overhaul in Britain
Dr. Tanya Byron, a clinical psychologist, who is heading an independent review into the ill effects of games and internet on kids, published a report on Thursday (March 27, 2008). In the report titled “Safer Children in a Digital World” she has made several recommendations regarding children’s safety in cyberspace… Continue Reading »
West Virginia University study shows DDR stalls weight gain
A recent study by West Virgina University, which was reported on by the Charleston Daily Mail, has reported that the video game Dance Dance Revolution can be used as a successful means to control weight in children. The study ran for 24 weeks and involved 35 medically-overweight participants between seven… Continue Reading »
Study attributes increased mental growth to videogames
There have been scores of surveys and studies prejudicially elucidating the cons of video gaming in recent times. But like every other form of entertainment even video gaming has its pros which are incontrovertible. According to a report on The Evening Sun, a new research has found that video games… Continue Reading »
Study suggests men’s brains more rewarded from gaming than women’s
ScienceDaily reports that men are more liable to get rewarding feelings from videogames than women, according to an imaging study conducted by the Stanford University School of Medicine. This supposedly may help explain why males are more likely to become hooked on videogames than females. Analysis of the data showed… Continue Reading »
Canadian students find Wii workouts trail conventional exercises
In the later portion of 2007, a British study had rebuffed the Wii as a fitness solution and found that Wii gaming sessions can’t actually replace physical exercise. Now, on the other side of the Atlantic, Canadian students have seconded that opinion. Twenty-eight students at the Halifax-based Dalhousie University put… Continue Reading »
Studies indicate Wii buyers to continue lining up
Wii is holding tightly to its lead at the top of the console market but the other two consoles, Xbox 360 and PS3, are trying their best to catch up. Both Microsoft and Sony have slashed prices of its consoles and have some impressive games lined up for them. An… Continue Reading »
Experience what it’s like to download at unlimited speeds from a massive collection of over 800 Terabytes of user uploads. You’ll max out your Internet connection downloading a file in… Continue Reading »
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