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Call of Duty Black Ops 3 Makes Girls More Violent
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Media Claims CoD Black Ops 3 is creating more violent girls. Child Development Expert: Playable Female Characters In Call Of Duty Will Harm Girls Just As It Has A Generation Of Boys: Tech Dirt Call of Duty is “M...
Future of PC Master Race Looks Bad
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PC No Longer Top Gaming Platform for Kids, New Report Finds: Gamespot. VGN
Schools Threaten to Call Police on Parents Over Video Games
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Schools threaten to call police if they find out kids have played or watched someone play violent video games. Source: Independent
Reality Check: Most Gamers CAN’T See Difference in PC / PS4 / Xbox One
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Reality Check: Study shows most people can't see the difference in PC / PS4 / Xbox One Reality Check - Can You Tell The Difference Between PS4, XONE and PC?: Gamespot Reality Check - 64% of People CAN'T Tell th...
PS4 Dev Says 60FPS Overrated – Prefers Res / Graphics
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A member of Sony's ICE Team who develops API's for the PS4 has come out in favor of graphics over resolution. What is more important to you? 60FPS or better shadows? Video Game News - VGN PS4 ICE Team Programm...
What is Call of Duty Doing to Your Brain?
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How does playing Call of Duty impact your brain? Is it rotting it? Or stimulating it? Let's ask Science Playing action video games can boost learning, study finds: ScienceDaily Do Brain Games work to help your ...
Are Gamers Anti-Social?
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A new study claims that gamers aren't the anti-social basement dwellers that people often stereotype them as. But can this study really be trusted? Source: Gamers are not anti-social basement dwellers, study finds...
Violent Video Games Linked to Moral Decay
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Spending hours playing violent video games stunts teenagers' emotional growth, a study has found. It is thought that regular exposure to violence and lack of contact with the outside world makes it harder for them ...
World’s Fastest Broadband Internet Speed Recorded
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The world's fastest broadband internet speed has been recorded. And it will blow your mind. And it COULD be coming to your home town internet provider faster than you think. The "fastest ever" broadband speeds hav...
Do Booth Babes Work?
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Are Booth Babes good or bad for the gaming and tech industry? Marketing Expert claims Booth Babes don't work: Techcrunch
Can Humans Smell Fear?
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Can humans smell fear? It appears likely so, and it gets even stranger than that. Source: Humans can smell fear - and it's contagious: NBC Scientists prove that the smell of fear can be inherited through genes ...
Study: Hardcore Gamers Prone to Hallucinations
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Gamers who play for hours are prone to hallucinations and seeing distorted versions of reality, according to a new study. Respondents reported seeing "distorted versions of real world surroundings" and "mis...
Could You Live Without the Internet?
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A recent Pew Research poll came out with statistics on how many American's are living without internet. It turns out that 15% of the population is not traveling on the world wide web. It's also worth noting that a ma...
Video Game Addiction: Are Developers to Blame?
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A Psychologist is asking game developers to alter their games to help players who have video game addiction problems. Video Game Addiction: Are Developers to Blame? Here is an excerpt from the original story that t...
Fanboys Suffer from Low Self-Esteem
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There are certainly no shortages of fanboys in the world of video games. Players attach themselves to their favorite platform - (PC / Console) (Xbox One Vs PS4) - to their favorite games (CoD Vs BF) - To their favorit...
Are Humans Getting Smarter or Dumber?
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Would you be surprised to hear that the human race is slowly becoming dumber, and dumber? Despite our advancements over the last tens or even hundreds of years, some ‘experts’ believe that humans are losing cognitive ...
Should Developers Stop Making Game Demos?
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It turns out that if you're selling a video game, it would be wise for you to not let people try a demo of it. Surprised? In this commentary I explain how there are a few statistics out there that show the difference...
Video Games Help Kids With Anger Issues
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Children with serious anger problems can be helped by a simple video game that hones their ability to regulate their emotions, finds a pilot study at Boston Children’s Hospital. Results were published online October 2...
Gamers Easily Influenced by Propaganda
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New study reveals just how easily gamers can be influenced by propaganda and PR speak. It's the placebo effect for games. NewScientist VGN