To Improve Your Eyesight, Fire Up the Shoot-’em-up (PC World)

Posted March 31st, 2009

PC World – Want to improve your eyesight? Fire up your gaming machine and start shooting the bad guys in action-packed video games. That’s right, those grotesque, gratuitous, and gory shooter games may be an excellent tool for improving eyesight. The conclusion comes from a study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, [...]

Shoot’em up video games sharpen vision: study (AFP)

Posted March 31st, 2009

AFP – Slaying hordes of bad guys — the more the better — in fast-paced video games improves vision, a study published Sunday showed for the first time.

Action video games sharpen eyesight: U.S. study (Reuters)

Posted March 31st, 2009

Reuters – Adults who play a lot of action video games may be improving their eyesight, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.

Experimental games highlighted at game conference (AP)

Posted March 31st, 2009

AP – Not every video game creator was musing about how to sell more hardware or craft more realistic virtual weaponry at the this week’s Game Developers Conference, the annual convention of game designers, programmers and executives. Several impresarios were more interested in pushing the limits of the interactive medium with their ideas.

GDC: An Interview with Ngmoco’s Neil Young (Macworld.com)

Posted March 31st, 2009

Macworld.com – Here’s an analogy for you: Shigeru Miyamoto is to Nintendo as ____ is to iPhone games. Every platform and technological breakthrough needs a face and a name that pushes the idea further than ever before. While the iPhone doesn’t have a Miyamoto quite yet, Neil Young has been making a strong case for [...]

‘Conduit’ videogame plans to change Wii’s image (AFP)

Posted March 31st, 2009

AFP – High Voltage studio’s Matt Corso says videogame lovers that think Nintendo’s family-friendly Wii consoles are for seniors and little siblings are in for a big surprise in June.

Nintendo Wii Update Supports High-Capacity SD Cards (NewsFactor)

Posted March 31st, 2009

NewsFactor – In Wednesday’s highly anticipated keynote address at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata offered a list of positive developments for the company’s fans.

Utah governor vetoes video game bill (Macworld.com)

Posted March 31st, 2009

Macworld.com – Utah Governor Jon Huntsman (R) has vetoed HB353, a bill in Utah that proponents had hoped would impose fines upon retailers who sold children violent video games. Announcing the veto in a letter sent to Utah’s speaker of the House and Senate president, Huntsman said the bill would likely face stiff constitutional opposition, [...]