A study conducted by Texas A&M International University has found that both male and female young adults who played violent games following a stressful task exhibited diminished levels of depression, hostility, and stress. “In this study, 103 young adults were given a frustration task and then randomized to play no game, a non-violent game, a violent game with good versus …

Nick Burton, a director over at Rare, has been speaking at Develop about his experience with Kinect and has passed over a golden nugget of information. According to Nick there are 12 ways to navigate a 3D world using Kinect and while some of them are not entirely practical they do still work. Last Updated: July 15, 2010

You know Double Fine’s Tim Schafer from his work on games like Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, Psychonauts and the more recent Brütal Legend. You may even remember that Brutal Legend was supposed to be published by Activision, but after the blizzard merger ended up being published by EA instead. In a rather extensive interview with Eurogamer, …

So I was browsing a local job site yesterday for purely entertainment purposes (promise boss) and I stumbled across this job offer on Pnet.co.za for a Public Relations Manager in the gaming industry. Apparently one of our local gaming companies requires a new (or extra) PR manager and if you have ever wanted to get into the marketing side of …

Yes it’s finally Thursday and my jetlag is getting so bad I can’t remember if my wife has left me yet or not so I get shocked awake every morning depending on if someone is in bed with me or not. Anyway personal strife aside it’s Zero Punctuation day and today Yahtzee takes on Super Mario Galaxy 2 and is …

Sorcery is easily my most anticipated PlayStation Move game, it was the only one at E3 (apart from the bundled sports game) that really looked like it added something special to a game. It’s also a PlayStation exclusive which meant that future Kinect users were already sulking in their Kellogg’s about not getting it. However EA are about to save …

I just realised that I spent the whole day thinking that it was Thursday, which means that I get a whole extra day added to my week, but I can’t decide if that’s a good thing or not. Do you really want a PS3 and can’t afford one? The solution is simple. Commit a heinous crime that will get you …

[Image inhouse but the rest of the article was submitted directly by local community member Fox1] As every other world class game out there, these games do need some DLC to remain world class even if there is no competition. Well, thats until that other game gets it’s engines revving. To keep the Forzaheads busy, Turn 10 have released the …