For years now, video games – a mostly sedentary activity – have been cited as one of the reasons for the increase in childhood obesity. Kids are getting fat, and videogames are to blame; even the World Health Organisation says so. Only it’s not true. A new study of US schoolchildren suggests that while they likely don’t help, games are …
Video games have become a scapegoat for just about every social ill – Murder, obesity, rape, apathy, rage, and wanton egregious violence. There’s a new one to add to the growing list now, and that’s bad breath. According to a new study by the University of Iowa, frequent video game playing leads to poor oral health. Last Updated: April 6, …
Quick family history lesson, my sister is an insanely qualified person who is currently lecturing a class on Criminology at a local University. Every Friday they debate something and juggle the pro’s and con’s from either side (some of the topics are just downright scary and disgusting). However tomorrow the topic is whether or not videogames are linked to violent …
Videogames get blamed for all sorts of malevolence; things like murder, rape, stupidity and obesity. A group of psychologists from the Iowa State University have found a new something to blame our favourite pastime on; Goodness. Their extensive study showed that "some non-violent videogames can teach kids to be more cooperative and helpful to others." The study, superfluously titled The …
Mike Tomich is a man with an agenda; He wants to pry videogame controllers out of the hands of innocent children. Why? Because they’ll inevitably become trained sociopathic killers without ethics and a skewed sense of right and wrong? Because they’ll be destined to a sedentary life of McDonald’s and Mountain dew? No, Mr Tomich has through 5 and a …
Ths is possibly the only type of award the Uwe Boll will ever be nominated for… In fact he has three movies in the top 10 worst Video Game Movies of all time, now that’s quite an achievement. I have to admit though that I actually thoroughly enjoyed Doom :The Movie, Street Fighter and Dead or Alive, but I have …
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A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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