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Does gaming cause rickets? Really?
January 22, 2010
Blame too much television, over-liberal SPF-lathering, poor nutritional habits, and video games for a rise in cases of the bone disease rickets, say a pair of Newcastle-based UK researchers.
Matt Peckham | Read more...
'Porn king' Ron Jeremy disses video games
January 12, 2010
Oh, world-famous pornographic actor Ron Jeremy. Could it be you were simply kidding when you called video games a 'far worse influence' than porn at CES last week?
Matt Peckham | Read more...
Study: Wii has 'little effect' on family fitness
December 16, 2009
If you're thinking of buying a Wii this Christmas for health-related reasons, you may want to think again. A university study tracked eight families for six months to see if Nintendo's motion-driven console would affect their fitness levels, and found that the console "had little effect on family fitness".
Matt Peckham | Read more...
I've seen the future, and it's the Nintendo DS
December 10, 2009
Do you know what the most popular ever games console in the UK is? No? It's the little ol' Nintendo DS. Do you care?
Matt Egan | Read more...
Time to boycott the PC Version of Modern Warfare 2?
November 9, 2009
The PC version of Activision's heavily hyped first-person military shooter, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - officially available in less than 24 hours - may go down as one of the most contentious launches in games history. Who would have thought it?
Matt Peckham | Read more...
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