They’re at the top of many people’s holiday gift list, but violent video games can change a person’s brain function and desensitize them to real-life violence, a new U.S. study suggests.
The study included 39 male undergraduate students who provided information about how often they played their five favorite video games and the levels of violence […]

Independent studio, Q Entertainment — the folks who brought us Lumines and Meteos — have announced they are going to create an MMOG. Details are unknown right now, but considering the massive investment and upkeep traditional MMOG’s require, I suspect Q Entertainment may explore alternative MMOG’s. Q Entertainment has birthed many puzzle games in the […]

I thought I’d heard it all. Nope. Apparently there’s a joystick that can be used to control people. Yes — people. The setup works by sending electrical signals into the volunteer’s ears. This somehow effects the volunteer’s sense of balance, and they get an uncontrolable urge to move in that direction to keep themselves balanced. […]

If you like GarageGames president, Mark Frohnmayer, you’ll probably be interested in an interview with him from GameDaily:
GarageGames role [in the indie games movement] will be to facilitate this movement with great technology, a community of active helpful developers and an ever-increasing array of channels for distribution. We’ll also be making some fun games ourselves!
I’m […]

According to a survey by Eyeblaster and WildTangent, 78% of gamers said they were willing to watch short video advertisements in exchange for free gameplay; 90% of young adult males said they would.
Gal Trifon, Eyeblaster’s president and CEO said, “The scope of this survey leaves little doubt about the conclusion that video ads are the […]

Thomas Schelling and Robert Aumann have won the 2005 Nobel prize in economics for their work in game theory:
Professor Aumann’s work has centred on a different element of game theory, the question of whether co-operation increases if games are continually repeated.
He showed that co-operation is less likely when there are many […]

Universal Studios is trying something interesting with their latest flick, Serenity — they’re showing the first 9 minutes of the film over the Internet with the hopes that you’ll get hooked. And you just may. Watch the whole “trial,” and if you’re not convinced to see the movie in the theater, or at least rent […]

The latest issue of The Escapist has been digitally published. In this unlucky issue 13, The Escapist explores the magic of gaming, or rather, lack thereof. And why am I not surprised the breadth of the “Letters to the Editor” section entirely consists of anti-advertising drivel? If you remember, I recently mentioned one man’s distress […]

If you’re familiar with Chronic Logic’s award winning independent title, Gish, then you may be able to find more than a couple similarities in Sony’s upcoming title, Loco Roco — the two physics-heavy games feature little gelatinous blobs as their main characters. To be released for the PSP in 2006, Loco Roco appears to […]

A game, about maing games. This very clever card game was created by Aki Järvinen. GameGame has its own blog at http://gamegame.blogs.com/, and you can read the release announcement, as well as download the rulebook and cards in PDF format here.