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    Image of Monkeyfetus Monkeyfetus
    09/02/09

    In reply to Tetris Gives You Thicker Brain Meats
    Interesting, though I wonder: How much does this differ from the normal brain development in Adolescent girls? Was there a control group? Also, what's that green spot?
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    Image of Yossarian Yossarian
    09/02/09

    @Monkeyfetus: The green spot is obviously the part of their brains that worries about having money to spend on clothes.

    I'm just amazed it was such a small area.
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    Image of LucasReis LucasReis
    09/02/09

    In reply to Tetris Gives You Thicker Brain Meats
    I play Tetris every single day on my girlfriend´s DS and ocasionally on my old GB. It´s one of those games that never makes me tired, ever. I absolutely love it and it´s cool to see studies like this one.
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    09/02/09

    In reply to Tetris Gives You Thicker Brain Meats
    The "Tetris Makes you Smarter" article right next to the ridiculous Tetris Haircut amuses me.

    Apparently it doesn't develop the "make good life decisions" part of the brain.
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    Image of svenhoek svenhoek
    09/02/09

    @OW-Holmes--Upset with Polling: HA! Nice point out.
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    Image of Togala Togala
    09/02/09

    In reply to Tetris Gives You Thicker Brain Meats
    Those who play tetris will be the tastiest during the zombie apocalypse.
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    Image of Sonira - Katamari on the Wings! Sonira - Katamari on the Wings!
    09/02/09

    In reply to Tetris Gives You Thicker Brain Meats
    "Adolescent girls who play Tetris on a regular basis grow up to be completely awesome."

    This sentence amuses me so much.
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    Image of excaleranth excaleranth
    09/02/09

    @Sonira - not a zombie!: We will have new rulers in our society.
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    Image of Salen Salen
    09/02/09

    @excaleranth: I hope we get slide rulers then.
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    Image of kainzero kainzero
    09/02/09

    @Sonira - not a zombie!: I met a few girls that played Tetris on a regular basis. They all were not completely awesome, most were not even fractionally awesome and deserved to have an I-piece shoved in their... well, you get the point.
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    Image of Sonira - Katamari on the Wings! Sonira - Katamari on the Wings!
    09/02/09

    @excaleranth: I like the clear plastic ones that come in many colors. It's fun to look through them.
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    Image of kainzero kainzero
    09/02/09

    In reply to Tetris Gives You Thicker Brain Meats
    What version is this? Did it use ARS or SRS?

    SRS is for nooobs.
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    Image of Slothboy Slothboy
    09/02/09

    In reply to Tetris Gives You Thicker Brain Meats
    "... funded by Tetris marketer Blue Planet Software."

    *RECORD SCRATCH*

    So the research they funded cast their product in a positive light, eh? I'm surprised the study didn't also find that playing Tetris caused these same adolescent girls to develop huge breasts and become the prom queen.
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    Image of Sonira - Katamari on the Wings! Sonira - Katamari on the Wings!
    09/02/09

    @Slothboy: Play Tetris, Get Boobs!

    That'd be an interesting ad campaign.
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    Image of Salen Salen
    09/02/09

    @Sonira - not a zombie!: I love big, firm, bouncing... brains.
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    Image of Yossarian Yossarian
    09/02/09

    @Slothboy: That's part of the new PS3 "Does Everything" campaign.
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    09/02/09

    In reply to Tetris Gives You Thicker Brain Meats
    9 out of 10 zombie doctors recommend that you play more Tetris. Go get that brain nice and big and juicy...
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    Image of zgreenwell zgreenwell
    09/02/09

    In reply to Tetris Gives You Thicker Brain Meats
    So, is there a control group in this study?
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    Image of Bryan_ Bryan_
    09/02/09

    In reply to Tetris Gives You Thicker Brain Meats
    I think we should all load up our Tetrinet clients and have a Kotaku Tetris Tournament.
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    Image of LucasReis LucasReis
    09/02/09

    @Bryan_: Hey, I love this idea a lot... :D I´d like to participate too!!
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    Image of -Skyline-:Offering FREE Grunt Birthday Parties! -Skyline-:Offering FREE Grunt Birthday Parties!
    09/02/09

    In reply to Tetris Gives You Thicker Brain Meats
    I used to have Tetris on my TI-84... wonder if i still do....
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    Image of exion exion
    09/02/09

    In reply to Tetris Gives You Thicker Brain Meats
    either that or tetris gives you a fat head :D
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    Image of Chalkdust Chalkdust
    11/22/08

    In reply to Valve Wants To Look At Your Brains
    Just think what all those shameful DS/PC games could do with this kind of technology! Endless opportunities for awkward moments..
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    Image of Tenshigure Tenshigure
    11/21/08

    In reply to Valve Wants To Look At Your Brains
    Man, 'Brainstorm' was one of the first movies to steer me away from trying out immersible virtual reality, just too freaky. Keep them damn scanners away from me Valve, you just keep making games the old fashioned way and stay out of my mind!
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    Image of Clark Clark
    11/22/08

    BRAINSCAN


    WANNA PLAY?


    I DARE YOU.

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    Image of Tenshigure Tenshigure
    11/22/08

    @ChairmanRAPEAPE: GAH! Kill it with fire! *asplode*
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    Image of balls187 balls187
    11/21/08

    In reply to Valve Wants To Look At Your Brains
    That article was pretty insightful, specifically the analysis done on multiple simulations of game runs, and correlating the model against real human play.


    None of that stuff matters to the player, but for creating games taht consistently give players a meaningful experience, it's invaluable.

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