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more about #research maraxusofk: I don't understand why people make such a huge deal over women who play video games. Is it the numbers thing? I know quite a bit of girls who game. S... more » ForkInSocket: MMOs are a target rich environment for females. That they should spend more time online than countless hordes of sexually frustrated males is just pl... more » BallPtPenTheif: They should have men play as female avatars and see if they log more time and vice versa. Hell, lets throw some gay men with female avatars and see ho... more » Tacticalspoon: It's not surprising. A few years ago, when I was most active playing MMO's, I also happened to be stationed in South Korea with the military. I played... more » -MasterDex-: I think the lack of honesty in regards their playtime comes down to that stigma that games still have. A woman admitting to playing games for 29+ hour... more » Covertghost: It'd be soooo easy to get some trollbait on this one... But I won't. This time! more » Friedhamster: I balee dat! more » Salen: And here I was thinking the guy was going to say something about not playing Wii Sports or other assorted games, because I'd figure that would be even... more » ShaggE: Cracking Eggs Of Wisdom: "have your blood pressure, heart rate and cortisol levels go sky high because you lose!" I know athletes are naturally competitive by nature, but if ... more » Kovitlac: This is either really dumb or really obvious. You could insert 'sex' for 'video games' or anything similar, and it still makes perfect, obvious sense.... more » Bouchart: There's no better way to prepare for a marathon than playing Marathon. more » RicoTheSaboteur: That report is a cheap jap at Andy Murray! more » dunetiger - backwards you would say regitenud!: Man, those sports guys've got it tough. No sex before sports, no games before sports... the hell is this guy supposed to do?! "And soon, no drinking... more » OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: All I got from this is that I shouldn't play sports after I play video games which luckily isn't that big of a problem. (Eats another roll of cookie ... more » denki: I hope to holy hell that someone was paraphrasing what he said, as I don't want no doctor near me that thinks it is "rest and piece." God forbid you ... more » Lucas311: Never in my life have I seen a PSP in female hands. I even tried to Google image it... barely one. Nielson numbers are really off. more » Sunrise_Poultry: I'm not really sold on the fact that over 50% of PSP owners are female... The girls that I know that own a DS vs PSP is like 13:1. I'd really like t... more » Omegastrider Has laser eye beams: Last I remember...Nielson surveys aren't to be trusted. Well...Based on how people inflate their tv show ratings... more » Orionsaint: more » Tyrannical: Women who play Farmville on Facebook count as gamers now. more » -
#mmo
Study: Female Everquest II Players Still Logging More Hours, Still Not Honest About It
Men may be the more stereotyped hardcore gaming gender, but a study of Everquest II players published in the Journal of Communication says that women regularly out-MMO men—but that women aren't as honest about the hours logged gaming. More » -
#science
Doctor Advises No Games Before Sport
A doctor working with the British Olympic Association has advised athletes to avoid playing games before sport, as it adversely affects their sleep patterns. More » -
#research
Nielsen's US Gaming Market: By The Numbers
Market research giants Nielsen have today released a report on the demographics of the video game industry, revealing things like total console ownership figures, gender division and statistics on the number of hours people play video games every day. More » -
#wii
"Core" Game Sales Are Actually On The Rise
While overall video game sales in 2009 are down, that's the big picture. Break it down into individual markets and you'll see that "core" game purchases are anything but down. More » -
#science
WoW Guilds Just Like...Street Gangs?
World of Warcraft has been compared to many things over the years. Everquest at first, then later, crack. But I don't think I've ever seen it compared to street gangs in LA. More » -
#research
Report: 60% Of Britain's Xbox 360s Have Died
Following in the wake of Game Informer's armchair survey earlier in the year - which found that 54.2% of American Xbox 360s had broken down - CNET have done a similar study for the British market. With similar results. More » -
#christmas
More American Homes Play WoW Than You Probably Think
Terrifying statistic incoming. According to research performed by the NPD Group, 14% of American homes have an online game subscription. Not 14% of homes connected to the internet. 14% of homes. More » -
#research
Libraries Declare National Gaming Day
This Saturday, November 14, has been set aside by libraries across the US as "National Gaming Day". But don't think it's got to do with bowing at the altar of consumer entertainment. Oh no. It's to do with history. More » -
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#nintendo
Study Finds Wii Fit Produces "Underwhelming Results"
Anyone who does proper exercise could have pointed this out, but it's always nice to have it in writing; the American Council on Exercise have claimed that Nintendo's Wii Fit produces "underwhelming results". More » -
#research
For Thirty Four Years, Kids Have Wanted Video Games For Christmas
Market research firm Permuto Discoveries have published a list of the top-selling Christmas gifts for kids over the past forty years. Unsurprisingly, over the past few years at least, video games have dominated. More » -
#research
Study: Playing Games Hurts Income, By The Minute
Studies about video games say the darnedest things. Either it is plainly obvious that being a gamer hurts your income — because you have to spend money on these games! — or there is a mathematical revelation here. More » -
#research
Gamers Not Great at Finding Explosives
Soldiers who grew up in the burbs playing video games instead of shooting varmints in the country, or avoiding trouble in a bad neighborhood, are singled out by Army research as particularly poor at spotting roadside bombs. More » -
#study
Gamer Kid Leads Study Showing Connection to Joint Pain
A St. Louis fifth-grader, with help from his father (a rheumatologist) and researchers from New York University, led a study showing kids were more likely to complain of joint pain the more they played video games. More » -
#surveysays
What Do Gay Gamers Want From Their Games?
A Full Sail University gaming school student has created a new "Gaymer" survey, hoping to determine what homosexual, bisexual, and heterosexual gamers look for in a video game.
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#academia
ESA Report: More than 250 Colleges Offer Game Degrees
More than 50 game development programs have been added to U.S. colleges' curricula in the past year, bringing to 254 the number of universities offering degrees in video game design, programming and art, according to the Entertainment Software Association. More » -
#research
Let's Learn About American Otaku
The results of the Otaku USA readership poll were published in the most recent issue of Japanese game mag Famitsu. Ready to have a look? Are you? More » -
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Xbox 360's Processor Delivers Budget Supercomputing
A team of researchers pulled off some supercomputing on the cheap using a single Xbox 360's graphical processing unit, instead of an array of processors operating in tandem, the BBC reports. More » -
#gotthetime
Measuring The Time It Takes Between A Button Press And On-Screen Action
Digital Foundry's long-running blog on Eurogamer often throws up some interesting technical studies on games, but few have ever been as interesting, or as comprehensive, as this piece on controller latency. More » -
#academia
UC-Irvine Establishes Games Research Center
The University of California-Irvine, already home to a game culture lab, has established the Center for Computer Games & Virtual Worlds. Twenty faculty members from the university's computer science, humanities, education and other departments will collaborate on its work. More » -
#wii
Wii Games Are Getting Better
Like last generation's dominant console, the PS2, the Wii has come in for a bit of criticism over the amount of shovelware available for the system. But are things really as bad as they seem? More »
