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Monkeys Express Self-Doubt Through Computer Gaming
Are self-doubt and uncertainty purely human traits, or do other members of the animal kingdom experience these feelings? A team of scientists made monkeys play video games because it’s awesome. Oh, and to address the whole self-doubt thing. It’s too late for me, but some of you are still young enough to switch your focus…
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Celebrating Five Years Of Dungeons & Dragons Online With Pirates
It’s been five years since Turbine opened the port of Smuggler’s Rest to adventurers heeding the call of Dungeons & Dragons Online, and to Smuggler’s Rest they’ll return for the new quests and special gifts of a special anniversary event. If you’ve been playing Dungeons & Dragons Online for five years, you’ve been through quite…
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Petroglyph Enters The Online Arena With Rise Of The Immortals
The strategy masters at Petroglyph Games take a stab at online action with Rise of the Immortals, a free-to-play Multiplayer Online Battle Arena game aimed at both casual and competitive MOBA players. Much like Riot Games’ League of Legends or Stunlock Studios’ Bloodline Champions, Rise of the Immortals will put players in control of a…
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Let’s Just Say White Mage’s Dad Is ‘Old-Fashioned’
White Mage, Red Mage, Black Mage, what’s the difference? In Dorkly’s latest video we discover that not every White Mage is as enlightened as the next. Yes, ‘old-fashioned’ is indeed a polite way of saying ‘racist’. As time progresses we’ll have to eventually replace ‘old-fashioned’ with ‘archaic’ or ‘anachronistic’, though the latter would surely upset…
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Internet Gaming Obsession Claims Another Life In China
The dangers of internet addiction in China were demonstrated yesterday, when an unidentified 30-year-old man collapsed in an internet cafe outside of Beijing following three days of nonstop online gaming. According to witnesses the man had been playing an online game at the internet cafe for three days, taking in little food or drink and…
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And Now A Little Princess Saving Music
It’s a musical edition of the daily Speak-Up on Kotaku today, as commenter Harrier entertains us with more than 25 minutes of Mario piano music, played nonstop and without the aid of sheet music. My 25-minute-long medley of songs from various games featuring Super Mario! It isn’t perfect, but it’s kind of tough to go…
By Mike Fahey
