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Tetris Gives You Thicker Brain Meats
A study conducted by neuroscientist Richard Haier has determined that performing a “challenging visuospatial task” like Tetris can actually alter the structure of your brain. Or at least the brains of adolescent girls, who were the subject of the study, funded by Tetris marketer Blue Planet Software. Adolescent girls’ brains are still developing, as any…
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And Now DC Comics Does Aion
No video game is safe from DC Comics‘ WildStorm imprint, as NCsoft’s Aion becomes the latest title to get the comic book treatment, with a special issue available at PAX or with purchase at GameStop. “Aiva’s Story” tells the story of a young Asmodian warrior named Aiva, which seems completely appropriate given the name of…
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Scenes And Screens From LostWinds: Winter Of The Melodias
Frontier Developments once again puts the power of the wind in your hands in LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias, the follow-up to the acclaimed WiiWare launch title. Here’s what it looks like. The art style remains intact, but the play style has changed a little bit. As mentioned in Owen’s article on the game this…
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Scene It? Coming To Wii And PS3
The movie trivia party game that gave four new colored bits of plastic to the 360 is now making its way to the PS3 and Wii with Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen! Screenlife’s adaptation of the DVD-based movie trivia game for the Xbox 360 has sold well across two different iterations, so the company…
By Mike Fahey