February 1, 2012 Last night I overheard a gentlman talking about elderly people playing the Nientdo Wii. Apparenlty the man works for an assisted living company and when their clients can't golf or go bowling anymore they recomend they play the Wii. A lot of them have to play sitting down but they still enjoy being able to play their favorite sport.
Is your kid hooked on video games? New research says simple brain-wiring may be to blame.
Brain scans conducted on 154 teenagers who played video games at least nine hours per week found the structure and activity in the part of the brain associated with reward processing was larger than in those who played less often.
June 1, 2011 You'd never suspect them, but the Mario Brothers are trying to break up your marriage.
According to an annual study by Divorce Online from Deseret News, up to 15% of the divorces in the last year cited VIDEO GAMES as a contributing factor to the marriage breaking up. "World of Warcraft" and "Call of Duty" were the games cited most frequently.
According to the 13,000 gamers who voted on the Guinness World Records’ website, Mario is the greatest video game character of all time.
The plumber with amazing leaping abilities edged out another Nintendo favorite, Link, from “Legend of Zelda,” for the top spot. All told, Nintendo had 11 characters among the top 50.
The survey was done for the book “Guinness World Records 2011 Gamer’s Edition,” but we have a list of the top 50 after the jump.
