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'Sadness' Bringing Psychological Noir to the Wii in Fall 2009

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2008-07-08 16:43:20 by Stephany in Gaming Today
...psychological thriller Sadness for Wii is a gothic horror game, with irregular scenarios deciding on such issues as schizophrenia or narcolepsy, and according to the website, if youre counting on shooting, liters of blood and piles of dead bodies then unfortunately you wont find this here Sadness is a black and white psychological horror game...
 
Tags: game, entire game focus, gothic horror game, creature, ugly creature, sadness, wii, release, psn release
 
 
 
 
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American Psychological Association Names Videogames "Powerful Learning Tools"

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2008-08-18 18:14:53 by Shawn Sines in Gaming Today
...Psychological Association via the Associated Press . The APA goes as far as to refer to videogames as powerful learning tools Researchers gathering in Boston for the American Psychological Association convention detailed a series of studies suggesting that video games can be powerful learning tools from increasing the problem solving...
 
Tags: videogames, violent videogames, play violent videogames, players, players natural tendencies, games, behavioral studies, video games, studies
 
 
 
 
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Penumbra: Black Plague Gets Release Date

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2008-01-10 19:00:42 by Stephany in Gaming Today
...psychological horror adventure and adding another level of interaction and touch with HaptX promises an exciting end product, said Fredrik Wester, Executive Vice President of Paradox Interactive The standard PC version of Penumbra: Black Plague is scheduled for release in February and the HaptX Edition will be released on April 16th and can...
 
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Condemned 2: Bloodshot Ships to Retailers - Be Prepared to Sleep With the Lights On

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2008-03-11 17:12:53 by Stephany in Gaming Today
...psychological horror promised with this installment. Hopefully there will be no mannequins this time around though - eek Xbox 360 owners will be able to get the first crack at this first-person action thriller, while PS3 owners will have their chance on March 18 - not sure why there is a delay, but it is not that much of one at least Just in...
 
Tags: bloodshot, bloodshot screenshots, bloodshot takes, game features all-new, game, first-person action thriller, first-person action, sadistic serial killers, players
 
 
 
 
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Brazil Bans Counterstrike + Everquest

2008-01-19 21:10:21 by Elliott Back in Video Games
 
...psychological conflicts, because the quests he receives may be good or bad More amusingly, Everquest is not even officially sold in Brazil, and the offensive Counterstrike content where Rio de Janeiro drug dealers kidnap and take to a slum three UN representative s and the police invade the place and are welcomed with bullets refers to a user...
 
Tags: counterstrike, first-person shooter counterstrike, brazil, grand theft auto, games carmagedon, teaches war techniques, person shooter, games, heavy psychological conflicts
 
 
 
 
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Minnesota Loses Appeal of Fine the Buyer Video Game Law

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2008-03-17 19:46:41 by GamePolitics in GamePolitics.com
...psychological well-being of minors, precedent requires incontrovertible proof of a causal relationship between exposure to the games and some psychological harm The state failed to meet that burden, Wollman wrote Indeed, a good deal of the Bible portrays scenes of violence, and one would be hard-pressed to hold up as a proper role model the...
 
Tags: law, games, video games, violent games, minnesota, law clerks xbox, minnesota law, judge rosenbaums, upheld judge rosenbaums
 
 
 
 
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Minnesota Appeal of "Fine the Buyer" Video Game Law Goes Down

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2008-03-18 01:20:47 by Shawn Sines in Gaming Today
...psychological well-being of minors, precedent requires incontrovertible proof of a causal relationship between exposure to the games and some psychological harm The state failed to meet that burden, Wollman wrote Indeed, a good deal of the Bible portrays scenes of violence, and one would be hard-pressed to hold up as a proper role model the...
 
Tags: video games, violent video games, buyer, law, games, buyer law, law clerks xbox, violence, appeal
 
 
 
 
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Video Game Addiction: Do we need a Video Gamers Anonymous?

2008-03-18 01:51:20 by Editor in N4G.com : News Feed : gaming
 
...psychological, sociological and spiritual dimensions (2)." While there is currently no category for video game addiction in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (3), which is the manual utilized to diagnose psychological disorders, video game addicts are often described by clinicians in the field as displaying many...
 
Tags: addiction, video game addiction, video games, games, video gamers anonymous, psychological, diagnose psychological disorders, manual, video game addicts
 
 
 
 
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Read 8th Circuit Court Ruling on Minnesota Video Game Law A Win, But a Close One

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2008-03-22 21:05:53 by GamePolitics in GamePolitics.com
...psychological well-being of its minor citizens. Likewise, we believe that the States evidence provides substantial support for its contention that violent video games have a deleterious effect upon the psychological well-being of minors. Nevertheless, in light of the heightened standard of proof that [the precedent-setting] Interactive...
 
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