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Video game playing found beneficial for the brain

Playing the Super Mario 64 video game causes increased size in brain regions responsible for spatial orientation, memory formation and strategic planning as well as fine motor skills, a new study conducted at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Charité University Medicine St. Hedwig-Krankenhaus has found.

The positive effects of video gaming may also be useful in therapeutic interventions targeting psychiatric disorders.

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DestinyHeroDoomlord3828d ago

No doubt, but physically I see no benefit

FlyingFoxy3828d ago

There was another article saying it's good for better controlling your dreams (supposedly) as well as increasing reaction times in the real world. So physically it would help then, even if only a little bit.

Thehyph3828d ago

I read a good study about this back in 2006 or so.

Competitive gameplay has been found to increase alpha waves in the brain just like in competitive sports.

I thoroughly believed it at the time because I was doing league play for cs1.6 then. If you didn't get psyched and bring your A-game then the whole team suffers.

DestinyHeroDoomlord3828d ago

I can see hand eye co-ordination, but like you said only a little. Since it doesn't actually build your muscles (could be wrong).

Stoppokingme3828d ago

It's called lucid dreaming, and it's awesome.

Thehyph3828d ago

@Destiny

You do retain muscle memory though. The more you practice at something specific, the faster you can react to it. Whether or not that translates into a quicker coordination versus random events: I don't know.

hay3828d ago

Strongly improves hand-eye coordination, which improves your physical self-awareness, precision, reflexes, creates new synaptic links with each new game played, world visited, story lived. Makes brain pretty much used to creating new neural paths. It allows you to simulate alternatives, therefore be more aware of the future, interactions and so on.
Real life physical benefits are pretty impressive.

ninjahunter3827d ago

I read something in regards to high teir Strategic, and fighting game players having reaction times 1/5th the length of the standard person.

However, it seems that it takes a lot of training to get there, and the standard butt sitter wont see similar gains.

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NarooN3828d ago

Play DDR. You'll see a nice physical benefit then, lol.

DestinyHeroDoomlord3828d ago

Me and my one friend played it religiously when I was a bit younger, after the first weeks pain we definitely saw the benefit haha

DestinyHeroDoomlord3828d ago

When I'm talking about no physical benefits, I'm referring to the standard 'sit and play'

ElementX3828d ago

Next week video games will be found to cause cancer. Seriously there are conflicting reports every other week

rezzah3828d ago

I assume because the effects are not singular, meaning some changes will be bad while others good.

ElementX3828d ago

How about the back and forth arguing about violence and video games?

rezzah3828d ago

That is perception of individuals. Regardless of something being stated good or bad there will always be people who argue the opposite.

Imonaboat13828d ago (Edited 3828d ago )

I made an informative speech about benefit of video games once. Got an A and the professor said it was one of the best speeches.

And yes video games can have both physical and mental benefits.

TheEnigma3133828d ago

Games are good for the brain. Try playing a game like Braid. Your problem solving skill will be greatly increased after beating that one.

Ares84HU3828d ago

You won't see this on FOX news.

OC_MurphysLaw3828d ago

Sadly I doubt many news stations will do anything with this...

obelix013828d ago

But you would see a news special by a stupid blonde telling everyone how video games are destroying Americas youth.

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Fallout 4's 'next gen' update is over 14 gigs, breaks modded saves, & doesn't change much at all

We were expecting problems with mod support, but there are a lot of other issues.

isarai7h ago

Wow what the actual hell 🤣🤣🤣

just_looken6h ago

This is why you get the GOG version on gog you can select the version of the game to download.

On pc fallout 4 fallout new vegas and skyrim are all broken on steam because they all got the same "next gen" update.

Skyrim dec 2023
https://www.pcgamer.com/sky...

Can not find new vegas but anyone that modded it knows the script extender there was also broken

Valkyrye5h ago

Not accidental, they want modders to stop modding their older games to force them to mod Shitfield.

just_looken3h ago

There doing the same on starfield with a mods store and blocking mods

There goal is like blizzard and what they did with fallout 76 you make mods they can sell and you become a slave.

On skyrim they have "trusted" mod devs now basically a badge that lets your mod on the store you get a crumb of the sale when someone buys it.

Inverno1h ago

lol to the disagrees, the last Skyrim update broke mods too. They've been trying to kill mods to monetize them in creation club for years, it's not a stretch that they purposely put out patches just to break free mods.

porkChop31m ago

The disagrees are from people who have common sense. They aren't trying to kill mods. Most mods for any game will break with a new update because they rely on files/code that have been changed. This isn't new. Even with Bethesda this would happen way before the creation club. Mod support is literally one of the things that got Bethesda to where they are, and they're one of the only devs that releases comprehensive mod tools for each of their games.

Chocoburger1h ago

Over 14 GBs and doesn't change much at all? What? Taking up that much drive space for a pathetic 'remastering' is shameful.

Par for Bethesda.

Aussiesummer19m ago

It's not a remaster, it's a next gen update.

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Gears of War Voice Actor Hints At New Game Announcement Coming In June

A voice actor from The Coalition's third-person shooter series, Gears of War, has hinted at a new game announcement coming in June.

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Ra303028m ago

Hopefully Microsoft will go back to the original story line and get away from that woke nonsense from the last Gears game Gears of Woke! But were talking about Microsoft so all the betting money is on more of the same woke nonsense.

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Honkai Star Rail's Revival Tendencies Take Away the Seriousness of Character Deaths

While many are fans of the Honkai Star Rail story so far, The Nerd Stash believes that the deaths of Robin and Firefly no longer carry much weight.

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