Video games help patients in intensive care

Video games help patients in intensive care
AccessRx Health Blog (blog)
Studies have shown that video games can help patients recovering from a stroke, but now research done at Johns Hopkins proves it can help patients in intensive care as well. “Patients admitted to our medical intensive care unit are very sick and, ...
COUNTY UNVEILS WEST NILE VIRUS PREVENTION VIDEO GAMES
East County Magazine
SDSwatTeam.com, and two specially-created video games to let kids (and even adults) play while learning about protecting themselves and others from West Nile virus, the potentially-deadly disease that is spread by mosquitoes. “This is something we can ...
Review: Rage
DeltaGamer
And the small, customizable weapons stepped away from the gargantuan totems of gun-fetishism that Doom and Quake embodied with the now legendary BFG 9000, the gun that did for video games what the revolver did for Westerns, the Big Fucking Gun....
For the love of gaming
Rapid City Journal
When you want to challenge another gamer at The Colosseum, the new gamers lounge in North Rapid, you throw down the gauntlet - literally. Owner Justin Carlin brought one of the knight's gloves to the shop and has it on hand for when a player decides ...
Ruby Hunter HD Not For The Easily Frustrated Gamer
AppAdvice
BY Sean Capelle on Sat October 08th, 2011 RubyHunterHD Shadow-Embryo RubyHunter HD (Free) by Shadow-Embryo requires the skill and timing of a game such as Dragon's Lair. You command a ship in search of rubies on Mars. While you gather the rubies, ...
Stunted Thinking
Kotaku
•The 12 Most Annoying Non-Playable Characters in Video Games [Ranker] No. 1 isn't who you think it is. That's No. 2. No. 2 is in fact No. 10. No. 3 is No. 3. Clippy is not here because Microsoft Word is not a video game no matter how much they tried to ...
In Stores This Week: Video Games
Big Shiny Robot!
Sesame Street: Once Upon A Monster is a weird one to talk up, but I've been doing it a lot. I haven't played it, but Double Fine is a great developer and the concept of this game just seems so fantastic to me, especially as a Kinect title. Be heard! ...
Xperia Play: 'Professional gaming' acquires a whole new spin
Inquirer.net
Gone are the days when the word “gamer” referred only to high-school or college students who spent most of their free time or, in some cases, most of their school time, at Internet cafes or at home playing Resident Evil or the Sims. ...
Dead Island
Australian Gamer
There have almost been enough zombie video games over the last few years that it's almost becoming its own sub-genre. It's the sort of setting that I keep telling people that I'm over and really sick of, yet whenever another game/DLC pack comes out ...
'Warhammer' very pretty but fairly repetitive
Las Vegas Review - Journal
Here are the Top 10 best-selling video games at full retail price, according to GameStop.com. 1. "Star Wars: The Old Republic Online Collector's Edition" (EA) pre-order for Dec. 20 release for PC; rating pending 2. "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 ...
Gabe Newell Explains Why PC Gaming is Awesome
Piki Geek
In the latest issue of PC Gamer UK, Gabe Newell, the head-honcho of Valve, explained why PCs are still being used today. Right out of the gate, Gabe talks about how PCs are great bang for your buck, “There were 350 million PCs sold last year so the ...
Dubai flights open Seattle-India gateway
The Seattle Times
But the lucrative market for shipping medical supplies, airplane parts and video games played a huge role in its decision to begin service between Seattle and Dubai next March. KAMRAN JEBREILI / AP Emirates airline will soon start nonstop flights ...
Disasterpiece: China Warrior is sorta, kinda fun
2D-X
I plundered the pages of Electronic Gaming Monthly and Video Games & Computer Entertainment for months on end in order to get the nitty-gritty on the two systems. The result? I decided to go TG-16. At the time that made sense for two very important ...
Victor Dolabaille, T&T's gaming saviour
Trinidad Guardian
Victor Dolabaille illustrates a scene from one of his platform video games Dream vs Reality. PHOTO: SHIRLEY BAHADUR Having copped the “Most Marketable Product” prize at the Science Whizz Competition for his popular creation of a mathematics video game ...
Joysticks transform US warfare in Afghanistan
AFP
COMBAT OUTPOST MONTI, Afghanistan — In battle they take out Taliban fighters with joystick-controlled weapons, while back at base American soldiers hook up their Xboxes and kill their way through video games. In Afghanistan, on and off-duty activities ...
Company Breaks World Record for Video Game Character Costumes
Associated Content
Both employees of the company and members of the community gathered together in costumes that represented everything from Pac-Man to characters from the Mortal Combat video games. Everyone socialized and had lots of fun as the judges from the Guinness ...
WWE Rumors: Is Brock Lesnar Working with WWE Again?
Bleacher Report
Whether you play video games or not, this is major news to WWE fans all around the world. The same report states very clearly that Lesnar will not be involved in any WWE programming to promote the game's release. It's strange that it took Lesnar and ...
Maine Observer: Boys at play make the future seem secure
Press Herald
Even in this era of video games and social media, children still run around with plastic guns, playing war. Unbeknownst to the vast majority of us, enemy planes flew over Bug Light in South Portland recently, while submarines lurked and aircraft ...
So Another Hall-of-Famer Sued EA Sports. Should Video Gamers Care?
Kotaku
As a gamer, I'm happy with either outcome, because I am exasperated by the series of incremental developments, which each side triumphantly emails me as proof they will prevail and their adversary is standing on a foundation of sand. ...
How to write scripts for computer video game designers
allvoices
By AnneHart Many, but not all computer game designers write their own scripts and then illustrate or design the video games. But there are opportunities to write scripts for the designers. It's a good idea to team up. How do you start? ...
Text Neck: Painful Problem Tied to Technology
CalorieLab Calorie Counter News
Using electronic devices for texting or playing video games for three or more hours a day may lead to increased neck and shoulder pain, or text neck, says Canadian researcher Richard Wells of the University of Waterloo. Wells found that those who used ...
Column: It's time for men to simply grow up and be responsible
ENC Today
One statistic that is eye-opening and incredibly disturbing is that today, 18-to-34 year old men spend more time playing video games than 12 to 17-year-old boys. Combine that with 20 percent of men in their prime working age were unemployed and this ...
VIDEO GAMES: Possible Release Date For Transformers: Fall Of Cybertron Revealed!
Comic Book Movie
It appears that the upcoming sequel to the successful War For Cybertron video game, Fall Of Cybertron, will be released in December of 2012. More info after the jump! TFormers is reporting that the official release date for Transformers: Fall Of ...
Tweet of the Day: Holiday, Iguodala on gaming
Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia (blog)
AP It seems some Sixers are keeping busy by playing video games while the NBA lockout continues. NBA 2K12 was released Tuesday and debuted the new feature "The Debate." As we described on Wednesday, "The Debate" allows for users to play with legendary ...
Play the FIFA 12 PS3 Official EPL Talk League
EPL Talk
The league already has 11-12 committed video games, but we're interested in adding 8-10 serious PS3 gamers. You must have a good Internet connection (again, no dropped games). The season is run like a regular Premier League season. ...
WWE 12 Gets a Lucha Libre Cover Star in Mexico
Kotaku
Regional covers for sports video games are not uncommon, especially for titles like FIFA. (Madden, once upon a time, also had a Spanish edition). I don't know that it's ever been done for THQ's WWE series before now, though. [Update: It has. ...
PSN Pass To Be Used In All Future Sony Releases?
ZoKnowsGaming
Would m By now most of you will be aware of “PSN Pass” and what it means to you as a gamer. It's inclusion in Resistance 3 means that those gamers currently getting stuck into the game will already have come across Sony's latest method to combat ...
Oz parents using video games to connect with their kids
Newstrack India
Melbourne, Oct 9 (ANI): Parents in Queensland are increasingly turning to video games as a family activity in order to connect with their children, with gaming devices present in almost every home, according to a new survey. ...
Penrose delight at gaming health warning
Weston & Somerset Mercury
NEW legislation meaning video games must carry more health warnings about epilepsy, has been welcomed by Weston MP John Penrose. To send a link to this page to a friend, simply enter their email address below. The message will include the name and ...
Nintendo to Showcase Strong Holiday Game Lineup at New York Comic Con
PSPworld
When gaming and pop culture fans gather for the annual New York Comic Con - taking place Oct. 13-16 at the Javits Center in Manhattan - they'll get a firsthand look at the wealth of exceptional video games and systems offered by Nintendo this holiday ...
Gamers 1, virus nil
Stuff.co.nz
Tens of thousands of computer gamers in bedrooms from Reykjavik to Sao Paulo have cracked a long-standing problem in the fight against Aids, and the New Zealand computer gamer who helped design the software says the result is a "dream come true". ...
VIDEO: 'Rage' is a fan of 'Breaking Bad', and vice versa
Guyism
Hardly a shock I guess, given that the producers of the show has demonstrated their affinity for video games at least once already. BTW, someone finally did unlock a Doom room after-all… --- Did you like this article? And you probably like contests, ...
Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Kotaku
About video games. Thanks to Shadoroch for the TAYpic. Want to have your TAYpic featured here? Send your images to #TAYpics. Make sure your image is 640 pixels wide by 360 pixels tall, for extra good big displayage. You can contact Owen Good, ...
Video games used for ICU physical therapy
BusinessGhana
Interactive video games, which help stroke patients recover, appear to enhance physical therapy for patients in intensive care units, US researchers say. Study leader Michelle E. Kho of The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and colleagues identified a ...
Top 10 PC Games As Per Gamepro.com
Wiki Peers
Today there are several options when it comes to video games .Even with advent of tablet and mobile gaming, PC gaming is still evergreen and considered the oldest gaming platform. It is an affordable, inexpensive form of gaming, especially as the ...
Women Have Won - And Men Are In Trouble
Science 2.0
18-to- 34-year-old men spend more time playing video games each day than 12-to- 17-year-old boys do. Men no longer have to 'man up' and so they don't. That's not a complaint, more like an observation. Playing video games all day would rule, ...
Herald to raise money for children's hospital
Austin Herald
We will play video games for 24 hours straight starting at 9 am Saturday, Oct. 15. All of our proceeds will go to Gillette Children's Specialty Hospital, the only CMN hospital in the state. We know this fundraiser sounds a little goofy. ...
Local business supported Steve Jobs in the beginning
The Times Herald
His son, Matthew, was the “quintessential computer hacker and gamer,” Silage said. Matthew found a computer program to split the data stream and use both telephone lines at the Silage home for downloading data. Silage discovered his son's creative ...
Status Quo Pro Gamer Ian “Enable” Wyatt Talks Halo: Reach | N4G
The Halo: Reach pro gamer took on two of the top teams during three full days of competition, playing on a high riser overlooking the Red Bull headquarters indoor skate park. Wyatt talks about the competition in this exclusive video interview. ...
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