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Video games?
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Guest3498
Battlefield is the shit!!
i knew youd like it VADO! good choice of game. Just got Skyrim and i must say im very impressed by the game. reminds me of a medieval Fallout type of game. i wasnt impressed with Oblivion but this one i think they hit the nail on the head
I really hate what they did to Battlefield 3
it is too much lik cod now
the helicockters and jets just suck, less freedom, the pc version looks like a console game
ugh
why cant they just keep BF2 give that game better graphics ? Why fix something that isnt broken.
I reinstalled bf 2 and wont be buying bf 3
it is too much lik cod now
the helicockters and jets just suck, less freedom, the pc version looks like a console game
ugh
why cant they just keep BF2 give that game better graphics ? Why fix something that isnt broken.
I reinstalled bf 2 and wont be buying bf 3
Closet_Grower
Member
Battlefield 3 is the best... I think its better than 2... but thats just me, although I like 2's maps better.
I've been playing a shit load of NHL 12... drop in games is like the real thing, 6 humans a side... better play your position or someone will be yelling in your ear.
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I've been playing a shit load of NHL 12... drop in games is like the real thing, 6 humans a side... better play your position or someone will be yelling in your ear.
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STUPPA
Member
LOL that makes 2 of us i have given up on bf3 and gone back to bf2 , the 4 GB patch was the final straw for me cos i have a crap allowance on my broadband and i cannot keep downloading 4 gig patches every couple of weeks!, WTF are they doing ?
its like i bought the game and i actually only got half of it and then i have to wait to download the rest ,what is that about ? it would be nice to actually buy the full game and not have to download 6gigs of updates to get it to work .
Not that it does work cos just as many pc players are still having probs with bugs so that means yet another update !
Nice to know i own a PS3
Closet_Grower
Member
kinda put BF3 away to focus on my NHL 12 career.
6'3 180lbs Left defence - 2 way player.... i just got to watch my turnovers and keep my head up, might get asked to join a club soon.
6'3 180lbs Left defence - 2 way player.... i just got to watch my turnovers and keep my head up, might get asked to join a club soon.
Just ran through Red Dead Redemption in under a week... almost have 100% ... game was much shorter than i thought it would be. Decent game though. Grabbed the zombie add on too, so i'll play through that when i'm done with la noire...
I'm on the 2nd disc of LA Noire right now. The game is very, very linear so far. I thought it would be more free roam like GTA and Red Dead. Maybe i just haven't made it to free roam levels yet?
I'm on the 2nd disc of LA Noire right now. The game is very, very linear so far. I thought it would be more free roam like GTA and Red Dead. Maybe i just haven't made it to free roam levels yet?
MMO?
DDO.com was what I was playing a year ago. HUGE time sink though. Too much to do these day. LOL
DDO.com was what I was playing a year ago. HUGE time sink though. Too much to do these day. LOL
WTF? No online or multiplayer in LA Noire.... can't even shoot at people during free roam unless you're directed to via a street crime assignment...... fucking lame. This game just lost all replay value for me.
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Guest3498
I thought la noire was pretty boring, it's a cool concept but it got too old before I could finish the game.
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ForbiddenFruit
Violent Video Games Alter Brain Function in Young Men
Violent Video Games Alter Brain Function in Young Men
Violent Video Games Alter Brain Function in Young Men
Functional magnetic resonance images of the two groups of study participants. (Credit: Indiana University School of Medicine)
ScienceDaily (Nov. 30, 2011) — Sustained changes in the region of the brain associated with cognitive function and emotional control were found in young adult men after one week of playing violent video games, according to study results presented by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.
This is the first time the IU researchers, who have studied the effects of media violence for more than a decade, have conducted an experimental study that showed a direct relationship between playing violent video games over an extended period of time and a subsequent change in brain regions associated with cognitive function and emotional control.
The controversy over whether or not violent video games are potentially harmful to players has been debated for many years, even making it as far as the Supreme Court in 2010. There has been little scientific evidence demonstrating that the games have a prolonged negative neurological effect.
"For the first time, we have found that a sample of randomly assigned young adults showed less activation in certain frontal brain regions following a week of playing violent video games at home," said Yang Wang, M.D., assistant research professor in the IU Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences. "The affected brain regions are important for controlling emotion and aggressive behavior."
For the study, 28 healthy adult males, age 18 to 29, with low past exposure to violent video games were randomly assigned to two groups of 14. Members of the first group were instructed to play a shooting video game for 10 hours at home for one week and refrain from playing the following week. The second group did not play a video game at all during the two-week period.
Each of the 28 men underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) analysis at the beginning of the study, with follow-up exams at one and two weeks. During fMRI, the participants completed an emotional interference task, pressing buttons according to the color of visually presented words. Words indicating violent actions were interspersed among nonviolent action words. In addition, the participants completed a cognitive inhibition counting task.
The results showed that after one week of violent game play, the video game group members showed less activation in the left inferior frontal lobe during the emotional Stroop task and less activation in the anterior cingulate cortex during the counting Stroop task, compared to their baseline results and the results of the control group after one week. After the video game group refrained from game play for an additional week, the changes to the executive regions of the brain returned closer to the control group. Stroop task tests an individual's ability to control cognitive flexibility and attention.
"These findings indicate that violent video game play has a long-term effect on brain functioning," Dr. Wang said. "These effects may translate into behavioral changes over longer periods of game play."
Dr. Wang said that another important point of the study was that the young men were supplied with laptop computers and played at home in their "natural environment." Some of the previous research was done with players participating in a lab setting.
Coauthors are Tom Hummer, Ph.D., IU assistant research professor of psychiatry; William Kronenberger, Ph.D., associate professor of clinical psychology in the IU Department of Psychiatry; Kristine Mosier, D.M.D., Ph.D., IU associate professor of radiology; and Vincent P. Mathews, M.D., IU professor of neuroradiology. Drs. Wang, Hummer and Mosier are members of the IU Center for Neuroimaging.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111130095251.htm
Violent Video Games Alter Brain Function in Young Men
Violent Video Games Alter Brain Function in Young Men
Functional magnetic resonance images of the two groups of study participants. (Credit: Indiana University School of Medicine)
ScienceDaily (Nov. 30, 2011) — Sustained changes in the region of the brain associated with cognitive function and emotional control were found in young adult men after one week of playing violent video games, according to study results presented by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.
This is the first time the IU researchers, who have studied the effects of media violence for more than a decade, have conducted an experimental study that showed a direct relationship between playing violent video games over an extended period of time and a subsequent change in brain regions associated with cognitive function and emotional control.
The controversy over whether or not violent video games are potentially harmful to players has been debated for many years, even making it as far as the Supreme Court in 2010. There has been little scientific evidence demonstrating that the games have a prolonged negative neurological effect.
"For the first time, we have found that a sample of randomly assigned young adults showed less activation in certain frontal brain regions following a week of playing violent video games at home," said Yang Wang, M.D., assistant research professor in the IU Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences. "The affected brain regions are important for controlling emotion and aggressive behavior."
For the study, 28 healthy adult males, age 18 to 29, with low past exposure to violent video games were randomly assigned to two groups of 14. Members of the first group were instructed to play a shooting video game for 10 hours at home for one week and refrain from playing the following week. The second group did not play a video game at all during the two-week period.
Each of the 28 men underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) analysis at the beginning of the study, with follow-up exams at one and two weeks. During fMRI, the participants completed an emotional interference task, pressing buttons according to the color of visually presented words. Words indicating violent actions were interspersed among nonviolent action words. In addition, the participants completed a cognitive inhibition counting task.
The results showed that after one week of violent game play, the video game group members showed less activation in the left inferior frontal lobe during the emotional Stroop task and less activation in the anterior cingulate cortex during the counting Stroop task, compared to their baseline results and the results of the control group after one week. After the video game group refrained from game play for an additional week, the changes to the executive regions of the brain returned closer to the control group. Stroop task tests an individual's ability to control cognitive flexibility and attention.
"These findings indicate that violent video game play has a long-term effect on brain functioning," Dr. Wang said. "These effects may translate into behavioral changes over longer periods of game play."
Dr. Wang said that another important point of the study was that the young men were supplied with laptop computers and played at home in their "natural environment." Some of the previous research was done with players participating in a lab setting.
Coauthors are Tom Hummer, Ph.D., IU assistant research professor of psychiatry; William Kronenberger, Ph.D., associate professor of clinical psychology in the IU Department of Psychiatry; Kristine Mosier, D.M.D., Ph.D., IU associate professor of radiology; and Vincent P. Mathews, M.D., IU professor of neuroradiology. Drs. Wang, Hummer and Mosier are members of the IU Center for Neuroimaging.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111130095251.htm
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Guest3498
People have been playing war games and violent sports for as long as we've had civilization, I'm pretty sure those young men will be ok...
Funny it's always about the video games and never the real wars....
Addicted to Skyrim. Just picked up Fable 3 and Drangon Age II as well..
