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Computer/console gamers who play for more than seven hours a week and who identify their gaming as an addiction sleep less during the weekdays and experience greater sleepiness than casual or non-gamers, according to a research abstract presented on Monday, June 8 at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.
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People who are addicted to playing computer games show some of the same personality traits as people with Asperger’s syndrome.
This is the conclusion of Dr John Charlton of the University of Bolton and Ian Danforth of Whitman College, USA. Their results will be presented at the British Psychological Society’s Annual Conference in Dublin on Thursday, [...]

Three quarters of online role-playing gamers make good friends with the people they meet in their virtual worlds, with almost half meeting in real-life situations and one in ten going on to develop physical relationships, according to a new study. The research, carried out by researchers at Nottingham Trent University, and being published in the [...]

Cryptic Studios, Inc., a leading independent developer of massively-multiplayer online games, today announced that it has added to its growing talent pool with the hiring of a new design writer, John Layman. Layman, a twelve-year veteran of the comic book industry and an accomplished game writer, joined the team in its Los Gatos headquarters on [...]

It’s hard to believe, but The Internet’s Favourite Videogame Radio Show One Life Left is one year old. The anniversary marks another milestone for the hour-long programme which has gone from strength to strength over the last 365 days, launching a number-one rated iTunes podcast and earning positive coverage from the broad spectrum (lol) of [...]

Q: So what new elements can we expect from FEAR when it arrives on PS3?
A: We added a new game mode called Instant Action, which is an arcade style shootout that scores the player on their ability to contend with a ramping up of the FEAR enemy units and their AI evasion routines. We’ve also [...]

Rupert, please tell us a little about yourself. How long have you been working in the games industry now, in which projects have you been involved?
RE: I joined Electronic Arts in 1987 and was the 3rd member of EAUK Dev, since leaving in 1995, I have worked as Senior Producer at Sony and Sega, and [...]

One Life Left, Europe’s only gaming radio show, broke its own download records for the fourth consecutive week Wednesday and ended the day in the prestigious #1 slot on iTunes for the first time in history. Beating out commercially-produced internet broadcasting from 1UP, PC Gamer, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM and Xbox Live’s Major Nelson, the [...]

THQ (UK) announces Anthony Head as lead voice over for Destroy All Humans! 2
THQ (UK) Ltd, a subsidiary of THQ Inc., today announces Anthony Head as lead voice over in the upcoming Destroy All Humans! 2 expected to be released in Fall 2006 for Xbox video and game entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation2 [...]

Bethesda Softworks announced today that acclaimed STAR TREK writer Dorothy “D.C.” Fontana, with her partner, Derek Chester, have collaborated to write the scripts for its upcoming titles, STAR TREK: Legacy and STAR TREK: Tactical Assault.
Fontana, a prominent creative force behind the STAR TREK franchise since its inception in the 1960s, continues to contribute to its [...]

Joystick Junkies, the British fashion label, which is inspired by the world’s most famous video games has announced ten girls who have made it through to the finals in their search for Britain’s most charismatic girl gamers.
The final six chosen after voting closes on the 23rd June will be signed up to represent Joystick Junkies [...]

Winifred Phillips, a multiple award winning composer for video games, radio, television and film, has created the theatrical score for The Da Vinci Code video game, developed by The Collective for 2K Games. The video game is based on the highly-anticipated The Da Vinci Code film by Oscar winning director Ron Howard, which is based [...]

I remember as a kid, going to the dentist and being asked if I would like to wear headphones with kids stories being blasted to my very nervous ears. Today, we can rely on video games to distract kids away from things that frighten as well as hurt them.

I read this twice and to be frank, the man was quite insightful on a multitude of matters.

Comic book cover illustrator Greg Horn, best known for his work on Elektra and Emma Frost for Marvel Comics, has had a busy year in the video game industry: and there’s no let up in sight. Several new projects have found their way to his digital easel from the world of video games.

An interesting thing happened a few weeks ago: Tim Crosby, of Froghop.net e-mailed me about my RSS in Gaming articles. Aparently, someone actually reads the stuff I write! Overwhelmed with excitement, I asked Tim if he would be so kind as to answer some questions about Froghop, As it turned out, he was, so here it [...]

GameDaily Biz is running an interview with Chris Donahue, the Group Manager for Windows Graphics and Gaming Technologies at Microsoft. It’s pretty long and exhaustive, but it covers some of the hard work that goes on behind the scenes at DirectX and how it keeps up with the technology curve.

According to Shigeru Miyamoto, innovation in the gaming industry is dying. In an article with CNN/Money’s Chris Morris, Miyamoto discusses why he doesn’t like to play today’s games (they take too long), and what exactly he wants developers to do with Nintendo’s next-generation console.

nbsp;Boomtown.net is running an interview with Hideo Kojima, in which he revelas a few details about the upcomming Metal Gear Solid 4, and discusses the core concept of “no place to hide” (featured in the MGS4 trailer). H ealso discusses the next generation consoles, making an analogy to them with dinner. The man’s either a [...]

Daniel Cook has written an article on the addictive
nature of games, comparing the psychological stimulus received from
a game to that of the chemical stimulus a drug user receives when
getting high. More specifically, he details what he calls a “genre
addict” (people who refuse to play other genres), and explains how the
publishers, marketers, and developers feed - [...]