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100+ studies show action games improve perception, attention and multitasking
Instead of simply accepting video games, is it time we encouraged them? A metastudy has been newly published by the journal of Technology, Mind and Behaviour that gives a very strong indication that playing action games strengthens some mental functions. It was found that: AVGP [action video-game players] were observed to have superior cognitive skills,…
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Games like Oddworld
The special traits we are looking for People fall in love with Oddworld for different reasons. The gorgeous, cinematic vistas and character animations. The non-human characters and the bizarre world they live in. The sense of humour. The messages about environmentalism and corporate greed. The mix of real-time puzzles and tense chase scenes. A unique…
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What is Jade Cocoon
An RPG about the coexistence of humans and nature, with a cocoon master who traps monsters in a cocoon. Katsuya Kondo, artist for Jade Cocoon (Interview) Jade Cocoon in One Minute Key points This fondly remembered series started with Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu on the PS1 in 1991, which has one sequel. This…
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Why Everything is Dark Souls
Every film wants to be a cinematic universe, and every game wants to be Dark Souls — according to some. The cynic inside us already has an answer to why: the games of From Software have a large, paying fanbase, and other studios want a slice of that pie. A manager who sits at least…
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Xenogears Screenshots
This is a collection of 75 high-quality (and hopefully interesting) screenshots from the Playstation game Xenogears. They were taken in RetroArch with the crt-easymode shader applied. This is not a comprehensive tour of Xenogears, but it does feature a variety of areas including some from late in the game. To find out what makes this…
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Evolution of Healers in JRPGs
Magical healers have had a role in mythology, religion and fantasy literature since forever. You’ve heard of Jesus of Nazareth? Total healer. We will come back to him later. In role playing games, healers were there even before computers. The first edition Dungeons and Dragons (1974) gave rules for three types of characters: fighting men,…
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