A Chinese study reveals that individuals addicted to the web have similar brain scans to drug abusers and other addicts. Moreover, these scans correlate with British scientists’ findings on those addicted to videogames. Special MRI scans revealed that white matter in the brains of web addicts, speci
So the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is this week, and a lot of new and impressive types of interactive technology have been wowing techies the world over. While many developers did their best to impress with all sorts TVs and gaming gadgets, a humbler app inadvertently stole the show: Though Sam
This response to his first fan-mail written by an American, dated 1967, proves it. I’ve been waiting for some reaction to the album from American listeners. There were reviews in Billboard and Cash Box, but they were by professional critics and they rarely reflect the opinions of the public. The cri
We love videogames and the fun they bring to us, but reports surrounding the conditions in which our favorite consoles are manufactured are no laughing matter. Kotaku have reported issues of labor mistreatment in Chinese factories, which are now responsible for manufacturing consoles from Sony, Mic
What is it, exactly, that stops us from being completely seduced by the increasingly impressive modeling of virtual faces in videogames? A new study from MIT says that wariness toward facial recognition might be caused by competing impulses on different sides of the brain: The neuroscientists found
Ludum Dare, the irregular contest that dares hobbyist game developers to make the best game possible in one weekend, has posted its results. This time, the theme was “Alone,” spurring more entries than ever. While Minicraft, Notch’s spoof of his own game Minecraft, didn’t make it, a lot of other gam
Last year’s Superbrothers: Sword and Sorcery EP allowed players to send realtime tweets about their character. A new and suspiciously fatalistic Facebook app titled “If I Die” suggests Facebook app developers are thinking alike: If I Die lets “you” post a final message to your wall and loved one wh
DJ Shadow, the West Coast hip-hop artist best known for his breakthrough album Endtroducing….., but who has fallen off the map ever since, recently spoke with Edge about his favorite videogames. Smash TV was one of the last games I obsessively pumped money into. It was funny because I grew up with a