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Gaming Does Good

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday December 21, 2004 @03:57AM from the we-aren't-all-social-miscreants dept.

bippy writes "Tired of hearing about all the bad things games do? I've mirrored a list on Kotaku of recent positive research done into gaming. All told, the list includes six studies and books summarized into bite-sized morsels with quotes and links. Finally, something to throw in the face of all those obnoxious politicians and sue-happy lawyers."

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Also helpful to surgeons by supersuckers · 2004-12-21 04:19 · Score: 3, Interesting

Wired recently posted an article about the benefits of video gaming for surgeons.
Surgeons who play video games three hours a week have 37 percent fewer errors and accomplish tasks 27 percent faster, he says, basing his observation on results of tests using the video game Super Monkey Ball.