Duke Nukem Sheds Light on Brain

bodger_uk writes "The BBC is running an article on the use of Duke Nukem in long term memory research. From the Article: 'It has long been thought that sleep deprivation affects your ability to consolidate memories. To test the theory, the researchers gave the volunteers place-finding missions in a virtual city created in the Duke Nukem game.' Slashdotters already know that Duke Nukem aids long term memory research of course. Just look how long we've been remembering about Duke Nukem Forever!"

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Dear Zonk.

[Anonymous Coward]

Even though you obviously made an effort and thought long and hard about your punchline, the joke was so contrived and convoluted as to be "dark-funny": not just lack of funny but the removal of funny.

Sleep??

[Rob T Firefly]

TFA: The volunteers were then split into two groups: those that were allowed a good night's sleep and those that were not.

That's no experiment! Any hardcore gamer will tell you, sleep deprivation is absolutely necessary for the full experience.

Summary of scientific findings:

[ZombieRoboNinja]

You can pee in the urinals to regain health.