Mar 1, 2016 | Geek & Sundry
Any good gamer can kick your ass in an online duel, but only younger gamers want to. It seems the older you get, the less competitive a gamer you become. Games research company Quantic Foundry, headed by researcher Nick Yee has recently released results of their study...
Feb 25, 2016 | Geek & Sundry
What do you get when you make dozens of boys and girls play video games? You learn a lot about making children play video games. According to a study published in Psychiatric Quarterly, Dr. Christopher J. Ferguson and colleagues found video games did not increase the...
Feb 17, 2016 | Featured Articles, Geek & Sundry
If one of your buddies tends to win on board game night and has some epic leaderboard scores, watch out for that guy. I’m not saying he could be a cheater: Science is. It turns out that winners are more likely to cheat at games than people who lose. Ultimately, they...
Feb 16, 2016 | Geek & Sundry
If you regularly play Rock Band, congratulations. You likely have better music perception skills than the average non-gamer. It’s not that surprising, considering that Rock Band requires you to match your guitar, bass, drums, or voice to on-screen musicians. But what...