Gamer's Lifeless Body Unnoticed for 10 Hours in Internet Cafe When staff went to tell a 23-year-old Taiwanese man that his gaming pass had expired, they found his corpse sitting rigidly upright, stretched arms reaching for the computer. His death had apparently gone unnoticed by patrons and staff for 10 hours. Read more More
This is Your Brain on WiFi Turns out, you can be addicted to the Internet….in an “I’ll s*&k your d*&k right now for a WiFi password” kind of way. A new study shows the brains of Internet addicts change in similar ways to drug addicts and alcoholics. Read more More
Warco: First-Person Shooter Video Game Where You Hold Camera Instead of Gun Warco is a video game whose hero is not a soldier battling aliens, but rather a news war correspondent thrust into combat. Players have to make choices about what to film and how to present the news. Probably not marketable, but sounds interesting. Read more More
FTW, Literally: Gamers Help Scientists with Potential Cure for HIV/AIDS A group of gamers spent three weeks playing Foldit, an online protein-folding game, and in the course of doing so helped scientists develop the structure of an enzyme that could be used to help fight HIV and AIDS. Gamers, FTW. Read more More
Close the Store Before a Midnight Launch? Pffffft, Not in NYC Gamers can visit the Union Square Best Buy in NYC, where they will be able to play the game starting at 9:00, before it officially launches at midnight. Read more More