Study: Video game play may improve eyesight

Playing action video games may help adults improve their eyesight, according to a study released recently. People who used a video-game training program saw improvements in their contrast sensitivity, or the ability to notice subtle differences in shades of gray, according to a study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience. The training could be beneficial to people who have amblyopia--commonly known as lazy eye--and those who have trouble seeing while driving at night, the study said.

"Normally, improving contrast sensitivity means getting glasses or eye surgery--somehow changing the optics of the eye," Daphne Bavelier, professor of brain and cognitive sciences at the University of Rochester, said in a statement. "But we've found that action video games train the brain to process the existing visual information more efficiently, and the improvements last for months after game play stopped."


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Logitech to give PS3 Harmony Remote support

It appears as if Logitech is about to silence the complaints of thousands of PlayStation 3 (PS3) owners who are frustrated with the system's lack of an infrared port. Those with Harmony remotes--or any universal remote for that matter--up until now have had to rely on clunky, hacked-up IR-to-Bluetooth USB dongles for their all-in-ones remotes to take control of their PS3. It seems the Logitech Harmony Adapter for PS3 will play nicely with the line Harmony remotes right out of the box.


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Finally! A menacing-looking Wii gun attachment

This is not the first Wii gun attachment in the market and definitely not the last we'll see. But the Dark Ops Wii Light Gun from Cobalt Flux sure looks a lot more menacing than its angelic white counterparts available on retail shelves. Priced at US$19.95, it features an ergonomic pistol grip, plus a lock and load capability for easy loading and unloading of the Wii controller just like a gun magazine. More importantly, international shipping is available though it's limited to the FedEx courier which will cost a small fortune. For example, you'll have to fork out US$31.07 to ship a set to Singapore.

Via Kotaku

Report: Wii may stream movies

Nintendo's Wii may follow Microsoft's Xbox and Sony PS3 into the film market.

Recently entertainment trade publication Variety reported that an executive from film studio Lionsgate said the Wii could be equipped to stream movies as early as this year.

"The thing that is clearly a force in digital are the game devices," Curt Marvis, president of digital media for Lionsgate, told Variety. "I think when we see the Wii come into the market with the ability to stream movies, which I think is maybe going to happen as soon as this year, I think that's going to be a big marketplace for digital distribution."


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Nintendo Wii gets belated storage upgrades

According to Web site QuickJump Network, work is underway to develop a USB-based hard drive upgrade for the Nintendo Wii gaming console. Available in 32GB and 64GB, the hard drive addons are designed to be plugged into the console's rear USB port. These also require a firmware upgrade before the storage space can be populated. They will complement the existing 512MB memory for storing game data and SD card slot for onboard JPEG playback. There's no official word yet from the Japanese company regarding pricing and availability for the USB hard drives.

This is probably good news for Nintendo customers, though these drive capacities are nowhere close to the 120GB and 160GB storage on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, respectively.

Via Ubergizmo

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