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The Effect Gaming Has On Our Eyes...And What To Do About It

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Top 4 Tips: How To Combat Bad Eyes From When gaming for a long time, do you often find that your eyes hurt and get unfocussed? Perhaps sitting at school or work all day and then coming home for an epic gaming session is really doing some damage? If you want to know what's going on and how to treat it, read on. A computer requires people to focus continuously, unlike a book it's a lot more challenging. This is because a computer screen has the added element of screen contrast, flicker and glare.  Although computer monitors for home PCs and laptops have come leaps and bounds since their heyday, the technology is still not optimised for prolonged viewing, particularly for long gaming sessions. For gamers with pre-existing eye problems such as near-sightedness and astigmatism, this can actually make the problem worse.  Older gamers will find that the problems will get worse as they get older.  After the age of 40 the lens of the eye becomes less flexible and the abilit...

The Bright Side of Video Games

If you think video games are all Grand Theft Auto and Call of Duty, think again. A joint study sponsored by the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that most teenagers prefer games involving solving puzzles, racing with or playing sports against friends. Is it time for parents to lighten up on this classic American battle? The Skills to Pay the Bills? For year, the overwhelming chorus from parents – tired of seeing their kids turned into screen zombies from the Xbox or Playstation – sounded like, turn that thing off and go outside! And while few parents, educators or medical professionals would refute the undeniable benefits of outdoor play, many are coming to realize that video gamers have a unique set of previously unsung skills. For starters, gamers typically have strong hand-eye coordination. Big deal, you’re thinking. Well, in some fields it is; pilots, technologists, medical professionals and securities traders all need outstanding hand-eye skills. In addition, g...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Review

Our Love for First Person Shooting Games If you are someone who loves to play video games, chances are that you have a Wii. You may also love playing action games. This means that you may already be familiar with the Call of Duty games. They have been out for quite some time, but recently a new game, Call of Duty: Black Ops was released. This game has consistently received great reviews and has sold more copies than any other video game in the US and the UK. If you have never played this game but you were considering purchasing it, it may be important to you to know what people who own the game had to say about it. Here’s the inside scoop. Call of Duty: Black Ops is a first person shooter game, just like the rest of the games in the Call of Duty line. When you are playing the game, you will play as multiple characters. The game has three different sets of missions which are referred to as “Acts”. You will find that your health in the game regenerates as you play. You will know how...

Peak Games Reaches a Milestone in Social Gaming

Peak Games, a Turkish games designer focused on the evolving markets of Middle East, Turkey, and also North Africa, says it has just recently come to be the third-largest social games platform worldwide. The company states that it has certainly reached 9.7 million daily active users (DAU) for its multiplayer social games in current times, hence beating other giants like Electronic Arts (9.1 million DAUs) as well as Wooga (8.6 thousand DAUs). The provider's chief tactic officer Rina Onur points out that the business has actually been able to do this in just a year-and-a-half based on its laser light focus on facility social titles based upon popular card as well as board games that are native to the area as well as are modified to Turkish and also Arabic (nearby) markets, in their native tongue. Peak Games Strategy As a sort of strategy, Peak Games strongly believes, as this technique to creating online games based upon indigenous, offline online games cannot just be work...

Learn How to Play Guitar Hero

Guitar Hero is a musical video game tailored to be played on Xbox 360, Nintendo WII, Playstation 3 and Playstation 2. Guitar Hero is based on rhythm and rock legends who are transformed into fantasy type warrior as they are engaged by players. It contains over ninety (90) classic rock songs, one thousand (1000) different challenges, a guitar modelled controller, enhanced game play and a combination of many instruments. Despite the guitar modelled controller however, one does not have to be a musician to play guitar hero. One does however have to have an appreciation and basic understanding of rhythm and clever fingers in order to manipulate the guitar styled controller and play in time with the games music. An appreciation for the songs in the game is equally as useful. Tools Required One of the following consoles/players: Xbox 360 Nintendo WII Playstation 3 Playstation 2 Materials Required A copy of the Guitar Hero game Instructions Familiarize oneself with the guita...