the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, game studies researchers presented their list of the top 10 most unexpected findings for video game designers over the past year. This marks the fourth year that researchers Ian Bogost, associate professor at Georgia Tech; Jane McGonigal, director of games research and development at the Institute for the Future; and Mia Consalvo, associate professor at Ohio University, have presented their list. But this year audience members â” both at the panel and via Twitter â” ranked the findings in order of their importance. â’Asking the audience to order the top 10 gave...
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AV Geeks Have Superpowers :: X-Ray Vision
Socially Rejected People Often Better Judge of Sincerity. Being rejected by peers, friends and even family members may give people the added advantage of spotting a â’fakeâ’ when they encounter one. A Miami University study published in the October issue of the journal Psychological Science shows people who have faced rejection have an enhanced ability to determine whether the â’happyâ’ face before them is genuine. The research found that subjects who were manipulated to feel rejection were able to distinguish a fake smile from a real one nearly 80 percent of the time. Researchers studied 32 subjects, 17 women...
Freeware :: Partition Manager
EASEUS announces the release of its free Partition Manager V. 2.0. As a Partition Magic alternative, it creates, deletes, formats and moves a logical disk to reallocate space and simply complies with the system requirements of a tricky application. Face it: Sooner or later, most people have to reshape their hard disks. Now, this is possible without having to wipe out the entire disk and reinstalling software. Partition Manager is designed to focus on operation accuracy and safety. Before deleting data off a disk, the program will clarify whether the user wants to delete the partition or erase every...