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npr:

“Video game players are able to pick up very subtle, statistical irregularities in environments and use them to their advantage. And these same irregularities in environments are the things that help us guide our behaviors on a daily basis.”

-Brain researcher Jay Pratt, professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, whose research on gamers suggest that playing video games can have potentially positive effects.

Guys, good game last week. Great game! I really wasn’t expecting it. However, it won’t be so easy today. The All Blacks are in form, as usual.

I just have one thing to say. Please please please please don’t put O’Connor on. He’s crap. The fact that he scored three tries in his first game for the Wallabies doesn’t mean anything. He just got really lucky. Go on, play the footage back and you’ll see those tries were set up for him.

Seriously, don’t play him. The All Blacks will punch through his baby face like a train(ed set of enormous professional rugby players).

…it’s that if you want to win the Wikipedia Game, you just have to make your way to ‘United States’ and then you’re pretty much sweet from there.

PS: The game should reward those that have the least links, not who gets there faster. It’s fairer for us folks with poor internet speeds.

bobloblawslawblog:

Drunk Japanese guy Steve narrates his play through Mario Land on Gameboy.

‘This monster. Is a very bad monster. This monster is break window. Break house window.’

White rules Catan!

Note:

1. the longest road (12 pieces);
2. a strong defensive layout;
3. the separation of orange from orange;
4. the separation of red from required resources;
5. a city sitting on both ‘5’ chits (wheat and sheep) and a ‘6’ chit (timber);
6. the possession of a specialised wheat port (great for trading when the robber was played against me);
7. a city sitting on two ore hexes and a wheat hex (great for upgrading more settlements to cities);
8. the frequent use of the robber on red’s only available timber hex (until I had a suitable lead in road length); and
9. settlements adjacent to at least two kinds of every hex.

Yeah I know, I know.  Massive geek.  Also: poor winner.

WNBA Live 2008 looks pretty awesome.  I think I’ll buy it.