Science Daily writes:
Video games that energize players and induce a positive mood could also enhance creativity, according to media researchers. However, the study also finds that players who were not highly energized and had a negative mood, registered the highest creativity.
"You need defocused attention for being creative," said S. Shyam Sundar, professor of film, video and media studies at Penn State. "When you have low arousal and are negative, you tend to focus on detail and become more analytical."
Sundar and Elizabeth Hutton, a Penn State graduate student, are trying to understand the value of video games as a vehicle for sparking positive social traits, such as creativity. Fun and games aside, video games are viewed as a serious communication technology. Schools, corporations and even the government are increasingly employing it as a tool in enhancing learning and decision-making.
"Video games are not just for entertainment alone," says Sundar. "We are trying to figure out how they can aid in education as well."
In the study, conducted as part of Hutton's graduate thesis, 98 undergraduate and graduate students were asked to play a popular video game, Dance Dance Revolution, at various levels of complexity. The students took a standard creativity test after playing. The researchers also took readings of the players' skin conductance and asked players if they were feeling either positive or negative after the game...
"Global indie publisher ESDigital Games is thrilled to announce its participation in London Games Festival 2024 from 9th - 20th April at venues across the city." - ESDigital Games.
Christopher Dring has revealed that he spoke to a number of developers at GDC this year that questioned why the PS5 Pro is even happening, with many saying they haven’t even got the most out of the standard version of the console yet.
Exactly
They should have just let developers squeeze as much from the PS5 and then wait for the PS6
By the time developers even get into the PS5 Pro within a couple of years Sony will most likely be sending PS6 dev kits out.
I'm definitely questioning it. Seems entirely unnecessary since there's been no sign of peak optimization by first-party, let alone third. This will just move more focus on more graphics push than fix steady 30fps/60fps modes.
"A couple of companies said this isn’t going to grow the market – it’s not going to move the needle. This generation doesn’t even seem to have got started really, let alone feel the need for a mid-generation update. How about we just get some original, next-generation software up and spinning?"
Ok devs who's fault is that though? The only publisher that came ready was Epic Unreal Engine 5 tech. Sure they were hit and miss with some of their tech in games but they at least brought something new to the table. The consoles released in 2020, you've all had dev kits way before then (2016-2017) to develop new tech, engines innovation. Like y'all have done all other generations. Nope y'all were too busy doing the same stuff staying cross gen and not innovating like before. They should of known Sony would have a Pro console this gen. Devs are lagging behind, take all that money that some of y'all are making from Microtransactions stop being lazy and create innovative new engines and gameplay mechanics. I know it's hard, takes allot money, resources especially time but that's part of being in the industry and a game developer. They should done these things 6 or 7 years ago because it takes so long.
Can't say I feel bad for them tbh.
This is an odd choice just make ps6 in 2026 or 2027 something in those ranges than this
The CPU certainly needed an upgrade, UE 5 titles are going to have a bit of a hard time with that Zen 2 CPU, that's why Robocop has FPS dips.
A new Neuralink demo shows the paralyzed patient Noland Arbaugh playing online chess using only his thoughts.
"Noland said that the chip implant allowed him to play Civilization 6 for eight hours until its battery ran out."
This is great. At the very least it can improve the quality of life for these people. I'll look forward to hearing more from Noland and Neuralink in the near future.
Imagine if one day these guys are barred from entering Esports tourneys because they are deemed to have an unfair advantage.
It’s interesting but they don’t really say much beyond eye tracking is how the cursor moves.