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A virtual world addicted women from china plea for her virtual assets which she had earned while playing online games with her husband IDs whom she was divorcing was rejected by local court.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThey met through an online game, married at the end of 2008. The reason for getting divorce is, they blamed each other for being lazy in housework. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe couple played online games under the ID the husband had registered.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDuring the court case, the woman asked for her share of the virtual assets they earned in the game, but the husband didn't agree.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe People's Court of Shunyi district in Beijing ruled divorce for the couple. 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Together, these components motivate gamers to keep trying even after multiple failures, even if it means spending hours at the same game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESrc: [\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/12\/07\/science\/07tierney.html?_r=1\u0026amp;ref=science\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ENYTimes\u003C\/a\u003E]\u003C\/i\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/hypedtalk.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3088511143357948998\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=5403865830110720728\u0026postID=3088511143357948998\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5403865830110720728\/posts\/default\/3088511143357948998"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5403865830110720728\/posts\/default\/3088511143357948998"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/hypedtalk.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/what-make-you-to-spend-more-time-on.html","title":"What make you to spend more time on Gaming?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gee TEE"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/05453399516295661171"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403865830110720728.post-5079404093016740355"},"published":{"$t":"2010-06-17T07:35:00.000+05:30"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-06-17T07:35:34.954+05:30"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"3d"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"gaming"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"nintendo 3ds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"pics"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Nintendo 3DS, 3D Gaming Without Glasses [PICS]"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_6QiA8AKZBbU\/TBmCMngJTeI\/AAAAAAAACbs\/5yRJEIZkwIc\/s1600\/nintendo-3ds.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"544\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_6QiA8AKZBbU\/TBmCMngJTeI\/AAAAAAAACbs\/5yRJEIZkwIc\/s640\/nintendo-3ds.jpg\" width=\"600\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003ECool about the 3DS is its 3D slider — a small toggle on the right side of the device that allows you to seamlessly “zoom” up to higher levels of 3D all the way from regular old flat 2D. Not only is the visual transition itself impressive, but the option to play any of your favorite titles at various 3D depth levels.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_6QiA8AKZBbU\/TBmCOxX2YWI\/AAAAAAAACb8\/BTywcFIioD8\/s1600\/nintendo-3ds-back-sides.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"516\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_6QiA8AKZBbU\/TBmCOxX2YWI\/AAAAAAAACb8\/BTywcFIioD8\/s640\/nintendo-3ds-back-sides.jpg\" width=\"600\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_6QiA8AKZBbU\/TBmCODzVCaI\/AAAAAAAACb0\/fhVK6r_S6Jc\/s1600\/nintendo-3ds-2.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"452\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_6QiA8AKZBbU\/TBmCODzVCaI\/AAAAAAAACb0\/fhVK6r_S6Jc\/s640\/nintendo-3ds-2.jpg\" width=\"600\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/hypedtalk.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5079404093016740355\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=5403865830110720728\u0026postID=5079404093016740355\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5403865830110720728\/posts\/default\/5079404093016740355"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5403865830110720728\/posts\/default\/5079404093016740355"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/hypedtalk.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/nintendo-3ds-3d-gaming-without-glasses.html","title":"Nintendo 3DS, 3D Gaming Without Glasses [PICS]"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gee TEE"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/05453399516295661171"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_6QiA8AKZBbU\/TBmCMngJTeI\/AAAAAAAACbs\/5yRJEIZkwIc\/s72-c\/nintendo-3ds.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403865830110720728.post-1579724100737131735"},"published":{"$t":"2010-06-06T06:53:00.000+05:30"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-06-06T06:53:43.729+05:30"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"facebook"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"fifa"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"gaming"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"social network"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Fifa video game comes to Facebook."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The latest video game in the Fifa football series has launched on Facebook rather than on games consoles.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe popularity of social media games has risen in recent years with up to 250 million global players logging on to various games each month.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPrevious console Fifa games have retailed at around £30 but FIFA Superstars is free to play online.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe footballers making up each player's team are purchased in packs at a cost of £1 - £2 per pack.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPlayers pit their teams against those belonging to their Facebook friends.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs the tournament progresses, each player earns points which can also be used to purchase team members. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUnlike console-based versions of Fifa games in which the player can decide to play as a manager, a player or both, on Facebook players can only be managers of virtual teams made up of real players from around the world.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThey can also opt to participate in league games outside of their \"friends\" network.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"The Facebook version is a strategy game,\" said Playfish chief executive Kristian Segerstrale.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"It extends the Fifa franchise by enabling you to play with friends.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt will also reflect events as they unfold in the World Cup said Mr Segerstrale, although the details are yet to be announced.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere will be a new edition of the console version of Fifa at a later date.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESocial media games developer Playfish was bought by Fifa makers Electronic Arts (EA) for $300m (£170m) in 2009. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESrc: [\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/technology\/10237061.stm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Enews.bbc\u003C\/a\u003E]\u003C\/i\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/hypedtalk.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1579724100737131735\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=5403865830110720728\u0026postID=1579724100737131735\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5403865830110720728\/posts\/default\/1579724100737131735"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5403865830110720728\/posts\/default\/1579724100737131735"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/hypedtalk.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/fifa-video-game-comes-to-facebook.html","title":"Fifa video game comes to Facebook."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gee TEE"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/05453399516295661171"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403865830110720728.post-6342810039153903565"},"published":{"$t":"2010-05-29T06:44:00.000+05:30"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-05-29T06:44:58.796+05:30"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"gaming"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"health"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"research"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Violent video games touted as learning tool."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Playing a video game - and you may be improving your vision and other brain functions, according to research presented Thursday at a New York University conference on games as a learning tool.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"People that play these fast-paced games have better vision, better attention and better cognition,\" said Daphne Bavelier, an assistant professor in the department of brain and cognitive science at the University of Rochester.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBavelier was a presenter at Games for Learning, a daylong symposium on the educational uses of video games and computer games.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe event, the first of its kind, was an indication that electronic games are gaining legitimacy in the classroom.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPanelists discussed how people learn and how games can be engineered to be even more educational.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"People do learn from games,\" said J. Dexter Fletcher of the Institute for Defense Analyses.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESigmund Tobias of the State University of New York at Albany said an Israeli air force study found that students who played the game \"Space Fortress\" had better rankings in their pilot training than students who did not.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHe added that students who played \"pro-social\" games that promote cooperation were more likely than others to help out in real-life situations like intervening when someone is being harassed.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBavelier's research has focused on so-called first-person shooter games like Unreal Tournament and Medal of Honor, in which the player is an Allied solder during World War II.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"You have to jump into vehicles, you have to crouch and hide,\" said Tammy Schachter, a spokeswoman for game developer Electronic Arts Inc.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBavelier said playing the kill-or-be-killed games can improve peripheral vision and the ability to see objects at dusk, and the games can even be used to treat amblyopia, or lazy eye, a disorder characterized by indistinct vision in one eye.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EShe said she believes the games can improve math performance and other brain tasks.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"We are testing this hypothesis that when you play an action video game, what you do is you learn to better allocate your resources,\" she said. \"In a sense you learn to learn. ... You become very good at adapting to whatever is asked of you.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBavelier believes the games will eventually become part of school curriculum, but \"it's going to take a generation.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESchachter said the purpose of \"Medal of Honor\" and other games is to have fun, and any educational benefits are a bonus.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"Through entertainment these games test your memory skills, your eye-hand coordination, your ability to detect small activities on the screen and interact with them,\" she said.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESrc: [\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/ibnlive.in.com\/news\/violent-video-games-touted-as-learning-tool\/116460-11.html\"\u003Eibnlive.in.com\u003C\/a\u003E]\u003C\/i\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/hypedtalk.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6342810039153903565\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=5403865830110720728\u0026postID=6342810039153903565\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5403865830110720728\/posts\/default\/6342810039153903565"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5403865830110720728\/posts\/default\/6342810039153903565"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/hypedtalk.blogspot.com\/2010\/05\/violent-video-games-touted-as-learning.html","title":"Violent video games touted as learning tool."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gee TEE"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/05453399516295661171"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403865830110720728.post-5743088354569952062"},"published":{"$t":"2010-05-27T08:04:00.000+05:30"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-05-27T08:04:05.458+05:30"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"entertainment"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"farmville"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"gaming"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"mafia wars"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"yahoo"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"FarmVille and Mafia Wars coming to Yahoo."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cb\u003E(\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/\" target=\"new\"\u003EMashable\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/b\u003E --  Fresh off a deal that will keep 'FarmVille,\" \"Mafia Wars\" and other  popular Zynga titles on Facebook for at least the next five years, the company has inked a partnership with  Yahoo to bring its social games to the Internet giant's massive  userbase.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EYahoo users will be able to access Zynga's games from  the Yahoo Homepage, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Messenger and Yahoo Games, among  other properties.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe deal makes a lot of sense for both companies.  Games remain one of Yahoo's major strengths, with its Yahoo Games  property seeing more than 19 million unique visitors each month  according to \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.comscore.com\/Press_Events\/Press_Releases\/2009\/7\/Online_Gaming_Continues_Strong_Growth_in_U.S._as_Consumers_Increasingly_Opt_for_Free_Entertainment_Alternatives\" target=\"new\"\u003EcomScore data\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith Zynga's titles already  racking up insane amounts of usage on Facebook, we expect their  addition to Yahoo will only help increase those metrics and the amount  of time users are spending on the portal.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMeanwhile, Zynga gets  access to an enormous new userbase -- some 600 million people according  to Yahoo -- and helps it diversify from its reliance on Facebook.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"cnnInline\"\u003EFor now, the momentum behind the company -- recently  valued around $4 billion -- looks fairly unstoppable.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/hypedtalk.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5743088354569952062\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=5403865830110720728\u0026postID=5743088354569952062\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5403865830110720728\/posts\/default\/5743088354569952062"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5403865830110720728\/posts\/default\/5743088354569952062"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/hypedtalk.blogspot.com\/2010\/05\/farmville-and-mafia-wars-coming-to.html","title":"FarmVille and Mafia Wars coming to Yahoo."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gee TEE"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/05453399516295661171"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});