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February 20, 2007

Gamers score on laparoscopic surgery tests

Neither years of training nor number of surgeries performed would predict performance on the laparoscopy skills test. Past gaming and current skills, in contrast, would. Those who had never gamed took significantly longer to complete the skills test, and had an error rate of roughly 1.5 times that of regular gamers. Similar correlations also held when gaming skills were tested: those scoring in the top third made nearly 50 percent fewer errors, and and performed the drill nearly 40 percent faster. For those keeping score at home, Super Monkey Ball 2 had the best correlation with surgical skills, Star Wars Racer Revenge the worst.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070219-8881.html

February 15, 2007

XNA Game Studio Contest

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Studio Express, a new tool from Microsoft®. Then enter your
game in the Dream-Build-Play Challenge. Besides worldwide
fame and recognition, you could also win† some fantastic prizes."

http://www.dreambuildplay.com/main/default.aspx

February 8, 2007

Madlibs stuff on the Wiki

http://interactive.usc.edu/wiki/index.php/Scott_-_548_-_Week5