Archive for February, 2007
Last night someone asked what a mint 1st gen NES system would go for. I answered in confidence that I thought $125-$150 would be about right. Well there is one on ebay right now that is up to over $200.
Just an FYI for anyone with such a stash in their collection.
Posted by Madaracs on 02.18.07
The same dude has now posted his entire Unlicensed NES Game collection.
Posted by Madaracs on 02.10.07
Apparently playing high-action video games can lead to improvement in your vision. Apparently they found students who played little or no video games (this would be the part of the research that I would question) and gave them a visual test.
The researchers found a group of students who played little or no video games — which was a challenge in itself — and gave them a test that measured how well they could discern the orientation of a letter “T” within a crowd of other, distracting symbols.
Then the students were told to play games (the things that need to be done in the name of science). Different styles of games were used for each group. Tetris for one group and Unreal Tournament for the other. Apparently the Unreal players did better on the “T” test than the Tetris players did.
The debate appears to be not whether or not it is correct, but rather what part of your vision is actually improved.
The T test measures visual acuity, or the clarity of a person’s vision, according to the researchers, who are Daphne Bavelier, a professor of brain and cognitive sciences, and graduate student Shawn Green.
“The test they’re using is not for visual acuity,” she said after being told of the research. “They’ve trained their students to make rapid eye movements and to scan large areas to find objects of interest. … That is visual search.”
On a side note, Mrs Woodhouse does not seem to think that the improvements are worth the “risks”.
She also said playing video games “gives you brain damage,” although that seemed to be her subjective view rather than a scientific one.
Posted by Xsyntrex on 02.07.07
In the ForumsWasssaaaap?!
- s1500 : Okay okay, I'll go 11 dollars!
- Madaracs : You didn't miss out. That posting was looking for more than $10. It was just listed as $10 to draw attention.
- s1500 : Darn. I missed out on a CL posting of a Coleco Adam for 10 bucks. FFUUUU
- POI : hey check this out, a gamefaq for TimeTraveler: «link»
- Zoyx : I'm sure there is a way to unbrick it.
- s1500 : ahh dangit bricked my Dingoo last night. This is really complicated to install dingux
- s1500 : We need to egg Crazy Climber on to invite us over for game night/afternoon. He has a sweet setup.
- s1500 : After trying it outdoors at the Flugtag, it's not so bad for FM reception.
- Madaracs : *crickets*
- Madaracs : I'm going to be taking a little vacation here soon. If you guys find anything video game related worth posting feel free.
- Cloudscout : This here is a shout-out to the power-out!
- Madaracs : It hasn't rained in days now. So how is the radio?!
- s1500 : if it stopped raining, I could find out.
- Madaracs : Radios don't work at all in my building. How does it do outside?
- s1500 : The radio is so-so. sometimes it doesn't even pick up KQRS in the break room.
- Madaracs : @s1500: How does the radio work?
- Madaracs : Zoyx bought one. He seems to like his...
- s1500 : This thing is awesome. It's like a PSP without the useless optical drive, at a better price.
- Madaracs : THE DINGOO ATE YOUR BABY
- Madaracs : Heya doods.
- s1500 : My Dingoo should be in today. w00t.
- Madaracs : Anyone missing a gun for their NES?
- Madaracs : I managed to get my hands on a copy of Retro Game Challenge and Namco Museum DS in Canada.
- Madaracs : GridCycle Users: If you haven't changed your password in awhile, please consider it.
- Madaracs : Stoopid Zazzle.
- Madaracs : Finally got to editing the CSS to support clicking the top logo to bring you back to the main page.
- POI : amazon deal of the day today, mass effect 2 for $40! pc/xbox
- POI : aww dang. did I do that?
- Madaracs : Sorry about having captha on comments. I modified it so it won't affect our regular posters.
- Madaracs : As a general courtesy to other websites and the efficiency in loading this one, please do not link to another website's photo. And preview your work before posting to make sure the image size falls within the confines of the main blog reading area. Thanks!
- Commander Tim : Hells yeah there is.
- Madaracs : There are a lot of naked women in Conan.
- Madaracs : I like a nice glo...
- Commander Tim : I liked it...
(if you can't use cheesy pshop effects on GCycle, where can you?) - Madaracs : OK the JJ Abrams logo is GONE.
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