Iron Man. Wow. Amazing. I can't wait. As you may know I am a huge marvel fan (DC is ok too, but marvel is where my heart is), so a video game that isn't spiderman based is pretty astounding, and for it to look so good? Wow.

Some other recent news articles of late include a review of a report by Screen Digest that states that the 360 will "crash and burn in 2011" and that the Wii will continue to be the most popular console of choice. I personally disagree, I believe that the 360 has graphical capabilities which, while they may not match those provided by the PS3, are still very stunning, and that it is more readily accepted by the established gaming community because of it's most conservative game design; we want analog sticks and a whole mess of buttons. The Xbox 360 in my opinion also provides better games.

FOX news ran a special on MMORPG's on Monday. This is a fairly serious issue, as someone who is fairly familiar with the molecular basis of addiction, I can say that while WoW may not be a dopamine reuptake inhibitor like cocaine is, it can still cause a large increase in dopamine levels throughout the striatum, and therefore upregulate AGS3, which causes downregulartion of the D2 receptor. This is associated with goal-driven, addictive behavior. Contrasting this with the goal bases system of questing in MMORPG's, a parralel can be drawn which could explain why something like WoW can really dominate someone's life.

Also, THESE look pretty freaking awesome!

That's it for now, back to studying and paper writing, I'll be back later this week.
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