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This company’s video game could be a drug-free ADHD treatment for adults

She wanted a different solution for her ADHD-and an ad she found about a clinical trial for a video game geared toward adults with ADHD sounded like a good option. "I'm not a game player, but when I commit to something I stay to it and I really wanted to try this." The video game was EndeavorOTC, which launched in the Apple App store in June.

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Chaos Theory wants to transform the world of ‘serious games’

For Sydney-based game developer Chaos Theory Games, this transformation is what truly defines the 'serious games' industry. 'I definitely prefer the term "Transformational games" because I think it's more descriptive of the sorts of experiences that we build,' Nico King, Executive Creative Director at Chaos Theory told GamesHub of the team's approach to serious games.

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Playing Games Has Helped Humans Learn—and Survive

Alt dek: In. both games and life, how well you prepare in the early stages could determine how well you do in the later ones. It's a game called Muck, and it's another in a long line of contemporary survival video games. It's a delicate mix of entertainment and strategy, yet on a much deeper level, playing games may contribute to our overall evolutionary survival.

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Games Don't Just Let You Escape. They Also Help You Remember

The power of our gaming memories is perhaps most clearly seen as nostalgia: in the rise of retro-style games and actual retro games, in the numerous remakes and remasters, and in game design elements like pixel graphics and a return to simplicity. Some research has explored how games affect our memory, and I don't just mean those "Memory" or "Brain" games, which often aren't very compelling and might not help your memory either.

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