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Games good for you

amp · 2003-05-29 12:52:06

A friend of mine sent me this link to an astonishing piece of mainstream media, where they actually say Games can be good for you: http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s866904.htm Of course, they bottle out in the end and quote some other studies where it's been found that playing Solitaire can lead to gamlbing or…

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amp

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A friend of mine sent me this link to an astonishing piece of mainstream media, where they actually say Games can be good for you:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s866904.htm

Of course, they bottle out in the end and quote some other studies where it's been found that playing Solitaire can lead to gamlbing or something.

Personally as I've been playing Freelancer, mostly I have the urge to fly to New Dublin and stock up on some illegal cloned body parts.

As the technology isn't here yet, I suspose I'll just have to ram-raid the Coombe. *sigh*

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#2 29-05-2003 1:10pm

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This is posted below this about 2 mintues ago ffs can you read omg ffs tee hee hee

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#3 29-05-2003 1:20pm

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actually kdjac, in amps defense this is a different article from abc news. The one that Mike L posted is the one from the bbc, and that article has been posted about 3/4 times in the last 2/3 weeks

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#4 29-05-2003 1:40pm

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dance dance revolution helped me lose weight!

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