Tue, May 31, 2005 - Page 16 News List

Sometimes gaming goes mad

As Sony and Microsoft ready PlayStation 3 and XBox 360 consoles for battle next year, gamers are struggling to contain their obsession with older machines

AFP , WAHSINGTON

Violent deaths were recorded among characters in 77 percent of games, at a rate of 122 deaths per hour. Ninety percent of games required players to kill or maim to score points, and researchers sat through 11,499 screen "deaths" in 95 hours of play.

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