Daily Linksplosion: Friday, November 12, 2010
- GameSetWatch – Help Octodad Keep His Octopus SecretEric Caoili: "Taking the internet by storm this week—or at least that small portion of the internet devoted to video games—is Octodad, a 3D, third-person adventure game in which you control a loving father and caring husband who is also a secret octopus. It’s an endearing title about ‘destruction, deception, and fatherhood.’"
- Gamasutra – Study: Tetris Acts As ‘Cognitive Vaccine’ For Post-Traumatic Stress"The study also concluded that the pub quiz game even worsened post-trauma symptoms in some cases. ’...Our data suggest that in the field of trauma, not all computer games are beneficial or even merely distracting—some may even be harmful,’ reads the study."