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Now here’s a good reason to tell your parents why you should be allowed to play Call of Duty 4. FPS games actually improve your vision! Show them this article next time they tell you video games can be bad for your vision.

We’ve always laughed when certain lawyers or politcians have tried to push the theory that first person shooter games are “murder simulators” simply because playing a game with a mouse-keyboard combo or a gamepad can’t possibly be the same as shooting an actual firearm. However a newly revealed study now claims playing such games can improve a person’s vision.

Reuters reports that the study by the University of Rochester in New York showed that after playing games like Call of Duty 2 and Unreal Tournament 2004 gamers “saw significant improvements in their ability to notice subtle differences in shades of gray.” That could help them when they drive at night. So perhaps getting a “nut shot” in Combat Arms can actually help your vision in real life, if not your aim.

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I couldn’t agree more. Cheaper games would even encourage “pirates” to give up the hassles of searching for game fixes and downloading over the internet.

We’ve all heard comments from game industry reps saying how “cheap” PC and video games are compared to other entertainment media. However the fact is that no matter how many hours you may spend with a game you still have to deal with higher prices up front compared to renting or buying a DVD or downloading music.

Legendary game developer Warren Spector (currently head of Junction Point Studios) says it’s time that the game industry take a good hard look at the pricing of their products. Gamesindustry.biz reports that Spector, speaking at GDC last week, stated, “We’ve been a niche medium that over-charges for its product and therefore generates a lot of revenue which makes us a little bigger than Hollywood, which is crazy.”

Spector says the industry should go after the impulse entertainment market for its prices. He says in the article, “If I’ve got a 20 dollar bill in my pocket I can go buy a book, go to a movie, but I can’t buy a game. I can buy a CD, I can do so much even now, but you cannot buy a game.” To be fair you can in fact buy some games for $20 out of the box or wait until their prices go down months or even years after release. However it’s clear that Spector’s comments go after the vast majority of retail game products that are priced at $40, $50 and $60 (even more if you talk about collector’s editions).

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The game’s looking great. Still have the classic Diablo look. I can’t wait for this to get released already.

Several days ago, Blizzard released some new Starcraft II screenshots that showed off for the first time some of the game’s user interface for the first time. Now Blizzard has done the same for their other (announced) major upcoming game Diablo III.

The new shots were put on display on the web page of Blizzard’s Blizzcast web site. Two of the shots show off how the inventory and spells will be handled in the UI while a third shows the spell tree of the game. The Blizzcast is of course Blizzard’s own internal podcast and you can download and listen to it now (or read the web page’s transcript). It has more info on the Diablo III UI along with Q&A with members of the World of Warcraft and Starcraft II dev teams.

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Electronic Arts made a surprise announcement last month revealing their plans for Battlefield 1943, a downloadable game that’s basically a graphical remake of a few of the levels in Digital Illusions‘ classic multiplayer shooter Battlefield 1942. Today the developer released three new screenshots showing off more of the game’s updated visuals.

While the game will only support 24 players online (as opposed to the original’s 64 player limit) Battlefield 1943 will use DICE’s internal Frostbite engine for its graphics which means.not only improved graphics but also support for destructible enviroments. The game is due out later this summer and is one of several Battlefield franchise games due out from EA for the PC (the online-only Battlefield Heroes, the modern day shooter Battlefield Bad Company 2 and the Asian-only release Battlefield Online).

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We need these bubble gums here in Asia. LOL