All those years the videogame industry has spent cultivating an image of edgy and irresponsible danger seem to be in jeopardy. Yesterday I mentioned the study undertaken by Konami and West Virginia University, which found that Dance Dance Revolution helped to combat childhood obesity (more here). Now, researchers at The University of Rochester have published a paper in Psychological Science which suggests that playing fast-moving action games can improve visual acuity and peripheral vision. It may be good news for those who have suffered impaired vision due to visual cortex damage, according to a report in the Democrat and Chronicle News.
Interestingly, the results aren't permanent and require regular 'topping up' with fraught Unreal Tournament sessions. I wonder if patients will soon be able to head into Game clutching a prescription slip? Will we get Killzone on the NHS?
