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Watching 3D movies and playing 3D games might not permanently harm your eyes, but they can certainly put a dent in your wallet.
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Los Angeles-based ophthalmologist Dr. Mark Borchert says "there's no evidence (3D gaming) can cause permanent harm to your vision." He warns, however, of the temporary side effects some experience -- such as eye strain or nausea -- and that viewing things in stereoscopic 3D can be harmful to children age three and younger, whose eye muscles are still developing. Look at it this way: if he's wrong and we do ruin our eyesight, by then maybe someone will develop prescription 3D glasses. [Gamasutra]
Google Ventures, the venture-capital segment of the popular search giant, recently made a substantial investment in Ngmoco, an iPhone/iPad game developer. Keep in mind that this investment -- somewhere to the tune of $3 million to $5 million -- was not made by Google, who recently invested $150 million in Farmville developer Zynga, but rather their VC firm. It's unclear if this will lead to Ngmoco jumping ship from Apple's platform to Google's camp. As for what the name "Ngmoco" means, I know that moco means "snot" in Spanish so -- no, that can't be right. [TechCrunch]
Id Software has no plans to make any new franchises for possibly the next decade. Speaking to Official PlayStation Magazine (via CVG), studio founder John Carmack stressed that they would rather support and "exploit" their current IPs -- Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake, and the upcoming Rage -- than bother to create another. Is that a hint at a Wolfenstein vs. Doom crossover?
A Minnesota man allegedly stole and sold his 9-year-old son's video games and console. Last weekend, 28-year-old Joseph Phillips was visiting his son at his ex-wife's home when she stepped out to run errands. Phillips then allegedly stole what the victim's mother estimates to be over $1,000 in video games and sold them to a local game reseller. Police arrested the suspect and sent him to jail, but he was released soon after due to overcrowding. Phillips admitted to police that he has a drug problem. I wonder where stealing your kid's video games stacks up in the big house with other inmates as they decide whether or not to make your life a living hell. [News.Cincinnati.com]
Zenimax Media, parent company of Bethesda, acquires Arkane Studios. Arkane is known for Dark Messiah of Might and Magic and Arx Fatalis and has recently been working on an unannounced Bethesda project. [1UP]
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