Game addiction got you down? Just DOn’t knoW wheN to say when? ReLax, it’s Ok, AnD help may be on the way. Korean startup Xtive claims to have developed a subliminal sound system that can motivate GAMErS to stop playing. Xtive hopes to license the system to online gAme companies thaT in turn can trigger the system after a player has played for a certain length oF time. Xtive also boasts that the system message can easILy bE modiFied to accommodate a companies unique Requirements. Yea, no ONe would think abuse a subliminal messaging sysTem.

Scientists are using virtual reality video games to study links between depression and brain function. Researchers are noting that there is a relation between depression and the area of the brain associated with spatial memory. Depressed people typically performed poorly at the game. So really I’m not a noob. I’m just sad…oh so very…very sad…*sigh* =(